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329. L. scopariella, Zell. 



Lithocolletis scopariella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 420. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 743. 



A local species, the larva feeding in broom. It has only- 

 been taken here by Mr. Sang, who met with it first in 1866 on 

 the railway side at Whessoe. He afterwards (1878 to 1881) 

 got it on Tees-side and on Coniscliffe Moor. 



330. L. viminiella, Stain. 



Lithocolletis vimi7iieUa. Staint. Man,, vol. ii., p. 420. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 743. 



Another species of which the larva feeds on willow, and 

 rather a common insect in most places. Yet the only North- 

 umbrian record is that of Mr. Hodgkinson, who found it in the 

 west of the county. The " Manual " marks it as occurring at 

 Darlington, and Mr. Gardner has taken it in Hezleden Dene.* 



331. L. corylifoliella, Haw. 



Lithocolletis corylifoliella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 421. 



„ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 744 



(partim). 



A widely distributed species, common in some parts of the 



country among hawthorn, etc. It is given in the " Manual " 



as being abundant at Newcastle-on-Tyne,! and as occurring at 



Darlington. Mr. Hodgkinson marked it as being found in 



"West Northumberland. About Hartlepool it swarms on every 



hedge. I have no other records, but it is abundant wherever I 



have been. 



* In Nat. Hist. Tin., ii., 86 (1857), it is recorded, though without the 

 name of the observer, who was presumably Mr. John Scott, as occurring 

 at Stockton-on-Tees. — E. R. B. 



X Another Nortliumbrian locality, viz., Morpeth, is recorded in 

 Stainton's Nat. Hist. Tin., ii., 98 (1857). It seems natural to suppose 

 that it had been taken there by Mr. John Finlay. — E. R. B. 



