eATAXOGtJE 01? MOTHS. 121 



and at Thornley ; Mr. Hedworth also took it at Thornley and 

 Gibside at sugar, and at Dunston at flowers ; Messrs. Ross and 

 Greenwell found it fairly common at Bishop Auckland ; Dr. 

 Lees met with it in Upper Teesdale. It comes to sugar in small 

 numbers at Hartlepool on the sand banks, and I have found it 

 rather more plentiful at Hutton Henry, near Castle Eden. 



48. N. Rubij View. Small Sqtjake Spot. 



Noctiia bella. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 236. 



,, Ruhi. IS'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 351. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 88. 



Agrotis ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 102. 



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



fig. 1. 

 Though generally common throughout England and Scotland, 

 this is not by any means an abundant species in these counties, 

 nor generally distributed. Mr. Finlay met with it in Coal Law 

 Wood, but never commonly; Mr. Hedworth took it '' sparingly 

 at sugar at Thornley;" Mr. Greenwell at Bishop Auckland; 

 and Dr. Lees in Upper Teesdale. In the Hartlepool district I 

 have only taken it on two occasions, at sugar at Hutton Henry 

 near Castle Eden, on 7th July, 1876, and another also at sugar 

 on the Hartlepool sandhills in 1884. Mr. Gardner has taken it 

 more plentifully at Greatham, which is in accordance with its 

 known partiality for damp localities. It should be looked for 

 in such places. 



49. N. umbrosa, Hub. Six-steiped Rijstic. 



Noctua umbrosa. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 257. 



,, „ IS'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 352. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 91. 



Agrotis ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 102. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. v., pi. Ixxviii., fig. 2. 



Common in many places in both counties, but does not appear 

 to be generally distributed, though I think it will be found all 

 along the coast. As Lytea umbrosa^ it appears in the Twizell 



