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 A HISTORY OF HEREFORDSHIRE TINEAE {continued) Prays curtisellus, Don. Eidophasia messingiella, Fisch. ; Woolhope, scarce Plutella cruciferarum, Zell. P. porrectella, L. Cerostoma sequella, Clerck. C. vittella, L. C. radiatella, Don. C. costella, Fb. C. sylvella, L. ; Leominster (Hutchinson), Moccas, Woolhope. C. alpella, SchiiF. ; Woolhope, scarce. C. lucella, Fb. ; Woolhope, rare. C. asperella, L. ; Leo- minster. Of this very rare and beautiful insect, eighteen examples have been taken at different times by Mrs. Hutchinson and her family, usually in the autumn, but more than once in the spring after hibernation. Taken for the first time at Gknvilles Wootton, in Dorset, in 1831, it had not been again met writh anywrhere in this county till its rediscovery at Leominster in 1865. A large empty cocoon of a crostoma, almost certainly belonging to this species, was once found at Tarrington by the present writer, attached to an apple leaf, so that the insect has probably a wide footing in the county Harpipteryx nemorella, L. ; Haugh Wood, rare. H. xylostella, L. Theristis mucronella. Scop. ; Woolhope, scarce Orthotelia sparganella, Thnb. ; Woolhope, local but common Phibalocera quercana, Fb. Depressaria costosa. Haw. D. flavella, Hb. ; liturella, Tr. D. umbellana, Steph. ; Woolhope, rare. D. assimilella, Tr. D. nanatella, Stn. ; Wool- hope, common on dry banks. D. scopariella, Hein. ; Woolhope, not so common as the next. D. atomella, Hb. D. arenella, SchifF. D. subpropinquella, Stn. D. alstroemeriana, Clerck. D. purpurea. Haw. D. liturella, Hb. D. conterminella, Zell. D. angelicella, Hb. D. carduella, Hb. ; Woolhope, bred from burdock. D. ocellana, Fb. D. yeatiana, Fb. D. applana, Fb. D. ciliella, Stn. D. pimpinella, Zell.; rare in Woolhope district, more common in that of Black Mountain. D. albipunctella, Hb. D. pulcherrimella, Stn. D. chaerophylli, Zell. D. ultimella, Stn. D. nervosa, Haw. D. badiella Hb. ; Woolhope, common in poor pastures. D. heracleana, De Geer Psoricoptera gibbosella, Zell.; Woolhope, rather scarce Gelechia nigra. Haw. ; Stoke Wood, on trunks of poplar. G. lentiginosella, Zell. ; Woolhope, common. G. ericetella, Hb. G. mulineUa, Zell. G. sororculella, Hb. ; the Leech Pool at Clifford, common ; Woolhope. G. longicornis. Curt. ; Black Mountain. G. diffinis, Haw. ; Leominster (Hutchinson), plentiful also on Herefordshire Beacon. G. rhombella, SchifF. G. scalella. Scop. ; aleella, Fb. ; Haugh Wood, com- mon, Ashperton Park Brachmia moufFetella, SchifF. Bryotropha terrella, Hb. B. politella, Dougl. ; com- mon on the Black Mountain. B. senectella, Woolhope, common. B. similis, Dougl. B. affinis, Dougl. B. domestica. Haw. Lita acuminatella, Sircom. L. artemisiella, Tr. L. maculiferella, Dougl. ; Leominster (Hutchinson). L. junctella, Dougl. ; Woolhope, not rare ; some- times in the spring after hibernation TINEAE {continued) Teleia proximella, Hb. T. notatella, Hb. T. hume- ralis, Zell. ; Woolhope, common and very vari- able. T. vulgella, Hb. T. luculella, Hb. T. scriptella, Hb. ; Woolhope, rather scarce. T. fugitivella, Zell. T. sequax. Haw. ; Woolhope, common. T. dodecella, L. T. tripareUa, Zell. Recurvaria leucatella, Clerck Poecilia nivea, Haw. ; gemmella, Stn. ; Woolhope, rather uncommon, once bred from a larva mining in the tip of an oak shoot. P. albiceps, Zell. ; Woolhope, scarce Nannodia stipella, Hb. v. naeviferella, Dup. Apodia bifractella, Mann. Ptocheuusa osseella, Stn. ; Woolhope, Castle Frome, not rare ; easily mistaken on the wing for a Coleo- phora. P. subocellea, Steph. Doryphora lutulentella, Zell. ; Woolhope, rare, taken only twice Monochroa tenebrella, Hb. ; Hereford (Chapman). M. unicolorella, Dup. ; Woolhope, common Lamprotes atrella, Haw. ; Woolhope, common Anacampsis vorticella, Scop. ; Woolhope, scarce. A. taeniolella, Tr. A. anthyllidella, Hb. Acanthophila alacella, Dup. ; Woolhope, not uncom- mon ; at rest by day on the trunks of apple- trees, and flying in the evening along the hedges Taehyptilia populella, Clerck Brachycrossata cinerella, Clerck Ceratophora rufescens. Haw. Chelaria hubnerella, Don. Anarsia genistae, Stn. Hypsilophus schmidiellus, Heyd. ; durdhamellus, Stn.; Dotvard and Woolhope Aplota palpella, Haw. ; the locality for this great rarity is Withington. Here the larva may be found not uncommonly on the old sandstone walls, living in galleries on the common moss, Homalothecium sericeum ; the perfect insect has also been taken once in the Woolhope district Sophronia parenthesella, L. Pleurota bicostella, Clerck ; Black Mountain Harpella geoffrella, L. Dasycera sulphurella, Fb. Oecophora minutella, L. Oe. flaviguttella, Zell. Oe. tripuncta. Haw. Oe. lunaris. Haw. ; Wool- hope. Oe. tinctella, Hb. ; Leominster (Hutchin- son), Woolhope. Oe. unitella, Hb. ; Leominster (Hutchinson), Woolhope, scarce in both districts. Oe. flavifrontella, Hb. ; Woolhope, common. Oe. fuscescens. Haw. Oe. pseudospretella, Stn. Endrosls fenestrella. Scop. Butalis grandipennis. Haw. ; Woolhope, formerly com- mon, but not noticed, since its food plant was largely destroyed by the great frost of 1 891. B. laminella, H.-S. ; Woolhope, common. B. senescens, Stn. ; Woolhope, moderately common Pancalia latreillella. Curt. ; Woolhope, scarce. P. lewenhoekella, L. Acrolepia perlepidella, Stn. ; the Dotvard, once. A. granitella, Tr. A. pygmaeana. Haw. ; Wool- hope, common Raslerstammia erxlebenella, Fb. ; Woolhope, in woods amongst small-leaved lime 94