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Cucullia chamomillse, W.V. Local. 



Lane. — Aigburth, the larva common a few years ago (J.W.E.) • 

 Fylde district, not rare (J.B.H.) ; Irlam and Moss-side, near 

 Manchester (J.C.) ; Lytham (J.B.H., Intell, 1856, p. 53). 



Ches.— Bidston (J.F.B., J.W.E.) ; Bowdon, rare (J.C.) ; Den- 

 hall (A.O.W.); Tranmere (W.G.) ; Wallasey (G. T. Porritt). 



Fam. HELIO THIDJE. 

 HELIOTHIS, Ochs. 

 Heliothis armigera, Hiibn. Very scarce. This species was first 

 captured in Britain, at Salford, by Mr. Jno. Thomas, in Sep- 

 tember 1840. (Recorded R. S. Edleston, Zool., 1843, p. 260). 

 A specimen was captured on a salt-marsh at the mouth of Brom- 

 borough Pool, in November 1857, by Mr. Almond (Zool., xvi, 

 5947). It has also been recorded from Huyton (S.J.C.) and 

 Staley bridge (J.B.H.), and from Linacre, near Bootle, on ragwort 

 (C.S.G.). 



Heliothis peltigera, W.V. Very scarce. Recorded from Black- 

 pool, June 1876, by J. W. Aspinwall (Ent., ix, 183); from 

 Lytham and Farrington Moss, by Mr. Hodgkinson. Mr. 

 Gardner records the capture of a specimen on ragwort flowers 

 at Wallasey in 1879 ; and Mr. Wilding had the good fortune to 

 find a specimen and the wings of a second on the Wallasey 

 sandhills, on July 17th, 1884. 



Fam. A NA R TIDAL. 

 HELIACA, Herr.-Schaff. 



Heliaca tenebrata, Scop. ( = Heliodes arbuti, Fab.). Local. 



Lane. — Abundant on a railway bank at Chorley (J.B.H.) ; 

 Longridge (lb.) ; Orrell and Ford, near Liverpool (C.S.G.). 



Ches. — Beeston Castle and Chester (A.O.W.); Prenton Lane 

 and Puddington (J.F.B.) ; between Spital and Parkgate (C.S.G.) ; 

 Wilmslow, Knutsford, Ashley, and Mabberley (J.C). 

 ANARTA, Tr. 



Anarta myrtilli, L. Abundant on heaths and mosses. 



Fam. PLUSIDA. 

 ABROSTOLA, Hiibn. 

 Abrostola triplasia, L. Generally distributed, but scarcely common. 

 Lane.— Bolton (W.J., J.C); Bury (J.C); Chorley (E. C 

 Buxton (Zool., xi, 1853, 4037); Crosby (G. A. Harker); Preston, 

 rare (J.B.H.); West Derby (R.W.). 



Ches.— Chester and Ince (A.O.W.) ; Knutsford (J.C); 

 Wallasey (J.W.E.) ; Wirral (J.F.B.) ; Alderley (H. H. Corbett). 



Oct. 1886. 



