296 J. W. ELLIS: LANCASHIRE AND CHESHIRE NOCTURE. 



Agrotis prsecox, L. Common on all the coast sandhills from South- 

 port to Wallasey ; found inland rarely. 



* * * AGROTIS, Hiibn. 



Agrotis cinerea, W.V. Is recorded from the neighbourhood of 



Grange, but the locality of its capture is just beyond the 



boundary of Lancashire (J.B.H.). 

 Agrotis ripse, Hiibn. Recorded from Runcorn (Cheshire), by 



Messrs. Gregson and Melvill. 

 Agrotis cursoria, Bork. Common on the Lancashire and Cheshire 



coast sandhills. Recorded also from Denhall, by Alfred O. 



Walker. 



Agrotis nigricans, L. Sandhills and mosses, tolerably common. 



Lane- — Chat Moss (JVC.); Farrington Moss (J.B.H.); Crosby 

 sandhills (G. A. Harker) ; Southport (G. T. Porritt). 



Ches. — Bowdon, not common (J.C.) ; Denhall (A.O.W.); 

 Wallasey sandhills (W.J., F.N. P.). 



Mr. Gregson notes (Ent., iv, 53) that the specimens which 

 occur on or about the mosses are much darker in colour than 

 the type form, this latter occurring on the sandhills. 

 Agrotis tritici, L. Common on all the coast sandhills and occa- 

 sionally inland. 



Agrotis aquilina, W.V. On the sandhills and mosses, but not so 

 common as the preceding species. 



Agrotis obelisca, W.V. Of very rare occurrence. Mr. Gregson 

 records the species from Crosby and Stourton, and Mr. Brock- 

 holes mentions the fact of its having been taken by Mr. N. 

 Cooke on the Wallasey sandhills. Mr. Wilding took a specimen 

 of this species at Heswall in August 1884. 



Agrotis puta, Hiibn. One specimen captured near Wallasey is 

 recorded by Mr. Brockholes. 



Agrotis segetum, W.V. Common and generally distributed, occa- 

 sionally abundant. 



Agrotis clavis, Hufn. ( = corticea, Hiibn.). Local, and apparently 

 not common where it does occur. 

 Lane. — Crosby (C.S.G.); Preston, not common (J.B.H.). 

 Ches.— Wallasey (C.S.G., W.J., J.C.M., and E. L. Ragonot, 

 Ent. Mo. Mag., v, 76). 



Agrotis exclamationis, L. Abundant everywhere. 



Agrotis suffusa, Hiibn. Generally distributed and fairly common. 



Agrotis vestigialis, Hufn. ( = valligera, W.V.). Abundant at sugar 

 and on ragwort flowers on the coast sandhills from Lytham to 

 Wallasey. 



Naturalist, 



