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time. From what I remeniher of the 
mine it began as a very narrow track 
alongside the midrib, by the side of which 
it was carried for some distance, when 
the larva seemed to have taken some 
sudden whim and made direct for the 
edge of the leaf, nearly at right angles 
to the narrow track, where it made a 
large blotch. As to the disposition of 
the excrement I remember nothing, nor 
yet of the form of the larva, but I will 
do my best to make good, when the time 
comes, all that I am unable here to com- 
municate, which seems to me to be the 
entire transformation. I must own that 
I am put out at not finding the larvae to 
be case-bearers, after having mined for 
some time, as I had fully believed them 
to be so, and I never shook a handful of 
leaves on a sheet of paper without ex- 
pecting to find some strange larva-case 
turn up representing one of the genus. — 
John Scott, 13, Torrington Villas, Lee ; 
March 23, 1861. 
Coleophora Olivaceella. — On Tuesday 
last, accompanied by Mr. M‘Lachlan, I 
visited the locality for this species be- 
tween Beckenham and West Wickham. 
They were more plentiful than in May 
last year, but still sufficiently, select to 
make each individual capture of interest; 
some appeared to be very nearly full-fed ; 
others were so extremely small as to lead 
to the speculation whether they would 
not feed for another twelve months. 
I collected assiduously all — both litde 
and big — and on counting my spoil found 
they numbered twenty-six. Mr. M‘Lach- 
lau thinks he had not so many, as he 
rejected the little ones. Mine are novv 
feeding on a growing plant in a flower- 
pot out of doors. — H. T. Stainton; 
April 1, 1861. 
A fruitless Visit to Hackney. — On 
Thursday last I visited the banks of the 
Lea in search of the larvte of Gelechia 
Arundinetella and of Enigma No. 46. 
Owing to the winter floods I suppose 
having retarded the development of insect 
life, I could see no symptom of any 
mines in the leaves of Carex Riparia, 
and my expedition was quite fruitless. 
Neither were any symptoms perceptible 
in Poa aqualica of the operations of 
Elachista Pace . — Ibid. 
Nemotois Larvm. — From Herr Schmid, 
of Frankfort-on-tbe-Maine, I have re- 
ceived some larvae, which appear refer- 
able to this genus, and identical 
with Enigma No. 81 (Ent. An. 1861, 
p. 116). These larvae were found by 
Herr Schmid feeding on the lower leaves 
of Ballota nigra, and they seem to eat 
these leaves very greedily. Judging 
from the amount of “ frass ” in the box 
when I opened it, the passage across the 
channel had had no injurious effect on 
the appetites of these case-bearers. The 
structure of the case is very different 
from the best known larvae of Adela and 
Nemophora. As noted in the account of 
Enigma No. 41, “ It is formed by succes- 
sive additions round a brown oval nucleus, 
being, however, attenuated in the middle.” 
The substance of the case appears to be 
silk intermixed with chewed leaves. — 
Ibid. 
Woodfeeding Larva. — From M. Fo- 
logne, of Brussels, I have received larvte 
of Harpella Majorella and Dasycera 
Oliviella (at least they are expected to be 
those two species). The former is to be 
fed with beech wood, the latter with oak. 
Majorella feeds in the solid wood, but 
Oliviella burrows between the bark and 
the wood. M. Fologne cautions me to 
keep the wood with which I supply them 
rather damp, or otherwise the larvre w'ill 
dry up. — Ibid. 
Gracilaria Lmperialella bred. — I have 
much pleasure in informing you, in refe- 
rence to the desiderated larvte of Graci- 
laria ennumerated in ‘Intelligencer,’ 
No. 233 (vol. ix. p. 197), that you are 
already acquainted with the larva of 
G. lmperialella, we having sent you 
some last summer ! It is the beautiful 
coral-red larva which mined the leaves 
