98 J. W. ELLIS: LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE GEOMETRID.E. 

 NUMERIA, Dup. 



Numeria pulveraria, L. Local. 



Lane. — Brockholes Wood, near Preston (J.B.H.); Hoghton 

 Tower, near Blackburn Q.C.); Silverdale (J.C.M.). 



Ches. — Bowdon, rare (J.C.) ; Delamere (S.J.C.); Claughton, 

 Tranmere, Rock Ferry, Eastham Wood, Ness, and Newton 

 Lane, Chester (A.O.W.); Prenton, Oxton, and Storeton (C.S.G.). 



CABERA, Tr. 



Cabera pusaria, L. Common and generally distributed. 



Var. rotundaria, Haw., recorded from Button, near Rib- 

 chester (J.B.H. in litt. and Ent. xiii, 242). 

 Cabera exanthemata, Scop. Common and generally distributed. 



BAPTA, Steph. 



Bapta temerata, W.V. Local. 



Lane— Botany-bay Wood, near Worsiey (J. C.) ; Hale 

 (C.S.G.); Grange, Preston, etc. (J.B.H.). 



Ches. — Chester, captured by Miss Smith (A.O.W.) ; Delamere 

 Forest, common near the Blue-cap Inn (J. CM.); Eastham 

 Wood (C.S.G., A.O.W.). 

 Bapta bimaculata, Fab. = taminata, W.V. The only locality from 

 which it has been recorded is Grange (J.B.H. in litt. and 

 E.M.M., xvii, 70). 



ZERENE, Tr. 



Zerene adustata, W.V. The only localities I have for this species 

 are both in Lancashire, viz.. Grange (J.B.H.) and Silverdale 

 (J.C.M.). 



ABRAXAS, Leach. 



Abraxas sylvata, Scop. = nlmata, Fab. Rather local, but usually 

 abundant where it does occur. 



Lane. — Bolton (W.J.) ; Little Crosby, formerly abundant 

 (G. A. Harker) ; Croxteth (C.S.G.) ; Ince-Blundell Woods, very 

 abundant (J.W.E., F.N.P.) ; Manchester district, but local 

 (J.C.) ; Preston, Hoghton, and Windermere — a leaden-coloured 

 variety occurs nearWithnell (J.B.H.) ; Silverdale (J.C.M.). 



Ches. — Generally distributed through Cheshire (A.O.W.) ; 

 Sutton, common in Elm woods, and Storeton, occasionally 

 (W.G.). 



Abraxas grossulariata, L. Abundant everywhere. For interesting 

 varieties, ranging from almost white to nearly black, of this 

 protean species, no collection surpasses that of Mr . C. S. 



Naturalist, 



