56 PTEROPHORlDvE. 



Amblyptilia cosmodactyla, Hb. 



pundidactylus, IIiiw. 



(Plate 16. fig. 10.) 



Loc. Dunoon, Eotlisbire,Braemar, Perthshire, Exeter, 

 Lynmouth, Dorsetshire, Cardiganshire, Killarney. 



Occurs iu July and October. 



The larva feeds in June and July on the seeds of 

 columbine {Aquilegia vulgaris), meadow crancsbill(Ge- 

 ranium pratense) , Siachys sylvatica, &c. 



The larva is dirty green, with a dark grecu dorsal 

 line, and two interrupted white lateral stripes ; tubercles 

 small; head light brown, with darker spots; prologs 

 black ; abdominal legs of the ground-colour. Prey. 



In the E. M. M. vol. xxii. p. 149, Mr. Porritt gives 

 t\)'0 descriptions of larva; which he reared on Slachys 

 sylvatica, and which produced both acanthodactyla and 

 cosmodaciyla ; he was unfortunately unable to discover 

 which form of larva; produced acanthodactyla and which 

 cosmodaciyla; but considering that Mr. Porritt ob- 

 served larva; intermediate betwecTi the two forms which 

 he described, and that Mr. South bred the intermediate 

 forms of the perfect insects, one would conclude that 

 acanthodactyla and cosmodactyla are forms of the 

 same species. 



Ozyptilus distans, Zcll. 

 Icetus, D. L. 

 (Plate 16. fig. 11.) 

 Loc. Norfolk, Folkestone, MertoD,Thetford, Brandon. 

 Occurs in July and August. 



