220 CATALOGUE OF THB INSECTS OP 



The larva, as has been frequently remarked, mines the leaves 

 of the oak, and is transformed into the pupa and imago, within 

 the withered blotch, which its operations have occasioned. The 

 autumnal brood is much paler than that which appears in spring. 

 Some individuals hybernate under bark, or in decayed wood. — 

 J. H. 



2. 0. SCUTELLARIS, Fab. 



Steph. Illiist, Mand., iv,, 59. 

 One specimen on the alder, in a small wood at the northern 

 base of Yeavering Bell, in Glendale.— /. H. July. 



3. 0. Fagi, Linn. 



Steph. Illust., Mand., iv., 62. 

 On the foliage of the beech, abundant. 



4. 0. BiFASCiATUs, Paylc. 



Steph Illust, Mand., iv., 64. — 0. Rusci, Steph. Manualj No. 

 1801. 

 Gosforth. — T. J. B. Wood, near Yeavering Bell. — J. U. 

 May— July. 



Gyllenhal mentions the birch as its favourite tree. We always 

 find it in thickets of Salix auriia, whence it strays upon oaks and 

 other trees. 



292. Tachyerges, Sclionh. 



1. T. Capre^, Fah. 



T. Salicis, Stejyh. Illust., Mand., iv., ^%. 

 On Salix aurita, S. cinerea, and S. ca2)rea; common. June — 

 July. 



2. T. STIGMA, Germ. 



Ste2:)h. Illust, Mand., iv., 67. 

 On sallows and hazel. Gibside. — T. J. B. Above Swalwell 

 and Winlaton Mill. — J. H. June — July. 



3. T. Saliceti, Fab. 



Stepli. Illust, Mand., iv., QQ. 

 On willows. "Twizell." — P. J. Selby, Esq. "On willows, in 

 the Pelaw Leazes, in August." — Rev. W. Little, (Ornshy's Durham, 



