162 CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 



151. G. tenebrella, Hub. 



Gelechia tenebrella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 342, 

 Aristotelia ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 575. 



A common insect generally, and no doubt occurring nearly all 

 over both counties, but at present only noticed in Durham. It 

 is given in the " Manual" as occurring at Darlington, but the 

 only record in Sang's diary is that he took the insect at 

 "Wolsingham fifteen years after the publication of the second 

 volume of that work. The only other note of the insect I have 

 seen is that Mr. Gardner took it on the railway embankment at 

 Hartlepool. The larva feeds on sheep's sorrel (Rumex 

 acetosella), a common enough plant in dry places. 



152. G. tenebrosella, Zell. 



Gelechia tenebrosella. Staint. Man., vol. ii,, p. 342. 

 Aristotelia tenebrella. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 575. 



This differs from tenebrella only in having the tip of the 

 antennae white, and Meyrick makes but one species of the two. 

 The only place where tliis has been found here is Hedley Lane, 

 Darlington, where Mr. Sang took it long ago. In giving them 

 separately, I do not express any opinion on their distinctness, 

 but give them so because Stainton, whom I am following, did 

 so. Mr. Bankes, however, says that it has been abundantly 

 proved that the so-called tenebrosella is merely the female of 

 tenebrella. 



158. G. ligulella, Zell. 



Gelechia ligulella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 342. 



Anacampsis vorticella. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 582 



(parti^n). 



Not a common species, and one that apparently does not reach 

 Scotland. Mr. Hodgkinson, however, has marked it in his list 

 of West Northumberland insects, but this is the only record for 

 that county. In Durham I have no records except in the ex- 

 treme south of the county. Mr. Sang took it in several places 

 around Darlington, and Mr. Gardner met with it at Greatham. 



