2l8 CATALOatJE Oi' MOTHS. 



at long intervals on the ballast hills beyond Hartlepool 

 Cemetery, but never met with it in any of our woods or 

 denes. Mr. Sang's discovery of larvae as above looks as though 

 it were established there, but we are evidently at the extremity 

 of its range. It is said to have occurred in Scotland, but I 

 believe only in the South- West, and it must not be forgotten 

 how much further north than this a large portion of our district 

 extends. The species is very uncommon in Cumberland. 



34. E, trilinearia, Bork. Clay Triple-lines. 



Ephyra 'trilinearia. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 38. 

 ,, ,, I^ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 73. 



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



Larva. Buck., vol. vii., pi. cxv., fig. 7. 



This species appears only to reach the more southern parts of 

 Yorkshire. Two stragglers only have been recorded in our 

 counties. One in 1869 taken at Winlaton Mill by Mr. Maling, 

 and another a few years later at Jesmond by Mr. Henderson. 



35. E. pendularia, (Linn.). Birch Mocha. 



Ephyra pendularia. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 39. 



,, „ Kewm. Brit. Moths, p. 74. 



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



Larva. Buck , vol. vii., pi. cxv., fig. 10;O.Wils.,pl.xx.,fig.8. 



This insect is given in the Twizell list, but does not appear 

 to have been met with since Selby's time. It is well dis- 

 tributed in England, but is very local in the North. Porritt's 

 Yorkshire list only gives Pontefract and Askham Bog; Ellis 

 does not record it for either Lancashire or Cheshire ; and Mr. 

 Thwaytes only gives one Cumberland habitat in the M.S. list 

 with which he has supplied me. Yet Meyrick gives it as 

 '* rather common," and says it reaches E-oss. I cannot very 

 well exclude it here, but give it with considerable hesitation. 

 It is very desirable that its occurrence should be confirmed. It 

 should be sought for among Birch in Spring. 



