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



subfuscata of authors, not deep red as in the typical form ' 

 (C.S.G., Ent, iv, 491). 

 Notodonta ziczac, L. Generally distributed. 



Lane. — Crosby, common (G. A. Harker and F.N. P.); Chat 

 Moss, Barton Moss, and Kenyon, rare (J.C.) ; Preston district, 

 not rare (J.B.H.) ; Simmonswood Moss (F.N.P., J.W.E.). 



Chesh. — Wirral and Delamere (A.O.W.) ; Wallasey sandhills 

 (J.W.E.). 



Fam . C YMA TO PHORIDJE. 

 GONOPHORA, Bruand. 

 Gonophora derasa, L. Generally distributed. 



Lane. — Huyton and Hale (S.J.C); Hale and the Dingle, 

 near Liverpool (C.S.G.) ; Preston, common (J.B.H., E.S.). 



Chesh. — Bowdon, Delamere, &c. (J.C.) ; Bidston, common 

 (C.S.G.) ; Chester Society's district, not uncommon (A.O.W.) ; 

 Lymm (J.C.M.) ; West Kirby (F.N.P.) ; Wirral (J.F.B.). 



THYATIRA, Ochs. 

 Thyatira batis, L. Generally distributed and fairly common 

 throughout the whole of both counties. 



CYMATOPHORA, Tr. 

 Cymatophora or, W.V. Occurs occasionally about Preston (J.B.H.) ; 



near Ribchester (J.B.H., Ent, xiii, 105). 

 Cymatophora duplaris, L. Between Roby and Huyton Quarry 



(C.S.G.) ; not rare among birch in the Preston district (J.B.H.) ; 



Chat Moss and Worsley, not common (J.C.) ; Prenton Wood, 



scarce (J.F.B.). 



ASPHALIA, Hub. 



Asphalia diluta, W.V. Very local. Oak Woods at Hale, abundant 

 (C.S.G.); Mere Clough, Bury, uncommon (J.C); Eastham, 

 occasionally (C.S.G.). 



Asphalia flavicornis, L. Common on all the mosses, and occasionally 

 found elsewhere. 



Lane. — Chat, Risley, and Carrington Mosses (J.C); all round 

 the Liverpool district (C.S.G.) ; Longridge (J.B.H.); Simmons- 

 wood Moss, common (F.N. P., J.W.E.). 



Chesh.— Bidston (J.F.B.); East Cheshire (A.O.W.); Hartford 

 (F.N.P., G. A. Harker); Bowdon (J.C, J.C.M.); Wallasey and 

 Eastham Wood (J.C.M.). 



Asphalia ridens, Fab. ' One specimen taken in the Boor's Wood, 

 Hale, by Frederick Hitchmough ' (C.S.G.); on the Lancashire 

 side of Windermere (J.B.H.); rare at Staley Brushes (J.C). 



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