J. W. ELLIS: LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE BOMBYCES. 1 09 



Clisiocampa neustria, L. Local, but tolerably common where it 

 does occur. 



Lane. — Blackpool and Lytham (J.C.). 



Chesh.— Hoylake (W. J.) ; West Kirby (C.S.G.); Upton 

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



ERIOGASTER, Germ. 



Eriogaster lanestris, L. Of more frequent occurrence than the 

 preceding. 



Lane. — Arnside near Silverdale (E.S.) ; between Grange and 

 Carnforth (S.L.M.) ; Blackpool and Morecambe (J.C.) ; common 

 all over the Fylde district from Preston to Fleetwood (J.B.H.). 



Chesh. — Chester and West Kirby (A.O.W.); Tranmere, 

 Prenton, and Parkgate (W.G.) ; Upton Valley (J.F.B.). 



Fam. NO TOD ON TIDAL. 

 PYG.ERA, Ochs. 



Pygaera pigra, Hum. (reclusa, W.V.). The only record I have of 

 the occurrence of this species in either county is found in the 

 addenda to Mr. Gregson's list of Liverpool lepidoptera: 'A single 

 specimen in an old wood at Kirkby ' (Lancashire). 



PHALERA, Hiib. 



Phalera bucephala, L. Common throughout the whole of both 

 counties. 



CERURA, Schrank. 



Cerura vinula, L. Common, and generally distributed throughout 

 the district, being rather more abundant near the coast. 



Cerura bifida, Hiib. The commonest of the 'Kittens' in our district. 

 I have records of its occurrence in the following localities : — 



Lane.; — Generally distributed (J.C.) ; Crosby, scarce (G. A. 

 Harker and F.N.P.) • Preston district (J.B.H.). 



Chesh. — Wirral, Chester, and East Cheshire (A.O.W.); Prenton 

 and Wallasey (C.S.G.). 



Cerura furcula, L. All round the Preston district (J. B.H.) ; Chat 

 Moss and Delamere Forest, rare (J.C.) ; East Cheshire (A.O.W.) ; 

 Wirral, scarce (J.F.B.). 



Cerura bicuspis, Borkh. This scarce species was first taken in 

 England by James Cooper, on an alder near Preston, in 1847 

 (Zool., v, 1863). Since that time its occurrence all round Preston 

 has been occasional, in some years as many as eight or nine 

 specimens being taken in a week by Mr. Hodgkinson. Also 

 recorded from near Stoneyhurst (J.B.H., Ent, xiii, 204). 



April 1886. 



