244 CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 



"We have now arrived at the concluding group of the 

 Lepidoplera — that of the " Plume Moths," a most interesting 

 group, many of them common in their respective localities, and 

 all of them beautiful. At the time of Mr. Robson's death 

 (February 28th, 1907) neither manuscript nor records for them 

 were forthcoming. Several of his correspondents who had con- 

 tributed lists to him of their captures have also passed away, 

 and I am therefore now only able to give the " Manual " 

 records, those from the diary of my old friend the late Mr. 

 Sang, a few which I have recently obtained, and my own. 



J. Gaednee. 

 Hart, January 31st, 1912. 



PTEROPHORINA. 

 ADACTYLA, Stain. 



396. Adactyla bennelii, Curt. 



Adactyla hennetii. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 440. 



Agdistis ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 441. 



This species occurs regularly on the Greatham marshes, but 

 is rarely seen in the imago state in the daytime ; larvae, how- 

 ever, may be readily found in the early spring upon the food 

 plant (Statice limonium), the small holes which they gnaw 

 through the leaves drawing attention at once to the plants upon 

 which they are feeding. 



This species is not difficult to rear upon potted plants of 

 limonium, but it is quite likely that Tortrix costana and 

 possibly a Gelechia or two will emerge as well, the larvae of 

 which may have been concealed in the withered leaves of the 

 plant. 



PTEROPHORUS, Geoff r. 



397. Pterophorus ochrodactylus, Hiib. 

 Platyptilia ochrodactyla. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 435. 



This species was not recognised as British at the time the 



