282 THE entomologist's record. 



decoJorala, taken occasionally ; I netted one veiy large one by the 

 road side at Castlerigg : E. taeniata, rare, Stonethwaite : E. nnifasciata, 

 rare, taken by Mr. Greenip : E. minornta, not so common as formerly, 

 occurs on several mountains : E. adaeqnata, Watendlatli, Borrowdale 

 and near Friars' Crag. Enpithecia venosata, not very common : E. 

 jmlcheUata, fairly plentiful : E. oblongata, not common : E. snhfiihaia, 

 I have taken several : E. pusiUata, taken by Mr. Greenip : E. indigata, 

 I have taken several : E. nanafa, common amongst the ling : E. vnlgata, 

 fairly common : E. expallidata, one taken on the Isthmus : E. nssrmilata, 

 taken occasionally : E. lariciata, common in several fir woods above 

 Lodore : E. ahhreviata, common at sallow bloom : E. exlguata, I have 

 taken several : E. sohrinatn, on the fell behind Barrow House (W. 

 Greenip): E. pumilata, not common: E. rectangnlata, a few have been 

 taken. Lohophora sexalisata and L. riretata, l:)oth taken by Mr. Greenij) : 

 L. carphiata, can be taken in Castle Head and several other woods.: L. 

 p)ohjcommata, ditto. Thera simrdata, occurs among juniper, as on the 

 fell behind Barrow Falls : T. variata, generally distributed ; I have 

 found this insect when the primroses were in bloom, also in summer, 

 and again late in the autumn (October, 1891): T.firmata, frequently 

 taken in fir woods. Hypsipeles sordidata, very common, larvaa on sallow 

 and bilberry, the latter mostly produce varieties ; I have taken in one 

 evening specimens ranging from black to nearly white, and with very 

 considerable variation in markings. MeJanthla hIcoJorata, taken occasion- 

 ally in woods on the west side of the lake : M. occUata, common in woods 

 on the Isthmus, and in Ashmere Woods : 31. albicillata, 1 have taken 

 this in the footpath of Latrigg. Mehmlppc liastata, the ordinary form 

 occurs on marshy lands at the head of the lake : M. tristata, taken by 

 Mr. Greenip : 31. nnangulata, one taken by the late Jas. Edmonson, 

 whose collection is now in the Museum : 31. rirata and 31. sociata, both 

 plentiful : 31. montanata, one of our commonest geometers : 31. galiata, 

 not uncommon : M. fluctuatn, common and variable, some forms closely 

 ai^proach 31. galiata. Antidea badiata, fairly plentiful in several woods : 

 A. niqrofdsciaria, rather rare. Coremia mnnitnta, common on Skiddaw 

 and several other mountains : C.designata, fairl}^ plentiful : C.ferrugaria, 

 common : C. unideutaria, several in Whithick Gill, occasionally in lanes : 

 C. qnadrifasciaria, new to the district ; I took the first and only one at 

 Honister in 1894. Campiogramma bilineata, common in the lanes, 

 Tripliosa dubitata, taken occasionally. Eucosmia certata, rare : E. 

 undulata, taken by Mr. Greenip. Cidaria sitcrata, common about oak : 

 C. miata, common on oak ; when beating for these two I generally find 

 the former high up and the latter on lower boiTghs and sometimes on 

 bushes : C. corylatn, not uncommon : C. triincata, common in all the 

 forms mentioned by Newman : C immanata, rather common, mostly in 

 damp woods : C. siiffamata, fairly plentiful : C. reticulata, the late Jas. 

 Edmondson told me that he had taken it in the Great Wood, I have 

 only taken it at Windermere : C. silaceata, taken in the Great Wood on 

 the road side : C. pmnata, common : C. testata, common in woods and 

 on Skiddaw among ling : C populata, common : C. fulvata, Lake road, 

 Keswick and Newlands : C. pijraliata, taken in several woods, not very 



plentiful : C. dotata, not common, occurs in gardens. Euboliidae. 



Enbolia cervinata, taken occasionally : E. limitata, found on the railway 

 banks : E. pAumbaria, not common, occurs on the fells amongst bracken. 

 Carsia paludata, taken by Mr. Greenip, Anaitis plagiata, not very 



