

Insects. 4029 



Solitariella. The larva in May and June on Stellaria holostea, and 

 occasionally on S. uliginosa. For figures of the larva, case, and 

 discoloration of the leaves, see Ent. Trans, n. s. ii. pi. 11, f. 3. 



Lutarea. The larvae abundant in May, on oaks. I have some- 

 times found it on birch. The case is figured by Reaumur, pi. 

 7, f. 1,2,3. 



A. 2. British species of which the transformations are suspected, or, 

 resting only on single observations, require further investigation. 



Deauratella, paripennella, Wockeella, lixella, ochrea, caespititiella, 

 alticolella, lacunicolella, and badiipennella. 



Deauratella. This insect was bred in 1850, by Mr. Gregson, of 

 Liverpool, who wrote to me as follows: — "Mr. Allis and I took 

 some by sweeping" at Bowness, early in June, " and 1 bred it 

 amongst yellow clover which I brought home with me." I pre- 

 sume the "yellow clover" was Trifolium procumbens. 



Paripennella. This was bred abundantly from cases found on an 

 old fence at Kennington, by Mr. Thomson, in April and May. 

 I have observed larvae, in cases of similar construction, feeding 

 in July, August and September, on sloe, nut, birch, bramble, 

 &c. ; but not having hitherto succeeded in persuading these 

 larvae to live through the winter, T have no certainty that they 

 really belong to paripennella. 



Wockeella. Mr. Weir has this year bred this species from a case 

 he found at Pembury, in June, attached to a leaf of Genista 

 tinctoria; he could not, however, observe that the plant had 

 been anywhere eaten by it. 



Lixella. Professor Zeller states that the larva feeds on the leaves 

 of Holcus lanatus. Mr. Douglas found in April, this year, the 

 larva of a Coleophora feeding on a smooth-leaved grass, in the 

 hilly field at Headley Lane : the larva however unfortunately died. 



Ochrea. Of the larva of this, Herr Mann writes to Professor Zel- 

 ler, " the cases occurred in plenty, on dry, sunny slopes, on the 

 capsules of a plant." He sent dried specimens of the plant to 

 Professor Zeller, who found it to be Potentilla argentea. The 

 cases should probably be looked for in autumn on the recepta- 

 cles of this plant. 



Caspititiella, alticolella, lacunicolella. I have now bred the larvae 

 which feed from September to June on the seeds of the common 

 rush, and they prove to be C. alticolella. Should caespititiella 

 and lacunicolella be distinct species, their larvae may be expected 



