108 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A LIST OF THE " MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA " OF 

 LANCASTER AND DISTRICT. 



By C. H. Forsythe. 



(Continued from p. 90.) 



Hepialid.e. 



Hepialas hwnuli. — Abundant near Halton, County Asylum grounds, 

 Quernmore, Grimshaw Lane, &c, in July. 



H. sylvanus. — Fairly common at Arnside and Witherslack in July. 



H. fusconebulosa (velieda). — Plentiful in Grimshaw Lane, Ridge 

 Lane, Blea Tarn, Halton, &c, late June and July. The var. carmts 

 is fairly common. 



H. lupulinus. — Abundant in Grimshaw Lane, near Halton, County 

 Asylum grounds, &c, in June. 



H. hectus. — Very local near Quernmore in late June. 



Lymantriad^:. 



Porthesia similis. — Common in July everywhere, especially at Blea 

 Tarn and near Freemau's Wood. 



Dasychira pudibunda. — Local ; near Clougha. I beat the larva? 

 from oak in this locality in 1902, and bred the imago the following 

 June. " Uncommon near Quernmore " (G. Loxham). 



Orgyia antiqua. — Common on Cockerham Moss, about Arnside and 

 Witherslack, &c, in August. 



Lasiocampid;e. 



Pcecilocampa populi. — Fairly common some seasons, scarce in 

 others ; comes freely to the street lamps about Lancaster in October 

 and November. 



Eiiogaster lanestris. — Nests of the larva? are plentiful at Grange, 

 Warton, &c, in late June. 



Macrotlujlacia [Bombyx) rubi. — The larvae are common about 

 Witherslack, Methop, and Grange in August. In the wild state the 

 imago is uncommon. 



Lasiocampa (Z>.) quercus. — Plentiful at Witherslack, less so at 

 Heysham, in mid-July. Var. callunce occurs about Clougha and near 

 Quernmore, 



Cosmotriche (Odonestis) potatoria. — The larva? are often abundant 

 about Heysham in the spring ; the imago occurs in July. 



SaTURNIAD/E. 



Satumia pavonia. — Abundant on the mosses around Witherslack 

 and Methop ; less plentiful near Quernmore in late April and May. 



DrEPANIDjE. 



Drepana lacertinaria. — Fairly common at Methop and Witherslack 

 in June. I have bred this species from larva? obtained in September 

 near Methop bank. 



D. falcataria. — Fairly common at Methop and Witherslack in late 

 May and June. 



