208 CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 



castle-on-Tyne and Darlington. Mr. Hodgkinson has taken it 

 in the west of Northumberland. Mr. Sang found it regularly 

 in Castle Eden Dene and at Black Halls, as well as near 

 Darlington. Mr. Gardner has taken and bred it from Hezleden 

 Dene. It is rather a common species, and probably occurs in 

 most places. Meyrick has merged the preceding species, as 

 well as cinctella and ohliquella, with megerlella. 



293. E. zonariella, Tgst. 



Elachista zonariella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 409. 

 ,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 671. 



Rather a common species, and probably occurring in most 

 places in both counties. Yet I have only Mr. Hodgkinson's 

 record for "West Northumberland for the entire county. In 

 Durham the notices I have are all for the southern and south- 

 eastern portion. Mr. Sang found it in Castle Eden Dene, in 

 Dinsdale Wood near Darlington, on the railway side near Croft, 

 on the Stockton and Darlington railway, and also at Elders. 

 Mr. John Scott bred it from Aira ctEspitosa at Stockton-on- 

 Tees (see Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer, vol. i., p. 12), 

 which is given in the "Manual" as one of its places of 

 occurrence. Mr. Gardner has also bred it from Hezleden 

 Dene. 



294. E. taeniatella, Stain. 



Elachista tceniatella. Staint, Man., vol. ii., p. 409. 

 „ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 670. 



A local species, not extending beyond Durham, according to 

 Meyrick, but taken in "West Northumberland by Mr. Hodgkin- 

 son. Mr. Sang took it at Darlington and bred it from there 

 (see Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, vol. iv., p. 153). Mr. 

 Bankes tells me that in Nat. Hist. Tin., iii., 70, Mr. Stainton 

 wrote of it — " Mr. Scott met with the larvae, and also with the 

 perfect insect, near Stockton-on-Tees." 



