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cola and carpophaga feed on the seeds. I believe the larva of Eupi- 

 thecia venosata also feeds upon the young seeds. The leaves are 

 frequently mined by a Dipterous larva. The larva of JLuperina lute- 

 ago feeds in the stem and roots, in July and August. 



Silene maritima. Sea Bladder- Campion. 



From the masses in which this plant grows on our coasts, it seems 

 extremely probable that several species of larvae should feed on it. I 

 have repeatedly searched on it at Dawlish, but, with the exception of 

 the Dipterous larva already mentioned as feeding also on S. inflata, I 

 have met with no larvae whatever. 



Lychnis Viscaria. Red German-Catch fly. 



A rare plant in a wild state, growing on dry rocks, near Edinburgh 

 and in other parts of Scotland. A double variety was formerly not 

 uncommon in gardens, but has now become rather old-fashioned. It 

 was in the terminal shoots of this plant that Mr. Logan met with the 

 larva of a new species of Gelechia somewhat resembling fraternella, 

 for which he proposes the name Viscariella. 



Lychnis Flos-cuculi. Ragged Robin. 



Very common in damp meadows : it is fed upon by the larvae of 

 Dianthaecia Cucubali and conspersa. 



lychnis vespertine White Campion. 

 Lychnis diurna. Red Campion. 



Neither plant is rare, and the latter in many places is excessively 

 abundant : it grows very freely at Dawlish, w r here I have observed the 

 leaves mined by some small Dipterous larva. Speyer enumerates, as 

 feeding on these plants, the larvae of Euthemonia Plantaginis, Dian- 

 thaecia Cucubali, capsincola and compta, Camptogramma bilineata 

 and Gelechia Moritzella : this last we find, from Herr Moritz's obser- 

 vations in Treitschke (x. 3, 215), feeds gregariously on their flowers 

 and seeds, at the end of June and beginning of July. 



Spergula arvensis. Corn Spurrey. 



A common plant in corn-fields, especially on a sandy soil, and rea- 

 dily recognised by its linear leaves and small purple flowers : it is ex- 

 tremely probable that it will be found to afford nourishment to some 

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