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and Upper Teesdale, but I know of no habitat on or approach- 

 ing the coast. Perhaps the habit of the larva to live on moss 

 on old walls may partly explain this, and the insect should be 

 looked for wherever stone walls take the place of hedges. 



45. E. lineola, Curt. Line Grey. 



Eudorea lineola. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 162. 

 Scoparia ,, Leech, Brit. Pyr., p. 19. 



,, „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 421. 



Imago. Leech, pi. xv., fig. 6. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. ix., pi. civ., fig. 7. 



A very local insect, and not abundant in the north of 

 England. Ellis does not record it either for Lancashire or 

 Cheshire, and Porritt only gives two localities for Yorkshire. 

 One of these, Redcar, is only a mile or two from the south- 

 east extremity of Durham. The only record I have for these 

 counties is Hoffall "Wood near Durham, where Mr. Backhouse 

 met with it. The larva apparently prefers lichen to moss, and 

 has been reared on lichen growing on palings. 



46. E. augustea, . Naeeow Geey. 



Eudorea augustea. Staint. Man,, vol. ii., p. 163, 

 Scoparia ,, Leech, Brit. Pyr,, p. 20. 



„ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 421. 



Imago. Leech, pi. xv., fig. 7, 



Laeva. Buck., vol, ix,, pi. civ,, fig. 8. 



This species is of somewhat similar habit to Murana. The 

 larva prefers moss growing on old walls. Its distribution seems 

 similar also, being commoner in the north and west than in the 

 south and east. It does not, however, avoid the east coast so 

 strictly, and though it is more plentiful in West Yorkshire, it 

 occurs at Scarborough and Eedcar. So in Durham we have 

 taken it about Hartlepool, and in Hezleden Dene, but it is far 

 from common. 



