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occurring at Newcastle-on-Tyne, and being abundant at Dar- 

 lington, Mr. Hodgkinson found it in West Northumberland, 

 ^r. Sang got it at Barnard Castle, and at Baydales, near 

 Darlington. It feeds in hazel and hornbeam, but the latter 

 tree is a rarity with us. 



373. N. luteella, Stain. 



Nepticula luteella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 434. 

 „ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 721. 



This is given by Meyrick as only reaching Durham, but 

 that is an error, as Mr. Hodgkinson found it in the west of 

 Northumberland. The "Manual" gives it as occurring 

 regularly at Darlington. Mr. Sang took it there, and also at 

 Wolsingham and Barnard Castle. These records show rather a 

 western tendency, but it may yet be turned up on the coast. 

 The larva lives in birch leaves, and is generally common where 

 birch occurs. 



374. N. ignobilella, Stain. 



Nepticula ignobilella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 434.* 

 ,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 720. 



Eather a local species, and only recorded from West North- 

 umberland by Mr. Hodgkinson, and from Darlington by Mr. 

 Sang, who found it both in Grange Road and Coniscliffe Lane. 



375. N. arcuatella, H.-S. 



Nepticula arcuata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 434. 

 ,, arcuatella. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 723. 



A local species, found by Mr. Hodgkinson in West North- 

 umberland, and by Mr. Sang in Whessoe Lane, Darlington. It 

 is tolerably certain to occur elsewhere. 



* Stainton was in error in sajdng in the "Manual" {I.e.) — "Head 

 reddish " [i.e. in both sexes), for whereas the head of the male is red, that 

 of the female, as pointed out in Ent. Mo. Mag., ser. 2, v., 47 (1894), is, 

 in reality, black.— E. R. B. 



