184 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



T. (E.) nanata. — Fairly common at Clougha, Quernmore, &c, in 

 May aud June. 



T. (E.) vulgata. — Fairly common near Clougha, Grimshaw Lane, 

 &c, in June. 



T. (E.) minutata. — Common near Clougha, Witherslack, &c, in 

 June. 



T. (E.) abbreviata. — I have only hred this species from larva 1 

 beaten from oak near Clougha in June. The moth appears in April. 



T (E.) exiguata. — Common about hedgerows of whitethorn in June. 



T. (E.) sobrinata. — Common at Warton, Witherslack, and Arnside 

 about juniper (Juniper us communis) in July. 



Chloroclystis (E.) rectangulata. — Common at Witherslack, County 

 Asylum grounds, &c. The larvas feed in the buds of pear and apple- 

 trees in May ; the moth appears in June. 



Lobophora carpinata (lobulata). — Common in Corporation Wood, 

 Quernmore, in April. 



L. polycommata. — Local, I have only taken this species near Methop 

 in May. 



Thera juniper at a. — Local. " Near Warton about junipers in Octo- 

 ber " (G. L.) 



T. simulata. — Arnside in August. 



T. variata — Local. I have only taken this species in a fir- wood 

 near Quernmore in late May and early June. 



Hypsipetes sordidata (elutata). — Abundant everywhere ; very vari- 

 able in colour and markings. Some of the moorland forms — from 

 near Clougha— are very beautiful. 



Melanthia bicolorata (rubiginata). — Local. I have only taken 

 specimens in the County Asylum grounds in July. 



M. ocellata. — Generally distributed throughout the district in July. 



M. albicillata, — Common near Warton ; less so at Witherslack, 

 Lancaster, and Halton, in late June. 



Melanippe hastata. — " Scarce at Witherslack in June " (G. L.) 



M. tristata. — Local, but common near Clougha in June. 



M, sociata [subtri statu). — Abundant everywhere in May and July. 



M.montanata. — Abundant throughout the district in June and July. 



M. galiata, — I took this species in June, 1904, for the first time, in 

 Grimshaw Lane ; probably overlooked previously for montanata. 



M. jhietuiita, — Abundant on walls, &c, in July and August. 



Anticlea badiata. — Fairly common in the County Asylum grounds, 

 near Blea Tarn, Quernmore. &c, in May. 



A. nigrofasciaria. — Not common : Arnside, Witherslack, Lancaster, 

 in April. 



Coremia designata. — Uncommon; Quernmore, Witherslack, &c, in 

 July. 



C. ferrugata. — Common everywhere in May and August. 



C. unidentaria. — Less common than the preceding species ; Blea 

 Tarn, Quernmore, County Asylum grounds, &c, in August, 



Camptogramma bilineata. — Abundant at Heysham, Arnside, Halton, 

 &c, in July. This species shows considerable variation. 



PMbalapteryx vitalbata. — Local; at Witherslack and near Methop 

 in July and August. 



Triphosa dubitata. — Common at Witherslack and Lower Kellet ; 

 comes freely to ragwort flowers in August and September. 



