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A LIST OF THE " MACRO-LEPIDOPTEEA " OF 

 LANCASTER AND DISTRICT. 



By C. H. Foksythe. 



(Concluded from p. 160.) 



C, imvianata. — Common and generally distributed in July. 



C. snffiiniata. — ^Fairly common in the County Asylum grounds, 

 Blea Tarn, Quernmore, &c., in April and May. This species comes 

 to light. 



C. silaceata. — Fairly common at Arnside and Witherslack in May. 



C. fnlvata. — Common everywhere about hedgerows in July and 

 August. 



0. dotata ipi/raliata). — Not common; Halton, County Asylum 

 grounds, Blea Tarn, &c., in July. 



Lyt/ris {Cidarid) prunata. — Not common ; Arnside, near Quernmore 

 and County Asylum grounds in June. 



L. [C.) testata. — Abundant on the moors at Clougha and Quern- 

 more in August. 



L. (6\) populata. — Local ; it is abundant near Clougha in July and 

 August. 



L. ((7.) associata (^dotata). — Fairly common and generally distributed 

 in June. This species comes freely to light. 



Pelurtja comitata. — Plentiful in some years in the County Asylum 

 grounds, Grimshaw Lane and Blea Tarn, July and August. 



Eubolia cervinata. — This species comes to light, but is not common ; 

 Halton and County Asylum grounds in late August and September. 



E, liinitata (mcnsuraria). — Generally distributed ; abundant in 

 Grimshaw Lane, near Halton, in August. 



E. plinnbaria [palumharia), — Common at Heysham, Torrisholme, 

 Blea Tarn, &c., in June. 



Carsia paludata (hnbuttita). — Locally plentiful at Heysham and 

 Witherslack on the mosses in July. 



Sterrha sacraria. — Extremely rare, " I took a specimen at Wither- 

 slack some years ago. It went into Mr. J. B. Hodgkinson's collec- 

 tion " (G. L.) 



Anaitis plagiata. — Common at Arnside, Witherslack, &c., in July. 



Tanagra atrata {clucrophijllata). — Common near Carnforth and 

 Witherslack about chervil [C/uerophyllioit. tei)uilH))i) at the end of June. 



Hyria muncata [auroraria). — Local but abundant at Witherslack; 

 less common at Heysham in July. 



Asthena luteata. — Uncommon ; near Clougha and at Witherslack in 

 June. 



A. candidata. — Fairly plentiful and generally distributed in June. 



Acidulia dimidiata [scutulata). — Common in Grimshaw Lane, 

 Quernmore, Halton, &c., in June. 



A. bisetata. — Plentiful in Grimshaw Lane, Halton, Heysham, 

 Clougha, &c., June and July. 



A. subsericeata. — Uncommon; odd'examples at Witherslack in June. 



A. imvuitata. — Uncommon ; occasionally at Witherslack and 

 Methop in June. 



