140 CAtALOGITE OF MOTHS. 



DRYOBOTA, Ld. 



81. Dryobota protea, Bork. Beindled Geeen. 



Hadena protea. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 275. 



,, proteus. !Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 413. 



Dryhota protea. Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 309. 



Polia „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 53. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. vi., pi. xciii., fig. 2. 



The only ^Northumberland record I have for this species is 

 that Mr. Patterson took it at Alnmouth. In Durham it has 

 been taken in the west of the county only ; Mr. Maling found 

 it ''numerous at Witton-le-Wear on trunks of Elm;" and Mr. 

 Gardner found it " common in Teesdale at rest in chinks of Oak 

 bark." It is a species generally distributed throughout Eng- 

 land, and should be found in all open woods where there is 

 plenty of Oak. Collectors will do well to take Mr. Gardner's 

 hint and look carefully in the chinks of the bark. 



CLEOCERIS, Bdv. 



82. Cleoceris viminalis, Eab. Minoe Shotjldee Knot. 



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



,, ,, . INewm. Brit. Moths, p. 398. 



Cleoceris ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 314. 



Polia ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 52. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. vi., pi. xc, fig. 3 ; O.Wils., pi. xxxvii., 



fig. 15. 



IsTot by any means common in either county. It is in the 

 Twizell list. Mr. Bolam says, ''the pale glaucous green cater- 

 pillars of this species are not at all uncommon on Sallows, in 

 June, on the moors at Xyloe, and I have taken the Moth at 

 Kewham Bog. It is probably well distributed over the district, 

 as Mr. Boyd had it from Cherry trees. A single example occurred 

 at Berwick in 1889 " (Trans. Ber. Field Club, vol. xv., p. 306). 

 Mr. Finlay found it at Coal Law Wood. " Larvse more abundant 



