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white dorsal line, rather slender, tapering each end, and exces- 

 sively lively, jumping about in all directions. 

 H. nemorella. A few bred from honeysuckle ; the larvae are brown, 

 velvety looking, with white dorsal line, shaded off to the ground 

 colour, two oblique stripes on each side, sloping towards anal end 

 and several oblique lines, head light brown, very rough and 

 striped with black, legs yellowish white, pro-legs black. Taken 

 at Chingford. 



E. allisella. A few bred from roots of Artemesia vulgaris ; these larvae in 

 the spring, work up the new shoots causing them to droop and 

 die, the roots were collected in the lanes about Bansted Downs, 

 m February. 



D. micella. Many bred from larvae feeding in the shoots of sea-holly, 



in the spring at Shoeburyness. 

 G. vilella. A long series emerged in August, from larvae feeding on 



the seeds of mallow, at Southend. 

 G. scriptella. Many emerged from larvae in folded leaves of maple 



collected in August, at Plumstead. 

 G. mouffetella. Bred a nice lot from larvae in shoots of honeysuckle, 



collected at Woodford, in May. 

 G. hermannella. Bred from larvae mining leaves of Chenopodium in the 



previous autumn, Hackney Marshes. 

 A. fusco-aurella. A long series emerged in August from larvse found 



in April under decaying bark of elm ; the larvae are of a dirty 



brownish colour, inclining to black, with indistinct dorsal line, 



spiracles blackish, emitting short hairs ; head shining yellowish 



brown ; legs yellowish brown, prolegs black ; found in lanes near 



Walthamstow. 



D. ocnerostomella. Emerged in profusion from old stems of Vipers bugloss 



found at Cuxton, near Stroud, Kent. 

 A. conjugella. Emerged freely from berries of mountain ash, collected 



the previous autumn ; none of the dark variety emerged. 

 Z. hepariella. A nice lot bred from larvse feeding in shoots of oak, in 



June ; collected at Box Hill. 

 G. tringipenella. Bred from larvae, feeding in leaves of plantain on the 



upper side giving them a blistered appearance. 

 G. elongella. A long series bred from larvae in rolled leaves of alder ; 



from Brentwood. 



G. auroguttella. Many emerged from larvae feeding in cones on Hyperi- 

 cum perforatum, at Box Hill, in June. 

 G. semifasciella. A few bred from larvae in rolled leaves of maple, at 



