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the Sunderland collectors do not appear to have met with it. 

 At Hartlepool it occurs regularly, but is rarely plentiful. It 

 was more abundant in 1887 than I ever knew it before or since. 

 On the night of the Queen's Jubilee I took over thirty at one 

 patch of Campion flowers on the railway side. It also comes 

 freely to sugar. I have taken some very fine varieties of this 

 species with a pale grey ground and the markings much more 

 distinct than usual. Mr. Barrett speaks of these as being pecu- 

 liar to this district. 



69. M. Brassicae, (Linn.). Cabbage Moth. 



Mamestra Brassier. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 208. 



„ „ ]^ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 300. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 208. 



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



Laeva. Buck., vol. iv., pi. Ixvi., fig. 3 ; O.'Wils., pi. xxxiv., 



fig. 5. 



Yery abundant — too abundant everywhere. Mr. Allison, a 

 beginner, took two specimens at Hartlepool of an intense black, 

 with very little trace of the usual mottlings, unfortunately they 

 were spoiled in setting. I have taken a few with a very pale 

 ground colour, showing the markings more clearly. 



70. M. Persicariae, (Linn.). The Dot. 



Mamestra Fersicarice. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 201. 



,, „ JS'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 301. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 212. 



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



Laeva. Buck., vol. iv., pi. Ixvi., fig. 4 ; O.Wils., pi. xxxiv., 



fig. 6. 



This species is commoner in the south than in the north of 

 England, and in our counties is very rare, occurring but in few 

 places and in small numbers. Mr. Tinlay does not record it 

 from his district, nor have we met with it around Hartlepool. 

 Mr. Bhagg records it from Newcastle ; Mr. Brady took a few 



