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Shields. Mr. Corder reports it from Whitley and at Castle Eden. 

 I have taken it all along the coast from the south end of Black 

 Hall Rocks, nearly as far as Seaham Harbour. It is also abun- 

 dant in the railway cutting between Hart and Hezleden stations, 

 but I have never seen it on the embankment between Hart and 

 Hartlepool. Inland, Mr. Henderson met with one at Jesmond, 

 and Mr. Finlay one at Meldon Park. The habit of the imago 

 is to rest on the surface of the ground, and it varies by assuming 

 somewhat of the hue of the soil in its different localities. Those 

 found here are a sort of yellowish brown. Stephens applies the 

 name Pullata to them, which was long considered to be a dis- 

 tinct species. 



GEOMETEID^. Gn. 



PSEUDOTERPNA, Bdv. 



29. Pseudoterpna cytisaria, W.Y. Gkass Emeeald. 



Pseudoterpna cytisaria. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 34. 

 ,, ,, Kewm. Brit. Moths, p. 70. 



„ pruinata. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 250. 



Larva. Buck., vol.vii.,pl. cxiv.,fig. 3; O.Wils.,pl.xx.,fig. 1. 



This species is exceedingly local, and has been very seldom 

 met with. Mr. Sang took it in his time on the railway banks 

 near Croft, and at other places about Darlington, but I have no 

 knowledge of any recent capture. I took it occasionally on the 

 railway side near Hartlepool, when I commenced to collect, but 

 have not met with it since 1874. No doubt these counties 

 are at the extreme end of its range. It does not appear to be 

 common anywhere north of York on the east side of the island. 



GEOMETRA, Linn. 



30. Geometra papilionaria, (Linn.). Large Emerald. 



Geometra papilionaria. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 34. 

 ,, „ Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 70. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 250. 



Larva. Buck., vol. vii., pi. cxiv., fig. 4; 0. Wils., pi. xx., fig. 2. 



