368 J. W. ELLIS : LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE PYRALIDINA. 



Scoparia resinea. Haw. Recorded from Croxteth and AUerton 

 Hall (both m Lancashire) by C. S. Gregson ; and from the 

 Birkenhead district in Stainton's Manual. 



Scoparia truncicolella, Staint. Local. 



Lane. — Windermere,, not rare (J.B.H.). 



Ches. — Dunham Park and Knutsford (J.C.) ; Prenton Wood 

 (C.S.G.) ; Wirral, on Scotch fir (A.O.W.). 

 Scoparia cratsegella. Hiibn. Recorded only from Silverdale and 

 W^indermere in Lancashire (J.B.H.); and Bowdon and Buck- 

 loAv Hill in Cheshire (J.C). 

 Scoparia frequentella, Sta. ( = mercurella, L.). Not rare. 



Lane. — Edge Lane and Green Bank, near Liverpool (C.S.G.) ; 

 Preston district, common (J.B.H.). 



Ches.— Bidston Hill (C.S.G., A.O.W.); Ness, Puddington, 

 and East Cheshire (A.O.W.). 

 Scoparia angustea, Steph. Common and generally distributed. 

 Scoparia atomalis, Doubl. Recorded from Longridge, near Preston, 



by ^Ir. Hodgkinson. 

 Scoparia pallida, Steph. Local, but common where it does occur. 

 Lane. — Chat jMoss (J.C.) ; Simmonswood Moss and Crosby 

 (C.S.G.) ; Penwortham, near Preston, and Pilling Moss (J.B.H.). 



Ches.— Bidston Marsh (C.S.G., J.F.B.) ; East Cheshire 

 (A.O.W.;. 



EURRHYPARA, Hiibn. 



Eurrhypara 'Botys; urticata, L. Common and generally dis- 

 tributed. 



BOTYS, Tr. 



Botys 'Ennychia; octomaculata, Fab. Local, and recorded from 

 Lancashire only, viz., Grange (J.B.H. in E.M.M., vii, 87), and 

 Silverdale and Arnside (S.J.C., J.C.M.). 

 Botys Ennychia cing-iilata, L. Local. 



Lane. — Silverdale, among wild sage (J.B.H.). 

 Ches.— Wallasey sandhills (J.F.B. , CS.G., G. A. Harker, 

 F.N.P., J.W.E.). 



Botys aurata, Scop. = Pyransta punicealis, Schiff. Recorded only 

 from Lancashire, viz., Lydiate, scarce (C.S.G.), and Silverdale 

 (J. CM.). 



Botys I Pyrausta; purpuralis, L. Local. 



Lane— Ditton (CS.G.); Silverdale (S.J.C, J.B.H., J.C.M.). 

 Ches. — BoUin Valley and Knutsford (J.C); Parkgate and 

 Sutton fC.S.G.) ; Ledsham and Wallasey (J.F.B.). 



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