298 CATAL0GH7E OF MOTHS. 



species, this being called Dotata by Meyrick and in South*s 

 Catalogue. The larva of the present species feeds on Galium 

 apartne (common Goose-grass). Stainton distinguishes these 

 two by the fringes, which are spotted in Dotata and unspotted 

 in Pyraliata. 



175. C. dotata, Linn. Spinach. 



Cidaria dotata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 115. 

 „ ,, Newm. Brit. Moths, p. 193. 



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

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

 Apparently a scarce and local species, and rarely recorded. 

 Mr. Finlay met with it at Meldon Park, but it was always 

 scarce. I have no other record from isrorthumberland. The 

 late Mr. Backhouse took it at ShuU ; Mr. Boss found it fairly 

 common at Bishop Auckland ; and Mr. Gardner reports it as not 

 uncommon in Upper Teesdale. The larva feeds on Currant, 

 and it might be looked for with success in gardens. It is 

 the Spinaciata of Haworth, by which name Mr. Backhouse 

 records it. 



PELURGA, Hb. 



176. Pelurga comitata (Linn.). Dark Spinach. 



Pelurga comitata. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p 116. 



,, ,, Kewm. Brit. Moths, p. 194. 



,, „ Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 221. 



Larva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxliv., fig. 7 ; Wils., 



pi. xxvii., fig. 17. 



Pelurga comitata is widely distributed over both counties, 



but appears to be rather scarce in the southern part of Durham. 



I can give no explanation of this, and expect it will yet be 



found in most places. The imago is rather sluggish, and does 



not fly much; Mr. Barrett calls it a ''pretty, lazy, species." 



It feeds on Chenopodium, and should be found everywhere. 



It is in the Twizell list; Mr. Tinlay met with it in Meldon 



Park, but rarely ; Mr. Patterson took it at Alnmouth ; Mr. 



Wailes recorded it for iN'ewcastle as long ago as 1839 (see 



