158 THE LEPIDOPTERA OF LEYTON AND NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



Zeuzera sesculi. Only once taken at Leyton on trunk of 

 apple (or pear) tree in neighbouring garden.- 



Cossus ligniperda. One specimen taken on fence in Lea 

 Bridge Road. Larva occasionally found. 



Dicranura vinula. Taken only in the larval form on willows 

 about marshes. 



Notodonta camelina. Once on wing in garden ; occasionally 

 in the Forest. 



Stauropus fagi. I have never taken this species, but it is well 

 known to occur in the northern part of the Forest. 



Diloba coeruleocephala. Fairly common in larval form in 

 Forest about High Ijeach ; not recorded from Leyton. 



Pygaera bucephala. Abundant in larval form ; not so com- 

 mon as imago. 



Liparis auriflua. Common in garden as larva and imago. 



L. salicis. Common on the wing, or at rest on tree trunks and 

 fences. Has become much rarer in the district of late years. 



L. monacha. At rest on tree trunks in northern portions of 

 Forest ; not uncommon in some seasons. 



Demas coryli. In northern part of Forest; scarce (larval 

 form). 



Orgyia antiqua. Common in garden, but not so abundant 

 as in the London Squares. 



Calligenia miniata. Taken on the wing at High Beach ; 

 not common. 



Lithosia helvola. One specimen beaten out at High Beach. 



L. griseola. Occasionally on the wing in garden, and in the 

 Forest. 



L. complanula. On wing in the garden, rare ; more com- 

 monly in Forest. 



Nola cucullatella. Fairly common in garden ; common in 

 Forest, both as larva and imago. 



Arclia caja. Common in larval form, less common as imago. 



A. villica. One specimen taken at rest by day on leaf of lilac. 



Spilosoma menthastri. Abundant as larva and imago. 



S. lubricipeda. Common as larva and imago. 



2 I find among my notes, that in 1871 this moth was remarkably abundant in the London 

 Squares. In July of that year, scores were to be seen on the trunks of trees in Euston and other 

 Squares, and numbers of detached wings were lying about on the ground at the foot of the trees. 

 Whether these wings indicated that the moihs h.ad been eaten by the birds, as appeared the most 

 probable explanation, I was never enabled to ascertain by direct observation. The empty pupa 

 cases from which the moths had emerged were to be seen projecting from the bark in large 

 numbers. See " Land and Water," August 12th, 1871. 



