248 OATAliOGTJE 01" MOTfiS* 



LARENTIA, Tr. 



85. Larentia didymata, (Linn.). Twik-spot Caepet. 



Larentia didymata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 78. 

 ,, „ Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 109. 



Zanthorhoe „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 228. 



Lahya. Buck.,vol.vii.,pl.cxxTii.,fig.l; 0,Wils.,pl.xxiii.,fig.4. 



An abundant species everywhere. 



86. L. multistrigaria, Haw. Mottled Geet. 



Larentia multistrigaria. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 78. 

 ,, ,, ]Srewm. Brit. Moths, p. 110. 



Xanthorhoe „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 228. 



Laeva. Buck.,vol.vii.,pl.cxxvii.,fig.2; 0.Wils.,pl.xxiii.,fig.5. 



This species is widely distributed, and probably occurs wher- 

 ever the food plant Galium verum (Yellow Bed-straw) is plenti- 

 ful. The imago, however, emerges early in the year, being on 

 the wing in March, and it does not therefore fall in the way of 

 those who wait for fine weather to commence operations, hence 

 records are few. " Taken in one or two localities near Berwick, 

 and probably not rare. It was abundant in the moors at 

 Alwinton in April, 1894," G. Bolam (Trans. Ber. F. Club, 

 vol. XV., p. 800). Mr. Finlay found it plentifully in the Old 

 Park, Ifetherwitton, and elsewhere. Mr. Hedworth took it at 

 Thornley ; Mr. Sang at Waskerley ; Mr. Gardner in Upper 

 Teesdale ; and Mr. Brady at Castle Eden Dene. It is very 

 abundant at Hartlepool, both on the sand-hills and on the 

 railway embankments. The imago sits on palings on the rail- 

 way side, always low down among the herbage. 



87. L. caesiata, W.V. Geat Mountain Caepet. 



Larentia ccesiata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 78. 

 ,, ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 110. 



Hydriomena ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 215. 



Larva, Buck.,vol.vii.,pl.cxxvii.,fig.3; 0.Wils.,pl.xxiii.,fig.6. 



