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and at Eaypeth, near Tlass. Mr. Backhouse found it common 

 at ShuU. Mr. Hedworth at Chop well and Gibside. Mr. 

 Greenwell reports it as common near Wolsingham. Dr. Lees 

 says, " !N'ot uncommon in Upper Teesdale." It occurs in most 

 of the woods and denes about Hartlepool, I think most 

 abundantly in an offshoot of Castle Eden Dene near Shotton, 

 where it is a pretty sight to see the males on the wing on a fine 

 sunny morning. Southern examples of this insect have a yellow 

 ground in the male, those occurring here are white. The female 

 is yellow in both cases, but ours are more dingy than specimens 

 from the South. 



69. F. brunneata, Steph. Eannock Geometee. 



Fidonia brunneata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 62. 

 ,, pinetaria. JS'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 93. 



Diastictis brunneata. Meyr. Hdbk, Brit. Lep., p. 258. 



Larva. Buck., vol. vii., pi. cxxii., fig. 6. 



The only place whence this local species has been recorded is 

 Muckle Moss, ^Northumberland (see Trans. Tyneside !N"at. Field 

 Club, vol. v., p. 9). It is generally considered to be a purely 

 Scotch insect, occurring chiefly in Perthshire, but there does 

 not appear to be anything impossible in its occurrence in INorth 

 Northumberland. It is a very distinct species, and I under- 

 stand the late Mr. "Wailes, Mr. Y. R. Perkins, and others, 

 agreed on the attribution. I therefore admit the species here, 

 and call attention to the desirability of the record being con- 

 firmed. The larva is said to feed on Pinus sylvestris and 

 Vaccinium. 



ASPILATES, Tr. 



70. Aspilates strigillaria, Hub. Geass Wave. 



Aspilates strigillaria. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 63. 



,, j, INewm. Brit. Moths, p. 97. 



Crocota ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 272. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. vii., pi. cxxiii., fig. 4, 



