130 CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 



58. M. sparmanella, Bosc. 



Micropteryx sparmanella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 304. 

 „ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 803. 



Not recorded from Northumberland, and in Durham only 

 from Upper Teesdale. Mr. Sang met with it at High Force on 

 Ist August,* 1878, and Mr. Gardner has taken the moth at 

 Sharnbery Gill in Teesdale. 



59. Micropteryx subpurpurella, Haw. 



Micropteryx suhpurpurella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 304. 

 ,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 805. 



A very abundant species, apparently occurring freely every- 

 where. The oldest record I have seen is in Stephens' Illustra- 

 tions (Haust., vol. iv., p. 359), where it is given, on the 

 authority of the late George Wailes, as taken at Newcastle- 

 on-Tyne. The " Manual " also gives it as of regular 

 occurrence both at Newcastle-on-Tyne and Darlington. Mr. 

 Finlay found it " not uncommonly " in the Old Park, Nether- 

 witton ; Mr. Backhouse met with it in Hoffall Wood, near 

 Durham ; Mr. Sang got it near Darlington and at Eggleston. 

 Mr. Gardner took it in Hezleden Dene, where it is common, as 

 well as in Upper Teesdale. 



SWAMMERDAMIA, Hb. 



60. S"wainmerdamia apicella, Don. 



Stvammerdamia apicella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 305. 

 ,, combinella. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 769. 



Generally a common species. It is recorded as occurring 

 regularly at Newcastle-on-Tyne and Darlington in Stainton's 

 "Manual." Mr. Finlay found it commonly on plum trees in 

 Meldon Park. At Darlington Mr. Sang took it on the railway 

 side on 17th June, 1872, and Mr. Thomas Laws bred it from 



* The species being single-broocled, and the moth out in April and May, 

 this date doubtless refers to the finding of the larva. — E. R. B. 



