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thyme blossom — and afterwards cutting out cases in grass leaves, and feeding 

 on Poa anna ; C. discordella, in a case on Lotus cornicutatus (birds' -foot 

 trefoil) ; (7. lineolella, in a flattish, hairy, greyish case, on black foetid hore- 

 hound (Ballota nigra) ; Chrysoclista linneella, under bark of lime trees ; 

 Asychna aratella, in pod-like galls on knot-grass {Polygonum aviculare) ; 

 and Stephensia Brunnichella, on leaves of wild basil (Elinopodium vulgar e). 

 Even this long list does not by any means exhaust the number of the Tineite 

 larvae feeding in April, for besides the above there are nearly all the members 

 of the genus Elachista. E, trapcziella feeds in the leaves of the common 

 wood hairy rush (Luzula pilosa), it is greenish grey with a black head; the 

 yellowish, brown-headed E. magnificella feeds in the same plant ; E. gleichen- 

 ella feeds in leaves of carex ; E. albifrontella, in leaves of various grasses ; 

 E. cinereopunctella, mines leaves of Carex glauca ; E. luticomella, feeds in 

 the leaves and stems of rough cockVfoot grass (Bactylis glomerata) ; E, 

 alricomella, in the same ; E. Kilmunella, in Carex leaves ; E. nigrella mines 

 leaves of Poa trivialis, and E. Gregsoni feeds in grass of the same genus ; 

 E. bedellella feeds in narrow-leaved oat-grass (Avena pratensis) ; E, sub- 

 nigrella, in leaves of Bromus erectus ; E. perplexella, in those of turfy hair- 

 grass (Air a ccespitosa) ; E. poceella, in leaves of Poa aquatica ; E. megeri- 

 ella t in slender false-broom grass {Brachyopodium sylvaticum) and similar 

 grasses ; E. zonariella, like perplexella, in leaves of Aira ccespitosa — zonariella 

 is dull grey green with a pale brown head, while perplexella is whitish yellow; 

 E. gangaliella feeds in leaves of Bactylis glomerata, as does also E. eygni- 

 pennella, they are both similar in colour but the former has two large pale 

 blotches on the second segment — cygnipennella is by far the most abundant 

 species ; E. cerusella feeds in leaves of reed ; E. paludumella in those of 

 Carex paludosa and C, paniculata, and E. biatomella in Carex glauca; Cemi- 

 ostoma spartifoliella may be found under the bark of broom ; Bucculatrix 

 aurimaculella, on leaves of Chrysanthemum leucanthemum ; B. cristetella, on 

 leaves of yarrow (Achillea millefolium), and this will about conclude the list. 



Several imagos of the Tineina are out in April, as the whitish Chimabacche 

 fagella, so fond of resting on tree trunks in the spring ; Semiocopis anella- 

 nella and Steinkellneriana ; the local Micropteryx salopiella ; the purple, 

 gold-spotted M. semipurpurella ; the golden-green if unimaculella and the 

 golden, purple-reticulated M. sparmannella ; the dark grey, violet-tinged 

 S. pyretia ; the hybernating Zelleria hepariella, Z. insignipev nella, Gracilaria 

 stigmatella, Laverna decorella and Lyonetia Clerhdla. There are also one or 

 two others which in mild seasons make their appearance al the end of the 

 month, but as they are not very likely to be met with this year, I will defer 

 their mention until May. 



