134 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



.1/. fasciuncnla. — Fairly common at sugar at Blea Tarn, Hal ton, 

 Quernmore, County Asylum grounds, &c., in June. 



M. literosa. — Not common but generally distributed ; comes to 

 sugar and bloom in July and August. 



M. furuncula. — Uncommon, County Asylum grounds in July. 



Phothedes captiuncula. — Local, near Whitbarrow (Witherslack) and 

 at Arnside in July and August. 



Celana haworthii, — Uncommon ; I have taken odd examples at 

 Methop and near Clougha in July. 



Grammesia trigrammica (trilinea). — Not plentiful ; comes to bloom 

 and sugar in July in the County Asylum grounds and near Blea Tarn. 

 I have bred it from Methop larvae taken in May. 



Caradrina morpheus. — Uncommon ; I have only taken it in Grimshaw 

 Lane, and bred it from larvae (same locality) taken in September. The 

 moth appears in June. 



C. quadripunctata I cubic ularis). — Fairly plentiful at sugar in late 

 May and again in September. County Asylum grounds, Halton, Blea 

 Tarn, Quernmore, Freeman's Wood, &c. 



Rush i a tenebrosa. — Fairly common at sugar, County Asylum grounds, 

 Blea Tarn, and Halton, and I have bred it from Methop larvae. The 

 moth appears in June and July. 



Agrotis vestigialis (valligera). — Fairly plentiful at Heysham on the 

 flowers of ragwort (Senecio jacobtece), in July and August. 



A. puta. — Not plentiful at Heysbam in late July. 



A. suffusa. — Comes to sugar in September; County Asylum grounds, 

 Blea Tarn, &c, and is fairly common. 



A. saucia. — Comes to sugar in September. Not common. 



A. segetxun. — Common at sugar in September; some of the forms 

 show a tendency to melanism. 



A. exclamationis. — Common at Heysbam in June ; comes to sugar 

 and bloom. 



A. cursoria. — Occurs at Heysham in July. 



A. corticea. — Not common about Heysbam in early July. 



A. nigricans. — Comes to ragwort flowers freely in July ; Heysham, &c. 



A. tritici. — Fairly common about Heysbam in July. Comes to the 

 flowers of the ragwort. ' 



A. aquilina. — Uncommon ; about Heysham in July and August. 



Noctua glareosa. — Not common. I have taken odd specimens at 

 Blea Tarn and in the County Asylum grounds, and bred it from 

 Witherslack larvae. The moth appears in August and September. 



2V. augur. — Common at sugar in July ; Blea Tarn, Quernmore, 

 County Asylum grounds, &c. 



N. plecta. — Fairly common at sugar in July ; County Asylum 

 grounds, Grimshaw Lane, Halton, &c. I have also bred it from 

 Methop and Witherslack larvae. 



.V. e-nigrum. — Fairly common at sugar everywhere during late 

 summer and autumn. 



N. brunnea. — Generally distributed but not plentiful ; comes to 

 sugar in July. 



A 7 , festiva. — Fairly common throughout the district. I have taken 

 it at sugar in July in nearly all the localities in which I have 

 collected. 



