INSECTS TORTRICES {continued) Stigmonota dorsana, Fb.; common in upland meadows at the head of Cusop Dingle ; flies freely in the afternoon. S. coniferana, Ratzb. ; Stoke Wood, rather scarce. S. perlepidana, Haw. S. inter- nana, Gn. ; Woolhope, abundant among gorse. S. compositella, Fb. S. nitidana, Fb. S. flexana, Zell. ; weirana, Dougl. ; Woolhope and Dotvard, common. S. regiana, Zell. S. roseti- colana, Zell. S. germarana, Hb. ; Woolhope, common. S. pallifrontana, Zell. ; Woolhope, very local, but not uncommon where the Astragalus glyciphyllus grows Dicrorampha politana, Hb. ; on railway banks. D. alpinana, Tr. ; Woolhope, common, but local. D. petiverella, L. D. sequana, Hb. D. plumbana, Scop. D. saturnana, Gn. D. plumbagana, Tr. D. acuminatana, Zell. Extremely local, confined to a dry stony bank in the Woolhope dis- trict, where it abounds. D. simpliciana. Haw. ; Pontrilas and Ross. D. consortana. Steph. Pyrodes rheediella, Clerck Catoptria albersana, Hb. C. ulicetana, Haw. C. Juliana, Curt. C. hypericana, Hb. C. cana, Haw. C. fulvana, Steph. ; Woolhope, moderately common. C. scopoliana. Haw. A. aspidiscana, Hb. ; not uncommon in some of the Woolhope Woods ; the larva burrows into the growing end of the golden rod, stunting its growth. C. aemulana, Schil. ; confined to the Dozvard, where it is plentiful. C. expallidana. Haw. ; Woolhope, common in tillage fields Trycheris aurana, Fb. Chorentes myllerana, Fb. ; local but common where its food plant, Scutellaria galericulata, grows Symaethis pariana, Clerck. S. oxyacanthella, L. ; nearly as common as the preceding Eupaecilia nana, Haw.; larva in the female catkins of birch in the autumn. E. dubitana, Hb. ; the Doward, common. E. maculosana. Haw. E. hybridella, Hb. E. ambiguella, Hb. ; Lynton Wood, scarce ; among Rhamnus frangula. E. angustana, Hb.; Woolhope, local. E. curvistri- gana, Wilk. ; Woolhope, rare. E. alismana, Ragonot ; common on an old canal, Stretton Grandison. E. notulana, Zell.; Woolhope, com- mon in the damp parts of woods. E. rupicola. Curt.; confined to the Douiard, though its food plant, the hemp agrimony, grows plentifully everywhere. E. subroseana. Haw.; very com- mon in the Woolhope district among golden rod. E. cilieUa, Hb. Xanthosetia zaegana, L. X. hamana, L. Lobesia reliquana, Hb. ; the larva feeds on sloe and birch, and probably on other plants Argyrolepia hartmanniana, Clerck. A. subbauman- niana, Wilk. ; Woolhope, scarce. A. badiana, Hb. A. cnicana, Dbld. A. tessarana, Schiff.; confined to the mountain limestone of the Howard Conchylis francillana, Fb. ; Woolhope and the Dotvard Aphelia osseana, Scop. Tortricodes hyemana, Hb. TINEAE Lemnatophila phryganella, Hb. Dasystoma salicella, Hb. Exapate congelatella, Clerck Diurnea fagella, Fb. TINEAE {continued) Semioscopus avellanella, Hb. ; Woolhope, rather scarce Epigraphia steinkellneriana, Schiff. Talaeporia pseudo-bombycella, Hb. ; Westhide and Dinmore, cases only Solenobia inconspicuella, Stn. ; Hereford and Tarring- ton. S. pomella Psychoides verhuellella, Heyd ; Woolhope Diplodonia marginepunctella, Steph. ; Woolhope, not uncommon Xysmatodoma melanella. Haw. ; Woolhope, common Ochsenheimeria birdella. Curt. O. bisontella, Zell. O. vaculella, Fisch. Scardia corticella. Curt. ; Woolhope, scarce. S. cloacella, Haw. S. arcella, Fb. S. parasitella, Hb. ; Cusop Dingle. S. granella, L. ; Woolhope, not common Blabophanes ferruginella, Hb. ; Dotvard, occasionally. B. rusticella, Hb. B. spilotella ; Woolhope, common in some of the woods, never taken indoors Tinea tapetzella, L. T. albipunctella, Haw. ; Wool- hope and Doward, rather scarce. T. misella, Zell. T. pellionella, L. T. fuscipunctella. Haw. T. argentimaculella, Stn. ; Woolhope, not uncommon in hollow rocky lanes. T. lapella, Hb. T. semifiilvella Haw. Phylloporia bistrigella, Haw. ; Woolhope, common Tineola biselliella, Hml. Lampronia quadripunctella, Fb. ; Cusop Dingle, Wool- hope, not common. L. luzella, Hb. L. prae- latella, Schiff. L. rubiella, Bjerk. Incurvaria muscalella, Fb. I. pectinea. Haw. ; Dotoard, Woolhope, rather scarce. I. aehlman- niella, Hb. ; scarce. Black Mountain (Chap- man). I. capitella, Clerck. Micropteryx calthella, L. M. seppella, Fb. M. man- suetella, Zell.; in wet or boggy places, abun- dant, but very local, Woolhope. M. aureatella, Scop. ; allionella, Fb. ; Haugh Wood and Nash Scarr, usually amongst bilberry. M. thunber- gella, Fb. M. kaltenbachii, Stn. ; first dis- covered in the county, has since been found in other parts. M. purpurella. Haw. M. sangii, Wood ; first discovered in the county, has since been found elsewhere. M. semipurpurella, Steph. M. unimaculella, Zett. M. sparmanella, Bosc. M. subpurpurella. Haw. Nemophora swammerdammella, L. N. schwartziella, Zell. N. pilella, Fb. ; Black Mountain, fairly common, but will only move when the sun is shining ; probably its most southerly English locality. N. metaxella, Hb. Adela fibulella, Fb. A. rufimitrella. Scop. ; Woolhope, common. A. degeerella, L. A. viridella, L. Nematois scabiosellus. Scop. ; not uncommon at the Doward. N. cupriacellus, Hb. ; Woolhope. N. minimellus, Zell.; in rough fields, Woolhope Swammerdammia combinella, Hb. S. caesiella, Hb. ' 8. lutarea. Haw. S. oxyacanthella, Dup. S. pyrella, Vill. S. spiniella, Hb. Scythropia erataegella, L. ; Woolhope, common Hyponomeuta plumbellus, Schiff.; Woolhope, common. H. padellus, L. H. cagnagellus, Hb. ; evony- mella, Sep., Stn. H. evonymellus, L. ; padi, Zell., Stn. ; extremely local, in a small wood near Tram Inn : should also occur in the Black Mountain district, where its food plant, the bird- cherry, grows rather freely 93
