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163. S. lacunana, Dup. 



Sencoris lacimatta. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 262. 



Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 266. 

 Eucosma ,, Mevr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 467. 



An abundant species everywhere. Mr. Finlay says " Generally 

 distributed around Morpeth, and plentiful." Mr. Maling re- 

 corded it in the Transactions for 1875, p. 281. Mr. Sang, I 

 presume, considered it too common to enter. It is very 

 abundant around Hartlepool, and I have no doubt may be 

 found all over both counties. 



164. S. urticana, Hub. 



Sericorts tirticatia. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 263. 



,, „ Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 267. 



Eucosma ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 467. 



Strange to say Mr. Finlay never met with this insect, but 

 Mr. Maling recorded it for Northumberland in the Transactions 

 for 1875, p. 281, and Mr. Backhouse for Jesmond as well as at 

 Hoifall "Wood, Durham. Mr. Sang did not enter it — an evidence 

 of its abundance. Mr. Grardner has taken it in Teesdale, and I 

 have bred it from nettle at Hartlepool. It feeds on a vast 

 variety of plants, and is generally a plentiful hedge side insect, 

 though Meyrick says it gets scarcer northwards. 



165, S. micana, Hub. 



Sericoris micana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 263. 



Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 268. 

 Eucosma ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 467. 



An insect fond of damp or swampy places. Mr. Finlay found 

 it not uncommon to the west of Netherwitton — the only 

 Northumbrian record. Mr. Sang took it near Darlington in 

 boggy places, and Mr. Gardner got it at a pond at Thorp 

 Bulmer, near Hartlepool, plentifully, taking fifty or more in a 

 season. 



