CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 47 



This species is probably distributed over both counties, and 

 would no doubt be found, wherever there were old Currant 

 Bushes, by any one acquainted with the habits of the insect 

 but it is so small and inconspicuous, and so unlike a Moth, that 

 it has been very little noticed. Mr. Wailes gives " JN'ewcastle, 

 Darlington. Wm. Backhouse, Esq. ; common in one garden at 

 Darlington. J. Sang." The Newcastle record is probably from 

 Mr. Wailes' own observations, as Mr. Backhouse's notes only 

 have ^' Currant Trees, Darlington." Darlington is also given in 

 Stainton's Manual. Further west Mr. Pickard found it in his 

 garden at Wolsingham. It is recorded in Ornsby's Durham 

 (which Mr. Wailes has overlooked) as occurring ''in gardens on 

 Currant Bushes." Mr. T. Maddison of that city says, " I took 

 five or six specimens in my garden in 1888 and 1889, I cut 

 the Currant Bushes down to make room for Clematis and have 

 not seen it since." I feel sure it will be found elsewhere if 

 looked for. As the larva is an internal feeder, it would not be 

 affected by smoke, so that it might occur near towns wherever 

 the Currant could live. Collectors about IS^ewcastle and else- 

 where should therefore look out for this species. 



15. Sesia Form icae form is, (Esp.). Red-tipped Clearwing. 



T'rochilkim Formicceforme. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 106. 



Sesia Formicceformis. !N^ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 14. 



,, ,, Barr.Lep.Brit.Is.,vol.ii.,p.94. 



Trochilium Formicmforme. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 566. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. ii., pl.xxix.,fig. 3; O.Wils., pl.ix., fig. 3. 



There is only one record of the occurrence of this species, 

 which I quote from Wailes' Catalogue. "Three specimens on 

 an Umbelliferous plant near Gibside. Mr. Thomas Pigg." 



The larva feeds in the wood of Osiers, and the species ought 

 to occur with us. Probably the explanation given why the 

 Tipuliformis is seldom observed applies with still greater foz'ce 

 to this species. 



