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DASYPOLIA. 



78. Dasypolia Templi, Thunb. Brindled Ochre. 

 Dasypolia Templi. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 265. 



„ ,, I^ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 277. 



,, „ BaiT. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 289. 



„ ., Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 55. 



Larva. Buck., vol. vi., pi. Ixxxix., figs. 1-5 ; O.Wils., pi. 



xxxvii., fig. 12. 

 Probably much commoner and more widely distributed than 

 is generally supposed. The imago does not emerge till the end 

 of October or November, a period when only very enthusiastic 

 Entomologists are looking for insects. It hides itself, under 

 stones by preference, till spring, but it is rarely seen. The larva 

 feeds inside the stem or root of Cow Parsnip, and is consequently 

 never observed but when purposely looked for. Probably no 

 other species is so retiring and of so quiet a disposition. A 

 hybernating female will sit all the winter in a chip* box, without 

 even damaging the tips of her wings. Eecords in our counties 

 are — Meldon Park, scarce, J. Pinlay ; Kenton, Miss Eosie ; 

 Jesmond, "W". Patterson ; on a lamp at Old Elvet, Durham, T. 

 Maddison; "on a lamp, Darlington, Oct., 1862," John Sang. 

 Mr. "Wade finds it at Barnard Castle, and Mr. Gardner has found 

 the larva about Hartlepool and bred the imago. I never took it 

 but at Huddersfield, Yorkshire, where large piles of flat stones 

 lie about. It hides in these and will be found by any one who 

 will turn over the stones. It will certainly hide in the loose 

 stone walls of the west of the county. 



POLIA, Ochs. 



79. Polia flavicincta, Pab. Large Ranunculus. 

 Polia flavocincta. Staint. Man,, vol. i., p. 264. 



,, ,, IS'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 294. 



,, flavicincta. Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 294. 

 ,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 54. 



Larva. Buck., vol. vi., pi. Ixxxviii., fig. 4; 0. Wils., pi. 



xxxvii., fig. 11. 



