IIO J. W. ELLIS: LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE BOMBYCES. 



PTEROSTOMA, Germ. 



Pterostoma palpina, L. A single specimen at Puddington in 1864 

 (J.F.R). 



LOPHOPTERYX, Steph. 



Lophopteryx camelina, L. Fairly common throughout both counties, 

 especially on the ' mosses,' where the larva feeds upon the stunted 

 birch trees. 



LEIOCAMPA, Steph. 



Leiocampa dictaea, L. Generally distributed, but nowhere common. 

 Localities noted are : — 



Preston district (J.B.H.) ; near Ribchester (J.B.H., Ent, xiii, 

 105); Liverpool district (C.S.G.) ; Crosby, Wallasey, and West 

 Kirby (F.N.P.); Wirral and East Cheshire (A.O.W.); Chat 

 Moss, Bowdon, Pendleton, Withington, Barton, Stretford, 

 Knutsford, &c. (J.C.). 



Leiocampa dictseoides, Esp. Of frequent occurrence on the moss- 

 lands, but only occasional elsewhere. 



Lane— Chat Moss, Carrington Moss, Risley Moss (J.G.J ; 

 Crosby (F.N.P.); Simmonswood Moss (J.W.E.); near Long- 

 ridge (J.B.H.). 



Chesh. — Bidston Lighthouse (C.S.G., Z00L, 1850, 2898) ; 

 Bidston, scarce (J.F.B.) ; Delamere Forest (C.S.G. , Zool., 1850, 

 2898) ; East Cheshire (A.O.W.) ; Wallasey and West Kirby 

 (F.N.P.). 



DRYMONIA, Hiib. 



Drymonia chaonia, W.V. So far as I know, this species has only 



occurred in Cheshire, viz. : — 



Dunham Park, rare, and Timperley, a single specimen (J.C.); 



a specimen captured by the late Benjamin Cooke in Eastham 



Wood (J.F.B., C.S.G.); two at Hooton, by T. Harris (C.S.G.). 

 Drymonia dodonsea, W.V. Recorded from East Cheshire by 



Mr. Alfred O. Walker, on the authority of the late Noah Greening. 



PERIDEA, Steph. 



Peridea trepida, Fab. Recorded only from Delamere Forest 

 (S.J.C., J.C.M., E. C. Buxton in Zool., ix, 3181). 



NOTODONTA, Ochs. 



Notodonta dromedarius, L. Common on all the mosses, especially 

 in the larval condition. Preston district, not rare (J.B.H.) ; 

 Bidston and Rock Ferry, not common (J.F.B.) • Bidston (J.W.E.). 

 ' On the mosses this species is deep rich brown, the variety 



Naturalist, 



