INSECTS Apameid^ {continued) Xylophasia hepatica, L. Not rare — scolopacina, Esp. Recorded from Jge- croft near Manchester and Preston Dipterygia scabriuscula, L. Near Man- chester Charaeas graminis, L. Generally common, and sometimes in immense abundance, as when the larvae appeared on the moors near Clitheroe in 1881 in such numbers as to attract public atten- tion to their profusion Laphygma exigua, Hb. A single specimen is recorded as having been taken at Crosby by the late Mr. G. A. Harker of Liverpool Neuronia popularis, F. Cerigo matura, Huf. Luperina testacea, Hb. — caespitis, F. Local : Crosby Mamestra abjecta, Hb.) — sordida, Bork. ) — albicolon, Hb. Common on the sandhills — brassicae, L. Only too abundant every- where Generally common F Common Carnforth, Preston, Rec orded from Preston — persicariae, L. Apamea basilinea, — gemina, H. — didyma, Esp. — unanimis, Tr. Occasional Miana. All our species occur fairly com- monly Phothedes captiuncula, Tr. Recorded from the extreme north on the Westmorland border Celoena haworthii, Curt. Not rare in most of the moorlands and mosses Caradrinidje Grammesia trigrammica, Hf. Generally dis- tributed Stilba anomala, Haw. Rare ; recorded from Ribchester, Silverdale, Staleybrushes Charadrina morpheus, Huf. "1 Generally — quadripunctata, F. J common — alsines, Brab. Rare ; Preston, etc. — taraxaci, Hb. „ „ „ Rusina tenebrosa, Hb. Occasional NoCTUIDiE Agrotis suflfusa, Hb. Generally abundant — segetum, Schiff. „ „ — exclamationis, L. „ „ — saucia, Hb. Occasional — corticea, Hb. „ — vestigalis, Hf. — cursoria, Bork. — nigricans, L. — tritici, L. — aquilina, Hb. — praecox, L. More or less common on the sandhills NocTUiDiE {continued) Agrotis agathina, Dup.lMore or less com- — strigula, Thumb. J mon on the heaths — cinerea, Hb. Recorded from near Grange — ripae, Hb. Ru — obelisca, Hb. — obscura, Brab, Crosby Near Manchester Lytham near Liverpool Near Bolton, Grange More or less common — simulans, Hf. — lucernea, L. Noctua augur, F. — plecta, L. — c-nigrum, L. — brunnea, F. — festiva, Hb. — rubi. View. — baja, F. — xanthographa, F. — glareosa, Esp. Occasional — triangulum, Huf. „ — umbrosa, Hb. „ — depuncta, L. Staleybrushes — dahlii, Hb. Windermere, Woolton near Liverpool Triphaena orbona, Huf."! Abundant every- — pronuba, L. j where — ianthina, Esp., T. interjecta, Hb., and T. fimbria, L. Generally distributed, but not at all common, except locally the latter, which is frequent near Windermere Amphipyrid.5: Amphipyra tragopogonis, L. Generally abundant. Both species of Mania are common and widely distributed Orthosiid^ Panolis piniperda, Panz. Common in all fir plantations Pachnobia leucographa, Hb. Preston, Win- dermere — rubricosa, F. Preston, Chat Moss ; rather more common than the pre- ceding Orthosia lota, Clerck. Not very common — macilenta, Hb. „ „ — suspecta, H. Recorded rarely from the Manchester district — ypsilon, Bork. Preston, and the north Taeniocampa. Of this genus all the British species occur more or less commonly — opima, H. Almost exclusively re- stricted to the coast Anthocelis pistacina, F. Generally common — litura, L. „ „ — rufina, L. Crosby Cerastis vaccinii, L. Generally distributed — spadicea, Hb. „ „ Scopelosoma satellitia, L. „ „ Xanthia cerago, Tr. Fairly common 131
