72 CRAM Bin.?!. 



Flies feebly at dusk in marshes and damp situations. 

 It is double-brooded, the first brood appearing in June 

 and July, the second in August. 



The larva is undescribed, but stated to feed, like the 

 preceding species, in stems oi' Arundo phragmites. 



Schoenobius gigantellus, Schiff. 



gigantalis, Tib. 

 (Plate 7. fig. 8, c? ? .) 

 Loc. Diss, Barton Turf, Homing, Hanworth, South- 

 end, Folkestone. 



Occurs in marshy situations in July. 



The larva is loamy yellow, vrith shining grey transverse 

 wrinkles ; head and dorsal plate shining yellowish brown. 

 In captivity the colouring often becomes olive-green. 



It lives in May and June in the young stems of 

 Arundo phragmites, which often break and wither away 

 in the parts under water. Pupates in a coeoon. 



Tr., Zk. 



CEAMBID^. 



Calamotropha paludella, Hb. 



ohitisellus, Sta. 



(Plate 7. fig. 4.) 



Loc. Ranworth, Horning. 



Occurs in moist situations in July. 

 The larva is shining, with a dark dorsal line caiised 

 by the alimentary canal showing through, and dark 



