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TAPINOSTOLA, Led. 



Tapinostola fulva, Hiibn. Common in swampy places throughout 

 both counties. 



CALAMIA, Led. 



€alamia lutosa, Hiibn. Somewhat local, though abundant where it 

 does occur. 



Lane. — Crosby (G. A. Harker) ; Lytham (J.B.H.); Man- 

 chester district, common (J.C.). 



Ches.— Bidston Marsh, plentiful (C.S.G.) ; Wallasey (S.J.C., 

 F.N. P.) ; throughout Wirral (J.F.B.). 



LEUCANIA, Ochs. 



Leucania pallens, L. Abundant and generally distributed. 

 Leucania impura, Hiibn. Abundant and generally distributed. 

 Leucania straminea, Fr. Taken by Mr. C. S. Gregson, and by Mr. 



T. Townley, from flowers growing in ditches between Leasowe 



lighthouse and Meols. 

 Leucania obsoleta, Hiibn. Taken by Mr. Gregson and Mr. Townley 



— abundantly at one period, on Bidston Marsh. 

 Leucania comma, L. Common towards the coast-line of both 



counties, becoming scarcer inland. 

 Leucania conigera, W.V. Local, and apparently not common 



where it does occur. I have once met with it on ragwort 



flowers at Crosby ; Mr. Johnson records it from Crosby ; 



Preston, occasionally - (J.B.H.). These are all the recorded 



localities in Lancashire. 



Ches.— New Brighton and Dacre Park, near Birkenhead 



(C.S.G.) and Rock Ferry (J.F.B.). 

 Leucania littoralis, Curt. Confined to the coast sandhills from 



Lytham to Wallasey, where the larvae are sometimes abundant, 



though the perfect insect is not often met with. 

 Leucania lithargyrea, Esp. Common, and generally distributed. 

 Leucania turca, L. Rare at sugar in Dunham Park (J.C.). (Con- 

 firmed by J.B.H.) 



STILBIA, Steph. 



Stilbia anomala, Haw. Local, the only places of its occurrence of 

 which I have record being : — 



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

 and Longridge (J.B.H. in litt.) ; Staleybrushes, one specimen 

 taken by Thomas Hague (J.C.). 



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