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not comraonly (see also Entom., vol. x., p. 256). More recent 

 collectors do not appear to have met with it in that district. 

 Mr. Brady took one in a garden at Sunderland, and Darlington 

 is a Manual locality. We find it regularly in Hezleden Dene, 

 but I think it less numerous than formerly. Twenty or thirty 

 years ago it could always be found at rest on tree trunks, 

 where it was difficult to approach, but we never see it in such 

 situations now. It is not double brooded in the district. In 

 confinement the larvae from one batch of eggs will feed up at 

 different periods and emerge accordingly, sometimes emerging 

 in autumn, but then always smaller in size. An autumn 

 specimen is never seen at large here. 



170. C. prunata (Linn.). Phcenix. 



Cidaria prunata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 114. 



,, ribesaria. JSTevvm. Brit. Moths, p. 190. 

 Eustroma prunata. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 203. 



Lakva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxliv., fig. 1 ; 0. Wils., 



pi. xxvii., p. 12. 



I cannot but think this moth much overlooked by our 



collectors, notwithstanding its great size, for it ought to be 



common, yet has been very seldom recorded. It is in the 



Twizell list ; Mr. Finlay found it generally distributed, and in 



some seasons it was not scarce ; Mr. Maling found it plentiful 



in a garden at Newbiggiu-by-the-Sea in August, 1871; Mr. 



Rhagg got it freely at Allendale Town. I have no Durham 



records at all, except from the south-west of the county. Mr. 



Gardner found it not uncommon in Upper Teesdale. I have 



taken it at Barnard Castle, and once at Stanhope, but never 



met with it around Hartlepool. 



171. G. testa ta (Linn.). Chevron. 



Cidaria testata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 114. 



,, ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 191. 



Eustroma ,, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 204. 



Larva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxliv., fig. 2; 0. Wils., 



pi. xxvii., fig. 13. 



