INSECTS 



Sericoris bifasciana. The late John Sang took this 

 species near Dtirfinffon in 1870 and again in 

 1872, according to his diary 



Mixodia schultzi.ma. Boggy places on the moors 

 in the west of the county 



— palustrana. Mr. Gardner found this insect 

 abundant in one locality on the Teesdale 

 Moors. I do not know any other English 

 habitat. 



LOZOPERIDiE. 



Phtheochroa rugosana. Dlmdak If'oo/i and Conis- 

 cl'tffe. The food plant Bryonia dioica 

 only grows in extreme Zouth Durham 



Eriopsela fractifasciana. A single specimen was 

 taken by Mr. Gardner at Black Hall Rocks 



— quadrana. Taken in 1896 by Mr. Gardner 



at Winch Bridge, Upper Teesdale. This is, 



perhaps, its most northern habitat 

 Chrosis tesscrana. Has only been taken near Dar- 



Rngton. The food plant scarcely occurs in 



the county 

 Argyrolepia baumanniana. 



and not uncommon 



— subbaumanniana. Only 



nearly fifty years ago 



— badiana. Among burdock in the denes 



Generally distributed 

 taken by Mr. Sang 



Argyrolepia cnicana. Rather common amongst 

 thistles 



Calosctia nigromaculana. Hartlepool, on the rail- 

 w.iy side, among ragwort 



EupcEcilia maculosana. Taken by Mr. Sang, pro- 

 bably only a casual, as the insect does not 

 occur so far north 



— atricapitana. Darlington, Hartlepool, Sec, among 



ragwort 



— nana. IVolsingham is the only district where 



this has occurred 



— angustana. Common about Hartlepool. No 



other records 



— rupicola. Only in South Durham, Hesleden 



Dene, and Darlington 



— vectisana. Greatham saltmarsh, very plentiful 



— manniana. Occurred on the railway banks at 



Darlington 



— affinitana. Occurs at Greatham saltmarsh, the 



larvx feeding on Aster tripolium 



— ruficiliana. Common among cowslips at Dar- 



lington, Hartlepool, &c. 

 Lozopera straminea. Generally common 

 Xanthosetia hamana. Generally distributed, but 



not very abundant 



— zcegana. Generally distributed, but not very 



abundant 

 Tortricodes hyemana. Common in oak woods 



TINEINA 



This group has been very little collected in Durham. The following list has been 

 compiled principally from notes left by the late John Sang, which appear to have been 

 memoranda for future guidance rather than a regular diary, and from a list supplied by 

 Mr. John Gardner, F.E.S., of his own captures. Stainton's Manual has references to ' Da^ 

 Darlington, but as these referred rather to the residence of the captor than to the actual place 

 where the species were found I have added Stainton's Manual., in all cases where I have no 

 other knowledge of its occurrence. Sang, who, I believe, supplied Stainton with the list, 

 collected in Yorkshire — as far as Richmond inland, and down the coast to Redcar and Salt- 

 burn, and it is possible that some of these references ought to have been in the Yorkshire list. 

 No one has collected the Tineina in North Durham since the late George Wailes, and his 

 records are given in the Manual as ' A^^,' Newcastle, so that it is impossible now to say which 

 were Durham species, and which Northumberland. 



EXAPATIDiE 



Exapate gelatella. Generally common 

 Chimabacche phryganella. In woods, but not 

 common 



— fagclla. Abundant everj'where. Dark forms 



often occur, but not so black as those I have 

 seen at Liverpool and elsewhere 

 Semioscopis avellanella. Occurs in Upper Teesdale. 

 Not common 



— steinkellneriana. The Manual gives DarFington, 



but Sang does not appear to have met with 

 it. I took a single specimen near the work- 

 house, Hartlepool, many years ago 



TINEIDiE 



Talaeporia pseudo-bombycella. Barnard Castle and 



Castle Eden Dene 

 Solenobia clathrella. This insect was found by 



Dr. Mason in a small collection formed by 



John Sang, and purchased at his death by 

 Dr. Mason. They were all taken after 

 Sang's return to Darlington, and these 

 (two $i and three $s) were there named 

 Triquetrella, as Clathrella had never been 

 recorded as British. Dr. Mason wrote me 

 of his discovery that they were a new species 

 as soon as he had satisfied himself. There 

 is an incorrect reference to these specimens 

 in Tutt's work (vol. ii. 197). The syno- 

 nomy of the genus is much confused 



Diplodoma marginepunctella. Sang found cases 

 of this insect Mow down on tree trunks' 

 near Darlington 



Ochsenhcimera birdella. Taken by Mr. Gardner 

 near the mouth of Hesleden Dene 



— bisontella. Found by Mr. Gardner with the 



last, and also in Teesdale by Mr. Sang 



— vacculelh. Found by Mr. Gardner with the 



last, and also in Teesdale by Mr. Sang 



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