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examined early in the year. The imago emerges in April, and 

 sits on the trunks of the leafless trees, where its pale colour 

 renders it very conspicuous. It is given in the Manual as 

 occurring at IS'ewcastle, which probably refers to specimens 

 taken in Meldon Park by Mr. Wailes. Mr. Finlay does not 

 appear to have taken it there, but he found it in Coal Law 

 "Wood. It still occurs in Meldon Park, for Mr. Corder took it 

 there quite recently. Mr. Hedworth got it in Thornley Woods 

 twenty or thirty years ago ; and Mr. Rhagg found it still there. 

 Mr. Gardner took one in Upper Teesdale. I have taken it 

 rather freely in Castle Eden Dene, but had no opportunity of 

 going there early enough for some years. We never found it 

 in Hezleden Dene. 



THERA, Steph. 



134. Thera junlperata, Linn. Juniper Caepet. 



Thera juniperata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 95. 

 ,, ,, Kewm. lirit. Moths, p. 150. 



Hydriomena ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 210. 



Larva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxxviii., fig. 1. 



Always a local species and very rare in these counties. Mr. 

 J. W. Corder took a single specimen in his own house at 

 Sunderland, which might have strayed from some place in the 

 vicinity, or might have fed on some garden variety of Juniper. 

 Dr. Lees took it on the moor above High Force Fell, where 

 there is a good deal of the food plant. It never occurred on 

 the Juniper in the Denes and on the coast about Hartlepool, 

 but I think it likely to be found on the hilly tracks to the west 

 of both counties between the Cheviots and Upper Teesdale. 



135. T. coniferata, Curt. Chestnut-colotjred Carpet. 



Thera coniferata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 96. 

 ,, shnulata. J^ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 150. 



Hydriomena ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 210. 



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



