242 CITALOGTJE OF MOTHS. 



76. H. aurantiaria, Hub. Scarce Umbee. 



Hyhernia aurantiaria. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 70. 

 „ ,, ISTewm. Brit. Moths, p. 103. 



„ „ Meyr. Hdbk. Erit. Lep., p. 275. 



Laeta. Buck., vol. vii., pi. cxxv., fig. S. 



« Appearing late in autumn, not in early spring, this species is 

 generally scarcer than others of the genus. It is in the Twizell 

 list as Prosapiaria ; Mr. Finlay found it common in the Old 

 Park, Netherwitton, but not elsewhere in his district. Mr. 

 Henderson got it at Jesmond, and ISTewcastle is a "Manual" 

 locality. Mr. Hedworth recorded it for Thornley and Gibside 

 without comment, but in another communication he said, " One 

 male at Thornley," from which I assume the species was 

 certainly not common; Mr. Ehagg, however, has also met with 

 it there. Darlington is a ''Manual" locality, with the !, im- 

 plying that it occurred there regularly, but the present 

 collectors there give no information, and the only entry in 

 Sang's Diary is ''Lamps, Darlington (date torn), 1853." I 

 am inclined to think the insect is considerably affected by 

 meteorological conditions. I resided at West Hartlepool for 

 five years, and during that time passed regularly by the 

 Cemetery there. For two or three consecutive nights in the 

 autumn of 1879, which were unusually dark, warm, and soft, 

 I found the males sitting in some numbers on the lamps there ; 

 the weather changed, and I never saw another. Mr. Gardner 

 never took it about Hartlepool, but he found it *'not very 

 common " in Upper Teesdale. 



77. H. progemmaria, Hub. Dotted Boedbe. 



Hyhernia progemmaria, Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 70. 

 „ ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 104. 



,, marginaria. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 225, 



Laeva. Buck.,vol.vii.,pl.cxxv.,fig.4;O.Wils.,pl.xxii.,fig.ll. 



Common everywhere, and in all the lists. In the older 

 records it is called Capreolaria, A dark unicolofous variety 



