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408. Pterophorus tetradactylus, Linn. 

 Pterophorus tetradactylus. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 444. 



„ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 436. 



This species is given in the '' Manual " as occurring regularly 

 at Newcastle-on-Tyne and commonly at Darlington. Mr. Sang, 

 however, has made no entry in his diary as to its occurrence. 

 It is common at Black Halls and near the mouth of Hezleden 

 Dene wherever its food plant, wild thyme, grows. 



409. Pterophorus pentadactylus, Linn. 

 Pterophorus pentadactylus. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 444. 



„ „ Meyr.Hdbk.Brit. Lep.,p. 436. 



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

 regularly at Newcastle-on-Tyne and also at Darlington, but 

 like the last species, it is not recorded in Sang's diary, no 

 doubt owing to its general occurrence. It is very abundant 

 with us around Hartlepool. I have seen it flitting about by the 

 score on the railway side near the ropery, and in fact all the 

 way up the railway side to and beyond and in Hezleden Dene, 

 wherever convolvulus grew. Mr. Harrison records for Birtley 

 " one only at light in our own garden." 



ALUCITINA. 

 ALUGITA, Linn. 



410. Alucita polydactyla, Hiib. 



Alucita polydactyla. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 445. 

 Orneodes hexadactyla. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 442. 



A common species generally wherever honeysuckle grows. 

 It is given in the "Manual" as occurring regularly at 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne and also at Darlington, but here again there 

 is no mention of the species in Sang's diary. It is common in 

 and around Hezleden Dene, and I have frequently taken it in 

 my own garden at Middlethorpe close to the Dene. Mr. Corder 

 also records it as common in the Sunderland district. 



