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Food-plants. — Vaccinium myrtillus and V. ulu/inosum, [Hodgkin- 

 son makes (E.M.M., xix., p. 44) the astounding statement that larvae 

 of this species were " mining leaves of Poly podium as well as those of 

 Vaccinmm."~] 



Time of appearance. — The species is said to be double-brooded, 

 the imagines appearing in May-June and August-September from 

 larva? to be found in October-November and July-August respectively. 

 Mines were first found by Schmid in October, 185G, near Frankfort- 

 on-the-Main. Nolcken found larva? from the commencement to the 

 20th of September, and the larva? had all spun up by the commence- 

 ment of October. He thinks these were probably the progeny of an 

 earlier brood. Stainton found larva? on the hillside above the Bridge 

 of Allan, on August 12th, 1858, and in 1859 gave the species as double- 

 brooded in the Manual. It was bred by Krey in April, 1857, but 

 Evans took imagines at Newpark on June 7th, 1895, Hodgkinson 

 on June 9th, 1870, at Witherslack, whilst Barrett met with imagines 

 throughout June, 1886, at Cannock Chase. Cook met with larva? in 

 abundance on July 30th, 1857, at Scarborough, and Edleston in 

 October, 1856. Heinemann says the larva? feed in July and at the end 

 of September, so that the indication is that the July-August larva? pro- 

 duce imagines in August- September. Sorhagen also gives larva? in 

 July and again in September-October. Sang obtained mines on 

 August 4th, 1873, at Scarborough, September 10th, and September 

 18th, 1873, at Richmond. Bower records larva? as being common 

 on September 23rd, 1891, in Teesdale. Threlfall bred imagines in May, 

 1887, from larva? obtained September 7th, 1886, at Stalybridge. 



Localities. — Cheshire: generally distributed on moors, Bowdon, etc. 

 (Edleston), Stalybridge (Threlfall). Durham : Teesdale (Bower). Hereford : 

 Tarrington (Wood). Lancashire : widely distributed on moors, nr. Manchester, 

 etc. (Edleston). Midlothian : Newpark (Evans). Perthshire : Rannoch (Fletcher), 

 Dunkeld (Stainton). Staffordshire: Cannock Chase (Barrett). Stirlingshire: 

 hill above Bridge of Allan (Stainton). Westmorland: Windermere, Witherslack 

 (Hodgkinson). Yorkshire: Scarborough (Wilkinson), Blubberhouses (Walsing- 

 ham), Richmond (Sang), Sheffield (Doncaster), north Yorkshire in Teesdale district 

 (Bankes). 



Distribution. — Denmark: north-east Zealand (Bang-Haas). 

 Germany: widely distributed (Heinemann and Wocke), Frankfort-on- 

 the-Main (Schmid), Brunswick (Heinemann), Glogau (Zeller), 

 Havelland, nr. Berlin, Hamburg, Hanover (Sorhagen), Alt Damm, 

 Warnow, nr. Misdroy, Liebeseele (Hering). Russia: Pichtendahl, etc. 

 (Nolcken). Scandinavia: Scania (Wallengren). Switzerland: nr. 

 Zurich (Frey). 



nepticula salicis, Stainton. 



Synonymy.*— Species: Salicis, Sta., "Ins. Brit.," p. 302 (1849); "Nat. Hist. 

 Tin.," i., p. 98, pl.ii,, fig. i. (1855) ; "Man," ii., p. 434 (1859^ ; H.-Sch., " Sys. 

 Bearb.," v„ p. 354 (1855); Frey, "Die Tineen," etc., p. 381 (1856) ; "Linn. Ent.," 

 xi., p. 408 (1857); Staud. and Wocke, " Cat.," p. 338 (1871) ; Nolck., " Lep. Fn. 

 Estl.," p. 787(1871); Mill., "Cat. Lep. Alp. -Mar.," p. 373 (1875); Hein. and 

 Wocke, " Schmett. Deutsch.," p. 761 (1877); Sand, "Cat. Lep Auv.," p. 202 

 (1879) ; Bang-Haas, " N. H.Tids.," p. 218 (1881) ; Wallgrn., " Ent. Tids.," ii., p. 129 



* We give the following synonymy for what it is worth : Salicis, Sta. = 

 diversa, Glitz, teste, Hering, " Stett. Ent. Zeit.," lii., 221, no. 3061 (1891). 

 Obliquella, Hein. = diversa, Glitz, teste, Glitz, " Stett. Ent. Zeit.," xlviii., p. 277 

 (1887). Salicis, Sta. = obliquella, Hein. = diversa, Glitz = vimineticola, Frey, 

 Peste, Hering, " Stett. Ent, Zeit.," liv., p. 117, no, 70 (1893), 



