INSECTS Larentiid^ {continued) Eupithecia debiliata, Hb. Chat Moss only Lobophora sexalisata, Hb. Recorded by Gregson from Croxteth — viretata, Hb. | Scarce and local on — carpinata, Bork. the mosses, at — polycommata, Hb. Grange and Win- dermere Thera simulata, Hb. Grange only — variata, SchifF. Common in all fir wood — firmata, Hb. „ „ Hysipetes "j All the British species occur Melanthia J more or less commonly Melanippe sociata, Bork. "| p 11 — montanata, Bork. , ,■' — fluctuata, L. J ^""'^^"* — hastata, L. Chat Moss — tristata, L. „ — unangulata, Haw. Scarce and local — galiata, Hb. „ „ Anticlea badiata, Hb. Rather common — nigrofasciaria, Goze. Rare and local Coremia unidentaria, Haw. Abundant — designata, Huf. Fairly common — ferrugata, Clerck. „ Camptogramma bilineata, L. Very abun- dant — fluviata, Hb. Birkdale, Manchester, Preston ; very rare Phibalapteryx vittata, Bork. Scarce and local Triphosa dubitata, L. Generally distri- buted Eucosmia undulata, L. Chat Moss, Preston, Windermere Scotosia vetulata, SchiiF. Grange only Cidaria. With the exception of C. picata, Hb., and H. sagittata, L,, the whole of our British species have been found within the county. The Winder- mere district was indeed the only known locality in this country for C. reticulata, F., but the species has not been taken there for some years — truncata, Huf. Generally common. — immanata, Haw. I The other species — testata, L. I more or less local and rare Local and not Generally abun- Pelurga comitata, L. common EUBOLIID^ Eubolia limitata, Scop, dant — cervinata, SchifF. 1 Not uncommon, but — plumbaria, F. / very local, the latter confined to the heaths and mosses Mesotype virgata, Rott. Common on the sandhills Carsia paludata, Thunb. Confined to the mosses, where it is common Occasional Occur not uncommonly near Windermere f All more or less frequent Local, and re- corded only from Winder- mere or With- EuBOLiiD^ [continued) Anaitis plagiata, L. Chesias spartiata, Fues. — rufata, F. SlONID^ffi Tanagra atrata, L. Local, but not un- common in some districts Pyralidid^ Aglossa pinguinalis, L. Common — cuprealis, Hb. Barton near Man- chester Pyralis glaucinalis, L. Barton and Halebank only — farinalis, L. Common Scoparia ambigualis, Tr. — cembras. Haw. — murana, Curt. — mercurella, L. — resinea. Haw. — truncicolella, Sta. — pallida, Steph. — augustea, St. Wd. — dubitalis, Hb. — conspicualis, Hodg. — crataegella, Hb. — atomalis, Dbl. erslack, principally by Hodgkinson Nomophila noctuella, SchifF. Common Pyrausta. All our three species occur, but locally, and principally in the Grange district Herbula cespitalis, SchifF. mon Ennychia cingulata, L. — octomaculata, F. BOTYD^ Eurrhypara urticata, L. mon Scopula. Except S. alpinalis, SchifF., and S. decrepitalis, H.S., all our species are generally distributed and more or less common Botys fiiscalis, SchifF. Rather common — terrealis, Tr. Grange only Ebulea crocealis, Hb.Both occur, the latter — sambucalis, SchifF. J more commonly Spilodes sticticalis, L.lHave both occurred, — palealis, SchifF. J but very rarely — verticalis, L. Not uncommon Pionea forficalis, L. Generally distributed HyDROCAMPIDjE All the members of this family occur and are not uncommon PtEROPHORIDjE Platyptilia bertrami, Rossi. Recorded only by Hodgkinson from near Ribchester and Grange — ochrodactyla, Hb. Not uncommon — gonodactyla, SchifF. „ Generally com- Grange »> Generally com- 135
