194 CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 



Sang took it at several places around Darlington, and also at 

 "Wolsingham. Mr. Gardner has met with it in Hezleden Dene, 

 around which it is not uncommon. 



250. G. pyrrhulipennella, Zell, 



Coleophora pyrrhulipennella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 388. 

 ,, „ Meyr. Hdbk, Brit. Lep., 



p. 653. 

 Eather a common species where its food plants abound, but it 

 apparently prefers the west to the eastern coast. Mr. Hodgkin- 

 son took it in West Northumberland, and Mr. Sang found larvse 

 at Wolsingham in western Durham. It is likely to occur else- 

 where on the moors as the larva feeds on ling and heath. 



251. C. lixella, Zell. 



Coleophora lixella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 389. 

 „ „ Meyr. Hdbk, Brit. Lep., p. 651. 



A very local species, occurring here only in Castle Eden Dene 

 according to the "Manual," and at Black Halls, where Mr. 

 Gardner has taken it not uncommonly. The larva after eating 

 wild thyme at first, feeds up in the spring on grass. Meyrick 

 says, " first in case made of a seed-capsule, on Thymus^ after- 

 wards in ochreous cylindrical case of fragments of leaves on 

 Briza, Holcus, Poa, and other grasses." 



252. C. discordella, Zell. 



Coleophora discordella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 390. 

 „ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 654. 



Eather a common and well distributed species. It is given in 

 the "Manual" as being abundant at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and 

 occurring at Darlington, Mr. Hodgkinson has met with it in 

 West Northumberland. Mr. Sang took it in several places 

 around Darlington, and Mr, Gardner has taken it both at 

 Greatham and in Crimdon Cut. It is an insect likely to occur 

 wherever there is an abundance of Lotus corniculatus, on which 

 the larva feeds. 



