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See vol. i., p. 194. The broad wings and long palpi are not 

 very like those of the typical Noctua. This insect is common 

 wherever there are nettles, and though it is generally found in 

 open places, I have taken it regularly in Castle Eden Dene 

 among the spindled nettles that grow under trees. 



HERMimDiE, Dup. 

 RIYULA, Gn. 



2. Rivula sericealis, Scop. Sxeaw Dot. 



Rivtila sericealis. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 130. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. vi., p. 323. 



,, ,, Leech, Brit. Pyr., p. 1. 



„ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 169. 



Imago. Leech, pi. i., fig. 9. 

 Lakva. Buck., vol. ix., pi. cxlviii., fig. 4. 



A wood insect, generally plentiful where it occurs, and likely 

 to be found in most parts of both counties, but only one capture 

 has come to my knowledge. This Mr. Gardner took in Hezleden 

 Dene in. 1899. It ought to have been given in vol. i., after 

 Prohoscidalis, but I did not know of its occurrence till after 

 that sheet was printed off. The species is plentiful in many 

 places in the adjoining counties. The larva feeds on Brachy- 

 podium sylvaticum, which is a common grass in. both counties. 



HERMINIA, Latr. 



3. Herminia barbalis, Linn. Fan-foot. 



Herminia barbalis. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 131. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. vi., p. 291. 



Pechypogon ,, Leech, Brit. Pyr., p. 5. 



Herminia ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 149. 



Imago. Leech, pi. i , fig. 11. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. ix., pi. cxlviii., fig. 6. 



Mr. Patterson records this species from Corbridge, in South- 

 West Northumberland. These counties appear to be rather 



