204 CATALOGUE OP MOTHS. 



281. E. albifrontella, Hub. 



ElacMsta albifrontella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 405. 

 ,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 667. 



Generally common throughout the district, and probably to 

 be found everywhere. It is given in the "Manual" as 

 occurring at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and being abundant at Dar- 

 lington. Mr. Finlay took it in the Old Park, Netherwitton 

 Mr. Sang got it in Castle Eden Dene as far back as 1857 ; he 

 also took it in Dinsdale Wood, near Darlington. Mr. Backhouse 

 got it at Shotley ; this also being nearly fifty years ago. Mr. 

 Gardner says, "generally common in the district." I have 

 taken it myself near Hezleden Dene. 



282. E. cinereopunctella, Haw. 



ElacMsta cinereopunctella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 405. 

 „ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 667. 



Not a very common species, and only once recorded from each 

 county. Mr. Hodgkinson reported it from the west of North- 

 umberland, and Mr. John Scott recorded it from Stockton-on- 

 Tees in the Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer, vol. i., p. 20. 



283. E. luticomella, Zell. 



ElacMsta luticomella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 406. 

 ,, „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 668. 



A common species, the larvse feeding in the stems or leaves 

 of Dactylis glomerata. The " Manual " gives it as occurring at 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne, and being abundant at Darlington. Mr. 

 Hodgkinson found it in West Northumberland, the only other 

 Northumbrian record. Mr. Sang found it all around Darlington ; 

 Mr. John Scott recorded it from Stockton-on-Tees in the 

 Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer, vol. i., p. 20. Mr. 

 Gardner has also found it in Hezleden Dene and in Crimdon 

 Cut, and I have no doubt it occurs throughout both counties. 



