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stray specimen on the wing in his garden at Meldon. Mr. Sang 

 took larva on Ling at Wolsingham (28th May, 1874), from which 

 locality Mr. Pickard also records it. Mr. Gardner also writes 

 ** larvae on Ling in Teesdale, but not common; they will eat 

 Plum or Cherry in confinement." I was with Mr. J. P. Taylor 

 in 1874 when he took a specimen of this species at rest on the 

 Cemetery palings at Hartlepool — rather a curious place for a 

 Plusia. 



HABROSTOLA, Och. 



176. Habrostola Urticae, Hub. Light Spectacle. 



Ahrostola Urticce. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 304. 

 ,, ,, ]S'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 449. 



Habrostola ,, Earr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. vi., p. 



Plusia tripartita. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 159. 

 Larva. Buck., vol. v., pi. cii., fig. 1. 



Not very uncommon in the Tyne valley and neighbourhood, 

 but poorly represented elsewhere. Mr. Pinlay found it *' moder- 

 ately common in Meldon Park;" Miss Rosie took it at Kenton ; 

 Mr. Henderson at Jesmoud ; Mr. Rhagg got it at Pawdon and 

 various places around ISTewcastle, and Mr. Hedworth found it 

 generally on the south of the Tyne above IS'ewcastle ; the larva 

 among Nettles, and the imago, which was rarer than the larva, 

 coming to flowers. Elsewhere it appears to be much rarer. Mr. 

 Brady took one in a garden at Sunderland, and Mr. Ross has 

 taken three at Bishop Auckland. These are all the records I 

 have received. About Hartlepool we find it occasionally. Mr. 

 Gardner says it is not uncommon in Hezleden Dene, bat I have 

 never taken it there or elsewhere except singly. 



177. H. triplasia, (Linn.). Daek Spectacle. 

 Ahrostola triplasia. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 305. 



,, „ Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 450. 



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



Plusia ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 160. 



Larva. Buck., vol. vi., pi. cii., fig. 2; 0. Wils., pi. xL, fig. 



2, 3, 3a (text 2, 3a, 3b). 



