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361. B. cidarella, Zell. 



Bucculatrix cidarella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 427. 



„ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 732. 



Generally rather common amongst alder, but here only found, 

 by Mr. Sang, at Hell Kettles, near Darlington. He found the 

 larvse on September 7th, 1870, and again on the same day in 

 1880. I have seen no other record. 



352. B. crataegi, Zell. 



Bucculatrix cratcegi. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 428. 

 „ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 732. 



Of this insect, Meyrick says, " England to Durham, rather 

 local." It would almost appear that the species barely reaches 

 Durham county. The "Manual" gives it as occurring at Dar- 

 lington regularly, but the only place mentioned in Sang's diary 

 is Dinsdale Wood, which is close to the river Tees at Middleton- 

 one-B,ow. 



353. B. maritima, Stain. 



Bucculatrix maritima. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 428. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 731. 



This insect is given in the " Manual " as occurring at New- 

 castle-on-Tyne, but that is clearly an error,* for the larva feeds 

 on Aster tripolium, a salt marsh plant, while Newcastle is some 

 miles from the sea. The insect is very common at Greatham 

 saltmarsh, where the food plant abounds. Mr. Sang took the 

 species there more than once, and Mr. Gardner also found it 

 very abundant. 



* I certainly do not think that Stainton can, with fairness, be accused 

 of " eiTor " for giving Newcastle-on-Tj^ie as a locality for this species 

 in the "Manual" (^.c), and in Nat. Hist. Tin., vii., 94(1862), where 

 he again includes it. He was perfectly well aware both of the require- 

 ments of the insect, and also of the precise position of Newcastle-on-Tyne, 

 but, as Mr. Robson himself has repeatedly pointed out in this Catalogue, 

 the term "Newcastle-on-Tyne," as used in the "Manual," denotes the 

 whole of a wide district surrounding that town, and extending eastwards 

 to the coast. — E. R. B. 



