. The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. acarry, has been helpfulin a number of ways. He ran my trap intermittentlythrough the winter of 1977-78 and took some of the autumnaland winter species listed. I am grateful to Mr. E. C. Pelham-Clinton (Royal ScottishMuseum) for help in identification, particularly of theEupitheciae. I also thank Mr. D. S. Fletcher (British Museum,Natural History) who checked the Epirrita spp. 262 entomologists record, vol. 90 15/X/78 Gelechia scotinella Herrich-Schaffer, 1854(Lep.: Gelechiidae) in Herts. By E. S. Bradford* Recently, on going through a
. The Entomologist's record and journal of variation. acarry, has been helpfulin a number of ways. He ran my trap intermittentlythrough the winter of 1977-78 and took some of the autumnaland winter species listed. I am grateful to Mr. E. C. Pelham-Clinton (Royal ScottishMuseum) for help in identification, particularly of theEupitheciae. I also thank Mr. D. S. Fletcher (British Museum,Natural History) who checked the Epirrita spp. 262 entomologists record, vol. 90 15/X/78 Gelechia scotinella Herrich-Schaffer, 1854(Lep.: Gelechiidae) in Herts. By E. S. Bradford* Recently, on going through a small box of micros put bysome time ago, I came across too slightly worn Gelechidmoths, that on dissection proved to be referable to this were taken in or near my previous residence in Bore-hamwood, Herts., on 9th July, 1966 (5) and 16th August,1969 ($). The genitalia of these two are here figured. I alsopossess three other specimens of G. scotinella taken by mein the same locality, dated 11th August, 1969 ($) and 18thAugust, 1971 (2).. Fig. 1. Gelechia scotinella. From left: (a) and (b) male genitalia,(c) and (d), female genitalia. According to Meyrick (1928, Revised Handbook Br. Lep.,626), the larva of scotinella feeds in April in spun flowers ofblackthorn, which information is repeated in Ford (1949,Guide to Smaller British Lepidoptera, 99). Blackthorn formsan undipped hedge along the two gardens where the mothswere taken, and it is also not an uncommon shrub in theneighbourhood. Only the male genitalia are figured in Pierce and Metcalf(1935, The Genitalia of the Tineid Families of the Lepidopteraof the British Islands, plate vi), so it seems the moth was noteasy to come by when that work was in preparation. Meyrick(loc. cit.) gives it as local and uncommon. I do not know ofany recent captures of the species other than those which Ihave given. * 6 Maple Court, Drayton Road, Borehamwood, Herts. 263A Bibliographical Description ofThomas Martyns The English Entomo
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