146 dr. embleton on the VendacE. 



Phoxopteryx biarcuana (a local insect). — I took one at Chop- 

 well, in June. 



.TINE.E. 



Biurnea fagella. — Numerous, at rest, on beech trees in Jes- 

 moncl Dene, in April. This species varies very much, those met 

 with in the north being much darker in colour than the south- 

 country specimens. 



Adela viridella. — This pretty Tinea was a very conspicuous 

 object, flying among the foliage of the oak in May and June, the 

 bronze colour of the wings glistening in the bright sunshine. 



Gelechia fumatella. — I only succeeded in getting six or eight 

 specimens of this rare species, at JSewbiggin-by-the-Sea, in July. 



PTEROYHORI (PLUMES). 



Pterophorus bipunctidaetylus. — Rare, near Hexham, in June. 



P. trigonodactylus. — At South Shields, in July. The larva 

 feeds on the stems of the flowers of the coltsfoot. 



P. fuseus. — Numerous, at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, in July. 



Alucita polydactylus (the Twenty Plume Moth). — Hybernated 

 specimens were numerous, near Hexham, flying among honey- 

 suckle, in May. 



X. — On the Vendace, Coregonus Willoughbii (Yarrell) ; C. Marce- 

 nula (Jardine and Jenyns). By D. Embleton, M.D. 



In the autumn of 1871, George Clayton Atkinson, Esq., then 

 President of the Tyneside Field Club, kindly sent me two speci- 

 mens of this interesting little fish, taken at Lochmaben, Dum- 

 friesshire, early in the month of August. Mr. William Bowe, 

 fisherman, of Lake Road, Keswick, sent me a third, in June, 

 1872 ; and in October of the same year, being at Keswick, I ob- 

 tained of Mr. Bowe other specimens : all these had been taken 



