272 CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 



124. E. assimilata, Dbld. Currant Pug. 



■■■ Eupithecia assimilata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p.- 89. • 

 ^ ' - „ ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. t38. 



Tephroclystis ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit; Lep., p. 187. 



Larva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxxiv., fig. 3 ; 0. Wils., pl.xxiv., 



fig. 12. 



This should be a garden insect, the larva feeding on Black 

 Currant, occasionally lied Currant, or Wild Hop, but it does 

 not appear to be common in either county, though widely dis- 

 tributed. It was found in Meldon Park by Mr. Pinlay, but 

 was always scarce ; Mr Ehagg got it about I^ewcastle, which 

 is a "Manual " locality. Mr. Gardner found it rather plentiful 

 at Wolsingham, and in Hezleden Dene, where I also have taken 

 it occasionally. . 



125. E. tenuiata, Hub. Slender Pug. 



Eupithecia tenuiata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 89. 

 ,, ,, ISTewm. Brit. Moths, p. 138. 



Tephroclystis ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 192. 



Larva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxxiv., fig. 4. 



This is generally considered a local species^ but I think it is 

 commoner than is supposed. Mr. Pinlay reported it as not 

 scarce in Coal Law Wood, the only Northumbrian notice I have 

 of it. Mr. Sticks found the larva common in Sallow Catkins in 

 the Derwent Valley ; Mr. Corder found it in Hardwick Dene ; 

 Mr. Sang took the imago in Castle Eden Dene on 12th August, 

 1855, and again on 8th August, 1858. The insect is retiring 

 in its habits, and no one else appears to have taken it. Mr. 

 Gardner and I have bred it freely from larvae in Sallow Catkins 

 in Hezleden Dene, but never took the imago. It does not sit 

 on tree trunks as so many do. If our collectors will gather a 

 bagful of Catkins before they are quite ripe, they will almost 

 certainly breed 2'enuiata amongst other things. 



