194 Ci.TALOGTJE OF MOTHS. 



but told me he found it on the railway slopes around Darling- 

 ton, and advised me to look for it in similar places about Hartle- 

 pool, which I have done hitherto without success. 



188. Euclidia Mi, (Linn.). Mothee Shipton. 



EucUdia Mi. Staint. Man., vol. i., p. 318. 



,, ,, [N'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 468. 



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



., ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 163. 



Li-EVA. Buck., vol. vi., pi. cv., fig. 3. 



Generally distributed in both counties. It is in the Twizell 

 list ; Mr. Finlay found it not uncommon in most parts of his 

 district ; Mr. Henderson found it about Jesmond ; Miss Bosie at 

 Kenton ; Mr. Henderson took it at Thornley and Chopwell ; it 

 is given in Ornsby's Durham ; Mr. Backhouse got it in '' damp 

 fields at ShuU;" and Mr. Maling found it at Witton-le-Wear. 

 It is common all round Hartlepool, both on the sand banks, on 

 railway slopes, and in rough pastures, flying in the sun. The 

 larvae, which resemble those of a Geometer, are not often seen. 

 I once reared a brood from the e^g, feeding them on Clover 

 according to the Manual. Most of the books give one or other 

 of the trefoils as the food plant, but Mr. Buckler speaks as though 

 its proper food were grasses. He swept larvae from Marram, 

 and fed them on Ribbon- grass ; others found on Thorny Rest- 

 harrow, also ate grass (see vol. vi. as above). I am indebted to 

 Mr. Gardner for calling my attention to this. 



HYPENA, Sch. 



189. Hypena proboscidalis, (Linn.). Snout. 



Hypena proboscidalis, Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 128. 

 ,, ,, Barr. Lep. Brit. Is., vol. ii., p. 



,, „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 151. 



A common species wherever there are !N'ettles. 



