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Xylina ornithopus, Hufn. ( = rhizolitha, Fab.). Scarce. Recorded 

 from Chat Moss by Mr. E. C. Buxton (Zool., 1850, 2882); 

 Manchester district, occasional (J.B.H.); Denhall, scarce 

 (A.O.W.); and Mr. Brockholes records a specimen captured in 

 the Upton Valley, near Birkenhead, in 1859. 



CALOCAMPA, Steph. 



Calocampa vetusta, Hiibn. Local. 



Lane— Aigburth (W.J.) ; Chat Moss, rare (J.C) ; Crosby, 

 occasionally (C.S.G.). 



Ches. — Delamere (A.O.W.) ; Eastham (G. A. Harker and 

 W.G.); Wallasey (J.C.M., J.F.B.) ; Bidston and Upton (J.F.B.). 

 C aloe amp a exoleta, L. Generally distributed, but not common. 



Lane. — Agercroft, Barton Moss, Chat Moss, Bury, and 

 Middleton (J.C); Preston district, not common (J.B.H.); Hale 

 and Huyton (S.J.C). 



Ches.— Chester and Ince (A.O.W.) ; Eastham (W.G., W.J.) ; 

 Liscard, common (C.S.G.) ; Wallasey (J.C. M.) ; Wirral (J.F.B.). 



EGIRA, Dup. 



Egira (Cloantha) solidaginis, Hiibn. Local. 



Lane. — Bolton Moors, common (W.J., J.C); Bamford Wood, 

 abundant (J. CM.); Anglesark, near Chorley, and Longridge, 

 on stone walls (J.B.H.); a specimen taken at Walton Gaol, near 

 Liverpool, on a lamp, by W. Harrison in 1861 (C.S.G.). 



Ches. — Staley-brushes, common (J.C, J. CM., G. T. Porritt). 



Fam. CLEOPHA AVDjE. 

 XYLOCAMPA, Guen. 



Xylocampa lithorhiza, Bork. ( = areola, Esp.). Tolerably common 

 and generally distributed. 



Fam. CUCULLIDM. 

 CUCULLIA, Schrank. 



Cucullia asteris, W.V. Mr. Hodgkinson records the capture of the 



larva of this species on golden-rod (Solidago virgaurea) at Grange. 

 Cucullia umbratica, L. Local. 



Lane. — Bury, Middleton, Pendleton, and Staleybridge, not 



common (J.C.) ; Chorley (E. C. Buxton, Zool., xi, 4037) ; 



Crosby (R.W., G. A. Harker) ; Preston, but not so common 



as formerly (J.B.H.). 



Ches.— Bowdon (J.C); Bidston (J.F.B.) ; Ness and Chester 



(A.O.W.); Wallasey (J. CM., J.F.B., E. L. Ragonot, Ent. Mo. 



Mag., v, 76). . 



Naturalist, 



