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list ; Mr. Finlay found it plentifully in Meldon Park ; Mr. Maling 

 took it at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea ; Mr. Hedworth found it at 

 Thornley, but it was not very common, lie also took one at 

 Dunston in 1869 ; Mr. Sang took it at Seaton Carew ; it is given 

 in the Manual as occurring at Darlington ; Mr. Eoss reports it 

 as very common at Bishop Auckland ; but Mr. Greenwell has 

 not met with it there at all. At Hartlepool it is always to be 

 found at Eagwort flowers, but is never numerous enough to be 

 called very common. 



50. N. xanthographa, Fab. Sqtjare-Spot Efstic. 

 Noctua xanthographa. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 238. 



,, ,, !N"ewm. Erit. Moths, p. 354. 



,, ,, Earr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 94. 



Agrotis ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 101. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. v., pi. Ixxix., fig. 3 ; 0. Wils., pi. xxxv., 



fig. 3. 

 A perfect pest everywhere, coming to sugar by hundreds, and 

 equally abundant on most flowers. The larva is remarkably 

 like that of Noctua umhrosa, and Mr. Barrett says they are 

 undistinguishable when full grown. It is also very like those 

 of some of the Leucanias in markings. 



51. N. neglecta, Hub. GreyEtjstic. 



Noctua neglecta. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 237. 

 „ ,, I^ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 353. 



,^ ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 98. 



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

 Larva. Buck., vol. v., pi. Ixxix., fig. 2 ; O.Wils., pi. xxxv., 



fig. 13. 

 A moorland species, and apparently not very common. It is 

 in the Twizell list. Mr. Pinlay took the imago on Heather 

 blossom at Coal Law "Wood, but did not find it very abundant. 

 Dr. Lees found the larvae plentiful on the moors of Upper Tees- 

 dale, but the perfect insect was rare on sugar. It will be found, 

 no doubt, on all the Northumberland moors, as well as on those 

 in the west of Durham* 



