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The situations where it is found are heaths. 
The perfect insect appears in May and July. 
The caterpillar is dull yellow, the second segment 
dull brownish vellow; the head dark brown. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
April and June. 
It feeds on the cotton grass (Eriophorum gracile). 
GLYPHIPTERYX EQUITELLA. 
Plate CXIY. Figure 15. 
Localities for this species are York, Brighton, Bristol, 
and near London. 
The perfect insect appears in the end of June and 
beginning of July. 
The caterpillar is pale yellow, the second segment 
black ; the head black. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
M ay. 
It feeds on the shoots of the stonecrop (Sedum acre). 
GLYPHIPTERYX SCHCENICOLELLA. 
Plate CXIV. Figure 16. 
Localities for this species are about Lizard Point in 
Cornwall. 
The perfect insect appears at the end of May. 
It feeds on the seed heads of the bog rush (Schcenus 
nigricans). 
