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58. H. cespitis, Fab. Hedge Rustic. 



Luperina cespitis. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 206. 



,, ,, Kewm. Brit Moths, p. 297. 



Heliophohus ,, Earr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 137. 



Melanchra ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 81. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. iv., pi. Ixv., fig. 4. 



This species is recorded by the late W. Backhouse from 

 Shotley, by the late C. Eales "on the ballast heaps, South 

 Shields," and by Dr. Lees as ''not uncommon in Upper Tees- 

 dale." A single specimen was also taken at Hartlepool by Mr. 

 A. Wood, which is now in my possession. The Shotley and 

 Teesdale records may be considered as places where the insect 

 may have a natural habitat. The South Shields and Hartlepool 

 specimens were but chance visitors. That taken here was at 

 rest on a railway truck, but it is difficult to believe that the 

 insect would sit there during a long journey. 



APLEGTA, Gn. 

 59. Aplecta advena, Fab. Pale Shining Brown. 



Aplecta advena. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 272. 



„ ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 409. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 154. 



Melanchra „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 85. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. vi., pi. xcii., fig. 5 ; O.Wils., pi. xxxviii., 



fig. 4. 

 A very rare species in our district. Mr. Sang took it at sugar 

 in Houghton Lane, near Darlington, on 5th July, 1853, 9th 

 July, 1856, and on the same day in 1857, but does not record it 

 subsequently. The late R. W. Merry weather took a solitary 

 specimen at Elwick, near Hartlepool, about the same time. iN"© 

 one else appears to have met with it, nor has it been recorded 

 from iN'orthumberland, 



