200 CA-iALOGtiE or MOtSS. 



ELLOPIA, Tr. 



7. Ellopia fasciaria, (Linn.). Barred Red. 



Ellopia fasciaria. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 11. 



,, ,, N'ewm. Erit. Moths, p. 53. 



Metrocampa prosapiaria. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 280. 



Larva. Buck., vol. vii., pi. cvii.,fig. 1 ; 0. Wils., pi. xvi., fig. 7. 



Far from a common insect, though the larva, which feeds on 

 Fir and Larch, might find food almost anywhere. Mr. Bolam 

 says ** Seems to be nowhere very plentiful though widely 

 distributed. I took one at Paxton House in July, 1885, and 

 have seen it on several occasions at Langleyford, amongst the 

 Cheviots in August. A few specimens have also been captured 

 at Adderstone Hall, and near Berwick." (Trans. Ber. Kat. Club, 

 vol. XV., p. 299). Mr. Finlay met with it rarely in Meldon 

 Park, but took it more freely in Coal Law Wood ; Mr. D. Rosie 

 got one at rest on a tree in Dipton Wood near Hexham. Mr. 

 Sticks took one at Stooksfield-on-Tyne and another at Ebchester 

 on the Derwent ; Mr. Backhouse got it at St. John's, Weardale, 

 and Dr. Lees one in Shiers Wood, Upper Teesdale. The first I 

 ever saw here was taken at the Lighthouse. We subsequently 

 found it sparingly at Edder Acres near Wingate. Mr. Gardner 

 has also met with it in Teesdale. A singular variety, known 

 as prasinaria occurs, which is green instead of red. It has 

 su<5h a very different appearance that a beginner might readily 

 mistake it for the preceding species. It has not often been 

 noticed in Britain, but is well worth looking for. 



EURYMENE, Dup. 



8. Eurymene dolobraria, (Linn.). Scorch-wing. 



Eurymene dolobraria. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 11. 

 „ ,, iN'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 53. 



Metrocampa ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 281. 



Larva. Buck., vol. vii., pi. cvii., fig. 2; O.Wils.,pl.xvi., fig. 8. 



One specimen is recorded from Northumberland, taken in 



