63. 
14 
D. chaonia, Hb. Of very infrequent occurrence. 
C.—Delamere Forest, n.c. (R. Tait, junr.); ditto in 
1892 (T. G. Mason); recorded also from Kastham Wood, 
one (N. Cooke in W.Z.), and from Dunham Park, near 
Bowdon, r., and Timperley a single specimen (J. Chappell 
in £.Z.); two at Hooton (T. Harris in £.Z.) 
Car.—Bettws-y-Coed, three specimens, April 1893 
(Miss Perkins). 
PHEOSIA, Hb. 
64. P. tremula, Cl. = dictea, Esp. Appears to be generally dis- 
65. 
66. 
tributed, but found, as a rule, only occasionally, chiefly 
in the larval stage. The perfect insect, however, has 
been taken freely at electric lights, Chester. 
C.—Wirral(W.Z.); Wallasey, l.(J., Ta., Da.); ditto, s. 
(M., Pr.); -N.¢(Cheshiret (N.G),;| (Delamere, 1p 042); 
Whitegate Heath, 1. in aspen poplar, Aug. (Co.); Ashley 
(Tp.); Ashton-on-Mersey, 1. (Stb., Da.); Knutsford, 1.o. 
(Da.); White Hall, near Tarporley, o. at el. (Stk.); 
Chester, c. at e.l. (N., Do., A.); Wybunbury Moss (F. C. 
Woodforde). 
F.— Holywell (W.Z.); Rhyl, o. (Pe.); near Rhyl 
(W.G.); Prestatyn, s. (N.) 
Car.—Near Conway (W.G.) 
P. dictezoides, Esp. Rather more uncommon than the last. 
The larve seem to affect birches growing on moss-lands. 
The records are all from Cheshire. 
C.—Bidston, s.(W.Z.); ditto, on birch (Pr.); Dela- 
mere, 1., o. (J., M., Ta.); ditto, s..(A.); «ditto, loa@er 
1898 (Th.); ditto, imagines o. at rest on tree trunks 
(Da.); Whitegate Heath, 1. on birch, Sept. (Co.) ; 
Ashton-on-Mersey, l. (Stb.) ; Warburton (Tp.); Wybun- 
bury Bog (F. C. Woodforde) ; ditto, 1., Sept. 1888 (Th.) ; 
Chester, at e.l., n.c. (A.); ditto, several (Do.); ditto, 
s. (N.); White Hall, near Tarporley, o. at light (Stk). 
NOTODONTA, O. 
N. ziczac, L. Widely distributed in Cheshire, but by no 
means general. No records from the Welsh counties, 
except from Flintshire. 
C.—Wirral (W.L.); Wallasey (J., M.); ditto and 
Flaybrick, n.c. (Pr.); Delamere (Leather in W.L.); 
ditto, 1. 1900 (H.); Walton, near Warrington (Co.) ; 
