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The caterpillar is yellowish, with a dark line along 
the back; the head pale brown. 
The date of the appearance of the caterpillar is in 
March, April, and May, and to the end of June. 
It feeds on the leaves of the common wood hairy 
rush (Jjuzula pilosa). 
ELACHISTA APICIPUNCTELLA. 
Plate OXXIII. Figure 1. 
Localities for this species are Brighton, Manchester, 
York, Kingsbury, Cambridge. 
The situations where it is found are mosses and bogs. 
The perfect insect appears in June. 
ELACHISTA ALBIFRONTELLA. 
Plate CXXIII. Figure 2. 
Localities for this abundant species are York, Scar¬ 
borough, Brighton, Market Harborough, Tenterden, 
Alkham, Birkenhead, Bristol, Cambridge, Newcastle-on- 
Tyne, Darlington, Kingsbury, Manchester, Pembury. 
The perfect insect appears in June. 
The caterpillar is pale whitish yellow, duller on the 
back, the second segment dotted with brown; the head 
pale brown. 
