Io6 J. W. ELLIS : LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE GEOMETRIDiE. 



ORTHOLITHA, Hubn. 



Ortholitha (Eubolia) palumbaria, W.V. Abundant on heaths and 



mosses throughout both counties. 

 Ortholitha limitata, Scop. = mensuraria, W.V. Common and 



generally distributed. 

 Ortholitha cervinata, W.V. Scarce. 

 Lane. — Preston, rare (J.B.H.). 



Ches. — Bidston (C.S.G.) ; formerly not uncommon in Clifton 

 Park, Birkenhead (A.O.W.) ; Hoylake (W.J.). 

 Ortholitha bipunctaria, W.V. Mr. GregsonJ^^records the occurrence 

 of this species at Hoylake, at the mouth of the Dee, in July 

 1845. 



Ortholitha badiata, W.V. Generally distributed, and fairly common. 

 Ortholitha comitata, L. Local. 



Lane. — Crosby (G. A. Harker); Pendleton and Irlam (J.C.); 

 Preston (J.B.H.); Southport (W.J.). 



Ches— Alderley district (H.H.C.); Bowdon (J.C.); Egremont 

 and Rock Ferry (C.S.G.) ; near Wallasey Church (J.W.E.) ; 

 Wallasey, Denhall, and Chester (A.O.W.). 



MESOTYPE, Hiibn. 



Mesotype virgata, Hiibn. = Eubolia lineolata, W.V. Common on 

 the Lancashire and Cheshire sand-hills wherever the yellow bed- 

 straw {Galium veru77i) is plentiful. 



PHIBALAPTERYX, Steph. 



Phibalapteryx fluviata, Hiibn. = gemmaria, Hiibn. Scarce. 



Lane. — One specimen captured on the Birkdale sand-hills, 

 August 24th, 1878 (J.C.M., H. Dent, Ent., xi, 282); Hale 

 (S.J.C.); Manchester district, rare (J.C.) ; Preston, a single 

 specimen (J.B.H.). 



Ches. — Birkenhead, a specimen taken by Mr. Diggles in 

 October 1857, and recorded in the proceedings of the Northern 

 Entomological Society (Zool. (1858), xvi, 5771). Wallasey 

 sandhills, a single specimen (W.J.); and a specimen captured 

 by Mr. E. R. Curzon, in the presence of the writer, on the 

 border of the sand-hills near Wallasey village, September 30th, 

 1880 (Y. Nat, i., 394). 



Phibalapteryx vittata, Borkh. = lignata, Hiibn. Scarce, being 

 recorded from Bidston Marsh and Otterspool (C.S.G.); Charlton 

 flat near Stretford, Ashton-on-Mersey, Warburton, and Heatley, 

 not common (J.C); Bidston Marsh, Ness (A.O.W.) ; Preston 

 (J-B.H.). 



Naturalist, 



