110 CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 



SEMIOSCOPIS, Hub. 



5. Semioscopis avellanella, Hub. 



Semioscopis avellanella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 283. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 616, 



A generally distributed species, but rather local, and certainly 

 not plentiful anywhere in the north. For Northumberland I 

 have no records, and for Durham only two, both in the south 

 of the county. Mr. Sang took it near Darlington in 1861 — 

 nearly half a century ago. Mr. Gardner has since met with the 

 species in Teesdale, but never commonly. 



6. S. steinkellneriana, W.V. 



Semioscopis steinhellneriana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 283. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., 



p. 617. 



This species is given in the " Manual " as having occurred at 



Darlington. Sang, however, does not record it, nor have I any 



knowledge of its occurrence in either county, except that I 



took a single specimen on the wing some forty years ago in the 



lane leading from West Hartlepool to the workhouse. I was 



not sufficiently interested in the group then to seek more, nor 



has it been taken since. The larva feeds on hawthorn and other 



trees, so it ought to be commoner than appears by this. The 



lane where it was taken is now ruined for entomological 



purposes. Mr. Harding recorded that this species was on the 



Aving from daylight to sunrise (E.W.T., vol. i,, p. 26). My 



specimen was taken about sunset. 



TINEID^, Stain. 

 TALtEPORIA, Zell. 



7. Talaeporia pseudobombycella, Och. 



Tal(Bporia pseudobomhycella. Staint. Man., vol, ii,, p. 285. 



,, „ Meyr, Hdbk. Brit. Lep., 



p. 776. 



Generally a common species, but scarcely recorded for these 



counties, the only notice of it that I have seen being the 



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