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as well as in Castle Eden Dene, "where Mr. Bankes also took it 

 in 1885. Mr. Gardner took it at Hartlepool in 1879, and more 

 recently in Upper Teesdale. 



108. G. rufescens, Haw. 



Gelechia rufescens. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 329. 

 Brachmia ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 606. 



An insect that appears to have been seldom taken in these 

 counties. Mr. Maling recorded it in the Transactions for 1875, 

 p. 282. In Durham Mr. Sang met with it at Seaton Carew 

 over fifty years ago. Since then Mr. Gardner has taken it at 

 Greatham, not far from Seaton Carew, and also at Hartlepool. 



( Gelechia populella is marked by Mr. Hodgkinson as having 

 been taken by him in "West Northumberland. I am inclined to 

 think he has made a mistake, and therefore do not include it 

 in the list. It does not occur in Lancashire, nor is there any 

 record in Yorkshire north of Scarborough and York. Perhaps 

 some of the Northumbrian collectors will make special search 

 for this insect, the larva of which feeds on sallow, birch, or 

 poplar, rolling up the leaves). 



109. G. nigra, Haw. 



Gelechia 7iigra. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 330. 

 ,, „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 599. 



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

 Newcastle-on-Tyne. Meyrick gives its range as from '' Kent to 

 Norfolk, Hereford, Northumberland." Wailes, who supplied 

 the Newcastle-on-Tyne list, collected not only in Northumber- 

 land, but in North Durham, and even in Castle Eden Dene. 

 But I am inclined to doubt the correctness of the record 

 altogether, only I cannot well exclude it here. May I direct 

 the attention of the Newcastle collectors to the need of con- 

 firming the occurrence of the species. Wailes collected chiefly 

 in Meldon Park and the Morpeth district, and in the valley of 

 the Derwent. This is the Gelechia cautella of Doubleday's 

 list. The larva feeds on poplar between united leaves. 



