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two only at Bishop Auckland, where Mr. Greenwell also found 

 it rare. About Hartlepool it occurs everywhere, but not in 

 great numbers. It often sits on low plants exposed to the full 

 glare of the sun. I think it is an insect with a decided pre- 

 ference for the coast in these counties. 



143. M. albicillata, Linn. Beautiful Carpet. 



Melanthia albicillata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 99. 

 ,, ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 156. 



Hydriomena ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 217. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxxix., fig. 3. 



This beautiful insect is scarce in both counties, though it has 

 been more frequently met with in Durham than in JS'orthum- 

 berland. It is given in the ''Manual" for !N'ewcastle; Mr. 

 Finlay found it scarce in Coal Law Wood ; Mr. Patterson took 

 it at Ebchester. Mr. Hedworth and Mr. Maling got it at 

 Gibside, Thornley, Chopwell, &c. Mr. Backhouse met with it 

 at Shotley Bridge ; Mr. Gardner took a single specimen on a 

 tree trunk in Hezleden Dene in 1874; Mr. Sang took it near 

 Darlington on 21st June, 1872, Darlington being a "Manual" 

 locality. The insect is rather common in Yorkshire, and 

 should, I think, occur more freely with us. The larva feeds 

 on Bramble as well as Rasp, so that food presents no difficulty. 



MELANIPPE, Dup. 



144. Melanippe hastata, Linn. Aege^^t and Sable. 



Melanippe hastata. Staint. Man. vol. ii., p. 100. 



,, ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 157. 



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



Laeva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxxix., fig. 4. 



This handsome species is in the Twizell list, and is given in 

 the Manual as occurring at Newcastle. It is also in the list in 

 Ornsby's "Durham" as being found at Hoppylands by the Rev. 

 E. Bungay. These are all half a century ago or more, and the 

 only more recent record I have is that Mr. Maling took one at 



