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larvae fairly common at Gibside ; Mr. Gardner found it also 

 common on the seeds and flowers of Digitalis in Upper Teesdale. 

 I only once had the opportunity of taking it there, and found 

 larvsB without any difficulty. It is certain to occur wherever 

 the plant is plentiful in a state of nature, and might be found 

 in such a place as Jesraond Dene where it is cultivated. 



103. E. centaureata, W.V. Lime Speck. 



Eupithecia centaureata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 84. 

 „ ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 120. 



Tephroclystis oblongata. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 189, 



Lakva. Buck.,vol. viii.,pl.cxxx.,fig. 1; 0. Wils., pi. xxiv., 



fig. 4. 

 Another very distinct species, well distributed over both 

 counties, and probably occurring everywhere. It was taken at 

 Warkworth by Mr. Khagg ; at Bamborough by Mr. Corder ; 

 it was recorded for Newcastle by Mr. Wailes in Stephens' 

 ** Illustrations " (vol. iii., p. 283). Mr. Stephenson took it at 

 South Shields ; Mr. Ross at Bishop Auckland ; Dr. Lees found 

 it on walls and palings in Upper Teesdale, generally common ; 

 Mr. Sang took it at light at Darlington in August, 1860. 

 About Hartlepool it is tolerably common; sits on palings by 

 the Eailway side, comes occasionally to sugar, and is often seen 

 on Eagwort flowers, where it may be ovipositing. The larvae 

 are not uncommon on Eagwort flowers, and occasionally on 

 those of other Compositae. 



104. E. succenturiata, Linn. Bordered Lime-speck. 



Eupithecia succenturiata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 84. 

 ,, ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 121. 



Tephroclystis ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 190. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxx., fig. 2. 



A tolerably distinct species and rather rare, or perhaps 



needing a special search. The larva feeds on Artemisia 



vulgaris (Mugwort), and conceals itself in the twisted and 



withered leaves on the lower part of the stem. Mugwort being 



