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284. E. atricomella, Stain. 



Elachista atricomella. Staint. Man., vol. ii,, p. 406. 

 „ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 668. 



The larvae of this species also feed in the leaves and stems of 

 Dactylis glomerata, and it is a tolerably common insect. It is 

 given in the "Manual" as occurring at Newcastle-on-Tyne, 

 and regularly at Darlington. Mr. Hodgkinson has taken it in 

 West Northumberland ; Mr. Backhouse met with it at Shotley ; 

 Mr. Sang took it in Castle Eden Dene and several places around 

 Darlington ; and Mr. John Scott recorded it for Stockton-on-Tees 

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

 About Hartlepool it is not very common, but Mr. Gardner has 

 taken it on the railway side near Hart Station and also near 

 Thorp Bulmer. 



285. E. kilmunella, Stain. 



Elachista hilmunella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 406. 

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



This insect has been taken in West Northumberland by Mr. 

 Hodgkinson, and at Egglestone in Teesdale by Mr. Gardner. 

 Meyrick gives its range on the east of the island as only 

 extending to Norfolk. He has certainly overlooked the records 

 in Mr. Porritt's Yorkshire list. The larva feeds in Car ex in 

 boggy places, and I expect it will be recorded from many such 

 localities in future. 



286. E. alpinella, Stain. 



Elachista alpinella. Sta. Ins. Brit. Lep. Tin., p. 254. 

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



A moorland insect, the larvse mining in leaves and stems of 

 Carex j^aludosa. Mr. Hodgkinson found it on moors in West 

 Northumberland, and Mr. Sang on Teesdale moors in West 

 Durham. I learn from Mr. Bankes that this species, generally 

 known as moiiticola, Wck., should be called by the above name, 

 which was bestowed on it twenty-two years before that of 



