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88. D. assimilella, Tr. 



Depressaria assimilella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 321. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 621. 



I have only one record of the species beyond that of the 



"Manual," which is that it is abundant at Newcastle-on- 



Tyne, and occurs regularly at Darlington. Mr. Backhouse 



found it at Shotley and at St. John's. 



89. D. nanatella, Stain. 



Depressaria nanatella, Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 321. 

 ,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 622. 



This local species is only recorded from the neighbourhood of 

 Hartlepool, where Mr. Sang met with it in 1880 and again in 

 1884. The larva feeds on. the carline thistle, which is common 

 about Black Halls, and on the railway banks from Hart Station 

 northward. Mr. Gardner has bred it freely from larvse found 

 in Crimdon Cut. 



90. D. scopariella, Hein. 



Depressaria atomella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 322 



(partim) 



,, „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 621 



(partim) 

 The larva of this species, which is confused with atomella in 

 both Stainton's ' Manual " and Meyrick's "Handbook," feeds 

 on broom, which grows freely on the railway banks about 

 Darlington. There Mr. Sang took scopariella in 1861 and 

 again in 1866. It has not been recorded elsewhere in either 

 county, but may be expected in the west of Durham among the 

 food plant. 



91. D. arenella, W.V. 



Depressaria arenella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 322. 

 ,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 622. 



Rather more generally distributed than the preceding. It is 

 given in the ''Manual" as occurring at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 

 and regularly at Darlington. Mr. Finlay found it in Meldon 



