37. 
88. 
89. 
go. 
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D. lacertinaria, L. = lacertula, Schiff. Rather more uncom 
mon than the last. 
C.—Delamere (by all the local collectors); near 
Knutsford, s., and Holford Moss, n.u. (Da.); Wilmslow, 
c. (Tp.); Wybunbury Bog, 1., Sept. 1888 (Th.) 
CILIX, Leach. 
C. glaucata, Sc. = spinula, Schiff. Generally distributed in 
Cheshire (very common about Chester) ; recorded from 
Flintshire and Denbighshire, but not further west. 
C.—Wirral, Delamere, and Chester (W.L.); Oxton 
(Sh.); Leasowe, sp. (Pr.); Delamere 1899 (H.); Chester, 
c. at el. (Do., A.); ditto, v.c. in Sealand district (A.); 
Vicar’s Cross, near Chester, f.c. (P.C.): Ince Marshes, 
frequent (N.); Ashton-on-Mersey and: Holford Moss 
(Da.); Carrington (Stb.) ; near Tarporley (Stk.); Malpas, 
c. at light (F.H.W.D.) ; Stockport, c. Ci) 
F.—Overton and Rhyl, m.c. (Pe.); Queensferry, c. 
(Do.) 
D.—Colwyn Bay, frequent (N.) 
NOCTUIDA. 
ACRONYCTINA. 
DEMAS, Stph. 
D. coryli, L. Only one record—a larva taken by G. O. Day 
neat Whaley Bridge, in the extreme east of Cheshire. 
ACRONICTA, O. 
A. leporina, L. Local, but not uncommon where dwarf 
birches grow in woods and on mosses. 
C.—Bidston, s. (W.Z.); Whitfield (Archer in W.Z.); 
Chester, e.l., s. (A.); ditto, one 1899 (Do.); Delamere, 
as 1. chiefly (A., N., Ta., M., H., Da.); near Abbot’s 
Moss Wood, Delamere (Co.); near Tarporley, three 
(Stk.); Carrington (Stb.); Dunham, near Altrincham, 
three in 1900 (Ta.); Warburton, n.c. (Tp.); Holford 
Moss (Da.); Little Sutton, 1. (Sh.); Wybunbury Moss 
(F C. Woodforde). 
F.—Llyn Helig (W.L.) 
A. aceris, L. Has not been found in the district for many 
years. Two old records for Cheshire are: Ashton-on- 
Mersey, not common (Jos. Chappell in Z.Z.); and 
Delamere (Mr. Leather in W.Z.) 
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