120 CATALOGtJE OF MOTHS. 



46. N, festiVRj Hubn. Ixgeailed Clay. 



Noctua f estiva. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 236. 



„ ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 348. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 69. 



Agrotis ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 103. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. v., pi. Ixxvii., fig. 1 ; 0. Wils., pi. xxxv., 



fig. 10. 

 No doubt an abundant species, and probably common every 

 where, but it is not recorded in many of the lists I have received. 

 It is given in the Twizell list ; Mr. Finlay found it common and 

 generally distributed ; Miss Eosie took it at Kenton ; Mr. Hen- 

 derson and Mr. Maling at Jesmond. Mr. Hedworth found it 

 abundant at Dunston and Thornley ; Mr. Greenwell met with 

 it plentifully at Bishop Auckland, and at Hartlepool it is very 

 abundant and always exceedingly variable. A small hill-form 

 of this species exists, known as var. Confiua, which Mr. Finlay 

 met with on the Northumberland moors ; Dr. Lees took a few 

 at Sugar at Lowton Fall Wood, Upper Teesdale ; and which 

 Mr. Gardner has bred in some numbers from larva found on the 

 Durham moors. Both type and variety vary much, not only in 

 markings but in the shape, and more particularly in the width 

 of the forewings. I have taken the type here with wings as 

 narrow as those of an Agrotis, 



47. N. baja, Fab. Dotted Clay. 



Noctiia haja. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 237. 



,, ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 352. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 85. 



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



Laeva. Buck., vol. v., pi. Ixviii., fig. 3; O.Wils., pi. xxxv , 



fig. 12. 

 Though generally distributed and of tolerably regular occur- 

 rence, this is not by any means an abundant species. It is in 

 the Twizell list ; Mr. Finlay found it in most parts of the dis- 

 trict, but seldom in any numbers ; Miss Eosie took it at Kenton 

 and Mr. Henderson at Jesmond; Mr. Ehagg about Newcastle 



