CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 77 



HEMEROSIA, Steph. 



103. Hemerosia rheediella, CI. 



Hemerosia rheediella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 229. 



,, ,, Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 157. 



Pammene ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 506. 



Not a scarce insect, the larva feeding on hawthorn and apple. 

 Mr. Hodgkinson got it in the west of ITorthumberland, and Mr. 

 Finlay found it fairly common in Meldon Park. Mr. Back- 

 house took it at Sunderland ; Mr. Sang at Darlington ; and 

 Mr. Gardner at Hartlepool. It probably occurs all over both 

 counties. 



CHEIMATOPHILA, Steph. 



104. Cheimatophila mixtana. Hub. 



Cheimatophila mixtana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 230. 



,. „ Wilk. Brit. Tort, p. 159. 



Acalla ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep , p. 523. 



Widely distributed in heathy places, and rather common 

 there. Mr. Einlay found it common on the moors ; Mr. Sang 

 took it both at Waskerley and Wolsingham ; and Mr. Gardner 

 also met with it on the Teesdale moors. 



OXYGRAPHA, Hub. 



105. Oxygrapha literana, Linn. 



Oxygrapha literana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 230. 



,, „ Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 160. 



Acalla ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 522. 



This is not a common insect, being both local and scarce. 

 Mr. Finlay found it rare in Meldon Park. Mr. Henderson 

 found it in Jesmond Dene. In Durham Mr. Sang took it at 

 Eggleston and near Darlington. I got a single specimen on the 

 cemetery palings at Hartlepool, and Mr. Gardner got another at 

 the sea end of Hezleden Dene. 



