I02 J. W. ELLIS: LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE GEOMETRID^. 



AMPHIDASIS, Tr. 



Amphidasis betularia, L. Generally distributed and fairly common 

 in Cheshire and South Lancashire, especially on the moss 

 lands, but becoming scarcer northwards. The black variety 

 i^Doiibledayaria^ Mill.), is the prevailing form. 



PSEUDOTERPNA, Hiibn. 



Pseudoterpna pruinata, Hufn. = cytisaria, W.V. Local, the localities 

 recorded being, with two exceptions, in Cheshire. 



Lane. — Morecambe and Silverdale, not common (J.B.H.). 

 Ches.— Bidston (F.N.R, W.J., C.S.G., A.O.W., J.W.E.) ; 



Claughton Fir-wood, Haddon Wood, Ness (A.O.W.) ; Tatton 

 Park and Delamere Forest (J.C.). 



GEOMETRA, L. 



Geometra papilionaria, L. Generally distributed, but apparently 

 nowhere very common. 



Lane— Chat Moss (J.C., W.J.) ; Didsbury (J.C.M.) ; Button, 

 Preston, etc., not common (J.B.H.) ; Woolton (C.S.G.). 



Ches.— Alderley and Cheadle Hulme (H.H.C.) ; Bidston 

 Hill (C.S.G., A.O.W.) ; Delamere Forest (S.J.C., J.C.) ; Dunham 

 Park and Knutsford, rare (J.C.) ; Eastham Wood, occasionally 

 (W.J.); Hartford (F.N.P.); Rock Ferry, Ledsham, Ince 

 (A.O.W.). 



NEMORIA, Hubn. 



Nemoria strigata, Miill. = thymiaria Guen. Very local, and not 

 common where it does occur. 



Lane. — Aigburth (W.J.); Fleetwood and near Lytham (J.B.H. ). 

 Ches. — Bidston (F.N. P.) ; Chester, and in Wirral occa- 

 sionally (A.O.W.); Parkgate (W.G.) ; Wallasey (J.C.M.). 

 Nemoria laetearia, L. Common, and generally distributed. 



ACIDALIA, Tr. 



Acidalia subserieeata, Haw. Rather local. 



Lane. — Barlow Moor and Withington, not common (J.C.) ; 

 lanes round Manchester formerly (J.B.H.); Humphrey Head, 

 near Grange (J.B.H.). 



Ches. — Bidston (C.S.G., A.O.W.); pasture lands near Leasowe 

 sand-hills (C.S.G.); Wallasey (W.G., J.C.M.). 

 Acidalia holosericeata, Dup. The only recorded locality for this 

 species is ' below Bidston Plantation, looking towards Moreton, 

 in plantations where the ground is swampy ' (C.S.G.). 



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