OCCUKEING ON THE COAST, NEAB, THE TYNE. 289 



Melanthia ocellata, — Not of common occurrence. 



Melanippe montanata and fluctuata. — Both very common all 

 over the district. 



Anticlea badiata. — Common. 



Camptogramma bilineata. — Is found very commonly flying in 

 the bright sunshine, on the tops of the banks. 



Scotosia dubitata. — One specimen of this moth was taken on 

 the ballast-hills by Mr. Eales, on the 1 7th of August last. 



Eubolia bipunctata. — Occurs in some numbers at Marsden. 



Chesias spartiata. — Was once found on a gas-lamp, near South 

 Shields. 



Tanagra ehcerophyllata. — This insect, conspicuously clothed in 

 deep black, is generally the companion of the above-mentioned 

 C. bilineata in its flights on the banks, in the hot sunshine. 



CUSPIDATE (CUSPIDATES). 



Cilix spinula. — Is occasionally found in lanes, near the coast. 



Dicranura vinula. — The well-known and beautiful Puss-Moth 

 is common on both sides of the river. It used to be found in 

 numbers on a few poplars that grew in a garden near the Bents, 

 at South Shields ; and this year there were many larvae feeding 

 on poplars and willows in my garden. 



Clostera reclusa. — Was once found by Mr. Eales on the Lawe, 

 South Shields. 



Notodonta camelina. — Has been taken flying in a lane, at 

 South Shields, in July, and the larva was found on the hawthorn 

 in September. 



Notodonta dictwa. — Was once found at South Shields ; and I, 

 this year, found two larvae on poplars in my garden. 



Diloba ccerulcBocephala. — Has occurred, but not commonly. 

 NOCTTJJE (NOCTUAS on OWL MOTHS). 



We have now reached the great division of the Noctuas, by 

 far the most numerously represented, both as to individuals and 



