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CERIGO, Steph. 



86. Gerigo cytliereaj Fab. Steaw UNDEnwiis^a. 



Cerigo cytherea. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 205. 



„ ,, I^ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 295. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 340. 



Caradrinamatura. Meyr. Hclbk. Brit. Lep., p. 124. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. iv., pi. Ixv., fig. 2. 



Generally distributed and not rare in grassy places. It is in 

 the Twizell list as Texta, but is omitted from Mr. Finlay's, 

 though I feel sure it will occur in many places where he col- 

 lected. Mr. Maling met with it at I^ewbiggin-by-the-Sea, and 

 Mr. Bhagg at Earsdon. Mr. Hed worth found it abundant at the 

 high end of Thornley Wood; Mr. Sang records it from Seaton 

 Carew, Houghton-le-Skerne, and the Manual locality, Darling- 

 ton ; Dr. Lees found it in Upper Teesdale ; and Mr. Gardner 

 says, '^not uncommon in some years at Hartlepool, Hezleden 

 Dene, and Greatham." It is a species that comes freely to sugar 

 and sits there quietly. I have also taken it occasionally at Bag- 

 wort, and on the flower head of '^Marram," Psamma arenaria, 



HAMA, Steph. 



87. Hama abjecta, Hub. Crescent Steiped. 



Mmnestra abjecta. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 207. 



„ „ Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 298. 



Hama ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. iv., p. 343. 



Hadena ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 133. 



Laeva. Buck , vol. iv., pi. Ixv., fig. 5. 



A species that appears to occur near the sea, or by streams up 

 which the tide flows, and is especially fond of grassy places from 

 which the sea has been shut out, but where the soil is yet satur- 

 ated with its salts. It occurs regularly at Greatham Salt Marsh, 

 and is sometimes not uncommon to the north of Hartlepool, 

 where the low land on the west of the railway was formerly 

 covered by the sea, but the extension of the town is quickly 



