CATALOaUE OF MOTHS. 157 



TAPINOSTOLA, Ld. 



113. Tapinostola fulva, Hub. Small Wad^scot. 



Nonagria fulva. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 192. 



Tapinostola ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 274. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol v., p. 102. 



Caradrina ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 120. 

 Laeva. Buck., vol. iv., pi. Ix., fig. 4. 

 Occurring in most places where there is rough ground and 

 plenty of carices and grass. It is very fond of damp places, but 

 not by any means confined to them, being common enough on 

 sandhills and dry railway embankments. It is in the Twizell 

 list as Leucania pygmina. Mr. Bolam found it well distributed 

 in l^orth Northumberland ; Mr. Maling found it flying at Sweet- 

 hope by day, but this is unusual so far as I have seen, for it 

 does not generally appear till early dusk. It has been taken at 

 the Old Park, iN'etherwitton, by Mr. Finlay ; at Kenton by Miss 

 Eosie ; and at Jesmond by Mr. Henderson. Mr. Hedworth took 

 it at Axwell, Dunston, and Thornley, etc. ; Mr. Rhagg also met 

 with it at Thornley Wood ; Mr. Eales took it at South Shields 

 "in marshy places." Dr. Lees found it common in a swamp at 

 the mouth of Lunedale, Upper Teesdale ; Darlington is a Manual 

 locality ; Mr. Sang took it at Hell Kettles near that town, and 

 found the larva there, which had long eluded the best larva- 

 hunters. He discovered it feeding in the stem of Carex paludosa 

 (see E. M. M., xvi., 110). There is no doubt the larva is not 

 confined to this food, but probably devours the inside stems of 

 many allied plants. About Hartlepool it seems almost ubiqui- 

 tous, occurring on the dry sand banks, the railway embankments 

 and cuttings, all rough pastures, and it is abundant on Great- 

 ham Salt Marsh. 



114. T» Elymi, Tr. Lyme Geass. 



^Tapi7iostola Elymi. Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 275. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. v., p. 112. 



Caradrina ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 120. 



Larva. Buck., vol. iv., pi. Ix., fig. 5. 



* Elymi was not known as British when Stainton's Manual was published. 



