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Meldon Park by Mr. Finlay. Mr. Backhouse took one at Little 

 Polam, Darlington. "Da" is also given in the Manual, which 

 may refer to the same capture. The species is not very un- 

 common in Yorkshire, and appears to be more numerous in 

 Lancashire and Cheshire. It might be turned up in the Der- 

 went or the Hexham district, though it does not appear to be 

 very common in Cumberland. 



PERICALLIA, Steph. 



9. Pericallia syringaria, Steph. Lilac Beauty. 



Pericallia syringaria. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 12. 

 ,, ,. l^ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 54. 



Hygrochroa ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 284. 



Larva. Buck., vol.vii.,pl.cvii.,fig.3; O.Wils., pi. xvi.,fig.9. 



Like the last, two specimens only have been recorded, one 

 from each county. One was taken in Meldon Park by Mr. 

 Pinlay; the other, a female, at Thornley on 15th July, 1876, 

 by Mr. Hedworth. (See also Entom. x., p. 256). The chief 

 food plant, Ligustrum vulgare (Privet), grows wild and in great 

 abundance in Hezleden and Castle Eden Denes, and other 

 places on the Durham coast as far as Seaham Harbour. The 

 insect ought to occur in some of these well sheltered localities, 

 if at all, but hitherto we have sought it in vain. Perhaps like 

 S. ligustri it does not like the coast. 



SELENIA, Hub. 



10. Selenia illunaria, Hub. Eaely Thoen^. 



Selenia illunaria. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 12. 

 „ „ JS'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 55. 



„ bilunaria Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 282. 



Larva. Buck., vol. vii., pi. cvii.,fig. 4 ; 0. Wils., pi. xvi., fig 10. 



Generally a double-brooded species, occurring in April or 

 May, and again in June or July ; the second brood being always 

 smaller and less distinctly marked. Its appearances in our 



