212 CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 



who took it at Dinsdale "Wood and other places in the vicinity 

 of Darlington. 



LITHOCOLLETID^. 



LITHOCOLLETIS, Hub. 



306. Lithocolletis amyotella, Dup . 



Lithocolletis amyotella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 415. 

 ,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 737. 



A very local species, yet apparently well distributed here. 

 Mr. Hodgkinson has taken it in the west of Northumberland, 

 and Mr. Pinlay in the Morpeth district. In Durham it is 

 given in the " Manual" as occurring at Darlington, where Mr. 

 Sang records it from Bay dales. Mr. Gardner has bred it from 

 larvse found near Hartlepool. He writes, " I have bred six 

 specimens of this good species, but cannot say from where I got 

 the mines ; they were however either from Hezleden Dene or 

 Greatham." 



307. L. roboris, Zell. 



Lithocolletis roboris. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 415. 

 „ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 737. 



Another local species, but apparently to be found in both 

 counties. The "Manual" gives it as occurring at Newcastle- 

 on-Tyne abundantly, and regularly at Darlington. I have no 

 further records for Northumberland, and for Durham only 

 that Mr. Sang collected it at Baydales, near Darlington, from 

 1869 to 1871. 



308. L. sylvella, Haw. 



Lithocolletis sylvella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 415. 

 „ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 737. 



The northerly range of this insect is limited to York by Mr. 

 Meyrick, although the "Manual" states it has occurred at 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne. I have no other record than that in the 

 *' Manual." The maple is only doubtfully indigenous in 



