112 CATALOGUE OP MOTHS. 



This species is widely distributed throughout England, and is 

 not uncommon in many parts of Scotland, but in our counties it 

 is of very rare occurrence, and I have but two records for each. 

 Mr. Patterson has taken it in the neighbourhood of Newcastle. 

 Mr. Maling found it once flying over ISTettles at dusk at ^N'ewbig- 

 gin-by-the-Sea. In Durham Mr. Eoss took it at Bishop Auck- 

 land, and Dr. Lees got two at sugar near Middleton-in-Teesdale. 

 It is given in the Manual as occurring commonly at Darlington, 

 but I have reason to think the specimens referred to were taken 

 at Eedcar on the Yorkshire coast. It appears to be tolerably 

 common in Yorkshire, as well as in Lancashire and Cheshire, 

 and should occur much more frequently with us than it appears 

 to do. 



TRIPH^NA, Ochs. 



32. Triphaena fimbria, Beoad-boedered Yellow TJndee- 



Triph<^na Jimbria Staint.Man., vol. i., p. 229. 



,. ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 339. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 5. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 105. 



Labva. Buck., vol. v.„ pi. Ixxiv., fig. 2. 



Decidedly a scarce insect, though occurring in most parts of 

 both counties. We do not appear to know enough of its habits 

 to obtain the imago, most of our cabinet specimens being reared 

 from larvse. It is in the Twizell list ; Mr. Pinlay took one in 

 Coal Law Wood; both Mr. Maling and Mr. Henderson met 

 with it in Jesmond Dene ; Mr. Bhagg met with it in the same 

 neighbourhood and at Swalwell. It is recorded in Ornsby's 

 Durham for Maiden Castle Wood; Mr. Maddison took two at 

 sugar at Burney Wood, both near Durham ; Mr. Hedworth met 

 with it at sugar (5/8/76) at Thornley and found larvae at Gibside ; 

 Mr. Greenwell took one at Bishop Auckland ; Darlington is a 

 Manual locality. In the Hartlepool district it is decidedly un- 

 common. Mr. Harrison took it at sugar in 1864 near the ''new 

 winning," Castle Eden, and we never saw it again till 1896 

 when Mr, Gardner bred it from larvae found near Hezleden 



