74 MACROLEPIDOPTERA OF THE CHESTER DISTRICT. 
NOCTUINA—Continued. 
Acronycta trideus. Wallasey; Ness; scarce. Chester (JZiss S.) E. 
» Pst. Tolerably common. 
,, leporina. Bidston—scarce. Llyn Helig; Whitford(/.A.) E. 
,, megacephala. Common. 
» Alnt. Delamere—larva (Z.) 1877. E. 
,, ligustri. Old Marsh Lane, Ince (N.) 
,, Rumicis. Common. 
,, Aceris. Delamere (Z.) 
Leucania conigera. Ness. Rock Ferry (A/.) Holywell (¥.4.) 
Bathafarn. Colwyn—common. 
, Uthargyria. Common. 
» 4ittoralis. Wallasey Sandhills. Rhy). 
» comma. Wirral. Ince (lV.) Chester. Holywell. Rhyl. 
», impura. Very common. 
», pallens. Not so common as last species—none seen 
1858 or 59 by A.O.W. 
» Phragmitidis. The Lead Works, Chester, Aug. 11, 1858, 
at light. 
Nonagria despecta. Little Neston ; Ledsham. 
,, fulva. Bidston Marsh; Tranmere; Puddington. Chester. 
E. Mostyn (lV.) Hatchmere. 
» Lyphe. Common. 
,», erassicornis. Bidston Marsh; Burton; scarce at Ness and 
Puddington. 
Gortyna flavago. Birkenhead—becoming scarcer. Ince (JV.) 
larve common. E, 
Hydracia nictitans. Wallasey and Seacombe, common; Claugh- 
ton—1 specimen; Denhall. Hatchmere. E. 
oy g RCLASTES pelts 
., macacea. Wirral. Chester. Bagillt Hall. Loggerheads. E. 
Axylia putris. Common. 
Xylophasia rurea. Common; also var. Combusta. 
» ltthoxylea. Common. 
,, polyodon. Very common: a black variety taken at the 
Lead Works, Chester. 
,, hepatica. Puddington. Holywell, common. 
Neuria Saponarie. Denhall, scarce. Delamere (Z.) 
Heliophobus popularis. Wirral. Chester. Delamere (Z.) E. 
Chareas graminis. Wallasey; Ness; Burton. Loggerheads. 
Cwm Mountain (/.4.). Cyrn-y-brain, nr. Llangollen ; 
Helsby. Delamere (Z.) 
Cerigo cytherea. Wirral. E. 
Luperina testacea. Wirral. E. 
,», cespitis. Wallasey. E. 
Mamestra albjecta. Claughton; Ness; Puddington—scarce. 
Bagillt ; Holywell. 
», anceps. Wirral. Holywell. Colwyn. E. 
,, lbicolon. Wallasey Sandhills. Rhyl. 
» furva. Loggerheads. [Orme’s Head. ] 
,, Brassica. Very common—lIarva a sad garden pest. 
