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special cherry -feeders that he mentions are Vanessa Polychloros 

 (which we are inclined to doubt), Asteroscopus Cassinia, Diphthera 

 ludifica (not yet known as British), Pbaesyle psittacata, Tortrix 

 sorbiana and Coleophora hemerobiella. The larva of Argyresthia 

 ephippiella feeds in the leaf-buds in May, and the long mines of the 

 larvae of Lyonetia Clerckella are not unfrequently observed. 



Primus spinosa. Blackthorn ; Sloe. 

 The list of Lepidopterous larvae feeding upon this plant is not a short 

 one : Speyer enumerates Papilio Podalirius, Aporia Crataegi, Thecla 

 Spiui, T. Pruni and T. Betulae, Procris Pruni and P. infausta, Episeraa 

 caeruleocephala, Cilix spinula, Drepana unguicula, Saturnia Carpini, 

 Pcrthesia auriflua, Orgyia gonostigma and O. antiqua, Gastropacha 

 quercifolia and G. Pruni, Lasiocampa Quercus and L. Rubi, Trichiura 

 Crataegi, Eriogaster everia and E. lanestris, Clisiocampa neustria, 

 Eyprepia grain mica (surely some mistake, as this is a grass-feeder, 

 and should be looked for in the open parts of woods in sandy places — 

 in such localities I saw it quite common at Glogau, at the end of May), 

 Hypercorapa dominula, Acronycta strigosa, A. tridens and A. Psi, 

 Diphthera ludifica, Miselia culta and M.Oxyacanthae, Mamestra Pisi, 

 Orthosia munda, Catocala paranympha and C. hyynencea, Ennomos 

 lunaria, E. illunaria and E. illustraria, Angerona prunaria, Rumia cra- 

 taegata, Ourapteryx sambucaria, Geometra vernaria and G. bupleuraria, 

 Aspilates purpuraria, Crocallis elinguaria, Boarmia consortaria and 

 B. rhomboidaria, Amphidasis pilosaria, Nyssia pomonaria, Biston 

 hirtaria, Hibernia defoliaria, H. leucophaearia, H. rupicapraria, Ani- 

 sopteryx aescularia, Harpalyce corylata, Steganolophia prunata, 

 Abraxas grossulariata, Scopula prunalis, Nola palliolalis and Penthina 

 pruniana. In the above list the species not yet detected in this 

 country, many of which we certainly ought to find, are indicated by 

 italics. An important addition to the above list, at least it will ap- 

 pear important to all our British Lepidopterists, is Valeria oleagina, 

 of which Guenee says the larva feeds "in May and June on Primus 

 spinosa, principally in shady places or on the borders of woods." 

 Myelois suavella and M. epelydella feed on sloe, and form long 

 tubular galleries on the stems, the outside of which is concealed by a 

 coating of " frass." Of the larvae of the Tineina feeding on sloe a 

 goodly number may be enumerated, and there can be little doubt 

 that we are far from having exhausted the riches of this plant. Swam- 

 merdamia pyrella is frequently to be seen at home here, and Hypono- 

 meuta padella is very abundant in the month of June : the larva of 



