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this time on fir-trees, with the natural history of which I am not personally 

 acquainted. None of them are at all common and I have never met with 

 them, so I pass them over. 



Besides Spilonota roborana, Lampronia quadripundella also feeds inside 

 rose shoots, and the mention of this species, brings us to the Tineina of which 

 group, however, I shall be able to say but little this month and will merely 

 briefly mention the principal larvse, and their food plants. 



Pepilla Curtisella, feeds in the shoots and young stems of ash trees, Ceros- 

 toma sequella on limes and sallows, C: costella and C, radiatella on oaks, C. 

 scabrella in some places on apple, Harpipteryx nemorella on honeysuckle 

 Harpipteryx harpella on honeysuckle and perhaps snowberry, Phibalocera 

 quercella in a flat web on the underside of apple leaves and also oak and 

 beech, Lepressaria cosiosella on furze, Gelechia rufescentella in grass leaves 

 rolled up so as to form a tube, G. mulinella on furze flowers, G. vulgella 

 between united hawthorn leaves, G.fugitivella on maple and elm leaves, G. 

 leucatella between united apple leaves, and also hawthorn ; G. mouffetella on 

 honeysuckle, Glyphipteryx eqidtella in leaves and shoots of biting stone crop 

 (Sedum acre) ; Argyresthia nitidella, in shoots of hawthorn ; A. albistrietta, 

 in those of sloe ; A. curve Ha, in apple shoots ; A. sorbietta, in shoots of 

 mountain ash (occurs mostly in the north of England) ; A. pygmccella, in 

 sallow shoots; Gracillaria elongella, in alder trees, rolled lengthwise; G, 

 onomella, in clover and rest-harrow leaves; Coleophora lutipennella, on oak 

 and birch leaves in a case ; C. grypliipennella, in a case on rose leaves ; (7. 

 nigricella, in a brownish black case on apple leaves and also sloe and haw- 

 thorn ; C, anatipennella, a case of sloe leaves , N. B. nigricella, makes a 

 nearly straight case ; that of anatipennella, is curved like a crook or a pistol 

 at one end. See plate with Young Naturalist for September, 1884. 



Besides these there are other case-making larvge feeding in May. The 

 following all belong to the genus Coleophora : — Ibipennella, on birch, not 

 common ; palliatella, currucipennella, on oak and sallow leaves. Neither of 

 these two last are common, both make dark brown nearly black cases shaped 

 at one end like a pistol-butt, palliatella has a large scaly flap on each side, 

 while the more aesthetic currucipenuella, ornaments its case with several little 

 projections along the back. C. pyrrhulipennella has been feeding in mild 

 weather, since October, on heath. It and some others of the genus will be 

 found on the plates with the Young Naturalist for 1884. 



Other Coleophora larvee are conspicuella, on leaves of the black knapweed 

 [Centaur ea nigra) ; vibicella, on leaves of dyers' greenweed (Genista tinct- 

 oria) ; ockrella, on sun cistus leaves (Helianthemum vulgare) ; discordella, 

 on leaves of birds'-foot trefoil ; troglodytella, on common flea bane and hemp 



