294 J- W - ELLIS : LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE NOCTLLE. 



Triphsena orbona, Fab. ( = comes, Hiibn.). Abundant everywhere. 



In his illustrations of varieties of < Lepidoptera, Part II, Mr. 



Mosley figures several fine aberrations of this species from 



specimens in the collections of Messrs. Johnson and Roxburgh, 



of Liverpool. 

 Triphsena pronuba, L. Abundant everywhere. 



AGROTIS, Hiibn. 

 * GRAPHIPHORA, Ochs. 



Agrotis augur, Fab. Common and generally distributed. 



Agrotis neglecta, Hiibn. Scarce, the localities recorded being all 

 in Lancashire, viz : — Button, near Ribchester (J.B.H., Ent., xiii, 

 105); two specimens recorded from near Hale (C.S.G.); Pendle- 

 ton and Chat Moss, not common (J.C.). 



Agrotis xanthographa, W.V. Abundant everywhere. 



Agrotis umbrosa, Hiibn. Somewhat local. 



Lane— Chat Moss (J.C.M.); Crosby (F.N.P., G. A. Harker, 

 R.W.); Preston (J.B.H.). 



Ches. — Bowdon, not common (JVC); Wallasey (F.N. P., 

 J.W.E.). 



Agrotis rubi, View. (=bella, Tr.). Common and generally distri- 

 buted, though not so plentiful as formerly. 

 Agrotis festiva, W.V. Common and generally distributed. 

 Agrotis conflua, Tr. Recorded from Preston by Mr. Hodgkinson. 

 Agrotis dahlii, Hiibn. Very local. 



Lane. — Windermere, at sugar (J.B.H.) ; Birch-wood, Woolton, 



near Liverpool (C.S.G.). 



Ches. — Alderley, rare (H. H. Corbett) ; Hargreave Hall and 



Hooton (C.S.G.); Staley-brushes, not common (J.C.). 

 Agrotis brunnea, W.V. Common and generally distributed. 

 Agrotis baja, W.V. Generally distributed, though scarcely common. 

 Agrotis rhomboidea, Esp. Mr. Gregson records the capture of a 



specimen of this species, taken on the wing, between Linacre 



and Bootle. 

 Agrotis triangulum, Hiibn. Not common. 



Lane. — Longridge, and near Lytham (J.B.H.) ; Middleton 



and Pendleton (JVC.) ; Prestwich (J. CM.) ; Old Swan, near 



Liverpool (C.S.G.). 



Ches.— Chester (A.O.W.) ; Staley-brushes (J.C.) ) Wallasey 



(E. L. Ragonot, Ent. Mo. Mag., v, 76) ; Wirral, scarce (J.F.B.)* 

 Agrotis C-nigrum, L. Generally distributed and fairly common. 



Naturalist, 



