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have no other !N"orthumberland records, and for Durham only 

 that of Mr. Backhouse, who got it at Shotley, and of Mr. 

 Gardner who found it in Hezleden Dene. The larva feeds on 

 hazel, and the insect may be found everywhere, but this and 

 the following five species are more or less difficult to separate 

 except when bred. 



229. O. anglicella, Stain. 



Ornix anglicella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 380. 

 ,, ,, Meyr, Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 748 fpartim). 



Another common species, perhaps commoner than the last. It 

 is given in the "Manual" as abundant both at Newcastle-on- ' 

 Tyne and at Darlington. Mr. Backhouse took it at St. John's, 

 and Mr. Gardner in Hezleden Dene, I have little doubt but 

 that it is plentiful almost everywhere among hawthorn. 



230. O, betulae, Stain. 



Ornix hetulcB. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 380. 

 ,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk, Brit. Lep., p. 747 (partimj. 



Also common, the larva feeding on birch. It appears, how- 

 ever, to occur more to the west of the district than the east. 

 It is given for Newcastle-on-Tyne in the "Manual," and Mr. 

 Finlay found it generally distributed about Morpeth. In 

 Durham Mr. Sang took it at Wolsingham, and also at High 

 Force ; the first brood at "Wolsingham, and the second at High 

 Force. 



231. O. torquillella, Zell. 



07-nix torquillella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 381. 

 „ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 747. 



More local than the preceding, and more restricted in its 

 range, Durham being the published northern limit. It is given 

 in the " Manual " as abundant at Darlington. The larva feeds 

 on blackthorn. I know of no other localities. 



