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there that I know of are York and Kipon, the latter not in 

 Porritt's Catalogue, but where my friend the late Thomas 

 Meldrum found both larvae and imagines. 



CIDARIA, Tr. 



163. Cidaria psittacata, W.Y. Eed Gkeen Carpet. 



Cidaria psittacata Staint. Man., vol. ii,, p. 111. 

 ,, ,, E'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 180. 



Hydriomena siterata. Meyr. Hdbk, Brit. Lep., p. 212. 



Larva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxlii., fig. 6 

 Widely distributed, but very scarce everywhere. Mr. Bolam 

 says it "has occurred two or three times in Berwick, but 

 appears to be much less common than its relative C. miata " 

 (see Trans. Ber. P. Club, vol. xv., p. 302). Berwick is on the 

 Scotch side of the Tweed, but it seems Avell to include these 

 here, as they show that it extends beyond the North of 

 Northumberland. It is given in the Twizell list; Mr. Finlay 

 found it "very scarce " in Meldon Park ; Mr. Maling took one 

 at Sweethopes in September, 1869. Mr. Backhouse found it at 

 Shull ; it is in the Manual both for Newcastle and Darlington ; 

 Mr. Gardner found it rare in Upper Teesdale, and equally so in 

 Hezleden Dene, near where I obtained one specimen at light. 



164. C. miata, Linn. Autumn Green Carpet. 



Cidaria miata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 111. 



„ „ Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 181. 



Hydriomena miata, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 212. 



Larva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxlii., fig. 7 ; 0. Wils., 



pi. xxvii., fig. 5. 



Generally distributed all over the district, and often plenti- 

 ful. It appears in autumn, and again in spring after hyber- 

 nation. It is in all the lists, and I need not give localities. 

 The larva has often been found on Birch and the moth reared. 



(C picata. In the Twizell list I find hiangulata, Haworth's 

 name for C. picata. This is evidently an error, picata being 

 always a southern species). 



