2b CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 



50. E. interpunctella, Hb. 



Ephestid interpunctella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 169. 



Plodia ,, Leech, Brit. Pyr., p. 98. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 372. 



Imago. Leech, pi. xi., fig. 11. 



Lakva. Buck., voL ix., pi. clvi., fig. 8. 

 This has no doubt been correctly transferred to the genus 

 Plodia, Gn. The larva feeds on grain and seeds, as well as on 

 dried fruits, but it does not appear to be particular in its food, 

 for Mr. Sang found it in a tea warehouse at Darlington, where, 

 apparently, it could only have tea dust to live upon. Mr. 

 Finlay has found the imago in Meldon Park in the open air, 

 but never very common, and he makes no suggestion as to the 

 food. Mr. Gardner got a specimen in a grocer's shop at Hartle- 

 pool. Mr. Buckler reared t?ie larvae on locust beans, and Mr. 

 Porritt on dried figs. It evidently has considerable choice of 

 food. 



51. E. kuehniella, Zeller. 



Ephestia huehniella. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 374. 



A specimen of this insect was taken by Mr. Gardner at 

 Middle Thorp, near Hartlepool, three or four years ago, and he 

 took another last year. It is one of the more recent additions 

 to the British fauna. The larva feeds on flour. I had larvae 

 brought me from a flour warehouse at Stockton that I expected 

 to produce this insect, but they never appeared. 



HOMCEOSOMA, Curt. 



52. Homoeosoma nimbella, Zell. 

 Hommosoma nimhella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 169. 



,, ,, Leech, Brit. Pyr., p. 91. 



„ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 377. 



Imago, Leech, pi. x,, fig. 12. 

 Laeva. Buck., vol. ix., pi. clvii., fig. 3. 

 The only Northumberland record I have for this insect is 

 from the west of the county, where Mr. J. B. Hodgkinson met 

 with it. Mr. Sang took it at South Shields on 23rd July, 1871. 



