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THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
1. Coracipennella. The question that 
first arises is this, Is Bruand’s Coraci- 
pennella our apple and hawthorn-feeding 
Nigricella, or our elm and alder-feeding 
Coracipennella ? Are the anterior wings 
greyish black or brown? “The case,” 
writes Bruand, “ is found on nearly all 
fruit trees, even on the mulberry tree, 
also on other trees and shrubs. The in- 
sect is entirely of a uniform brown, 
varying in intensity in different indi- 
viduals, but never as dark as black. The 
dorsal portion of the case shows a series 
of notches.” The colour of the insect, 
and the notched edge of the case indicate 
our Fuscedinella ; the occurrence on fruit 
trees would rather lead to the idea that 
Nigricella was intended. Does Fm- 
cedinella ever occur on fruit trees, un- 
less it may have descended to them 
when full fed from elm trees growing 
above them ? 
2. Limosipennella. I am utterly at sea 
in my endeavours to unravel this species. 
“ The true Limosipennella is very like 
Coracipennella; the anterior wings are 
of a uniform dull hrown, with the costa 
and the base paler.” “ The case is nearly 
of the same colour as that of Coraci- 
pennella, and the form is almost identical, 
only the upper edge is not notched.” 
This would not suit either of our Limo- 
sipennella, or our Badiipennella. Limosi- 
pennella has the case much larger and 
more notched than Fuscedinella ; Badii- 
pennella has the case smoother, it is true, 
but it is so much smaller, it would hardly 
be described as “ almost Identical in 
form.” But on what does this Limosi- 
pennella feed ? “ This larva feeds ha- 
bitually on hawthorn, often in company 
with Limosipennella ” [? CoracipennelUi]- 
Now neither Limosipennella nor Badii- 
pennella have yet occiiiTed on hawthorn, 
though I have heard of a species very 
closely allied to Badiipennella occurring 
on sloe. 
3. Alhigriseella. Were it not for the 
case, I should be disposed to think this 
was our Annulatella ; unfortunately we 
have no information as to its food. “ I 
observed this insect at Besanqon in 
1845 or 1846, and have not been able to 
meet with it since. I have been unable 
to recognise it in any described species.” 
“Size of Troglodytella ; anterior wings 
ochreous-yellow, with the nervures paler, 
and separated from each other by hrown 
or blackish atoms, forming streaks in the 
direction of nervures, but indistinct (much 
less distinct, for instance, than in Tro- 
glodytella). The base of the wing is a 
little darker; the costa is brown. The 
antennse are of a very pale ochreous- 
yellow, or yellowish white, annulated so 
faintly with grey that one needs a lens to 
distinguish this character.” “ The case 
is of the same form as that of Limosi- 
pennella; that is, it is not notched along 
the back, but it is perhaps a little more 
swollen. Its colour is of a dull ochreous- 
yellow, very pale, reminding one of the 
perfect insect.” “ I found the larva along 
with that of Limosipennella, fastened 
against the rocks; but I have good 
reason to believe that it feeds likewise on 
hawthorn.’ Can it he our yarrow-feeding 
Argeniula P 
H. T. S. 
(To be continued.) 
