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Agrotis depuncta, L. Recorded only from one (Cheshire) locality, 



viz. :— Staley-brushes, where it is rare (J.C.). 

 Agrotis glareosa, Esp. Local, and not common where it does occur. 

 Lane. — On heath flowers at Toppings Turton, near Bolton 

 (J. W. Baldwin, Y.N., i, 137); Crosby, one specimen (G. A. 

 Harker) ; Longridge, rare (J.B.H.); Woolton (C.S.G.). 



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

 J.C.M.) ; Ness, scarce (A.O.W.) ; Staley-brushes (J.C.); Stourton 

 (C.S.G.). 



Agrotis saucia, Hiibn. Generally distributed, but nowhere common. 

 Lane. — Aigburth, common some years (W.J.) ; Hale and 

 Huyton (S.J.C.) ; Lytham, sparingly (J.B.H.); Pendleton and 

 Chorlton, not common (J.C.). 



Ches. — Alderley, rare and uncertain in its appearance (H. H. 

 Corbett) ; Bidston, Eastham, Ness, and in the Upton Valley 

 (J.F.B.); Staley-brushes (J.C.M.) ; Wallasey (C.S.G.). 

 Agrotis plecta, L. Common and generally distributed. 

 Agrotis (Axylia) putris, L. Generally distributed and fairly common. 

 Agrotis porphyrea, W.V. Tolerably common wherever there are 

 large tracts- of heather. 

 Lane.-— Longridge (J.B.H.) ; Chat Moss (J.C.). 

 Ches. — Bidston Hill, very common in the larval condition 

 (J.W.E.) ; Carrington Moss and Staley-brushes, not common 

 (J.C.) ; Delamere Forest (J.C.M.) ; Stourton (W.G.) ; a specimen 

 taken at sugar at Wallasey (J.C.M.). 

 Agrotis agathina, Dup. Scarce. 



Lane. — Chat and Rixton Mosses, rare (J.C) ; Farrington 

 Moss (J.B.H.) • Simmonswood Moss (C.S.G.). 



Ches.— Bidston Hill, occasionally (W.J,, J.C.M.) ; Wallasey, 

 one specimen taken by Mr. Almond, in August 1854 (C.S.G., 

 J.F.B.). 



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Agrotis lucernea, L. Only recorded from two localities, both in 

 Lancashire, viz., on heath flowers at Toppings' Turton, near 

 Bolton (J. W. Baldwin, Y.N., i, 387); near Grange (J.B.H.). 



Agrotis simulans, Hum. ( = pyrophiia, W.V.). Scarce. 



Lane. — Lytham, rare (J.B.H.); in Mr. Gregson's garden, 

 Fletcher Grove, Old Swan, near Liverpool, in 1847 (Zool., 1848). 

 Ches.— Bidston (C.S.G.); Wallasey sandhills, once (W.J.). 



Agrotis ravida, W.V. Recorded from only one (Lancashire) 

 locality, viz.: — Rusholme, near Manchester, where it was once 

 take n by Mr. G. W. Adams (H. H. Corbett). 



Oct. 1886. 



