166 CATALOGUE OS" MOTHS. 



Respecting this species Mr. Gardner writes, *^ a few specimens 

 at Sallows, but it is decidedly scarce." I never met with it 

 myself, nor does any other collector appear to have done so in 

 either county. It should be looked for in well wooded parts, 

 and is said to prefer ''large bushes growing outside woods." 



132. P. rubricosa, Fab. Red Chestnut. 

 Taniocampa rubricosa. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 243. 



,, „ JSTewm. Brit. Moths, p. 357. 



Pachnohia „ Rarr. Lep. Rrit. Is., vol. v., p. 226. 



Triphcena „ Meyr. Hdbk. Rrit. Lep., p. 107. 



Laeva. Ruck., vol. V , pi. Ixxx., fig. 5 ; O.Wils.,pl. xxxvi., 



fig. 3. 

 l^ot uncommon at Sallow blossom. It is recorded in the Twi- 

 zell list; and "as generally distributed and common" in the 

 Morpeth district by Mr. Finlay ; at Jesmond by Mr. Henderson ; 

 and at Newcastle by Mr. Rhagg. Mr. Hedworth has taken it 

 at Thornley, Dunston, Axwell, Gibside, etc. ; both Mr. Ross 

 and Mr. Greenwell took it commonly at Rishop Auckland ; Dar- 

 lington is a "Manual" locality. About Hartlepool it is plenti- 

 ful in the denes and elsewhere. 



RUSINA, Steph. 



133. Rusina tenebrosa, Hub. Reown Rustic. 

 Rusina tenebrosa. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 220. 



,, ,, !N'ewm. Rrit. Moths, p. 315. 



,, ,, Rarr. Lep. Rrit. Is., vol. v., p. 236. 



„ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Rrit. Lep., p. 113. 



Laeva. Ruck., vol. v., pi. Ixx., fig. 1. 

 Not an uncommon species in many parts of the district, though 

 apparently far from being generally distributed. Mr. Finlay 

 reports it from Coal Law Wood ; Mr. Maling found it plentiful 

 near Hexham ; Miss Rosie took it at Kenton. Mr. Hedworth 

 found it common at Thornley ; Mr. Sang took it at Darlington 

 "by Haughton Lane;" Darlington is also a Manual locality. 

 It comes freely to sugar at Hartlepool, males being most numer- 

 ous. Mr. Gardner has bred it from larvae found under stones in 



