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dies.— Ness (A.O.W.). 



One on August i6th, at Wallasey, and one on August 21st, 

 1867, at Poulton, captured on ragwort flowers, — another speci- 

 men at the latter locality being lost (E. L. Ragonot, E. M. M., 

 iv, 131)- 



One at Wallasey (C.S.G., E. M. M., v, 129). 



ANAITIS, Boisd. 



Anaitis plagiata, L. Local, and not common. 



Lane— Bolton (W.J.) ; Bury (J-C.) ; Chat Moss (J.CM.) ; 

 Childwall (C.S.G.); Longridge (J.B.H.). 



Clies. — Bowdon, Knutsford, Delamere, Marple, not common 

 (J.C). 



Anaitis paludata, Thumb. = Carsia imbutata, Hiibn. Common on 

 the moors and mosses. 



CHESIAS, Tr. 



Chesias spartiata, Fuessl. Local, and not common. 



Lane. — Bury and Staleybridge (J.C); Crosby, one specimen 

 at light (F.N. P.) ; Preston (J.B.H.). 



Ches.— Alderley district (H.H.C.) ; Delamere (A.O.W.); 

 Bromborough and Hooton (C.S.G.). 

 (Chesias oblata, Fab. = obliquaria, W.V. The record of its occur- 

 rence in Delamere Forest by Mr. A. O. Walker requires to be 

 verified.) 



LOBOPHORA, Curt. 



Lobophora polycommata, W. V. Recorded only from Grange 

 (J.B.H.)._ 



Lobophora viretata, Hiibn. Very scarce, being recorded only from 

 Grange (J.B.H.) and from Sandal Heath and Goss Moss, near 

 Alderley (H.H.C). 

 Lobophora carpinata, Borkh. = lobulata, Hiibn. Local. 



Lane. — Botany-bay Wood near Worsley, and Atherton, rare 

 (J.C); 'not uncommon in the woods round Kirkby and Sim- 

 monswood' (CS.G.). 



Ches.— Delamere Forest (S.J.C., J.B.H., F.N.P., and CS.G., 

 Ent, vi, 452). 



Lobophora halterata, Hufn. = hexapterata, W.V. Recorded by 

 Mr. Alfred O. Walker, probably on the authority of Mr. Brock- 

 holes, from Puddington and Ness. 



Lobophora sexalisata, Hiibn. The only instance I have of the 

 occurrence of this species in either county is the record of the 

 capture of a specimen in Croxteth Woods by Mr. Gregson. 



April 1887. 



