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A very local species, and apparently not occurring in York- 

 shire, for it is not in Mr. Porritt's catalogue for that county. 

 Yet Mr. Sang took it at Darlington in 1860 at gas lamps. It 

 would appear to frequent poplars. 



85. H. trimaculana, Don. 



Hedya trimaculana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 221. 



Wilk. Brit. Tort, p. 125. 

 Cydia ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 483. 



Not included in the list of Mr. Finlay's captures, but recorded 

 for Northumberland by Mr. Maling in the Transactions for 1875, 

 p. 281. Mr. Pattison also found it at Newcastle. It is a 

 species generally common among elm, but the only record I 

 have for it in Durham is from Hezleden Dene, where it is very 

 abundant. Mr. Gardner has bred it freely from there. 



STEGANOPTYCHA, Steph. 



86. Steganoptycha naevana, Hub. 



Steganoptycha ntBvana. Staint. Man., vol. ii,, p. 221. 



„ „ Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 128. 



Eudemis ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 477. 



Mr. Pinlay found Ncevana not uncommon to the west of 

 Netherwitton in July. Mr. Sang got it at Cockerton, near 

 Darlington, on July 26th, 1857, and at Castle Eden Dene on 

 September 25th, 1862. The Castle Eden date appears a very 

 late one. The larva feeds in the shoots of holly, and I found 

 it exceedingly abundant in a nursery garden at West Hartle- 

 pool among young holly trees. It ought to be plentiful in the 

 west where holly grows freely. 



87. S. geminana, Steph. 



Steganoptycha geminana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 222. 

 „ Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 129. 



Meyrick considers this and the preceding insect to be but one 

 species. That is a matter for others, it is enough for me that 



