INSECTS 



APAMEID^ (continued) 



Xylophasia hepatica, L. Not rare 



scolopacina, Esp. Recorded from Age- 



croft near Manchester and Preston 



Dipterygia scabriuscula, L. Near Man- 

 chester 



Charaeas graminis, L. Generally common, 

 and sometimes in immense abundance, 

 as when the larvae appeared on the 

 moors near Clitheroe in 1 88 1 in such 

 numbers as to attract public atten- 

 tion to their profusion 



Laphygma exigua, Hb. A single specimen 

 is recorded as having been taken at 

 Croiby by the late Mr. G. A. Harker 

 of Liverpool 



Neuronia popularis, F. Common 



Cerigo matura, Huf. 



Luperina testacea, Hb. 



caespitis, F. Local ; Carnforth, Preston, 



Crosby 

 Mamestra abjecta, Hb.) Recorded from 



sordida, Bork. J Preston 



albicolon, Hb. Common on the sandhills 



brassicae, L. Only too abundant every- 



where 



persicariae, L. Generally common 

 Apamea basilinea, F. 



gemina, H. 



didyma, Esp. 



unanimis, Tr. Occasional 



Miana. All our species occur fairly com- 

 monly 



Phothedes captiuncula, Tr. Recorded 

 from the extreme north on the 

 Westmorland border 



Celcena haworthii, Curt. Not rare in 



most of the moorlands and mosses 

 CARADRINIDJE 



Grammesia trigrammica, Hf. Generally dis- 

 tributed 



Stilba anomala, Haw. Rare ; recorded from 

 Rochester, Silverdale, Staleybrushes 



Charadrina morpheus, Huf. ") Generally 



quadripunctata, F. J common 



alsines, Brab. Rare ; Preston, etc. 



taraxaci, Hb. 

 Rusina tenebrosa, Hb. Occasional 



NOCTUIDJE 



Agrotis suffiisa, Hb. Generally abundant 



segetum, Schiff. 



exclamationis, L. 



saucia, Hb. Occasional 



corticea, Hb. 



vestigalis, Hf. 



cursoria, Bork. 



nigricans, L. 



tritici, L. 



aquilina, Hb. 



praecox, L. 



More or less common 

 on the sandhills 



NOCTUID^ (continued) 



Agrotis agathina, Dup.jMore or less com- 



strigula, Thumb. / mon on the heaths 



cinerea, Hb. Recorded from near 



Grange 



ripas, Hb. Runcorn 



obelisca, Hb. Crosby 



obscura, Brab. Near Manchester 



simulans, Hf. Lytham near Liverpool 



lucernea, L. Near Bo/ton, Grange 

 Noctua augur, F. More or less common 



plecta, L. 



c-nigrum, L. 



brunnea, F. 



festiva, Hb. 



rubi, View. 



baja, F. ^ 



xanthographa, F. 



glareosa, Esp. Occasional 



triangulum, Huf. 



umbrosa, Hb. 



depuncta, L. Staleybrushes 



dahlii, Hb. Windermere, Waolton near 



Liverpool 

 Triphaena orbona, Huf.\ Abundant every- 



pronuba, L. J where 



ianthina, Esp., T. interjecta, Hb., and 



T. fimbria, L. Generally distributed, 

 but not at all common, except locally 

 the latter, which is frequent near 

 Windermere 

 AMPHIPYRID^E 



Amphipyra tragopogonis, L. Generally 

 abundant. Both species of Mania 

 are common and widely distributed 

 ORTHOSIIDJE 



Panolis piniperda, Panz. Common in all 

 fir plantations 



Pachnobia leucographa, Hb. Preston, Wm- 

 dermere 



rubricosa, F. Preston, Chat Moss ; 



rather more common than the pre- 

 ceding 

 Orthosia lota, Clerck. Not very common 



macilenta, Hb. 



suspecta, H. Recorded rarely from 



the Manchester district 



ypsilon, Bork. Preston, and the north 

 Taeniocampa. Of this genus all the 



British species occur more or less 

 commonly 



opima, H. Almost exclusively re- 



stricted to the coast 

 Anthocelis pistacina, F. Generally common 



litura, L. 



rufina, L. Crosby 



Cerastis vaccinii, L. Generally distributed 



spadicea, Hb. 

 Scopelosoma satellitia, L. 

 Xanthia cerago, Tr. Fairly common 



