78 CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 



PERONEA, Curt. 



106. Peronea scballeriana, Linn. 



Peronea schalleriana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 231. 



„ „ Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 165. 



Acalla „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 524. 



A common insect, and very generally distributed. Mr. 

 Finlay reports it so in his district ; Mr. Maling recorded it in 

 the Transactions for 1875, p. 281. In Durham Mr. Wailes 

 recorded it in Stephens' Illustrations, vol. iv., p. 159, as taken 

 at Gibside ; Mr. Backhouse took it at a plantation hedge near 

 Darlington; Mr. Sang took it at Hell Kettles in 1874, and at 

 Aycliffe Station, and in the quarry there in 1879. The larva 

 feeds on sallow and willow, and the insect will be found 

 wherever these are at all plentiful. 



107. P. comparana, Hub, 



Peronea comparana. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 232. 



„ „ Wilk. Brit. Tort., p. 166. 



Acalla schalleriana. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit Lep., p. 524. 



A generally distributed species, and common among willows," 

 on which the larva feeds. Mr. Pinlay found it all around 

 Morpeth, and always plentiful. Mr. Sang took it at Aycliffe' 

 Station, and in the quarry also. It is common in Hezleden 

 Dene and elsewhere around Hartlepool. Meyrick puts this 

 and the preceding species together. Stainton and Wilkinson 

 give them as distinct. 



108. P. commariana, Z. 



Acalla commariana. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 524. 



Mr. Gardner took a single specimen of this insect on the 

 Teesdale moors. It occurs in Yorkshire and Lancashire, and 

 the Teesdale moors are a probable place for its occurrence. I^o 

 one else has met with it yet. It would appear to have been 

 introduced to the British list after the issue of Wilkinson's 

 and Stainton's works. 



