CATALOGUE Of* Moths. 7S 



viii., 196). Mr. Wasserraan (Trans., vol. v., p. 287) says, ''it 

 is met with on ballast on the coast." Possibly that general 

 statement refers only to Mr. Eales' specimen. The species is 

 not likely to occur on ballast, the larva feeding on Hawthorn 

 and other trees. Durham would appear to be the limit of the 

 species on the east coast, and, except Mr. Eales' stray specimen, 

 it has only occurred in the southern part of the county. Dr. 

 Lees found the larvae ''not uncommon on Hawthorn" in Upper 

 Teesdale, but rarely saw the perfect insect. Mr. Greenwell 

 also records it from Bishop Auckland. At Hartlepool I have 

 occasionally found the imago on palings about the town, per- 

 haps attracted by the lights. I have found the larvae common 

 on Hawthorn hedges at High Throston and also at Greatham, 

 where I once found the Moths flying freely in the lane near the 

 railway station just before twilight. 



LIPARIS, Och. 



26. Liparis Salicis, (Linn.). Satin Moth. 



Stilpnotla Salicis. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 136. 

 Liparis ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 36. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. ii., p. 299. 



Stilpnotia ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 175. 



Larva. Buck.,vol.iii.,pl.xxxix.,fig.4; 0.'Wils.,pl. xii.,fig.2. 



This is a very uncertain species everywhere. In southern 

 localities it appears irregularly, the larvae being sometimes 

 numerous enough to be injurious, then it may almost disappear 

 — perhaps only for a time, but it has left many of its old haunts 

 altogether. In our counties it has only been a casual visitor. 

 The earliest, and only ^Northumbrian record, is that of the 

 Twizell list. Mr. Eales took one at South Shields on 27th July, 

 1875 (Entom. viii., p. 196). Two have been taken in the streets 

 at Hartlepool, and one in Upper Teesdale by the footman at 

 Eggleston Hall. I do not know the dates when these occurred, 

 but it was about 1875, a period, as will be seen, when there was 

 a good deal of migratory movement among several species of 

 Lepidoptera. 



