88 Catalogtte of moths. 



STIGMONOTA, Guen. 



134. Stigmonota internana, Guen. 



Stigmonota internana. Staint. Man., vol ii., p. 245. 



„ „ Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 208. 



Laspeyresia ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Erit. Lep., p. 511. 



I^ot a common species, and apparently not extending beyond 

 South Durham. Meyrick limits it to York. Mr. Sang took it at 

 Croft, near Darlington. Mr. Gardner has taken it in Hezleden 

 Dene. It also occurs at Benridge reservoir among the whins 

 round there and elsewhere. 



135. S. perlepidana, Haw. 



Stigmonota perlepidana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 245. 



„ „ Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 208. 



Laspeyresia ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 511. 



Apparently not generally common, and only recorded here 

 by Mr. Sang, who took the imago near Darlington in 1870. 

 Wilkinson says the larva feeds on Orohus niger, and Meyrick 

 says "in pods of Lathyrus macrorrhixus.^^ Neither of these 

 plants grows in either county, but Mr. Barrett tells me it feeds 

 in Orobus tuherosus, which is "common upon heaths and the 

 borders of pastures." (See Trans., ii., 154). 



136. S. dorsana, Fab. 



Stigmonota dorsana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 246. 



„ „ Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 211. 



Laspeyresia ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 512. 



Another species recorded by Mr. Sang, and, so far, by no one 

 else. He found the insect on the railway embankment near 

 Croft, and subsequently bred it from larvae in pods of Lathyrus 

 sylvestris. Meyrick says "in pods of Lathyrus macrorrhizus 

 (and perhaps L. pratensis^.^'' Mr. Sang's larvae therefore give 

 an additional food plant. Possibly the larvae of the previous 

 species might also feed on Lathyrus sylvestris. 



