54 
THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
over is by sending plenty of food with a 
single half-fed larva, which would not 
then have lime to maltreat the plant 
too much during the passage across the 
Channel. 
I have a figured larva which I believe 
to be that of Atumella, but I do not feel 
confident on the subject, and should 
therefore be glad to receive a certified 
larva of that species. 
I shall also be very glad to receive 
larvae of Purpurea , Capreolella, Carduella , 
Ocellana, Rotundella, P ulcherrimella and 
Douglasella. 
Purpurea has been bred in Switzerland 
from Torilis Anthriscus. 
Capreolella has been bred from a 
greenish Applana- like larva found near 
Micklehaui, on the 26th of June, on the 
pinnate radical leaves of Pitnpinella Saxi- 
fraga. 
Carduella has been bred by Mr. Boyd 
from a grey-green larva, with dark head, 
which fed on the under side of the leaves 
of the thistle, on the downs at Lynmouth, 
on the 26th of July. 
Ocellana feeds on sallow in July. 
Rotundella was bred by Mr. Harding 
from larvae feeding on flowers of Echium. 
Pulcherrimella has been bred by Dr. 
Colquhoun from larvae feeding in the 
flowers of Bunium Jlexuosum. 
Douglasella has been bred by Mr. Boyd 
from a larva found on “ one of the Cm- 
belliferce ” at Headley Lane in June. 
If any one can distinguish the larva; 
of Weirella from that of Applana I shall 
be glad to hear how he contrives to 
do it. 
The larvae of Pallorella, Bipunclosa, 
Ciniflonella, Yealiana, Granulosella, Ul- 
timella, Badiella and Paslinacella appear 
to be still quite unknown. 
Of the Continental species I should 
be glad to receive larvae of 
Schmidtella, 
Petasitis, 
Impurella, 
Thapsiella, 
Ferulae, 
Libanotidella, 
Hofmanni, n. sp. 
Veneficella, and 
Dictamnella. 
Petasitis, a species allied to Arenella, 
is very likely to occur here, and the larva 
should be sought in the stems of the 
butterbur, below the blossoms, by those 
who have opportunities of ranging over 
beds of that moisture-loving plant which 
non-botanists sometimes call “ wild rhu- 
barb.” — H. T. Stain to n , Mountsjield, 
Lewisham. 
SUGGESTIONS RESPECTING TINEINA 
FOR A TRAVELLER IN SOUTH 
AMERICA. 
Little is at present known respecting 
the Micro - Lepidopterous treasures of 
that vast country the Soutli-Americau 
continent: well watered and teeming 
with the utmost luxuriance of vegetable 
life, there seems no reason to doubt that 
the smaller groups of Lepidoptera are 
there represented by thousands of spe- 
cies. 
The traveller from Europe, on his first 
arrival, is no doubt confounded and 
utterly perplexed by the different aspect 
of vegetation from that to which he has 
been all his life accustomed. The palm 
trees, the aloes, the cactuses, the Ore hide ce 
are forms of vegetation with which the 
English entomologist is little acquainted, 
and for investigating which he is hardly 
prepared. 
Up to the present day no Lepidopterous 
larva has been detected on any of the 
Orehidea, and if this rule is general, 
then, “ at one fell swoop,” a large portion 
of tropical vegetation, beautiful as it may 
be in the c_\es of botanists, has no charms 
for the student of Lepidoptera. 
