160 CA.TALOGHJE OF MOTHS. 



Equally common with the last species and of precisely similar 

 habits. 



118. L. comma, (L.). Shouldee-striped Wainscot. 



Leucania comma, Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 189. 



„ ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 264. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. v., p. 152. 



„ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 69. 



Larva. Buck., vol, iv., pi. lix., fig. 3. 



A widely-distributed species, but not nearly so abundant as 

 the last two. It is given in all the lists, but appears to be more 

 frequent near the coast. It generally but not always comes to 

 sugar, and I have seen it at Thistle and other flowers. 



119. L. littoralis, Curt. Shore Wainscot. 



Leucania littoralis, Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 188. 



„ „ Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 263. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. v., p. 155. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 69. 



Larva. Buck., vol. iv., pi. lix , fig. 1 ; O.Wils., pi. xxxiii., 



fig. 6. 

 A coast species, occurring only on sandhills among Marram, 

 (^Ammophila arundinacea'). Mr. Maling took two specimens at 

 Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, which are the only captures I know of 

 in either county. Though it is not a generally distributed 

 species, there are many fine stretches of sandhills on our coasts, 

 especially in ^Northumberland, where a careful search would pro- 

 bably be rewarded by the discovery of this species. When 

 newly emerged it has a peculiar greenish hue closely resembling 

 the colour of the bent grass ; this fades to a yellowish-drab, like 

 the dried leaves of the plant. But the educated eye of an 

 Entomologist should detect it notwithstanding its protective 

 colour. It may also be beaten out of the roots, etc., overhang- 

 ing the edges of sand-banks. The larva hides by day in the 

 sand, but feeds openly after dark. 



