CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 95 



A widely distributed species according to Stainton, but con- 

 fined to " Cheshire to Caledonian Canal" according to Meyrick. 

 If Meyrick be correct it would seem to be a westerly species, 

 but it certainly occurs in both these counties. Mr. Maling 

 recorded it for Northumberland in the "Young Naturalist," 

 vol. iv., p. 23 ; Mr. Gardner and I have met with it about 

 Hartlepool, not very commonly. It is an abundant insect in 

 Scotland. The larva feeds on common plants, Plantago, 

 Centaurea, &c. 



ABLABIA, Hub. 



158. Ablabia pratana, Hub. 



Ahlahia pratana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p, 259. 



„ „ Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 257. 



Tortrix osseata. Meyr. Hdbk. Biit. Lep., p. 542. 



Rather a local species, though plentiful where it occurs. 

 Mr. Fiulay found it abundant on the Northumberland moors. 

 Mr. Maling recorded it, witliout locality, in the Transactions 

 for 1875, p. 281. Mr. Sang took it in Masham lane, and I 

 have found it about Hartlepool, generally in rough pastures 

 and such like places. The moth seems to fly about mid-day, 

 and to continue on the wing for four or five hours. I have 

 seen it on the wing in hundreds when taking Miana expolita. 

 Mr. Gardner has found it abundant in Upper Teesdale, and 

 thinks it occurs everywhere among rushes. 



SEEICORID^. 

 EUGHROMIA, Steph. 



159. Euchromia ericelana, Bentley. 



Euchromia ericetana. Staint. Man., vul. ii., p. 261. 



„ „ Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 262. 



Eucosma ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 469. 



The only record I have of the occurrence of this species is 

 that I took it occasionally in my garden when I lived at 

 Bellerby Terrace, West Hartlepool, in 1880. The house was 

 then more than a mile out of the town, beyond the Cemetery, 



