CATALOGUE OF MOTHS. 299 



Steph. Illust., vol. iii., p. 239). Mr. Hedworth took one at 

 Thornley ; Mr. C. Eales found it on ballast at South Shields ; 

 Mr. Corder found it common at Hendon ; and it occurs at 

 Hartlepool, but not very commonly. 



EUBOLIID^, Gn. 



EUBOLIA, Dup. 



177. Eubolia cervinata, W. Y. Mallow. 



Euholia cervinata. Staint. Man., vol. ii , p. 118. 



„ „ "N'ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 194. 



"Kanthorhoe cervinata, Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 227. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. viii.p pi. cxlv., fig. 1 ; Wils., 



pi. xxvii., fig. 18. 



Apparently a scarce and local species, though perhaps the 



late period at which the imago appears may partly explain its 



absence from the lists. It is in the Twizell list; and in the 



"Manual" list for Newcastle. Mr. Maling records that he had 



found the larvae at JS'ewbiggin-by-the-Sea, and had taken the 



imago in the outskirts of Newcastle. Mr. Hedworth found it 



at Thornley and Gibside, and Darlington is given in the 



"Manual." About Hartlepool it was formerly very common, 



but the "herbalists" have quite destroyed the food plant, 



Malva sylvestris, in a mistaken idea that it was " Marsh 



Mallow " (^Althaea officinalis)^ and the insect has consequently 



disappeared. Where the Common Mallow grows freely, the 



larva should be looked for at the end of June- When disturbed 



it falls to the ground, coils itself up and looks very like the 



circular unripe seeds of the plant. The imago is easy to rear 



and pairs readily in confinement. The eggs do not hatch till 



spring. 



178. E. mensuraria, W. V. Small Mallow. 



Eubolia mensuj-aria. Staint. Man., vol. ii., p. 119. 



,, ,, ]S"ewm. Brit. Moths, p. 196. 



Xanthorhoe limitata. Meyr. Hdbk. Brit. Lep., p. 227. 



Laeva. Buck., vol. viii., pi. cxlv., fig. 2. 



