74 CATALOGtrE OF MOTHS. 



94. A. comptana, Frol. 



Anchylopera comptana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 225. 



„ „ Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 141. 



Ancylis ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 479. 



A species that appears chiefly on open chalk downs and hills. 

 Meyrick says it extends to Cheshire, but Mr. Barrett assures 

 me he knows of no record north of Cambridgeshire. Mr. Sang 

 records that he took the insect in a lane near Darlington in 

 1859! It maybe so, but it could only be a stray specimen. 

 I give it here with grave doubts as to its correctness. 



95. A. unguicella, Linn. 



Anchylopera unguicella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 225. 



„ „ Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 143. 



Ancylis „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 479. 



Not uncommon among Erica. Mr. Finlay found it freely in 

 June on Needless Hall Moor. Mr. Sang found it at Wolsing- 

 ham on 3rd June, 1874, and again on 22nd June, 1878. He 

 also got it at Eggleston on 11th June, 1881, and found larvse 

 on the 1st June, 1884. Mr. Gardner has also taken it on the 

 Teesdale moors. 



BACTRA, Steph. 



96. Bactra lanceolana, Hub. 



Bactra lanceolana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 226. 

 „ „ Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 145. 



„ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 456. 



An abundant species, well distributed over both counties, 

 and plentiful everywhere. Mr. Finlay found it " Generally 

 distributed and very plentiful." Mr. Maling recorded it in the 

 Transactions for 1875, p. 281. It is abundant among rushes 

 in Hezleden Dene and elsewhere. Mr. Scott found it near 

 Stockton-on-Tees (see E, W. I., vol. i., p. 164). 



