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larentia decolorata, Hiibn. Common everywhere. 



Larentia albulata, Steph. Common wherever the food-plant of the 



larva — Yellow-rattle {Rhinanthus crista-galli) — grows. 

 Larentia blandiata, W.V. Mr. Hodgkinson informs me that he once 



saw a specimen at Accrington, said to have been captured there 



by the possessor. 



Larentia ericetata, Curt. ' C. S. Gregson met with this near Hawks- 

 head' (J.B.H.). 

 Larentia unifasciata, Haw. Local and scarce. 



Lane. — Preston (J.B.H. i?i litt. and E. M. M., iv, 154); near 

 Fleetwood (J.B.H. in E. M. M., x, 118); Lytham (J.B.H.). 

 Ches. — Wallasey sand-hills, scarce (N. Cooke, C.S.G.). 



OPORABIA, Steph. 



Oporabia dilutata, W.V. Common everywhere. 



Oporabia filigrammaria, Herr.-Schaff. Common on the moorland 

 districts of Lancashire. It was first recorded as British, under 

 the name of porata, by R. S. Edleston, in the Entomologist for 

 1856. 



CHEIMATOEIA, Steph. 



Cbeimatobia brumata, L. Abundant everywhere. 



Cbeimatobia boreata, Hiibn. First recorded as British by Benjamin 

 Cooke in Zoologist, 1850, p. 2749, a female having been captured 

 at Petty Pool Wood, Delamere Forest, in October 1848. It has 

 since occurred there in abundance, and has also been recorded 

 from Chat Moss and Staley-brushes (J.C.) and Bidston birch- 

 plantations (C.S.G.). 



HYDRELIA, Hiibn. 



Hydrelia cambrica, Curt. = Venusia cambricaria. Very local, 



occurring only in Lancashire, viz., Longridge, where it was 



formerly abundant (J.B.H.) ; Hoghton Tower, not common 



(J.C.) ; and Windermere, scarce (J.B.H.). 

 Hydrelia Blomeri, Curt. Recorded only from Lancashire, the 



localities given being Brockholes Wood near Preston, and 



Hoghton Woods (J.B.H.). 

 Hydrelia sylvata, W.V. Local. 



Lane. — Chat Moss (R. S. Edleston, Zool., 1845, 1220); 



Preston, now rare, but formerly abundant (J.B.H.); Silverdale 



(J.C.M.); Worsley, rare (J.C). 



Ches.— Bromborough Woods (C.S.G.) ; Casde Mill and Dela- 



mere (J.C); East Cheshire (A.O.W.). 



April 1887. 



