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both in Upper Teesdale and Weardale, but never found it 

 common. The larva is said to feed on Ragwort or Grounsel, 

 but T have always had the idea it was attached to damp places, 

 which the above list of localities, so far as I know them, tends 

 to confirm. Mr. Barrett tells me he believes the favourite food 

 of this species is Lady's Mantle {Alchemilla). 



155. C. propugnata, W.Y. Flame Caepet. 



Coremia propugnata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 105. 



,, ,, IS'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 168. 



Xanthorhoe desigiiata. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 229. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. viii., pl. cxl., fig. 7 ; 0. Wils., pi. xxvi., 



fig. 14. 



Propugnata has been seldom met with, but I think it must 

 be overlooked. It should be a common insect, for it is plenti- 

 ful enough in all the surrounding counties. The larva feeds on 

 Cabbage (Owen Wilson says they prefer the red variety) and 

 Horse Radish. Meyrick suggests it must have other foods, but 

 it will eat the various kinds of wild cabbage, and perhaps the 

 mustards also. Mr. Bolam took "a fine specimen in Fenwick 

 Wood on 16th June, 1895 ; it was beaten from hazel" (Trans. 

 Ber. F. Club, vol. xv., p. 302). Mr. Finlay found it '' always 

 scarce" at Meldon Park; Mr. Wailes recorded it from ''New- 

 castle, &c. " (see Steph. Illust., vol. iii., p. 220), which is a 

 ''Manual" locality; Mr. Maling got one at Warden near 

 Hexham. Mr. Hedworth found it at Thornley, but never 

 common ; Mr. Gardner took it at Eggleston in Upper Teesdale, 

 and Darlington is given in the " Manual." Mr. Green well sent 

 me one to name that he had taken near Bishop Auckland. We 

 never got it about Hartlepool. 



156. C, ferrugaria, Linn. Red Twin-spot Caepet. 



Coremia fer rug aria. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 105. 



,, ferrugata. Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 168. 



Xanthorhoe spadicearia. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 229. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. viii., pl. cxl., fig. 8 ; 0. Wils., pL xxvi., 



fig. 15. 



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