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men at Hartlepool, that was probably this species. It is 

 considerably smaller, and has the central band much narrower. 

 It is probably a starved specimen, for this is not an insect 

 subject to much variation. 



149. M. montanata, W.V. Silver Geofnd Carpet. 



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



,, ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 162. 



Xanthorhoe ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Erit. Lep., p. 230. 



Larva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxxix., fig. 10; 0. Wils., 



pi. XX vi., fig. 7. 



Yery common everywhere, and in all the lists. Very in- 

 teresting varieties of this species often occur. I have seen one 

 entirely black, and another with only a trace of the central 

 band. A form with the band broken in the centre is not 

 uncommon in Hezleden Dene, and probably elsewhere. 



150. M. gallata, W.Y. Galium Carpet. 



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



,, „ Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 163. 



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



Larva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxxxix., fig. 11 ; 0. "Wils., 



pi. xxvi., fig. 8. 



A very local species, and so far as I know only occurring 

 singly. Mr. Bolam says, "I took a specimen at rest on the sea 

 cliffs at Marshall Meadows, 12th July, 1891, and Miss Dickin- 

 son had another, taken in her garden at ISTorham a year or two 

 previously." Mr. Patterson took one at Chop well, but no other 

 collector reports it from that district. It has also occurred at 

 Darlington, which is a "Manual" locality. It is tolerably 

 common in Yorkshire, especially in the West Biding ; is locally 

 common both in Cheshire and Lancashire, and I think it ought 

 to be found more freely with us. The larva feeds on Galiumy 

 and is not confined to one species. 



