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really was so. Generally the larvae do not appear till May. 

 The male flies in the sun in September or October and strays 

 far from its larval haunts. I often see them in the streets of 

 Hartlepool. 



EPICHNOPTERYX, Hub. 



30. Epichnopteryx calvella, Och. 



Psyche fusca, Staint. Man., vol. i.. p. 166. 



Epichnopteryx calvella. Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. ii., p. 344. 

 Sterrhopterix hirsutella, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 444. 



Though this is given in the three works named above as occur- 

 ring in our distriet, I feel very doubtful if it has done so, and 

 it will be better to give the evidence in detail. 



The first volume of Stainton's Manual is dated in 1857, but 

 it was issued in monthly parts. On page 166 this species is 

 described with "Da," the contraction for Darlington, below. 

 It is more than probable that the part containing this page was 

 issued in 1856. 



In the Intelligencer for 4th September, 1858 (vol. iv., p. 180), 

 is a paragraph which I will quote in full. 



^^ Psyche fusca, — I have bred three specimens of this in- 

 sect from pupse this season, all males. I have seen four larvae 

 of A. AtropoSy all taken near Darlington : two of them are 

 in my possession. — Jonathan Orde, 6, East Street, Darlington. 

 August 26." 



Mr. Barrett (Lep. Brit. Is., vol. ii., p. 337), in speaking of 

 the distribution of this species says, ' ' records exist for the neigh- 

 bourhood of Darlington." 



Mr. Meyrick (Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 445) gives as its distribu- 

 tion in Britain '' Surrey, Middlesex, Lancashire, Durham, Perth, 

 locaL" 



The only personal record here is that by Mr. Orde, and it 

 inust be noticed that while he specially says the Atropos larvse 

 were ''taken near Darlington," he does not give any hint as to 

 the place where the P. fusca were obtained, but only that he had 

 bred three. I do not know anything of the authority for the 

 Manual ''Da," which was prior to Mr. Orde's notice, but the 



