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HEMITHEA, Dap. 



32. Hemithea thymiariaj (Linn.). Commoi!^ Emerald. 



Hemithea tliymiaria. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 36. 

 ,, ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p, 72. 



Nemoria strigixria. Meyr. Hclbk. Brit, Lep., p. 247. 



Laeta. Buck., vol. vii., pi. cxv., fig. 4 ; O.Wils., pi. xx.,fig.5. 



This, as its trivial name implies, is generally a common 

 insect where it occurs, and as the larva feeds on Oak or 

 Hawthorn, it could find food everywhere, but it does not appear 

 to extend so far north as our counties. Mr. Porritt only gives 

 five localities for it in Yorkshire. Dr. Ellis gives five in 

 Cheshire, but only three in Lancashire. In Cumberland and 

 Westmorland I have no knowledge of its occurrence, and the 

 only local capture here that I know of is a stray specimen 

 taken half a century ago by Mr. Backhouse at Darlington. 

 Mr. Meyrick says it occurs in Forfarshire, but I do not know 

 on what authority. 



EPHYEID^. Gn. 

 EPHYRA, Dup. 



33. Ephyra punctaria, (Linn.). Maiden's Blush. 



EpTiyra punctaria, Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 38. 

 ,, ,, JN'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 72. 



Leucopthalmia ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 245. 



Larva. Buck., vol. vii ,pl.cxv.,fig. 6;0.Wils.,pl.xx.,fig. 6. 



Though this is generally a tolerably common insect, it is not 

 very well distributed in Yorkshire, and has been seldom met 

 with here. Mr. Henderson took it at Jesmond, the only record 

 north of the Tyne. Mr. Hedworth got it "sparingly" in 

 Thornley Woods, and Mr. Bhagg at Chopwell ; Mr. Backhouse 

 found it at Huffall Wood near Durham ; while Mr. Sang found 

 larvae near Darlington on 5th September, 1869, and again on 

 20th August, 1872. I have taken one or two worn imagines 



