128 CA.TAL0GT7E OF MOTHS. 



60. A. nebulosa, Huffn. Geey Aeches. 



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



„ „ Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 407. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is , vol. v., p. 162. 



Melanchra ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 86. 



Lakva. Buck., vol. vi., pi. xcii., fig. 3. 



A wood insect, and probably occurring in all the larger woods 

 in both counties, though as yet recorded from few. It is in the 

 Twizell list under the old name of Pleheiera ; Miss Rosie found 

 it at Kenton ; Mr. Ehagg at Lintz Green ; Mr. Hedworth found 

 it in the woods about Thornley and took it at sugar ; Dr. Lees 

 took one at sugar at Linton Pall Wood in 1875. We find it in 

 Hezleden Dene, near Hartlepool, as well as in Castle Eden 

 Dene. It sits on tree trunks and is sometimes not uncommon. 

 Mr. Pinlay does not record it, which appears as if it did not 

 occur there, unless it is an accidental omission. 



HADENA, Och. 



61. Hadena thalassina, Rott. The Shoijldeked Beocade. 



Hadena thalassina. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 277. 



„ „ IS'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 420. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 171. 



Melanchra ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 84. 



Larva. Buck., vol. vi., pi. xcvi., fig. 5 ; O.Wils., pi. xxxviii., 



fig. 10. 



Said to be a wood insect, but not uncommon elsewhere. It 

 is particularly partial to palings or tree trunks as a resting place, 

 but Mr. Barrett says it will not remain when the sun is hot. It 

 is in the Twizell list ; Mr. Finlay found it in Coal Law Wood, 

 but not common ; Mr. Henderson met with it at Jesmond ; Mr. 

 Maling on the coast about T^Tewbiggin-by-the-Sea ; Mr. Hed- 

 worth found it in woods at Dunston and Thornley ; Mr. Sang 

 took it at sugar at Darlington, where Mr. Backhouse met with 



