136 notes on the lepidoptera of leigh, essex,
Crambi.
Chilo phragmitellus. Railway ditch ; common.
Schaenobius gigantellus. Railway ditch ; less frequent than
the last.
Platytes cerussellus. Sea-wall; abundant.
Crambus falsellus. Leigh village; common on fences and
walls; also at "light."
C. pratellus and C. pascuellus. Common everywhere.
C. perlellus. Common. The streaked and tawny forms are not
rare, but we did not observe any of the true warringtonellus.
C. selasellus. Salt marsh ; not uncommon.
C. tristellus, C. inquinatellus, C. geniculeus, C. cul-
mellus and C. hortuellus. Common.
C. contaminellus. River wall.
Anerastia lotella. On the sand near the Crow-stone.
Myelophila cribrum. Slopes; Leigh, Hadleigh, and South-
end ; also on Sea-wall.
Homoeosoma sinuella. Sea-wall; common.
H. nimbella. Slopes at Hadleigh Castle.
H. binaevella. Slopes; Sea-wall, and Slopes at Hadleigh
Castle.
H. senecionis (Vaughan). This species was discovered by
myself in May, 1869. Subsequently, in the same year, Mr. Pryer
found the larvae on Senecio, from which each of us bred examples
in the following August. The localities are the Slopes, River-wall,
and Sea-wall.
Ephestia elutella. Leigh village.
Cryptoblabes bistriga. Eastwood ; rare.
Gymnancycla canella. Sand hills near the Crow-stone; larvae
on Salsola kali.
Phycis betulae. Eastwood ; rare.
Nephopteryx spissicella. Eastwood; not uncommon.
Rhodophaea consociella. Eastwood; larvae very common in
nests on the tips of the branches of oak shrubs.
R. advenella, R. marmorea, and R. suavella. Slopes at
Leigh and Hadleigh, but not common.
R. tumidella. Eastwood. The larvae is a frequent companion
of R. consociella.
Aphomia sociella. Lanes near Eastwood.