106 CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 



190. X. zoegana, Linn. 



Xanthosetia zoegana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 276. 



„ „ Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 316. 



Euxanthis ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 558. 



Widely distributed, but never very common. Mr. Finlay 

 found it scarce at Meldon Park ; Mr. Maling recorded it in the 

 Transactions for 1875, p. 281 ; Mr. Patterson met with it at 

 ChoUerford; Mr. Sang got it at Castle Eden Dene; and Mr. 

 Gardner and I have taken it at Black Halls and on the railway 

 embankment. The larvae feed in the roots of Centaurea nigra, 

 and perhaps in those of Scahrosa columbaria as stated in 

 Stainton and Meyrick. 



TORTRICODID^. 

 TORTRIGODES, Gn. 



191. Tortricodes hyemana, Hub. 



Tortricodes hyemana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 278. 



Cheimatophila tortricella. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 543. 



Wilkinson appears not to have considered this to be a Tortrix, 

 indeed Stainton did not, but he includes it with them in his 

 index. It is a very common species in oak woods, but is on 

 the wing so early in the year that it is not often noticed by 

 entomologists. Mr. Finlay reports it as plentiful in his district, 

 and Mr. Maling includes it in his list in the Transactions for 

 1875 (p. 281). Mr. Sang took it around Darlington, and we 

 find it common in Hezleden Dene. The lack of further records 

 must be explained by its early appearance. 



