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313. L. nigrescentella, Logan. 



Lithocolletis nigrescentella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 416. 



„ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 738 



fpartimj. 



"When Stainton's ''Manual" was issued in 1859 this insect 

 ■was only known from a single specimen taken at Morpeth.* 

 It has since been taken by Mr. Hodgkinson in West Northum- 

 berland, and by Mr. Sang on the railway side at Whessoe. 



314. E. irradiella, Stain. 



Lithocolletis irradiella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 416. 



,, lautella. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 738 



(partim). 



Eather a local species, f but well distributed. I have only 



one record for each county, Mr. Hodgkinson having taken it 



in West Northumberland and Mr. Sang at Elders, near 



Darlington. The larvae feed in oak leaves. 



315. L. lautella, Zell. 



Lithocolletis lautella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 416. 



„ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 738 



fpartim). 



Meyrick makes the preceding but a synonym of this species, 



though both Stainton and Doubleday gave them as distinct. 



Lautella is also very local, and the larva, like that of 



irradiella, feeds in the underside of oak leaves. The only* 



* In Ins. Brit. Lep. Tin. , p. 269 (1854), Stainton tells ns that this 

 specimen was taken " in May by Mr. Scott." Our author is mistaken in 

 saying that "the insect" was only known in 1859 from this single 

 specimen, for in its ordinary form, which was then regarded as a distinct 

 species under the name bremiella, it was well known, and is given in 

 the "Manual" as common or abundant in three out of the four English 

 localities there mentioned. The much less common dark northern form 

 happens to have been the one first described, and is therefore the typical 

 forai, while the much more common one must be called var. bremiella, 

 Frey.— E. R. B. 



t See footnote to the following notice. — E. R. B. 



