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caused some things to die out." This is really a Southern 

 species. It is not given for Yorkshire in Porritt's catalogue, 

 but since that appeared, Messrs. Wilson and Lumb, of Wakefield, 

 took it at Haw Park, Barnsley (see Trans. Barnsley IT^t. Soc, 

 vol. iv., p. 21). Dr. Ellis only gives two localities for 

 Lancashire, though it is more frequent in Cheshire, but all this 

 tends to prove that we are now beyond its range. 



147. M. rivata. Hub. Wood Carpet. 



Melanippe rivata. Stain t. Man., vol. ii., p. 101. 



,, ,, IN'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 159. 



Plemyria ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 206. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxxix., fig. 8. 



This species is recorded for Newcastle by the late W. C. 

 Hewitson (see Steph. Illust., vol. iii., p. 224). The late W. 

 Backhouse took it in Hoffall Wood. It does not occur in Hoffall 

 Wood now, and I have no more recent records except that Mr. 

 Gardner has a single specimen he took in Hezleden Dene. Mr. 

 Meyrick says it is rather common as far north as Perth. That 

 is certainly not so on the east side of the island. Mr. Porritt 

 only gives four localities in all Yorkshire, but suggests that it 

 may be mistaken for the next species. I think collectors are 

 more prone to mistake common things for rarities, but these 

 two very closely resemble each other, and a mistake might 

 easily be made. The present species is always distinctly larger 

 than the next. 



148. M, biriviata, Stainton(?). Common Carpet. 



Melanippe biriviata, Staint. Man., vol. ii , p. 101. 



,, sultristata. !N'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 160. 



Plemyria sociata. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 106. 



Larva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxxix., fig. 9; 0. Wils., 



pi. xxvi., fig. 6. 



Yery common in the woods and lanes of both counties. In 

 all the lists. The late Alfred Wood took a very curious speci- 



