118 CATALOGUE OF MOIHS. 



22. T. granella, Linn. 



Tinea granella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 291. 

 ,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 789. 



Very abundant in granaries and other places where corn is 

 stored. It was recorded for Newcastle-on-Tyne by George 

 Wailes in Stephens' Illustrations, vol. iv., p. 347. Mr. Back- 

 house marked it " corn lofts, etc.," and the " Manual " gives it 

 as occurring at Darlington and as being abundant at Newcastle. 

 These show how long it has been common. I have seen it my- 

 self on the outside of a corn warehouse on Newcastle Quay 

 sitting in countless thousands. 



23. T. cloacella, Haw. 



Tinea cloacella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 291. 

 „ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 789. 



A common species occurring in most places. It is given in 

 Stephens' Illustrations, iv., 347, for " Newcastle, etc.," and in 

 the "Manual" for both Newcastle-on-Tyne and Darlington. 

 Mr. Finlay reported it as " generally distributed and common" 

 in the Morpeth district. Mr. Corder has met with it near 

 Sunderland, Mr. Backhouse at Shotley, I have taken it in 

 Hezleden Dene, and Mr. Gardner says " common everywhere." 

 The larva feeds on fungus and rotten wood. 



24. T. albipunctella, Haw. 



Tinea alhipiinctella. Staint. Man., vol. ii,, p. 292. 

 ,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 790. 



The only records that I have found of the occurrence of this 

 species are that it was taken by Mr. Sang at Seaton Carew on 

 August 2nd, 1853, and near Darlington on 13th June, 1859. 

 It is a local species and does not occur very far north, 

 these records possibly representing the extent of its range, 

 but it ought to have been met with again in the last half- 

 ceutury. 



