148 CATALOGITE OF MOTHS. 



110. G. velocella, Dup. 



Gelechia velocella. Staint. Man., vol, ii., p. 331. 

 ,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 602. 



Mr. J. B. Hodgkinson's list is the only notice I have of this 

 species. It is an insect that occurs on the west of the island, 

 and not so unlikely to occur as populella. I therefore include 

 it here, making this note. 



111. G. fumatella, Dgl. 



Gelechia fumatella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 331. 

 ,, distinctella. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 601 



fpartimj. 

 Two specimens, taken at Hartlepool by Mr. Gardner, have 

 been identified as undoubtedly belonging to this species by Mr. 

 Bankes, who adds that Meyrick is certainly in error in treating 

 fumatella, Dgl., as identical with distinctella, Z., these two 

 species being abundantly distinct in all their forms. Fumatella 

 is marked by Mr. Hodgkinson as occurring in West Northum- 

 berland, but Mr. Bankes tells me that the unconfirmed entry 

 must not be accepted, for (1) fumatella seems to be entirely 

 confined, in Britain, to the coast line, and (2) Hodgkinson's 

 determinations of the more obscure and less well-known micro- 

 lepidoptera, such as this, were frequently proved to be 

 erroneous, to say nothing of the fact that he relied upon his 

 memory, instead of upon notes, for details about his captures. 



112. G. ericetella, Hub. 



Gelechia ericetella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 331. 

 „ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 603. 



An abundant insect on heathery moors, probably occurring 

 wherever there is heather or heath. Mr. Pinlay says " on the 

 moors, plentiful, May and June." Mr. Maling also recorded it 

 in the Transactions for 1875, p. 282. Mr. Gardner found it 

 cominon on the borders of Hardwick Dene, also near Sheraton, 

 and very common on the moors in Teesdale, and Mr. Back- 

 house got it at St. John's. 



