CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 39 



on the salt-marsh at Greatham, a few miles south of Hartle- 

 pool. The specimens taken there are easily distinguished from 

 Hezleden examples. They are always smaller, yellower, and 

 much more streaked and marked with a darker shade. This 

 may result from the difference of habitat, this occurring in the 

 low swampy ground of a salt-marsh, and the other on a dry 

 limestone bank, but were there none but these two from the 

 Hartlepool district to consider they would certainly be reckoned 

 as two species. 



CHILO, Zk. 



75, Chilo phragmitellus, Hb. 



Chilo phragmitellus. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 186. 



,, ,, Leech, Brit. Pyr., p. 70. 



„ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lap., p. 397. 



Imago. Leech, pi. vii,, fig. 5. 

 Laeva. Buck., vol. ix., pi. clix., fig. 7. 



"We appear to be rather beyond the range of this species, or 

 it has escaped detection. The only occurrence I know of is 

 that it was taken at Hell Kettles, near Darlington, in July, 

 1874, by Mr. Stevenson. Mr. Bolam, of Berwick, had larvae 

 believed to be this species from the extreme north of Northum- 

 berland. He did not, however, rear the insects. There is 

 a doubtful record from Perth, in Scotland. I would urge 

 collectors in suitable places to try and confirm the occurrence 

 of the insect in our district. The larvae feed and pupate within 

 the reed stem, "We have not met with it about Greatham. 



CHLOEPHOEID^, Steph. 

 CHLOEPHORA, Dup. 



76. Chloephora prasinana, L. Geeen Silvee Lines. 



Chloephora prasinana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 187. 

 Halias ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. ii., p. 175. 



„ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 36. 



Laeva. Buck,, vol, ix,, pi. clxi., fig, 1. 



For particulars of this species see vol. i., p. 59. 



