INSECTS 



(Generally 

 abundant 



LARENTIID.E: (continued) 



Eupithecia debiliata, Hb. Chat Moss only 

 Lobophora sexalisata, Hb. Recorded by 

 Gregson from Croxteth 



viretata, Hb. ) Scarce and local on 



carpinata, Bork. r the mosses, at 



polycommata, Hb. ) Grange and Win- 



dermere 

 Thera simulata, Hb. Grange only 



variata, Schiff. Common in all fir wood 



firmata, Hb. 

 Hysipetes 1 All the British species occur 

 Melanthia J more or less commonly 

 Melanippe sociata, Bork. 



montanata, Bork. 



fluctuata, L. 



hastata, L. Chat Moss 



tristata, L. 



unangulata, Haw. Scarce and local 



galiata, Hb. 

 Anticlea badiata, Hb. Rather common 



nigrofasciaria, G8ze. Rare and local 

 Coremia unidentaria, Haw. Abundant 



designata, Huf. Fairly common 



ferrugata, Clerck. 

 Camptogramma bilineata, L. Very abun- 

 dant 



fluviata, Hb. Birkdale, Manchester, 



Preston ; very rare 



Phibalapteryx vittata, Bork. Scarce and 

 local 



Triphosa dubitata, L. Generally distri- 

 buted 



Eucosmia undulata, L. Chat Moss, Preston, 

 Windermere 



Scotosia vetulata, Schiff. Grange only 



Cidaria. With the exception of C. picata, 

 Hb., and H. sagittata, L., the whole 

 of our British species have been found 

 within the county. The Winder- 

 mere district was indeed the only 

 known locality in this country for 

 C. reticulata, F., but the species has 

 not been taken there for some years 



truncata, Huf. \ Generally common. 



immanata, Haw. L The other species 



testata, L. more or less local 



and rare 



Pelurga comitata, L. Local and not 

 common 



EuBOLIID.ffi 



Eubolia limitata, Scop. Generally abun- 

 dant 



cervinata, Schiff.l Not uncommon, but 



plumbaria, F. / very local, the latter 



confined to the heaths and mosses 

 Mesotype virgata, Rott. Common on the 



sandhills 

 Carsia paludata, Thunb. Confined to the 



mosses, where it is common 



EuBOLUD-ffi (continued*) 



Anaitis plagiata, L. Occasional 

 Chesias spartiata, ) .-. 



Fues I Occur not uncommonly 



rufata, F. j near W ' lndermere 



SlONIDJE 



Tanagra atrata, L. Local, but not un- 

 common in some districts 



PYRALIDID.ffi 



Aglossa pinguinalis, L. Common 



cuprealis, Hb. Barton near Man- 



chester 



Pyralis glaucinalis, L. Barton and Halebank 

 only 



farinalis, L. Common 

 Scoparia ambigualis, Tr. 



cembrae, Haw. 



murana, Curt. 



mercurella, L. All more or less 



resinea, Haw. frequent 



truncicolella, Sta. 



pallida, Steph. 



augustea, St. Wd. 



dubitalis, Hb. Local, and re- 



conspicualis, Hodg. j corded only 



crataegella, Hb. r from Winder- 



atomalis, Dbl. J mere or With- 



erslack, principally by Hodgkinson 

 Nomophila noctuella, Schiff. Common 

 Pyrausta. All our three species occur, but 

 locally, and principally in the Grange 

 district 



Herbula cespitalis, Schiff. Generally com- 

 mon 

 Ennychia cingulata, L. Grange 



octomaculata, F. 

 BOTYDJE 



Eurrhypara urticata, L. Generally com- 

 mon 



Scopula. Except S. alpinalis, Schiff., and 

 S. decrepitalis, H.S., all our species are 

 generally distributed and more or 

 less common 



Botys fuscalis, Schiff. Rather common 



terrealis, Tr. Grange only 



Ebulea crocealis, Hb.\Both occur, thelatter 



sambucalis, Schiff./ more commonly 

 Spilodes sticticalis, L.I Have both occurred, 



palealis, Schiff. J but very rarely 



verticalis, L. Not uncommon 

 Pionea forficalis, L. Generally distributed 



HYDROCAMPIDJE 



All the members of this family 

 occur and are not uncommon 

 PTEROPHORID/E 



Platyptilia bertrami, Rossi. Recorded only 

 by Hodgkinson from near Ribchester 

 and Grange 



ochrodactyla, Hb. Not uncommon 



gonodactyla, Schiff. 



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