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where it occurs it is generally very plen- 
tiful. 
On the Mugwort ( Artemisia vulyaris) 
there are, I believe, at least two species 
of Coleophora, and I strongly suspect 
they ought now to be findable. 
Ornatipennella : a species nearly twice 
the size of Lixella , like it feeds on 
grasses. According to Frey it frequents 
dry meadows, otherwise I should have 
been inclined to suspect that a reed- 
feeding Coleophora larva, which Mr. 
Boyd found in the spring of 1854, was 
referable to this species. 
Auricella : the favourite food-plant of 
this species appears to be Stachys recta, 
which is not a British plant; but Frey 
has found the larva: on Betonica officina- 
lis, and hence, very probably, some of 
the many who are now looking for 
Wockeella on that plant will fall in with 
this species instead. Auricella^ in the 
perfect state, reminds one a little of Cur- 
rucipennella, but is larger, and the 
yellow veining of the anterior wings is 
more delicate. 
Minusculella : this is a new species 
discovered by Herrich-Schaffer : as its 
name implies it is a small species, smaller 
than Ccespilitiella. “ Herrich-Schaffer 
bred a specimen from a case bronglrt home 
with willow-catkins.” Does the larva 
feed on the seeds of the willow ? This is 
an interesting subject for investigation. 
Flavipennella : a species allied to Lu- 
tipennella, the larva of which is said to 
feed on pear. 
Ochripennella : this feeds gregariously 
on Ballota nigra, just as our Lineolea 
does, and at the same period of the year. 
The cases of the two species are very 
similar, but the first time I met with a 
colony of Ochripennella (in the neigh- 
bourhood of Stettin) I recognised it at 
once as distinct from Lineolea by the 
stiffer-looking, more jagged, and more 
pointed case : in the case of Lineolea the 
corners are, so to speak, all rounded off, 
but this is not the character of the case 
of Ochripennella. As in all probability 
where it occurs it will be found in fifties, 
the finder must not too hastily assume 
that the larva cannot be that of a novelty 
because it is so abundant. 
Onopordiella : this should be looked 
for on that magnificent thistle the Ono- 
pordon Acanlhium. We have, at present, 
no precise information as to how or when 
the larva feeds, but those who live in lo- 
calities where the Onopordon is plentiful, 
would do well to scrutinise it carefully. 
Ccclebipennella : the larva of this spe- 
cies feeds on Artemisia campestris, a 
plant which is comparatively scarce here, 
and is to be sought for om the sandy 
heaths of Norfolk and Suffolk (counties 
of which the Flora is the most similar to 
that of Northern Germany of any portion 
of our island). The case of Ccclebipen- 
nella is black, not unlike that of Pyrrhu- 
lipennella. The perfect insect has much 
resemblance to Conspicuella. — H. T. 
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