132 CATALOGUE OP MOTHS. 



The "Manual" gives it as of regular appearance at both 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne and Darlington. Mr. Sang took it at 

 ■Wolsingham on 13th June, 1872, 21st June, 1877, and 28th 

 September, 1881. Mr. Gardner has taken it in Hezleden Dene. 



63. S. lutarea, Haw. 



Sivammerdamia lutarea. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 306. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 769 



{partim). 



A comparatively scarce insect here as elsewhere, whose larva 



feeds on mountain-ash. It is given in the "Manual" as 



occurring at Darlington, Mr. Sang only enters it in his diary 



as being taken at Whessoe Fox Cover. 



64. S. pyrella, Vill. 



Sivammerdamia pyrella. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p, 306. 



„ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 770. 



A generally common species. Marked in the "Manual" as 

 being abundant at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Mr. Finlay found it 

 very plentiful at Meldon Park in June. Though it is not 

 marked in the "Manual" as occurring at Darlington, Mr. Sang 

 found the larvse there in Grange Eoad. Mr. Backhouse has 

 taken it in Weardale at St. John's, and Mr. Gardner has met 

 with it in Hezleden Dene. 



HYPONOMEUTA, Latr. 



%5. Hyponomeuta padellus, Linn. 



Hy^mnomeuta padellus. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 308. 

 Yponomeuta ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 696. 



A common species in England, but apparently not extending 

 to Scotland. The "Manual" marks it as occurring regularly 

 both at Newcastle- on-Tyne and Darlington. It is common 

 in Weardale, and Mr. Backliouse took it at Shotley ; it is 

 plentiful too near Stockton-on-Tees and in Teesdale. We do 

 not find the species about Hartlepool, nor have I any record 

 of its occurrence near the coast. 



