320 BRITISH LEPIDOPTERA. 



(between 7-8.30 p.m.), atTorwood, and June 10th, 1878, at Lewisham. 

 He also bred imagines on March 12th, April 16th, August 1st, 1852, 

 March 8th, 1853, March -14th, April 9th-20th, 1854, from Lewisham 

 larvse, April 8th, 1854, from Dawlish, and June 25th, 1854, from 

 Box Hill. Threlfall bred imagines June 5th-6th, 1877, from mines 

 obtained at Windermere on October 6th, 1876. Bower notes mines as 

 occurring commonly at Eltham on October 25th, 1892, and Durrant 

 the breeding of imagines from February 13th-April 5th, 1866, by 

 Schleich. 



Localities. — Aberdeen: Pitcaple and district (Reid). Cambridge: Cam- 

 bridge, Fulbourn, Ditton (Farren). Cheshire : Birkenhead (Stainton), Bowdon 

 (Edleston). Devon : Dawlish (Stainton). Dorset: Portland (Richardson), Glan- 

 villes Wootton (Cambridge), Weymouth (Richardson), Purbeck (Bankes). Durham: 

 Darlington (Sang). Essex: Wickham Bishops (Cansdale). Gloucester: 

 Bristol (Stainton). Hereford : Tarrington (Wood) . Kent: Lewisham (Stainton), 

 Eltham (Bower), Chattenden (Tutt), Southborough (Blackburne-Maze). Lanark : 

 nr. Glasgow (King). Lancashire: Manchester (Stainton), Chat Moss (Chappell), 

 Grange (Hodgkinson), Preston (Threlfall), Wirrall (Broekholes). Leicester : Market 

 Harborough (Matthews). Norfolk: Ranworth (Barrett), King's Lynn, common 

 (Atmore). Perthshire: Torwood (Stainton). Somerset: Clevedon (Mason). 

 Surrey: Box Hill (Stainton), Redhill (Chapman), Haslemere (Barrett). Sussex : 

 common in the county, e.g., Goring Woods, etc. (Fletcher^ Guestling (Bloomfield). 

 Westmorland : Windermere (Threlfall). Yorkshire : Scarborough (Stainton), 

 Doncaster (Warren), Richmond and Harrogate (Sang), York (Hind). 



Distribution. — Denmark ; several localities in north-east Zealand 

 (Bang-Haas). France: Cannes (Milliere), Nohaut, Indre (Sand). 

 Germany : generally distributed (Heinemann and Wocke), Alsace 

 (Peyerimhoff), Berlin, Friedland, Stettin, Hamburg (Sorhagen), 

 Frankfort-on-the-Main (Heyden). Netherlands: Friedland, N. Brabant, 

 S. Holland (Snellen). Russia: Pichtendahl (Nolcken), Porgas nr. 

 Abo, Aland (Reuter). Scandinavia: Scania (Wallengren). Switzer- 

 land : nr. Zurich (Frey). 



NEPTICULA VIMINETICOLA, Frey. 



Synonymy.— Species : Vimineticola, Frey, " Die Tineen," etc., p. 382 (1856); 

 " Linn. Ent.," xi., p. 409 (1857) ; Staud. and Wocke, " Cat.," p 339 (1871) ; Hein. 

 and Wocke, " Schmett. Deutsch.," p. 761 (1877) ; Snellen, " De Vlinders," etc., p. 

 1001 (1882). Salicis, Meyr., " Handbook," etc., p. 723, in part (1895). 



Original description. — Nepticula vimineticola, n. sp. Capillis 

 rufo-ochraceis, antennarum conchula navido-alba ; alis anter. gross- 

 iuscule squamatis, fuscis, dimidio basali squamis luteis crebro con- 

 sperso, fascia obliqua lutea obsoletissima pone medium, apice fusco, 

 ciliis dilute luteis ; tarsis posticis cinereis. 2f — 2J'" . Ich habe an 

 40 Exemplare dieser Nepticula erzogen, welcbe ich als besondere 

 Spezies zu betrachten sehr geneigt bin, da die Differenzen gegeniiber 

 der an Trauer- und Wollweiden minirenden N. salicis allzugross sind, 

 um sie damit zu verbinden, und ich auch keine Uebergange erhielt. 

 N. vimineticola kommt den braunlichen, hellen Exemplaren der N. 

 jloslactella am nachsten, ist aber etwas kurzniigliger, mit rothlicberen 

 Scheitelhaaren und starker gelb gefarbten Franzen versehen. Diese, 

 lebbafter gefarbt als bei irgend einer anderen mir bekannten Spezies, 

 dienen wohl am leichtesten zur Erkennung der Art. Der Schopf und 

 das Gesicht lebhaft rothgelb ; Palpen weisslich. Die Augendeckcl 

 gelblich weiss, ziemlich ansehnlich. Die Fiihlergeisel tief braunschwarz. 

 Der Eiickenschild braun, mit lehmgelben Schiippchen gemiscbt. Der 

 Hinterleib schwarzlich ; die Beine lichtgrau. Die Vorderfliigel zeigen 



