INSECTS 



EUCLIDIID^ 



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 

 Herminiid^ 



Rivula sericealis, Scop. Scarce and local 

 Zanclognatha grisealis, Hb. Not common 



— tarsipennalis, Tr. „ 



HvPENIDiE 



Hypena proboscidalis, L. Generally abun- 

 dant 

 Hypenodes costaestrigalis, St. IVindermere 

 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^ 



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 



EUopia 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 



Windermere district 

 Amphidasyd^ 



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 



Common 



Recorded, perhaps 

 rather doubtfully, 

 from Windermere 



Chat Moss, Hale, 



Near Manchester ; 



Amphidasyd^ {continued) 



black form (doubledayaria. Mill.) of 

 late years has been much more com- 

 mon than the type form 



BOARMIID^ 



Hemerophila abruptaria, Thunb. Rare ; 

 recorded only by Gregson from near 

 Liverpool and near Kendal 



Cleora lichinaria, Huf. Preston 



Boarmia repandata, L. 



— gemmaria, Brahm. 

 Tephrosia consonaria,"| 



Hb. 



— luridata, Bork. J 



— crepuscularia, Hb. 



Longridge 



— biundularia, Bork. 



occasional 



— punctularia, Hb. Chat Moss, Knowsley, 



Preston, Silverdale 

 Gnophos obscurata, Hb. Not uncommon 



on the heaths 

 Geometrid^ 



Pseudoterpna pruinata, Huf. Morcambe 



and Silverdale only 

 Geometra papilionaria, L. Occasional but 



not at all common 

 lodis lactearia, L. Common 

 Hemithea strigata, Mtlll. Local but not 



uncommon 



EPHYRIDiE 



Zonosoma punctaria, L. Recorded from 

 Hale near Liverpool only 



— linearia, Hb. Silverdale 



ACIDAUXDJE 



Hyria muricata, Huf. Occasional on the 



mosses 

 Asthena luteata, SchiiF."| Generally distri- 



— candidata, SchifF. \ 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. 



— remutata, Hb. 



— imitaria, Hb. 



— adversata, L. 



— virgularia, Hb. 



— ornata. Scop. 



— fumata, St. 



— inornata, Haw. 



— immutata, L. 



— dilutaria, Hb. 



TVyre 



— subsericeata. Haw. 



Chester, Grange 



More or less common 



» 



On the mosses only 



Barlow Moor, banks of 



Local ; near Man- 



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