166 CATAIOGTTE OF MOIHS. 



164. G. osseella, Stain. 



Gelechia osseella. Staint. Ent. Ann., 1861, p. 87. 

 Ptocheuusa ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 579. 



Discovered in 1860 by Mr. Wilkinson at Scarborough, and 

 described and named by Mr. Stainton in the Entomologist's 

 Annual for 1861, p. 87. He there speaks of it as not being a 

 true Gelechia, but it still remains on some of our lists, at all 

 events, under this genus. Mr. Sang took it near Darlington in 

 1872. I have no other record. Osseella is extremely local and 

 decidedly uncommon, and its larva and food plant are quite 

 unknown. 



165. G. subocellea, Steph. 



Gelechia subocellea. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 347. 

 Ptocheuusa ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 579. 



Meyrick gives this species as not recorded from further north 

 than Yorkshire, but Mr. Gardner has taken it abundantly in 

 Hezleden Dene, Avhich is, however, less than 10 miles from the 

 Yorkshire boundary. The larva feeds in a case on seed heads 

 of marjoram, which is very abundant in and about the Deue. 



PARASIA, Dup. 



166. Parasia lappella, Linn. 



Parasia lappella. Staint. Man,, vol. ii., p. 348. 

 ,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 571. 



A local species, the larva feeding on burdock (Arctium 

 lappa). The only record I have found of its occurrence here is 

 the " Ne " of the "Manual," signifying that it has occurred 

 at IS^ewcastle-on-Tyne. 



167. P. metzneriella, Stain. 



Parasia metzneriella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 348. 

 „ ,5 Meyr. Hdbk. Brit, Lep., p. 570. 



The only Northumberland notice of this insect that I have 

 seen is that of Mr. Hodgkiusou, who includes it in his list of 



