252 CATALOaUE 0* MOTHS. 



Mr. Backhouse took it in HojBfall Wood; the *' Manual" gives 

 Darlington and Newcastle. Mr. Lofthouse took it at Greatham. 

 We find it regularly but never abundantly in Castle Eden and 

 Hezleden Denes, and breed it from the seed capsules of the 

 food plant. I never saw the imago on tree trunks, and never 

 beat it out from trees or shrubs. It probably hides during the 

 day in the low herbage or among the Lychnis, which may 

 explain why it is seldom recorded, as many of our woods are 

 not accessible for night collecting. 



93. E. alchemillata, (Linn.). Small Eivulet. 



Emmelesia alchemillata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 80. 



,, „ JS'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 113. 



Hydriomena ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 219. 



Larva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxviii., fig. 2. 



Like the last, a retiring species, not sitting on trees or other 

 exposed situations, consequently less frequently noticed. Mr. 

 Bolam says, '^ Not uncommon about the end of June along the 

 sea-banks north of Berwick, and I have noticed it in plenty 

 at Coldingham, and amongst the Cheviots at Langleyford" 

 (Trans. Ber. Field Club, vol. xv., p. 300). Mr. Finlay 

 recorded it as not scarce in Meldon Park ; Mr. Patterson 

 took it at Ebchester ; Mr. Hedworth met with it at Thornley, 

 Chopwell, &c. It is in the Manual list both for Newcastle 

 and Darlington, and marked at both as occurring regularly. 

 We got it in Castle Eden and Hezleden Denes, though not so 

 plentifully as its larger relation. 



94. E. albulata, W.Y. Grass Eivulet. 



Emmelesia allulata, Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 81. 

 ,, ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 114. 



Hydriomena ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 220. 



Larva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxviii., fig. 3. _ ^^ 



