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LEPIDOPTEROUS FAUNA OF LANCASHIRE 

 AND CHESHIRE. 



JOHN W. ELLIS, L.R.C.P., L.R.C.S.E., F.E.S., 



Liverpool; Hojwrary Secretary, Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society. 



Y^m. DELTOID^E. 

 ZANCLOGNATHA, Led. 



Zanclognatha (Herminia) nemoralis, Fab. = grisealis, Hubn. 



Generally distributed. 



Lane. — Common at Kirkby and Hale (C.S.G.); Preston district, 

 generally distributed, but not common (J.B.H.) ; Simmonswood 

 Moss (G. A. Marker). 



Ches. — Alderley district, abundant (H.H.C.) ; Bidston, not 

 uncommon (C.S.G.) ; Bromborough Wood, occasionally (W.J.); 

 Eastham and other woods in Wirral ; Chester (A.O.W.) ; East- 

 ham Wood (J.W.E.). 

 Zanclognatha (Herminia) tarsipennalis, Tr. Not nearly so frequent 

 as the preceding species. 



Lane. — Aigburth (W.J.) ; Greenbank, near Liverpool (C.S.G., 

 J.W.E.) ; Windermere (J.B.H.). 



Ches.— Alderley district, common (H.H.C); Wallasey (J. CM.); 

 scarce throughout Wirral (A.O.W.). 



HYPENA, Tr. 



Hypena proboscidalis, L. Common and generally distributed 

 throughout Cheshire and South Lancashire, but becoming 

 scarcer in the north. 



HYPENODES, Guen. 



Hypenodes albistrigatns, Haw. Recorded from Wallasey, a single 

 specimen only, by J. Cosmo Melvill, F.L.S. 



Hypenodes eostaestrigalis, Steph. Recorded from the Lancashire 

 side of Windermere (J.B.H.) ; and as being plentiful at Bidston 

 and Prenton, near Birkenhead (J.F.B., C.S.G.). 



THOLOMIGES, Led. 



Tholomiges turfosalis, Wocke. Very local. 



Lane. — Pilling Moss, sometimes abundant, flying about 7 p.m. 

 (J.B.H.). 



Ches. — Wybunbury, near Crewe (J. CM.); Crewe and Dela- 

 mere Forest (Stainton's Manual, ii, 129). 



March 1887. 



