l06 CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 



18. A. segetum, "W. Y. Turnip Moth. 



Agrotis segetum. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 224. 



„ „ N'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 320. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iii., p. 288. 



„ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 91. 



Larva. Buck., vol. v., pi. Ixxi., fig. 1 ; 0. Wils., pi. xxxiv., 



fig. 12. 



An abundant species everywhere. Mr. Barrett, quoting Sir 



Thomas Moncrieff, says it ascends to 600 feet above the sea level. 



This it may do on an open hill side, but Dr. Lees found it in 



valleys in Upper Teesdale at a considerably higher elevation. 



19. A. corticea. Hub. Heart and Club. 



Agrotis corticea. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 225. 



„ ,, I^ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 327. 



„ ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iii , p. 293. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 91. 



Larva. Buck., vol. v., pi. Ixxi., fig. 4 ; O.Wils., pi. xxxiv., 



fig. 14. 



Only recorded from two localities, — Twizell, in INorthumber- 



land, and Bishop Auckland, in Durham, where Mr. Ross found 



it fairly common. Only four localities are given for it in Porritt*s 



Yorkshire list. 



20. A. exclamationis, (Linn.). Heart and Dart. 



Agrotis exclamationis. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 224. 



,, ,, ]S"ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 326. 



,, „ Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iii., p. 306. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 93. 



Larva. Buck., vol. v., pi. Ixxi., fig. 3 ; 0. Wils., pi. xxxiv., 



fig. 13. 



A very abundant insect, occurring plentifully everywhere. Mr. 



Barrett thinks it the most abundant of all our Noctuse. It is 



rather a variable species, and many interesting forms may be 



selected from the swarms that come to sugar. 



