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p. 300). The Manual gives it as occurring regularly at New- 

 castle as well as at Darlington. Mr. D. Rosie took it at 

 Willington Mill; Mr. Hedworth found it common in the 

 Derwent district, but no other collector reports it from that 

 quarter except Mr. Sticks, who found it " sparingly." We 

 find it in Hezleden Dene, seldom in great numbers, but always 

 there in the season. This year (1900) it was unusually abun- 

 dant, and might have been taken in hundreds. Mr. Gardner 

 says ^' Hezleden Dene, of regular occurrence, but never common. 

 The larvae cannot feed on Hornbeam there, as it does not grow 

 in the Dene." Stain ton gives Hornbeam only as the food of 

 the larva, but they certainly feed on Hazel, and perhaps White- 

 thorn. I have taken Candidata in Castle Eden Dene also. 



38. A, sylvata, W.Y. Waved Gaepet. 



Asthena sylvata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 41. 



,, ,, IN'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 75. 



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



Labva. Buck. 3 vol. vii., pi. cxvi., fig. 4. 



Eecorded in the Manual for I^ewcastle and Darlington, but I 

 have no more recent records of it from either place. The only 

 collector who has taken it lately was Mr. Pinlay, who met with 

 it at Healey at the end of June, regularly but never common. 

 I have no further knowledge of it here. It is local in the 

 adjoining counties, but generally abundant where it does occur. 

 It is likely enough to turn up in suitable places in both counties, 

 and should be looked for among Alder and Willow. 



39. A. Blomeri, Curt. Captain^ Blomees Rivulet. 



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

 ,, pulchraria. !Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 75. 

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



Lab-va. Buck , vol. vii., pi. cxvi , fig. 5 ; O.Wils.,pl.xx.,fig.l0. 



In the Transactions of the Pield Club, vol. v., p. 3., it is 

 stated that this beautiful little insect was first discovered in 

 Castle Eden Dene in the month of July (1831) by the late 



