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?iaturce, is fairly common throughout Cheshire and South 

 Lancashire, becoming scarcer towards the north. 



Lane— Blackpool (S.L.M.); Bolton (W.J.) ; Crosby Sandhills 

 (Geo. Harker and F.N.P.); Humphrey Head near Grange (E.S.); 

 Lytham (J.B.H.) ; Prestwich, abundant in 1884 (J.C.M.). 



Ches. — Common throughout the Chester Society's district 

 (A.O.W.) ; Tranmere, formerly not uncommon (W.G.) ; Wallasey 

 Sandhills, occasionally abundant but flies only on the tops of the 

 highest hills (N.C., F.N.P., J.W.E.) ; West Kirby, where 

 Mr. R. Brown saw the species in abundance in 1884. 



HEMARIS, Dalm. 



Hemaris fuciformis, L. Recorded as scarce at Bidston by J. F. 

 Brockholes. Probably the following species is intended. 



Hemaris bombyliformis, Ochs. Two specimens recorded as 

 captured at Bidston by C. S. Gregson. 'The larvae used to 

 occur on Ribbleton Moor, near Preston, now cultivated' (J.B.H.). 



Fam. SESIID^E. 

 TROCHILIUM, Scop. 



Trochilium crabroniformis, Lew. (bembeciformis, Hub.). Generally 

 distributed wherever poplars grow through both counties. 



In the collection of C. S. Gregson is a remarkable variety, 

 captured near his residence, which has the yellow markings 

 replaced by fulvous orange. 



SESIA, Fab. 



Sesia spheciformis, W.V. Chat Moss (R. S. Edleston, Zool., 1845, 

 p. 1220, and J.C) and Botany Bay Wood in the same neigh- 

 bourhood (C.S.G.) are the only recorded localities for this 

 species in Lancashire or Cheshire. 



Sesia tipuliformis, Clerck. Generally distributed in South-West 

 Lancashire and Cheshire, but absent or scarce in North 

 Lancashire. 



Lane.— Bolton (WJ.) ; Crosby (G. A. Harker) ; Hale and 

 West Derby (C.S.G.); Huyton (S.J.C.) ; Southport and Warring- 

 ton (N.C.). 



Ches.— Hough Green near Chester, and the larvae common at 

 the Lead Works, Chester (A.O.W.) ; Bowdon and Withington 

 (J.C). 



Sesia myopaeformis, Bork. Taken near Grange Station in 1880 by 

 Mr. Murray of Carnforth (J.B.H. in Ent. Mo. Mag., xvii, 70). 



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