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Kot by any means a common species in any part of our district, 

 though it occurs occasionally in most places. It is given in the 

 Twizell list; Mr. Pinlay found it ''generally distributed but 

 not common" about the Morpeth district; Mr. Henderson and 

 Mr. Maling both met with it at Jesmond ; Miss E,osie took it at 

 Kenton ; Mr. Rhagg at Winlaton Mill. In Durham Mr. Hed- 

 worth took it at sugar both at Dunston and Thornley, more 

 abundantly than it appears to occur elsewhere ; Mr. Green well 

 found it " not uncommon " at Bishop Auckland ; Dr. Lees took 

 " one or two at light in Upper Teesdale." I have taken one or 

 two at Castle Eden ; Mr. Gardner got several at Hezleden Dene, 

 and one came to my sugar on the Hartlepool sandhills in 1875 

 and another in 1886. 



PHLOGOPHORA, Och. 

 106. Phlogophora meticulosa, (Linn.). Angle Shades. 

 Phlogophora meticulosa, Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 269. 

 ,, ,, I^ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 403. 



,, „ Barr. Lep.Brit.Is.,vol.v., p. 52. 



Hadena ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 127. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. vi., pi. xci., fig. 3; O.Wils., pi. xxxviii., 



fig. 1. 

 An abundant species everywhere and occurring almost all the 

 year. I have taken it in the perfect state as early as March, 

 and my latest was taken on 9th December, 1877. There are 

 two broods, in a general way, but Mr. Barrett suggests that the 

 larvEe feed up at different rates and emerge accordingly. I have 

 reared the species from eggs deposited in spring, and they fed 

 up together, and all emerged about the same time in autumn. 

 I have never reared it from autumn ova. 



HELOTROPHA, Ld. 



107. Helotropha fibrosa, Esq. The Ceescext. 

 Apamea fibrosa. Staint. Man., vol. i,, p. 211. 

 ,, „ Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 306. 



Helotropha ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. v., p. 57. 



Hadena leucostigma. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 134. 

 LiJRVA. Buck., vol iv., pi. Ixvii., fig. 4. 



