CATALOGUE OF JfOTHS. 159 



Staudinger and Rebel's "Catalog" and in TVTeyriek's Hand- 

 book, Unfortunately, owing to all this confusion, and the con- 

 sequent inconsistent and largely erroneous use of the name 

 tnstabilelia, it is impossible to say to which of several distinct 

 species each of Mr. Sang's entries really applies, nor are his 

 specimens, which in any case would be without data labels, 

 available for submission to an expert, both of his collections 

 having by now been dispersed piecemeal. "VVe must therefore 

 ignore his references to instabilella, which would only perpetuate 

 error ; but reliance can be placed on the correct identification of 

 Mr. Gardner's captures in this group, as these have been named 

 by Mr. Bankes. Mr. Gardner forwarded a long series of his 

 captures (taken in the locality) to Mr. Bankes, who identified 

 only tivo specimens out of the lot as true instabilella, so that this 

 is the only local record we can at present rely upon. The true 

 G. instabilella mines the leaves, not of Plantago maritima as 

 stated in the "Manual," but of the saltmarsh-loving Atriplex 

 portulacoides ; this plant grows " about the mouths of the Tyue, 

 Wear and Tees sparingly" (Transactions 1868, p. 238), so that 

 we may expect the species to be found on the Greatham 

 marshes. 



144. G. salicorniae, Hering. 



Gelechia saliconiice. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 592. 



A local coast species, taken here so far only at Greatham by 

 Mr. Gardner. The larva feeds in and on the leaves of various 

 marine plants, Aster, Salicornia, etc. This insect was only 

 added to the British list by Mr. Bankes in 1894. 



145. G. atriplicella, F. E. 



Gelechia atriplicella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 340. 

 „ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 591. 



A widely and pretty generally distributed species in England. 

 Mr. Gardner found the species abundant at Hartlepool and at 

 Greatham. I have no other record, but Mr. Bankes states 

 that he has good reasons to believe that Sang's allusions to 

 ^^ obsoletella^^ are really referable to atriplicella, in which case 



