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Dene. This larvae should be looked for in spring on the outside 

 of woods ; they feed on various low plants in autumn, but appear 

 to prefer the buds and young leaves of Willow, Birch, etc., in 

 spring. 



33. T. janthina, Esp. Lessee Beoad-bokdeb. 



Triphana ianthina. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 229. 



„ „ ]S"ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 338. 



,, Janthina. Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 9. 



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



Laeva. Buck., vol. v., pi. Ixxiv., fig. 1 ; O.Wils., pi. xxxv., 



fig. 1. 

 Apparently somewhat of a garden insect in our district, cer- 

 tainly not particularly attached to the coast. It is in the Twizell 

 list; Mr. Finlay notes that he has bred it plentifully, but does 

 not say where the larvse were obtained. As he was a gardener 

 it is probable he got them about the gardens at Meldon. Messrs. 

 Maling, Henderson, Patterson, and Bhagg have all met with it 

 at Jesmond, the latter at Swalwell also. Mr. Brady writes, '^ a 

 few in gardens at Sunderland." Mr. Corder (Sunderland) says, 

 ** I get them most years in our town gardens, or sitting on the 

 window. They come to light a good deal. I once took a larva 

 on Polyanthus and bred a very dark Moth. They are certainly 

 not on the cliffs, though our garden is not a mile from the sea." 

 Mr. Eales took one at Campion flowers at South Shields ; Mr. 

 Hedworth one at Thornley ; Mr. Backhouse met with it at Toot- 

 hill. I took it at Staindrop in a small garden, but I never met 

 with it at Hartlepool. 



34. T. interjecta, Hub. Least Yellow Undeewing. 



TriphcBna interjecta. Staint. Man., vol. i., p 230. 



jS'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 340. 

 Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 12. 

 Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep , p. 106. 

 Laeva. Buck., vol. v., pi. Ixxiv., fig. 3. 

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