34 CATAXOGUE OF MOTHS. 



CEAMBID^, Gn. 



CRAM BUS, Fab. 



(Crambus cerussellus. Mr. Sang enters " Cerusella''^ as 

 occurring in several places about Darlington from the middle 

 of June to the first week in July. As he never gave even the 

 initial of the generic name, I have been puzzled as to this 

 entry, the date of vv^hich agrees with the time of the occurrence 

 of Cramhus cerussellus or cerussella. Elachista cerusella is 

 given in the "Manual" as occurring at Darlington, but this 

 insect appears on the wing in May, and again in August, while 

 Bang's entries are as above, June and early July. The larva of 

 the Elachista too feeds on Phalaris arundinacea, which is not 

 very likely to occur in the lanes around Darlington. On the 

 other hand Crambus cerussellus is not recorded for Yorkshire, 

 though it reaches Lancashire on the west. In Sang's diary the 

 name is given with only one s in every case, and I can only 

 leave the matter with these remarks, and wait for elucidation 

 in the future). 



63. Crambus pratellus, Linn? Clk. 



Cramhus pratellus. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 180. - 

 ,, ,, Leech, Brit. Pyr., p. 75. 



„ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 391. 



Imago. Leech, pi. viii., fig. 5. 

 Abundant everywhere. 



64. C. hamellus, Thunb. 



Cramhus hamellus. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 181. 



,, ,, Leech, Brit. Pyr., p. 77. 



„ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 389. 



Imago. Leech, pL viii., fig. 9. 



Meyrick limits the range of this species to Lancashire in the 

 west, but does not give it in the east. I took it several years 

 ago at Hartlepool, but have no recent knowledge of it. It has 

 been taken at Scarborough. . . 



