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LEPIDOPTEROUS FAUNA OF LANCASHIRE 

 AND CHESHIRE. 



JOHN W. ELLIS, L.R.C.P.. L.R.C.S.E., F.E.S., 



'Liverpool; Honorary Secretary to the Lancashire and Cheshire Lntojnoiogical Society ; 

 ajid to the Liverpool Natiiralists' Field Cbih. 



PART VII.-PYRALIDINA. 

 Fam. PYRALIDID^. 

 AGLOSSA, Latr. 



Aglossa pinguinalis, L. Common m the neighbourhood of stables. 

 Aglossa cuprealis, Hiibn. Recorded from one (Lancashh-e) locality 

 only, Barton, by ]\Ir. Chappell. 



ASOPIA, Tr. (PYRALIS, L.) 



Asopia glaucinalis, L. Scarce. 



Lane— Barton (J.C); Hale-bank, one specimen (C.S.G.) 



Ches.— Carrington (J.C); Cheadle Hulme (H.H.C); New 

 Brighton, on one occasion only (J. CM.). 

 Asopia farinalis, L. Abundant about stables and granaries. 



SCOPARIA, Haw. (EUDOREA, Curt.) 



Scoparia ambig-ualis, Tr. Apparently generally distributed through- 

 out both counties. 

 Scoparia cembrse, Haw. Local, and not common. 



Lane. — Pendleton and Cheetham Hill, near Manchester (J.C.) ; 

 Windermere, not common (J.B.H.). 



Ches. — Birkenhead, one specimen, and Denhall (A.O.W.); 

 Neston and Woodchurch (C.S.G.). 

 Scoparia dubitalis, Hiibn. Recorded from one Lancashire localit) , 

 Silverdale, by Mr. Hodgkinson; and from Ledsham, Puddington, 

 and East Cheshire by Mr. Walker. 

 Scoparia conspicualis, Hodg. Not rare on the Lancashire side of 



AVmdermere (J.B.H.). 

 Scoparia murana, Curt. Local. 



Lane. — Longridge, abundant at light (J.B.H.) ; Manchester 

 district (Stainton's ]\Lanual). 



Ches. — Prenton Hill, near Birkenhead (C.S.G.) ; the wall of 

 Tatton Park (J.C.) ; Wirral and East Cheshire (A.O.W.). 



Dec. 1887. 



