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The larva feeds in the root-stocks of the ribwort 

 plantain [Plantago lanceolata) , pupating in a tough black 

 coeoon in its gallery. 



The ground-colour of the larva is white, with a faint 

 bluish tinge when full-grown, darker between the seg- 

 ments. The head and plates on the second and anal 

 segments are pale brown ; the anterior feet black. 



E. M. M. XV. 180. 



Homoeosoma nimbella, Zell., Dup. 



nehdella, Dup. 



(Plate 10. fig. 12.) 



Loc. Exmouth, Wallasey (sandhills), Flamborough 

 Head, Scarborough, Yarmouth, Tenby (quai'ries), Pem- 

 broke, Malahidc, Howth, Wicklow. 



Common among thistles in May and June ; also in 

 August. 



The larva feeds in October on the flower-heads of 

 Aster chinensis and other plants. Pupates in a white 

 web. 



The ground-colour of the larva is yellow or greenish 

 white, with five broad pale violet stripes ; head brownish 

 yellow; dorsal plate with two blackish-brown lateral 

 spots. Tr. 



Fischer. 



Homoeosoma saxicola, Vaughan. 



(Plate 10. fig. 13.) 



Loc. Kirkcudbright (coast), Clifton, Isle of Man, 

 Dover, Folkestone. 



