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where, and the larvae are said to prefer the young shoots where 

 an Ash tree has been cut down. The Eev. H. Harper Crewe 

 reared five specimens on Lauristinus. Hoffmann says it also 

 feeds on Sloe, Whitethorn, and Dog-rose. I think this very 

 improbable, and am of opinion that he is wrong altogether 

 about this insect. He calls it a variety of Innotata, but when 

 he admits that the larvae differ, that they feed on different 

 plants, that the imagines appear at different periods, that one 

 is double brooded and the other single, I am at a loss to know 

 what more is needed to prove their distinctness. 



117. E. indigata. Hub. Ochreous Pfg. 



Eupithecia indigata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 88. 

 „ „ Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 132. 



Tephroclystis ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 193. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxxiii., fig. 1. 

 This insect is widely distributed, and many intermediate 

 localities will be found for it when more attention is given to 

 the genus. It should be looked for in and about Fir woods, 

 and the imago may be found at rest on the tree trunks. Mr. 

 Bolam took the species at Kyloe Wood on 21st May, 1888 (see 

 Trans. Ber. F. Club, vol. xv., p. 301). Mr. Finlay found it on 

 I^eedless Hall Moor ; in some seasons it was rather plentiful, 

 Mr. Sang took it at Darlington (12/6/72), Mr. Gardner has 

 taken it at Edder Acres, near Thornley Colliery Station, and 

 also in Weardale and Upper Teesdale. The Rev. H. Harper 

 Crewe reared it upon Juniper and Cypress (see Ent. Ann., 1863, 

 p. 124), but the natural food is Fir. 



118. E. constrictata, Gn. Wild Thyme Ptjg. 



Eupithecia constrictata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 88. 

 ,, ,, I^ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 132. 



Tephroclystis ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 193. 



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

 Mr. Finlay took a single specimen of this local species at 

 Healey, Netherwitton. The ''Manual" gives it as occurring 



