CATALOGUE OP MOTHS. 189 



HELIOTHIS. 



179. Heliolliis armigera, Hub. Scarce Bordered Straw. 



Seliothis armigera. Staint. Man., voi. i., p. 291. 



,, armiger. jSTewm. Brit. Moths, p. 439. 



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



„ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 108. 



Larva. Buck., vol. vi., p. 73. 



This insect, which occurs in almost all parts of the world, is 

 only a rare visitor to Britain, and its appearance in our counties 

 has been few and far between. Mr. Burn, who was collecting 

 for me, took a specimen on the sand hills beyond the Cemetery 

 at Hartlepool on 5th Sept., 1897. It was flying around Eagwort 

 flowers. I took a second myself, behind the Ropery in 1885, 

 flying at sunset. A third was taken in a street in Sunder- 

 land about the same time, but Mr. Corder, who gives me the 

 information, does not know the date. I have heard of no others. 



180. H. pelligera, W. V. Bordered Straw. 



Heliothis peltigera. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 291. 



,, peltiger. Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 437. 



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



,, , Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 108. 



Larva. Buck., vol. vi., pi. xcix., fig. 2. 



As rare as the preceding species. I have only heard of the 

 occurrence of four specimens. ''On July 25th (1875) a worn 

 female of Heliothis peltigera came out of Best Harrow, where I 

 was kneeling to box N. Elymi, I took it in the hope of obtaining 

 eggs, but in this I was disappointed, as it died without deposit- 

 ing eggs." C. Eales. (Ent. viii., p. 196). "At the flowers of 

 Bladder Campion, 29th June" (no year). C. Eales, communicated 

 by Mr. Hedworth. Mr. Hann of Byers Green gave me a fine 

 specimen which he had taken there ; and Mr. T. Tritschler gave 

 me another which he took at Hartlepool in June, 1379," 



