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Eubulia lineolata — Very common throughout 

 I the Spring and Summer, flying at dusk over j 

 i the Sandhills, especially where the bed-straw ! 

 I (galinm verum) grows freely. 



Cilix spinula. — I have taken this several times 

 on the heJges, near the sandhills. 



Dicranuta vinula. — The imago may be found 

 occasionally clinging to willows in May. The 

 larva may also be found feeding on willows in 

 August. i 



Acronyeta psi, megecephala, and rumicis. — I 

 have taken at sugar in the neighbourhood of j 

 the sandhills. 



Leucania littoralis may be obtained by shak- ( 

 ing the dead grass stems. &c, which overhang 

 some of the edges of the sandhills. This 

 remark applies to many of the noctua, and 

 during the months, July and August, this 

 mode of collecting should not be neglected. 

 The larva of L. littoralis may be found feeding 

 on the star grass Ammophila arundinacea at 

 night during May and June. 



Leucania comma, inipuru, end pallens, —At 

 sugar. July. 



Gortyna flavago, Hydracia nictitans. — Both 

 Blay be taken on flowers of ragwort during 

 August and September. 



Xyhphasia rurea, and lithoxylea. — At sugar. 

 The variety combitsta of the former is not 

 uncommon. 



M antes tra albicolon. — Common under ledg- 

 bigs, grass roots, &c, in June and July. 



Miana strigilis, fasciuncula, literosa, end 

 fiau ctla. — Common at ragwort (lowers at 

 night, August. 



Grammesia trilinca. — Common at sugar, May 

 and June. 



Rusina tencbrosa. — Sugar, June. 



A grot is valligcra. — Common at sugar and 

 on ragwort flowers at night ; July and August. 



A grot is suffusa. — Sugar ; August. 



Agrotis cxclamationis. — Sugar ; June. 



Agrotis tritici, cursoria, and aquilimi. — 

 Ragwort flowers ; August. 



Noctua augur. — Sugar; July. 



Noctua plccta. — Sugar ; August. I have once 

 taken a specimen of this species flying 



amongst nettles on the sandhills, at night in 

 June. 



Xoctua umbrosa. — Plentiful at ragwort flowers 

 August. 



Tawiocampa rubricosa. — Sallow bloom on 

 sandhills, April. 



T. opima w ith rubricosa. — The ova are laid 

 on stems of ragwort, willow, Rosa spinosissima 

 &c. — and when freshly laid are very cons 

 picuous from their light colour, but after a 

 few days they become dull red. 

 Dianthcecia capsincola. — Larvae may be found 

 plentifully in the capsules of the Lychnis 

 dioica, common in the hedges near the sand- 

 hills. 



Euplc.xia lucipara. — Sugar ; June. 



Phlogophora mcticulosa — Very abundant at 

 sugar thoughout the summer. 



Hadena pisi, — Larvae are very abundant 

 (and conspicuous), feeding on the dwarf 

 willow in daytime from August to October. 



Plusia gamma.. — Generally very abundant, 

 flying in the sunshine over the sandhills during 

 summer. 



Mania mttura. — -Not uncommon at Sugar ; 

 August. 



Rhodaria sanguinalis.— This beautiful and 

 local insect may be taken freely in June, 

 wherever the wild thyme grows abundantly ; 

 flies about six p.m. 



Peronea permutana occurs abundantly among 

 its food plant (Rosa spinossissima) in August. 

 For a new locality for this local insect see a 

 notice by Mr. C. S. Gregson in last month's 

 ( February) Entomologist. 



I have now concluded a list of the principle 

 macro-lepidoptera to be found on our 

 Cheshire sandhills. For the benefit of those 

 who may be botanically inclined I may men- 

 tion that the sandhills possess some very local 

 species, such as, Sinapismonensis, Viola pusilla, 

 (var of canina), Ccrastum tetrendrom . Also the 

 commoner Cynoglossum vulgare, Thymus safyl- 

 lum, Erygium maritimim, Parnassia palustris, 

 Euythmaza ccnlauriitm , Sedum acre, Rhinanthus 

 crista-galli, with many others, that at thi^ 

 moment I do not remember. 



