THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER. 
Ill 
of the first volume of the ‘ Natural His- 
tory of the Tineina — 
1 Aucuparise 
2 Miuusculella 
3 Tilise 
4 Lonicerarum 
5 Desperatella 
G Aceris 
7 iEneofasciata 
8 Argyrostigma 
9 Turbidella 
10 Decentella 
These are all 
- unicolorous spe- 
cies. 
With a faint 
shilling fascia. 
With distinct 
spots. 
11 Vimineticola \ 
12 Fagi 
13 Turicensis 
14 Arcuata 
15 Dimidiatella 
16 Mespilicolella 
17 Splendidissima > 
With a dis- 
tinct pale fascia. 
1. Aucuparice. Was bred from a 
green larva mining the leaves of the 
mountain ash in September and begin- 
ning of October. 
We have seen green Nepticula larvae 
in the leaves of this plant sent us some 
time back by Mr. Scott; but we did not 
breed them, and conjectured they were 
only Oxyacanthella. Aucuparice appears 
a difficult species to breed, only a single 
specimen of the perfect insect (which 
comes nearest in colour to Viscerella), 
having been reared. 
2. Minusculella. This feeds in the 
leaves of the pear, in June and August. 
The larva is small and green ; it prefers 
wild pears to the cultivated kinds. The 
mine appears unusually dark, and can 
therefore easily be overlooked. 
Mr. Parfitt took a little Nepticula in 
the perfect state last year which I am 
inclined to refer to this species. The 
fore wings of Minusculella are of a dark 
bronzy brown, the head black. 
3. Tilice. The pale yellow larva 
mines the leaves of the lime tree, in 
September and the beginning of Octo- 
ber. The perfect insect comes very near 
to Anomalella. 
4. Lonicerarum. This has been bred 
from a long, slender mine, on honey- 
suckle, found near Zurich, in October. 
The imago conies near to Anomalella. 
5. Desperatella. The green larva 
feeds on wild apple trees, in October ; it 
is sometimes very gregarious, there being 
generally several mines in one leaf 
(sometimes twelve or more). The per- 
fect insect is coppery brown, very dis- 
tinct from any other species. 
6. Aceris. The yellow larva mines 
the leaves of the maple (Acer campestris), 
in the beginning of July, and from the 
middle of September to the beginning of 
October. Only a single specimen has 
yet been bred, which in the indistinct- 
ness of the fascia has some resemblance 
to Regiella. 
7. JEneofasciata. Only a single spe- 
men of this has been taken, and the 
food of the larva is unknown. 
8. Argyrostigma. This also has not 
been bred. Two specimens have been 
caught in a meadow , whence Professor 
Frey conjectures that it feeds on some 
low plant. The species is allied to 
Headleyella (perhaps not specifically dis- 
tinct). 
9. Turbidella. Not hitherto found in 
the larva state. It seems closely allied 
to Apicella. 
10. Decentella. The larva of this 
also remains undetected. The perfect 
insect comes near to Serecopeza. One 
specimen was taken on the trunk of a 
weeping willow. 
11. Vimineticola. The yellow larva 
mines the leaves of the osier ( Salix vi- 
minalis). The perfect insect comes 
near to Salicis, but the fascia is more 
yellow and less distinct. 
12. Fagi. Frey suspects this is only 
the summer brood of Floslactella . The 
name was given from a note appended to 
specimens of it in Von Heyden’s collec- 
tion, “ Bred from beech in J uly.’’ Horn- 
beam and beech are continually being 
mistaken for each other: perhaps such 
an error has occurred here. 
13. Turicensis. Described from se- 
