62 CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 



This abundance is more noticeable as Mr. Barrett omits our 

 counties in his remarks on its distribution. Though it appears 

 to be so plentiful about Marsden, we have never found it in the 

 Hartlepool district. 



LITHOSIA, Eab. 



11. Lithosia helveola, Ochs. The Burr Footman. 



Lithosia helvola. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 138. 



„ „ ]S"ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 28. 



,, helveola. Barr. Lep. Brit. Is , vol. ii., p. 215. 



,, deplana. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 27. 



Larva. Buck., vol. iii., pi. xL, fig. 3 ; Wils., pi. x., fig. 13. 



The late John Sang recorded that he took this insect at lamps 

 in Darlington in August^ 1860. I would have hesitated to in- 

 clude the species in my Catalogue on any less reliable authority 

 than Mr. Sang, for it is almost exclusively a southern insect. 

 Mr. Barrett, however, says, '^formerly it certainly occurred at 

 York, and Mr. E. JS". Young has a specimen taken by himself 

 at Eotherham." This, and its known partiality for light, makes 

 the record more acceptable, but it must only be taken as an 

 accidental occurrence. Mr. Porritt says the York ''specimens 

 are much larger than south of England examples, and the female 

 is bright yellow : it is a well-marked variety, possibly a distinct 

 species." (List of Yorkshire Lep., p. 24). 



12. Lithosia complana, (Linn.). The Scaece Pootman. 



Lithosia complana. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 138. 



„ „ Is^ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 28. 



„ ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. ii., p. 221. 



„ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 27. 



Laeva. Buck., voL iii., pi, xli, fig. 2 ; O.Wils., pi. x., fig. 15. 



This rather scarce species is recorded on the authority of the 

 late W. Backhouse, who met with it both at Darlington and 

 Seaton Carew. It is also in a MS. list of species in the hand- 

 writing of the late John San^, but I have found no corresponding 



