﻿GILLMERIA 
  OCHRODACTYLA 
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  merit 
  ; 
  the 
  right 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  flower-heads 
  was 
  evidently 
  

   not 
  obtained, 
  and 
  the 
  moths 
  died 
  without 
  laying. 
  [Of 
  unusual 
  

   points 
  in 
  its 
  habits, 
  we 
  note 
  that 
  Beadle 
  records 
  one 
  imago 
  at 
  a 
  

   laburnum 
  flower, 
  at 
  Keswick 
  (the 
  laburnum 
  is 
  certainly 
  over 
  in 
  the 
  

   south 
  long 
  before 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  on 
  the 
  wing). 
  Gordon 
  notes 
  it 
  flying 
  

   at 
  dusk 
  about 
  honeysuckle, 
  in 
  the 
  garden, 
  at 
  Corsemalzie] 
  . 
  Barrett 
  

   records 
  it 
  at 
  light 
  at 
  Norwich, 
  and 
  Studd 
  at 
  light 
  at 
  Oxton. 
  In 
  

   Germany, 
  it 
  is 
  usually 
  reported 
  as 
  flying 
  in 
  the 
  evening 
  around 
  

   Tanacetnm, 
  e.g., 
  in 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Sylt 
  (Werneburg), 
  in 
  Silesia 
  (Wocke), 
  

   in 
  Saxon 
  Upper 
  Lusatia 
  (Schiitze), 
  etc. 
  

  

  Habitats. 
  — 
  This 
  very 
  local 
  species, 
  with 
  which 
  its 
  near 
  ally 
  G. 
  

   pallidactyla 
  was 
  confused 
  until 
  1863, 
  is 
  exceedingly 
  localised, 
  being 
  

   confined 
  to 
  the 
  near 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  the 
  clumps 
  of 
  its 
  foodplants, 
  

   which 
  one 
  meets 
  with 
  in 
  various 
  situations. 
  In 
  the 
  county 
  of 
  Durham, 
  

   the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Wear 
  and 
  Tees 
  are 
  its 
  best 
  known 
  haunts, 
  whilst, 
  in 
  

   Kent, 
  it 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  canal 
  bank 
  between 
  Aylesford 
  and 
  

   Maidstone, 
  restricted 
  to 
  particular 
  tansy 
  patches, 
  and 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  to 
  

   be 
  found 
  on 
  every 
  clump. 
  The 
  same 
  is 
  true 
  at 
  Colchester, 
  and 
  Hudd 
  

   reports 
  it 
  as 
  occurring 
  on 
  the 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  Avon. 
  Porritt 
  says 
  that 
  it 
  

   is 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  ravine 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Yorkshire, 
  near 
  Saltburn, 
  

   where 
  tansy 
  grows 
  in 
  large 
  luxuriant 
  patches, 
  and 
  yarrow 
  is 
  in 
  equal 
  

   luxuriance 
  with 
  tansy 
  ; 
  yet, 
  although 
  G. 
  ochrodactyla 
  occurs 
  freely 
  on 
  

   the 
  former 
  plant, 
  it 
  never 
  frequents 
  the 
  yarrow. 
  In 
  Germany, 
  it 
  is 
  

   recorded 
  as 
  occurring 
  — 
  in 
  Friedland, 
  everywhere 
  where 
  the 
  foodplant 
  

   grows, 
  but 
  especially 
  on 
  the 
  sandy 
  edges 
  of 
  tirwoods 
  at 
  Stausee 
  (Stange), 
  

   in 
  woodland 
  meadows 
  in 
  Hanover 
  (Glitz), 
  in 
  the 
  swampy 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  

   Oberharz 
  (Hoffmann), 
  in 
  warm 
  and 
  sheltered 
  spots 
  in 
  a 
  high-lying 
  

   wooded 
  valley 
  at 
  Wiesbaden 
  (Rossler), 
  in 
  tirwoods 
  around 
  Cassel 
  

   (Borgmann), 
  in 
  vineyards, 
  lying 
  fallow, 
  around 
  Regensburg 
  (Hofmann 
  

   and 
  Herrich-Schaffer). 
  Peyerimhoff 
  notes 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  a 
  specimen 
  

   on 
  the 
  Furka, 
  at 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  2400 
  metres. 
  

  

  British 
  localities. 
  — 
  Local, 
  but 
  widely 
  distributed. 
  [The 
  localities 
  

   here 
  given 
  are 
  not 
  always 
  clearly 
  differentiated 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  G. 
  palli- 
  

   dactyla], 
  [Anglesea 
  : 
  near 
  Holyhead 
  (Freer)] 
  . 
  Cavan 
  (Kane). 
  [Cheshire: 
  

   Bromborough 
  Pool, 
  Wirral 
  (Ellis), 
  Chester 
  (Newstead), 
  Holford 
  (G. 
  O. 
  Day)], 
  

   Wallasey 
  (teste 
  Leech). 
  [Cumberland: 
  Keswick 
  (Beadle).] 
  Derby: 
  Eepton 
  

   (Garneys). 
  Devon: 
  Chudleigh 
  (Stainton), 
  Oxton, 
  Cofton 
  (Studd), 
  Dawlish 
  

   (Eea), 
  Exeter 
  (teste 
  Leech), 
  Starcross 
  (James), 
  Lundy 
  Island 
  (teste 
  Leech). 
  Donegal: 
  

   Bundoran, 
  Donegal 
  Bay 
  (Johnson). 
  Durham 
  : 
  Darlington 
  (Buckler), 
  Chester-le- 
  

   Street 
  (Bower), 
  Tees-side 
  — 
  Nag's 
  Head, 
  Coniscliffe, 
  Blackwell 
  (Sang), 
  banks 
  

   of 
  Wear, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  from 
  Durham 
  (Gardner). 
  Dublin: 
  Howth 
  (Birchall). 
  

   Essex 
  : 
  Colchester 
  (Harwood), 
  Mucking 
  (Burrows). 
  Fife 
  : 
  St. 
  Davids, 
  common 
  

   (Evans). 
  Galway 
  : 
  Galway, 
  Clonbrock 
  (Kane). 
  Gloucester: 
  scarce 
  on 
  the 
  

   banks 
  of 
  the 
  Avon 
  (Hudd). 
  Hants 
  : 
  Boscombe 
  (Kobertson). 
  Kent 
  : 
  canal 
  

   bank, 
  Aylesford 
  to 
  Maidstone 
  (Ovenden). 
  Lanark: 
  Glasgow 
  district 
  (Henderson). 
  

   Norfolk: 
  Norwich 
  (Barrett), 
  Horning 
  (teste 
  Leech). 
  Perth: 
  Glen 
  Lochay 
  

   (Morton), 
  Dunblane 
  (Henderson). 
  Somerset 
  : 
  near 
  Leigh, 
  Portishead 
  (Hudd). 
  

   Surrey: 
  Sutton 
  (Blackburn). 
  [Wigtown: 
  Corsemalzie 
  (Gordon).] 
  York: 
  

   Huddersfield, 
  Saltburn 
  (Porritt), 
  near 
  Scarborough 
  (Jeffrey), 
  York 
  (Stainton), 
  

   Darlington 
  (Sang). 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Central 
  Europe, 
  Russia, 
  northwest 
  and 
  southwest 
  

   Armenia 
  (Rebel). 
  Austro-Hunuary: 
  Bohemia— 
  near 
  Prague 
  (Niokerl), 
  Moravia 
  

   — 
  near 
  Briinn, 
  rare 
  (Gartner), 
  Lower 
  Austria 
  — 
  near 
  Vienna 
  — 
  the 
  Prater, 
  Dornbaoh, 
  

   Bruhl 
  (Mann), 
  Budapest 
  district 
  — 
  Sopron, 
  Nagyag 
  (Aigner). 
  Belgium 
  : 
  very 
  

   common 
  — 
  Ixelles, 
  etc. 
  (Crombrugghe). 
  Bulgaria 
  : 
  Kokaleny-Kloster, 
  nenr 
  Sotia 
  

   (Bachmetjew). 
  Denmark 
  (Bang-Haas). 
  Finland: 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Qleiborg 
  

   (TengstromJ. 
  France: 
  Dept. 
  du 
  Nord 
  (Paux), 
  Saone-et-Lohv 
  (Constant), 
  

   [Indre 
  — 
  Mohant 
  (Sand).] 
  Germany: 
  Prussia, 
  very 
  common 
  — 
  Mental, 
  Grant, 
  

  

  