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Orthosia circellaris, Hufn. ( = Xanthia ferruginea, Tr.). Common 



and generally distributed. 

 Orthosia lota, L. Common and generally distributed. 

 Orthosia macilenta, Hiibn. Local. 



Lane. — Agercroft (J.C.) ; Grange (S.J.C); Birch-wood, 

 Woolton (C.S.G.). 



Ches. — Bowdon, not common (J.C.) ; Eastham Wood (W.J.) ; 

 Rock Ferry, Eastham, and Puddington (J.F.B.). 

 Orthosia litura, L. Common and generally distributed. 



DYSCHORISTA, Led. 



Dyschorista suspecta, Hiibn . Scarce. 



Lane—Barton Moss (J.C); Middleton (lb., and J. Thorpe, 

 Ent, iv, 135). 



Ches.— Staley-brushes (J.C, J.B.H., J. CM.); between 

 Stourton and Hargreave Hall (C.S.G.). 

 Dyschorista ypsilon, W.V. Not very common. 



Lane. — Preston (J.B.H.); Prestvvich (J. CM.); Withington 

 (J.C). 



Ches.— Marple (J.C); Alderley, rare (H. H. Corbett) ; 

 Wallasey, frequent (J.F.B., J.C.M., C.S.G., J.W.E.); West 

 Kirby (F.N.P.). 



PLASTENIS, Boisd. 



Plastenis retusa, L. Not common. 



Lane. — Liverpool district, occasionally (W.J.) ; Formby, taken 

 by Mr. Gregson (J.B.H.). 



Ches. — Knutsford, rare (J.C.) ; Wallasey, Bidston, Tranmere, 

 Puddington, not common (J.F.B.). 

 Plastenis subtusa, W.V. Common in the Preston district (J.B.H.); 

 not common on Chat Moss, and at Pendleton, Sale, and Bowdon 

 (J.C.) ; on sugar at Wallasey (C.S.G.). 



CIRRHCEDIA, Guen. 



Cirrhcedia xerampelina, Hiibn. Scarce. The only localities of 

 which I have any record are — 



Lane. — Clitheroe, taken by B. B. Labrey (J.B.H.) ; larva taken 

 near Manchester (G. Campbell, Ent. Mo. Mag., vii, 140) ; 

 Withington, by J. H. Aspinwall (Ent., viii, 229). 



Ches. — One specimen recorded from Denhall by Mr. A. O. 

 Walker, probably on Mr. Brockholes' authority. 



Oct. 1886. 



