134 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



M. fasciuncula. — Fairly common at sugar at Blea Tarn, Halton, 

 Quernmore. County Asylum grounds, &c., in June. 



M. literosa. — Not common but generally distributed ; comes to 

 sugar and bloom in July and August. 



M. furuncnla. — Uncommon , County Asylum grounds in July. 



Phothedes captiuncula. — Local, near Whitbarrow (Witherslack) and 

 at Arnside in July and August. 



Celmna haivorthu. — Uncommon ; I have taken odd examples at 

 Methop and near Clougha in July. 



Grammesia trigranimica [trilinea). — Not plentiful ; comes to bloom 

 and sugar in July in the County Asylum grounds and near Blea Tarn. 

 I have bred it from Methop larvae taken in May. 



CaradrinK morphexis. — Uncommon ; I have only taken it in Grimshaw 

 Lane, and bred it from larvae (same locality) taken in September. The 

 moth appears in June. 



C. qnadri/ninctata {cubicularis). — Fairly plentiful at sugar in late 

 May and again in September. County Asylum grounds, Halton, Blea 

 Tarn, Quernmore, Freeman's Wood, &c. 



Rusiiia tenebrosa. — Fairly common at sugar. County Asylum grounds, 

 Blea Tarn, and Halton, and I have bred it from Methop larvas. The 

 moth appears in June and July. 



Agrotis vestigialis (valligera). — Fairly plentiful at Heysham on the 

 flowers of ragwort [Senecio jacobace), iii July and August. 



A. puta. — Not plentiful at Heysham in late July. 



A. mffusa. — Comes to sugar in September; County Asylum grounds, 

 Blea Tarn, &c., and is fairly common. 



A. saucia. — Comes to sugar in September. Not common. 



A. setjetum. — Common at sugar in September; some of the forms 

 show a tendency to melanism. 



A. exclamationis. — Common at Heysham in June ; comes to sugar 

 and bloom. 



A. cursoria. — Occurs at Heysham in July. 



A. coiticen. — Not common about Heysham in early July. 



A. nigricans. — Comes to ragwort flowers freely in July ; Heysham, &c. 



A. tritici. — Fairly common about Heysham in July. Comes to the 

 flowers of the ragwort. 



A. aquilina. — Uncommon ; about Heysham in July and August. 



Noctua fflareosa. — Not common. I have taken odd specimens at 

 Blea Tarn and in the County Asylum grounds, and bred it from 

 Witherslack larv». The moth appears in August and September. 



iV". augur. — Common at sugar in July ; Blea Tarn, Quernmore, 

 County Asylum grounds, &c. 



N. plectii. — Fairly common at sugar in July ; County Asylum 

 grounds, Grimshaw Lane, Halton, &c. I have also bred it from 

 Methop and Witherslack larvs. 



.V. c-nigrum. — Fairly common at sugar everywhere during late 

 summer and autumn. 



N. hrunnea. — Generally distributed but not plentiful ; comes to 

 sugar in July. 



iV. /estiva. — Fairly common throughout the district. I have taken 

 it at sugar in July in nearly all the localities in which I have 

 collected. 



