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may have imwittitigly misled him. It seems sufficient here to 

 record the occurrence of the species in Britain. The genus is 

 doubtless a difficult one, and the insects are sufficiently rare to 

 make it not easy to obtain them in any number. The larvse all 

 feed on lichens. 



DIPLODOMA, Zell. 



10. Diplodoma marginepunctella, Steph. 



Diplodoma marginepunctella. Staint. Man., vol, ii., p. 286. 



„ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., 



p. 777. 



Mr. Sang took cases of this species at Baydales, Darlington, 



on 19th April, 1855, and concerning them made one of his very 



few notes, which runs, '* cases low down on tree trunks." 



Meyrick says, "in a three-sided case enclosed in an outer 



shorter case, covered with fragments of refuse or dead insects, 



fungus, &c." Darlington is given as a habitat in the 



"Manual." 



The species was first described by Stephens, who says, "of 

 this very distinct species I have seen but a pair which are in 

 my own collection." 



OCHSENHEIMERIA, Zell. 



11. Ochsenheimeria birdella, Curt. 



Ochsenheimeria birdella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 287. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 778. 



A local species, but Avidely distributed in England, though 

 apparently not occurring in Scotland. The "Manual" gives 

 "Ne," which might mean the whole area or any part of it 

 in which Mr. Wailes collected, say from Morpeth to Castle Eden 

 Dene or Upper Teesdale. Mr. Maling also recorded it, in the 

 Transactions for 1875, p. 282, as "flying in the sunshine among 

 long grass in July." No locality is given, but the specimens 

 were probably taken in Northumberland. Mr. Bankes took a 

 specimen at Hawthorn Tower, near Seaham Harbour, on 

 September 1st, 1885 — the only undoubted Durham capture I 



