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The Twin Spot Cax^^t .{Larentia didymatd); The Mottled Grey 

 (Z. mullistrigata). These are all very common moths here, and 

 they are found about all the woods and fields where their respective 

 food-plants occur. C. boreata is very like C. brutnata, but is less 

 destructive. The females — which have the wings imperfectly 

 developed, as in most of the group just described— may be found 

 on thorn bushes in January and February. 



The Grey Mountain Carpet {Larentia ccesiata)]; The Yellow 

 Ringed Carpet (L. ruficinctata). These moths are very local in 

 their distribution, and are rare, or absent entirely in many parts of 

 the kingdom, especially in the South, I have taken them near 

 Keswick, and have also met with them commonly near Buttermere, 

 and again near Wasdale Head. Other specimens I have taken at 

 Barrock, and at Bleas Fell, and once took a fine specimen, about 

 the end of June, from the garden wall at Wreay Mill. [L. ccesiata 

 is very common late in June on the limestone crags at one place 

 high up on the fell side east of Ousby ; but I have hardly met 

 with a single specimen anywhere else, even at spots precisely 

 similar that are only a hundred or so yards from the locality 

 alluded to. £d.] 



The Beech-green Carpet (L. olivata); The Green Carpet 

 (/'. pectinitaria). Many collectors fail to recognize L. olivata on 

 the wing, and it is not unusual to find more specimens in the 

 collections of beginners and others that capture all the lepidoptera 

 that come in their way, than in the cabinets of collectors of more 

 experience. I have found this one in plenty at Newbiggin Woods, 

 and at Moss Pool, and have taken it also at Rickerby ; but both 

 species are fairly common with us. 



The Rivulet {Emmelesia affinitata) ; The Small Rivulet 

 {L. alchemillata). Both of these little night-flying moths are local 

 in occurrence; but they may be found here in the summer 

 evenings, flying along the outsides of woods, and in lanes. In the 

 day time they may occasionally be met with at rest on the trunks 

 of trees or on walls, but they are not easily seen. 



