Catalogue of moths. 219 



ACIDALIDJE. Gn. 

 ASTHENA, Hub. 



36. Asthena luteata, W.V. Small Yellow Wave. 



Asthena luteata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 42. 



,, ,, Newm. Erit. Moths, p. 74. 



Euchoeca ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 223. 



Lakva. Euck., vol. vii.j pi. cxvi., fig. 2. 



This pretty little moth is exceedingly local. It is recorded 

 by Mr. Wailes for Newcastle as far back as 1829 (see Steph. 

 Illust., vol. iii., p. 302). Mr. Henderson also has taken it at 

 Jesmond, where perhaps Wailes' specimens were obtained. 

 Mr. Hedworth obtained a fine series in Thornley Wood by 

 beating. This would be over twenty years ago, and no more 

 recent collector appears to have taken it there. Dr. Lees re- 

 ported it as nut uncommon by the river side in Upper Teesdale. 

 These are all the records, except that the Manual has Da., 

 signifying that it is found in the Darlington district. The 

 larva feeds on Maple and Alder, and if the insect reaches 

 Argyleshire (Meyrick) we ought to obtain it more numerously. 

 It is not uncommon in the adjacent counties. 



37. A. candidata, W.Y. Small White Wave. 



Asthena candidata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 42. 

 ,, ,, Kewm. Erit. Moths, p. 75. 



,, ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Erit. Lep., p. 224. 



Laeva. Euck., vol. vii., pi. cxvi., fig. 3; O.Wils., pi. xx.,fig.9. 



1^0 doubt well distributed throughout the district, but it is 

 not a conspicuous species, and may easily be passed over. Mr. 

 Pinlay found it at Hartburn, but not commonly, and did not 

 meet with it elsewhere in liis neighbourhood. Yet so long ago 

 as 1829 Mr. Wailes took it at Meldon Park, where Mr. Finlay 

 lived, and also at Tynemouth (see Steph. Illust., vol. iii., 



