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57. G expallidana, Haw. 



Catoptria expallidana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 210. 



„ „ Wilk Brit. Tort., p. 92. 



Epihlema ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 498. 



The larva of this insect feeds in the seed heads of sow thistle 

 fSonchus arvensisj, and Stainton says it appears to frequent 

 marshy places. The only records I have of its appearance are 

 that Sang took it in 1860 at gas lamps at Darlington, and on 

 the railway side there in 1873. It is a very local species. 



HALONOTA, Steph. 



58. Halonota bimaculana, Don. 



Halonota bimaculana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 211. 



„ „ Wilk. Brit. Tort, p. 93. 



Epiblema similana, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 495. 



Stainton says this is widely distributed but not common. 

 That appears to be its character here. Mr. Finlay took it at 

 Buckshaw, but it was never plentiful. Mr. Maling recorded it 

 in the Transactions for 1875 (p. 281). Mr. Sang got it near 

 Darlington in 1872, and at High Force, Upper Teesdale, in 

 1874. Mr. Gardner has taken it at Cole Hill, and we have met 

 with it in Hezleden Dene among birches. 



59. H. trigeminana, Steph. 



Halonota trigeminana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 211. 



„ „ Wilk. Bjit. Tort., p. 94. 



Epiblema ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 495. 



Of this species also Stainton says it is widely distributed but 

 not common. Here it has been recorded in the Twizell list — 

 one of the few Tortrices therein. That is North-East Northum- 

 berland. Mr. Sang took it in 1854 at Seaton Carew. That is 

 South-East Durham. Except these two records at the extremes 

 of our area, I have no knowledge of its appearance. 



