INSECTS 



EUCLIDIID/E 



Euclidia mi, Clerck. Locally common 



glyphica, L. Recorded from Speke 



near Liverpool by Gregson 

 CATOCALIDJE 



Catocala fraxini, L. Captures have been 

 recorded at Bolton and Charley, and 

 three or four from near Manchester 



HERMINHDjE 



Rivula sericealis, Scop. Scarce and local 

 Zanclognatha grisealis, Hb. Not common 



tarsipennalis, Tr. 

 HYPENID^E 



Hypena proboscidalis, L. Generally abun- 

 dant 



Hypenodes costasstrigalis, St. Wmdermere 



Tholomiges turfosalis, W. R. Pilling Moss 



Brephos parthenias, L. Recorded by 

 Gregson from a birch wood at Wool- 

 ton near Liverpool and from Winder- 

 mere 

 UROPTERYGID.S: 



Uropteryx sambucata, L. Generally com- 

 mon 

 EUNOMID^ 



Epione apiciaria, Schiff. Generally dis- 

 tributed but not common 



Rumia luteolata, L. Abundant 



Venilia macularia, L. Grange and Silver- 

 dale only 



Metrocampa margaritaria, L. Generally 

 distributed 



Ellopia prosapiaria, L. Common in most 

 of the fir woods 



Eurymene dolobraria, L. Recorded only 

 from Grange and rarely there 



Pericallia syringaria, L. Very occasional 



Selenia bilunaria, Esp. Widely distributed 

 and fairly common 



lunaria, Schiff. Recorded from only a 



few localities as Chat Moss, near 

 Kendal, Preston, Pendlebury 

 Odontopora bidentata, Clerck. Common 

 Crocallis elinguaria, L. 



Eugonia alniaria, L. Widely distributed 

 but not common 



quercinaria, Huf. Very rare 



erosaria, Bork. 



fuscantaria, Haw. 



Himera pennaria, L. Generally distributed 



but not common, except in the 



Wmdermere district 

 AMPHIDASYDJE 



Phigalia pedaria, F. Common 



Nyssia zonaria, Schiff. Abundant on the 



sandhills at Crosby and Hightown 

 Amphidasys strataria, Huf. Generally 



distributed 



betularia, L. Rather common on 



the mosses in South Lancashire. The 



AMPHIDASYD^ (continued) 



black form (doubledayaria, Mill.) of 

 late years has been much more com- 

 mon than the type form 



BoARMIIDjE 



Hemerophila abruptaria, Thunb. Rare ; 

 recorded only by Gregson from near 

 Liverpool and near Kendal 

 Cleora lichinaria, Huf. Preston 

 Boarmia repandata, L. Common 



gemmaria, Brahm. 

 Tephrosia consonaria,"! Recorded, perhaps 



Hb. Y rather doubtfully, 



luridata, Bork. J from Wmdermere 



crepuscularia, Hb. Chat Moss, Hale, 



Longridge 



biundularia, Bork. Near Manchester ; 



occasional 



punctularia, Hb. Chat Moss, Knowsley, 



Preston, Silverdale 

 Gnophos obscurata, Hb. Not uncommon 



on the heaths 

 GEOMETRIDJE 



Pseudoterpna pruinata, Hut. Morcambe 



and Silverdale only 

 Geometra papilionaria, L. Occasional but 



not at all common 

 lodis lactearia, L. Common 

 Hemithea strigata, Mttll. Local but not 



uncommon 

 EPHYRID^: 



Zonosoma punctaria, L. Recorded from 



Halt near Liverpool only 



linearia, Hb. Silverdale 



ACIDALIID^E 



Hyria muricata, Huf. Occasional on the 



mosses 

 Asthena luteata, Schiff."| Generally distri- 



candidata, Schiff. j- buted but not 



sylvata, Hb. J common 



blomeri, Curt. Only recorded from 



near Preston 

 Venusia cambrica, Curt. Scarce ; northern 



part of county, and recorded from 



Bury and Bolton 

 Acidalia dimidiata, Huf. More or less 



common 



bisetata, Huf. More or less common 



remutata, Hb. 



imitaria, Hb. 



adversata, L. 



virgularia, Hb. 



ornata, Scop. On the mosses only 



fumata, St. 



inornata, Haw. 



immutata, L. 



dilutaria, Hb. Barlow Moor, banks of 



Wyre 



subsericeata, Haw. Local ; near Man- 



chester, Grange 



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