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got one at rest on a wall at South Shields. I have taken it 

 occasionally both in Castle Eden and Hezleden Denes. Mr. 

 Gardner has also taken it in Hezleden Dene, and bred a single 

 specimen; he has also found it in Upper Teesdale, but never 

 common. 



140. Y. elutata^ W.V. July Highflyer, 



Ypsipetes elutata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 97. 



,, ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 153. 



Hydriomena sordidata. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 212. 



Lab-VA. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxxviii., fig. 7; 0. Wils., 



pi. xxvi., fig. 3. 



Generally distributed over both counties, and always common 

 everywhere. In all the lists, old and recent. It is a most 

 variable species, scarcely two specimens being exactly alike. 

 It is said that those occurring on moorland are black. I never 

 took it in such a locality, but I believe when reared in confine- 

 ment a large proportion are always black. That at least is my 

 experience. It is a very common insect in Hezleden Dene, but 

 I never took a black one there ; but whenever I have reared 

 a number of larvae a very large proportion of the imagines 

 were black. Though the larva conceals itself by fastening the 

 Willow leaves together, it is most impatient of confinement 

 when brought in to rear. In Teesdale, Mr. Gardner tells me, 

 the larvae feed naturally on Ling, and the imagines are rather 

 smaller than those fed on Willow in our woods. 



MELANTHIA, Dup. 



141. Melanthia rubiginata, W.V. Blue-bohdeeed Caepet. 



Melanthia ruliginata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 98. 

 „ „ Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 154. 



Plemyria hicolorata. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 205. 



L4EVA. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxxix., fig. 1. 



The larva of this species feeds on Alder, and it probably 

 occurs wherever that tree grows freely. Mr. Bolam (Trans. 



