CATALOGUE Oi" ITOTHS. 19S> 



VENILIA, Dup. 



5. Yenilia maculata, (Linn.). Speckled Yellow. 



Venilia maculata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 9. 



,, ,, Kewm. Brit. Moths, p. 52. 



Psendopanthera macularia. Meyr.Hdbk. Brit. Moths, p. 270. 



Lajrva. Buck., vol. vii., pi. cvi.j fig. 6; O.Wils., 



Mr. Sang took this pretty little species in some of the woods 

 around Darlington, where, according to the Manual, it was of 

 regular occurrence. 'No one else appears to have met with it 

 in either county. Meyrick says its range extends to Boss and 

 Moray in the north of Scotland, in which case it ought not to be 

 so rare in the north of England. I cannot but think there is 

 some mistake. It is a scarce and very local species in York- 

 shire, has not been recorded for Cheshire, only for two localities 

 in Lancashire, I have no knowledge of its occurrence in West- 

 morland, and it is not in a Cumberland list kindly supplied me 

 by Mr. Thwaytes, of Carlisle. Its appearance at the extreme 

 south of Durham only, is quite in harmony with these facts. 



METRO CAMPA, Lat. 



6. Metrocampa margaritata, (Linn.). Light Emeiiald. 



Metrocampa margaritata. Staint. Man., vol. ii.. p. 10. 

 ,, ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 53. 



,, margaritaria. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 280, 



Laeva. Buck., vol. vii., pi cvi.,fig.7; O.Wils., pi. xvi.,fig.6. 



Common in all wooded districts. It is in all the Ksts, and no 

 doubt occurs in every mixed wood in both counties. I have 

 seen it plentiful where there was but a narrow belt of trees. 

 Mr. D. Bosie has found larvae on Blackthorn, which is not 

 usually quoted as one of the food plants of the species. 



