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says the larva of Bemheciformis feeds more commonly in the 

 wood of Sallows in the South of England, but in the I^orth and 

 West, Poplar seems to be preferred. (Lep. Brit. Is., vol. ii., p. 

 104, 5). About Hartlepool it feeds plentifully in the wood of 

 Poplars. I have bred it both from Balsam Poplar {Populus 

 halsamiferd) and Black Poplar {Fopulus nigra), and have never 

 found it in Sallows or "Willows, but Mr. Gardner tells me he has 

 done so, and has found it even in the small dwarf Willows. I 

 have taken the imago at Wideopen near IN'ewcastle, on Willow 

 trunks, as it emerged from the pupa, and about l!Tewcastle it 

 seems to prefer that tree, though it is not confined to it, as Mr. 

 Howse took it formerly on a Poplar in his garden, and Mr. Hen- 

 derson found it in Jesmond Cemetery on both Poplar and Willow, 

 Though the species is no doubt generally common, its habits 

 prevent it being much observed, and a non-Entomologist would 

 probably think it a wasp. The only record I have that is not 

 named above is that Mr. Hedworth took a female at Axwell on 

 25th July, 1877. 



Eamily. ZYQ^M^IDM, Bois. 



PROCRIS, Fab. 



18. ProcriS Statices, (Linn.). The Eoeestee. 

 Procris Statices. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 78. 

 ,, ,, ISTewm. Brit. Moths, p. 22. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. ii., p. 112. 



„ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 449. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. ii., pi. xviii., fig. 1. 

 Wailes says, 'Wery abundant in June, on the lawn near the 

 chapel at Gibside, where the specimens are all of the blue-green 

 variety ; and also on the sea-banks at Castle Eden, where nearly 

 everyone is of the bright copper variety. ' In a field near Plass. 

 On the sea-banks near Castle Eden Dene, middle of June.' 



Ornsby's Durham." 



At the time this was written the next species had not been 

 separated from Statices. There can be little question but the 

 Gibside specimens were Statices^ as well as those taken at Flass. 

 Those near Castle Eden Dene were certainly Geryon. I have 



