MACROLEPIDOPTERA OF THE CHESTER DISTRICT. 73 
HETEROCERA—SPHINGINA — Continued. 
Porthesia auriflua. Common everywhere. 
Lithosia stramineola. Lane near Dunham-on-the-Hill. 
,, complana. Wallasey; Bidston, scarce, E. 
,, complanula, Wirral—not com. Chester (Manning). 
Delamere (Z.) Loggerheads. 
Gnophria rubricollis. Bathafarn, nr. Ruthin, 1862. E. 
Cybosia mesomella. E. 
Nudaria mundana. Throughout the district. 
Euthemonia Russula. Delamere (Z.) E. 
Arctia caja. Common—lIarve a pest in gardens 1882. 
,, villica. Delamere (Z.) 
Nemeophila plantaginis. Loggerheads; Cyrn-y-brain (?) 1878 ; 
Colwyn, 1884. 
Phragmatobia fuliginosa. Throughout the district. 
Spilosoma menthastri. Very common. 
,, lubricepeda. Less common than the preceding. 
Diaphora mendica. Tranmere. Colwyn Bay, 1879. E. 
*Callimorpha Jacobee. Wallasey. Chester; Holywell; Rhyl; &c. 
Most abundant on sandhills all along the coast. 
Lasiocampa Rubi. Wallasey; Bidston. Loggerheads. Colwyn. 
E. Probably occurs throughout the district on heaths. 
,, Lrifolti. Wallasey sandhills. 
», Quercus. Throughout the district. 
Eriogaster lanestris. Upton nr. Birkenhead. West Kirby (Day.) 
Chester. Cwm nr. Holywell. Loggerheads. Colwyn. 
Pacilocampa populi. Bidston. Loggerheads. Bettws-y-Coed. E. 
Trichiura Crategi. Reared from larva found at Saighton by 
Miss H. SmirH, Hampton Lodge, Chester. 
Clisiocampa neustria. Upton Valley; Ness. Colwyn (7.4.) 
Odonestis potatoria. Common. 
Saturnia Pavonia-minor. Heaths throughout the district. 
Cilix spinula. Wirral. Delamere. Chester; fresh specimens 
July 27 and 28, 1859. None seen between that date 
and May. E. 
Platypteryx lacertinaria. E. 
Drepana falcataria. E. 
Fumea nitidella. Patrick Wood, Bromborough. Lower Bebing- 
ton (F.A.) Holywell (larva.) 
NOCTUINA. 
Thyatira derasa. Not uncommon. 
,, Batis. Near Holywell; Eastham; Puddington. Chester 
(Day). Colwyn 1884. 
Cymatophora duplaris. Prenton Wood, scarce. Gresford (F-A.) 
5, ftavicornis, Bidston Park Wood, scarce. E. 
Bryophila perla. Wirral. Chester City Walls. Bagillt. E. 
*Nore.—Callimorpha Hera and Eulepia grammica are both said to have been taken 
at the same time and by the same person between Ruabon and Wrexham, in 
July, 1859—Zoologist, 1862, p. 7912, but further evidence is required. 
