CATALOGUE OP MOTHS. 9 



The "Manual" says it occurs at Daiiiugton, but as in the pre- 

 ceding species Mr. Sang's specimens were taken at llichmond, 

 Yorkshire. 



HERBULA, Gn. 



12 Herbula cespitalis, W.Y. Dingy Purple. 



Herhula cespitalis. Staint. Man , vol. ii., p. 139. 



,, ,, Leech, Brit. Pyr., p. 25. 



Pyrausta ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 414. 



Imago. Leech, pi. iii., fig. 2. 

 Larva. Buck., vol. ix., pi. cL, fig. 2. 



This is common at Black Hall Bocks and elsewhere along 

 the coast. I have no records for it beyond our own district, 

 but I would expect it to be found all along the coast of both 

 counties. It is double brooded, and flies in the sun ; it loves 

 the top of a dry bank, but I have found it in rough pastures 

 a mile or two from the coast flying with Miana captiuncula. 

 The larvae feed in a web below the leaves of plantain. 



ENNYCHIA, Tr. 

 13. Ennychia Cingulalis, Linn. Silver-barred Sable. 



Ennychia cingulalis. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 139. 



,, ,, Leech, Brit. Pyr , p. 25. 



Pyrausta cingulata. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 413. 



Imago. Leech, pi. iii., fig. 3. 



This species is given in the "Manual" as occurring at 

 Darlington. I do not know whether Sang took this or not, 

 but we have not met with it about Hartlepool as yet. The 

 larva feeds on wild sage, Salvia verhenaca. This is not a 

 common plant in these counties, but grows abundantly in 

 Hezleden Dene, Hawthorn Dene, and other smaller ravines in 

 the limestone of the Durham coast, and I have so little doubt 

 that it will eventually be found that I have included it here 

 from the "Da" of the "Manual." It extends to Perthshire 

 on the west of the island. 



