182 CATALOGTJlE OF MOTSS. 



Sang got it at a lamp. I have taken it on the Cemetery palings 

 at Hartlepool, and also on the rail at the north bank of Hezleden 

 Dene. Mr. Gardner has hred the insect from larvae found there. 



CALOCAMPA, Steph. 



165. Calocampa exoleta, (Linn.). Swoed Gbass. 

 Calocampa exoleta. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 282. 



„ „ ^N'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 427. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. vi., p. 52. 



Polia ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 50. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. vi., pi. xcvi., fig. 2 ; O.Wils., pi. xxxviii., 



fig. 13. 

 Yery much commoner than the next species. It is recorded 

 in the Twizell list ; Mr. Pinlay found it generally distributed in 

 his district, but not abundant ; Mr. Rhagg met with it at Faw- 

 don and !N"ewcastle ; and Mr. Maling got it at sugar at Hexham. 

 In Durham Mr. Hedworth found it at Thornley and Dunston ; Mr. 

 Eales recorded it as '' common on the coast" at South Shields. 

 The Bishop Auckland collectors have only taken it singly. At 

 Hartlepool we occasionally meet with hybernated specimens in 

 spring, but it is more plentiful in autumn. I have once or twice 

 taken it on palings, but it is common at sugar though very irre- 

 gular. Thus in 1896 Mr. Gardner took it in considerable num- 

 bers at sugar at Hezleden Dene, but never got a specimen at the 

 same place the next year. I was sugaring on the opposite bank 

 of the Dene and never saw the insect in 1896, but got a solitary 

 example in 1 897. The larva is one of the most beautiful I have 

 ever seen, but it is seldom met with. My son took one on a hedge 

 side at "West Hartlepool in August, 1879, feeding exposed, early 

 in the afternoon, but that was a very exceptional occurrence. 



166. C. vetusta, Hub. Red Swokd Geass. 

 Calocampa vetusta. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 282. 



„ „ JSTewm. Brit. Moths, p. 426. 



,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. vi., p. 56. 



Polia ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 50. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. vi., pi. xcvi., fig. 1. 



