284 CATAtOGtTE OF MOTSS. 



Hexham at the end of June. It is not uncommon in Yorkshire, 

 and should be found more plentifully here in some of our Birch 

 woods. 



145. M. tristata, Linn. Small Aegent and Sable. 



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



,, „ Kewm. Brit. Moths, p. 156. 



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



Laeya. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxxix., fig, 5. 



A local species, but sometimes plentiful where it occurs. 

 Mr. Pinlay found it at Old Park, "N"etherwitton, and at Eothley 

 Lakes, '4n some seasons common." It is given in the 

 *' Manual" for JS'ewcastle ; Mr. Maling found it plentiful at 

 Hexham at the end of June. Mr. Sang took it at High Force 

 on 25th June, 1856 ; Dr. Lees found it common at Widdy Bank 

 Farmhouse, and under Cronkley Fell in July; Mr. Gardner 

 also found it common in Upper Teesdale. It is given in the 

 list in Ornsby's '' Durham," and Mr. Green well found it fairly 

 common at Bishop Auckland. It would appear from these 

 localities to avoid the coast. We never found it about 

 Hartlepool. 



146. M. unangulata, Haw. Shaep-angled Caepet. 



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

 „ „ Il^ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 159. 



„ ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 217. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxxix., fig. 7 ; 0. Wils., 



pi. xxvi., fig. 5. 



The late W. Backhouse took this species in Hoffall Wood 

 near Durham. Mr. Maddison, of Durham, writes me respect- 

 ing this and the next species. '' I know Houghall Wood very 

 well, and have very often collected in it. I am quite sure that 

 neither Unangulata nor Rivata occur there now, nor I should 

 think for the last thirty years. Ulmata was there 35 years 

 ago, but vanished about that time. Houghall Pit no doubt 



