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32. N. cristulalis, Hub. Least Black Aeches. 



Nola cristulalis. Staint. Man., vol. ii,, p. 157. 



,, ,, JSTewa-i. Brit, Moths, p. 25. 



,, confusalis. Barr. Lep. Brit. Is,, vol. ii., p. 187. 



Roeselia ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 33. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. iii., pi. xliii., fig. 7. 



See vol i., p. 60, for this species. 



CHOEENTID^. 

 SIMAETHIS, Leach. 



33. Simaethis fabriciana, Linn Nettle-Tap. 



Simaethis fabriciana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 158. 

 ,, ,, Meyr. Hclbk. Brit. Lep., p. 707. 



This is generally distributed and plentiful vs^herever it occurs. 

 Though records are few, it is certain to be found abundantly 

 throughout both counties, wherever there is nettle. It is in 

 the Twizell list, Mr, T inlay found it generally distributed and 

 coinmon about Morpeth, Mr Maling records it for the !N"ew- 

 castle district in the Transactions of the Society for 1875, 

 p. 281, About Hartlepool it swarms everywhere. Stainton 

 followed Stephens in placing these insects among the Pyralides, 

 but more recent writers have transferred them to the Tortricina. 

 It flies in the afternoon in the sun, and the larva feeds on 

 nettle, concealing itself in a white web. 



34. S. pariana, Linn. Scauce IN'ettle-Tap. 



Simaethis pariana. Staint, Man., vol. ii,, p. 158, 

 ,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit, Lep., p. 706. 



A much scarcer species than the last, though generally 

 abundant where it occurs. It appears later in the year too, 

 and the imago hybernates, depositing its eggs in spring. It 

 has been found plentifully in thatch when hiding for the winter. 

 The larva feeds on hawthorn and apple. Mr. Sang took it in 

 Castle Eden Dene on 28th September, 1862, and Mr, Gardner 

 got a good series there some six or seven years ago. 



