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CHILO, Zinck. 



Chilo phragmitellus, Hiibn. Recorded from Crosby Marsh (G. A. 

 Harker) and from Bidston Marsh (id., F.N. P., J.F.B.). 

 Fam. CRAMBID^. 

 CRx\MBUS, Fab. 

 Crambus hamellus, Thunb. Local. 

 Lane. — Chat ]\Ioss (J.C.). 



Ches.— Carrington Moss (J.B.H.) ; East Cheshire (A.O.W.)j 

 rough plantations beyond Eastham (C.S.G.) j Lindow Common 

 and Wilmslow (J.C.^I.). 

 Crambus pascuellus, L. Heaths and mosses, plentiful. 

 Crambus pratellus, L. Abundant. 

 Crambus dumetellus, Hiibn. Local. 

 Lane. — Chat ]\Ioss (J.C.). 

 Ches.— Wallasey sandhills (J.F.B., C.S.G.). 

 Crambus hortuellus, Hiibn. Common, but local. 



Lane. — Prestwich (J.C.^L) and the mosses of the Alanchester 

 district (J.C.) ; near Southport (J.B.H.). 



Ches. — Lindow Common and Cheadle, abundant but local 

 (H.H.C); New Brighton (C.S.G.). 

 Crambus falsellus, Schitf. Very local. 



Lane— Wall at Hough End Hall, Withington (J.C.). 

 Ches. — Moss-covered walls near Hooton (C.S.G.); Ness and 

 East Cheshire (A.O.W.). 

 Crambus pinellus, L. = pinetellus, L. Not common. 



Lane. — Barlow Moor and Withington (J.C.) ; Grange (J.B.H. 

 in E.M.M., vii, p. 87) ; lanes round Didsbury (Id., in Htt.). 



Ches.— Near Birkenhead (C.S.G.); Delamere Forest (J.C.M., 

 F.N.P.) ; East Cheshire (A.O.AV.); Lindow Common, on one 

 occasion only (H.H.C.). 

 Crambus margaritellus, Hiibn. Common on the heaths and mosses 



of Cheshire and South-West Lancashire. 

 Crambus latistrius, Haw. Local. 



Lane.— Crosby sandhills (C.S.G., W.J.). 



Ches.- Wallasey (J.B.H., J.C.:\L) : Claughton Fir-wood 

 (J.F.B., C.S.G). 



Crambus fureatellus, Zett. A mountain species, recorded from 



Coniston Old ^lan by ]vlr. Hodgkinson. 

 Crambus culmellus, L. Abundant everywhere. 

 Crambus inquinatellus, Schiff. Local. 



Lane. — Recorded only from Silverdale (J.B.H.). 

 Ches.— The Kennel Wood, Hartford (G. Harker, F.N.P.) 

 Hooton (C.S.G.) ; Wallasey (J.C). 



Dec. 1887. 



