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is none. Meyrick says the larva feeds on JSrica, and Leech 

 that it will eat sallow in captivity, but it must feed on low 

 plants as well, for there is neither one nor the other in places 

 where we take it. It comes frequently to sugar, and may often 

 be taken from the flowers of Hieracleum sphondyllium. The 

 only additional record I have is that Mr. Sang took it at 

 Wolsingham on 28th June, 1874, and Mr. Gardner tells me it 

 is common in Teesdale. 



61. Pempelia betulae, Gn. 



Pempelia hetulce. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 177. 

 Phycis ,, Leech, Brit. Pyr., p. 100. 



Salebria „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 366. 



Imago. Leech, Brit. Pyr., pi. 11, fig. 14. 



Labva. Buck., vol. ix., pi. clviii., fig. 10. 



A single specimen of this insect was taken in Upper Teesdale 

 by Mr. Gardner. It is not a very uncommon species in York- 

 shire, and may probably be turned up in other parts of these 

 counties when these smaller species are more collected. The 

 Derwent Valley and the Hexham district appear to me to be 

 likely places for its occurrence. 



62. Pempelia davisellus, Newman. 



Nephopteryx genistella. Leech, Brit. Pyr., p. 104. 



„ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 371. 



Imago. Leech, pi. xii., fig. 8. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. ix., pi. clix., fig. 2. 



Mr. Sang records that he took larvse of this species (which 

 he calls Genistacolella) at "Waskerley, in the west of Durham, 

 on 12th April, 1874; at Wolaingham on 7th June, 1878, and 

 imagines there on 27th May, 1884. He does not give the food 

 plant or any further particulars. The larva, so far as I know, 

 feeds on Ulex campestris, and it is very desirable to have these 

 records confirmed, as otherwise the insect appears to be con- 

 fined to the extreme south of England. 



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