5212 Insects. 



Noctua Hebraica. Turned up, when worth a Jew's eye. 



Chersotis Haworthii and C. agathina. When there was not a specimen of either 

 in any cabinet in the county. 



Spaelotis Pyrophila and S. prsecox. When one was unknown to us, and a wing of 

 the other was preserved in one of the best Southern cabinets. 



„ cataleuca and Agrotis saucia. Now in every Lancashire cabinet, were 



almost, if not quite, unknown in the London cabinets, when they were turned up in 

 the North. 



Agrotis obelisca, A. Ripae, and some other species of Agrotis were found here long 

 before they were taken in the South. 



„ Ashworthii, n. s. New to science. 

 Taeniocampa opima and T. Populeti. New to science. 

 Orthosia neglecta and O. suspecta. Both made common. 

 Tethea subtusa. Bred freely, still scarce in the South. 

 Euperia Fulvago and Cirredia Xerampelina. Taken freely. 

 Xanthia Gilvago. Got in plenty. 



Epunda Lichenea (of doctoring notoriety). Made common. 

 Noctua sobrina, n. s. Taken by Cooper. 



Hadena lululenta and H. iEthiops. Taken by J. B. Hodgkinson, who also, when 

 in Scotland, first observed H. assimilis, in the hands of a collector. 



„ suasa. Found, and made common ; first sold at 30s. each. 

 „ rectilinea. Taken ; sold for a fabulous price ; now plentiful. 

 Aplecta advena. Got in plenty. 



„ ocellata. Frequently taken before Scotland was visited. 

 „ herbida. Made common, when a wing was esteemed a great prize. 

 Calocampa vetusta and C. exoleta. When both were supposed to have been 

 imported. 



Cucullia Chamomillae. Taken freely, when it was a puzzle to the greatest 

 English entomologist to separate it from the common species. 

 Cloantha Solidaginis, n. s. Got in hundreds. 

 Heliothis armigera. Found. 



„ scutosa. Taken by J. B. Hodgkinson and J. Cooper. 

 Anarta melanopa. Got in plenty. 

 „ cordigera. In abundance. 

 Plusia Interrogationis. Found by J. Tinker, &c. 



„ Bractea. Discovered in plenty by S. Carter, when it had become disputed 

 as British. 



Abrostola Urticae. Taken freely. 



Toxocampa pastinum. Hitherto only in one cabinet in this county, taken. 

 Catocala Fraxini. Got several times, disputed as British, until A. Lomax took one 

 alive to B. S. Edleston. 



Amongst the Pyralida), it is only necessary to name the following new species 

 added to our list and made common by Lancashire collectors to close my argument 

 about this family : — Bhodaria sanguinalis, Scopula alpinalis, S. dccrepitalis, Botys 

 Lerrealis, and Shranckia lurfosalis. 



