136 CATALOGUE OF MOTSS. 



fine elsewhere. The dark unicolorous form that is taken in 

 Scotland does not appear to have occurred with us. 



APOROPHYLA, Gn. 



76. Aporophyla lutulenta, Bkh. Deep-brown Dabt. 

 Epunda lutulenta. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 266. 



,, ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 396. 



Aporophyla ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 271. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 58. 



Larva. Buck., vol. vi., pi. xc, fig. 1 ; O.Wils., pi. xxxvii., 



fig. 13. 

 Apparently a rare species in the district. It is recorded in 

 the Twizell list under Haworth's name oi fusca. Mr. Finlay 

 found it plentifully at Heather blossom at Coal Law Wood. I 

 have no other E'orthumberlaud records, and none for Durham 

 except at Hartlepool. Mr. Gardner says, " Hezleden Dene, a 

 few at sugar every autumn." I have more frequently taken it at 

 Eagwort flowers. It also comes to light. I have had it from the 

 Heugh lighthouse, from railway signal cabins, and on a house 

 window at Benridge near Hezleden. I once took a specimen 

 as it emerged from pupa on a Marram stem on the sandhills. 



77. A. nigra, Haw. Black Eiistic. 



Epunda nigra. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 266. 



,, ,, I^ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 397. 



Aporophyla ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 476. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 58. 



Larva. Buck., vol. vi., pi. xc, fig. 2 ; O.Wils., pi. xxxvii., 



fig. 14. 

 Becorded as Charceas nigra in the Twizell list, and Mr. Eoss 

 tells me he has taken two at Bishop Auckland. It is very much 

 of a western insect, occurring on that coast from Devon to the 

 north of Scotland ; it is also abundant in the Lake district, and 

 collectors in the west of either county may possibly meet with 

 the species. Mr. Gardner, however, has examined some so called 

 Nigra and found them to be varieties of Lutulenta. 



