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TORTRICES OCCURRING IN THE VICINITY OF THE 

 CHE SHAM LINE. 



(Concluded from p. 119.) 



PjEdisca profundana, Fabr. (Poecilochroma profundana, Wilk. ; 

 Staint. Eucosma profunda, Mey.). — Only observed at North- 

 wood. 



P^edisca ophthalmicana, Hiibn.; Wilk.; Staint. [Epiblema 

 ophthalmicana, Mey.). — Larvse common in rolled leaves of grey 

 poplar at Northwood, but the perfect insect is not often met with 

 there. August and September. 



PjEdisca solandriana, Linn. ; Wilk. ; Staint. (Epiblema 

 solandriana, Mey.). — Larvse often abundant in rolled leaves of 

 birch, and the moth is common in July and August. Northwood 

 and Chalfont. 



Ephippiphora similana, Hiibn. (Halonota bimaculana, Wilk. ; 

 Staint. Epiblema similana, Mey.). — A few specimens obtained 

 each year at Northwood, but the species seems to be very local, 

 and has only been observed in August and September. 



Ephippiphora pflugiana, Haw. (Halonota scutulana, Wilk. ; 

 Staint. Epiblema pflugiana, Mey.) . — At Northwood and Mill Hill 

 among thistles growing in damp places ; not very common in 

 the perfect state, but larvae are fairly plentiful in the thistle- 

 stems in the winter. 



Ephippiphora brunnichiana, Frol. (Halonota brunnichiana, 

 Wilk. ; Staint. Epiblema brunnichiana). — Found wherever colts- 

 foot is established. Very pale examples have sometimes been 

 met with at Northwood. 



Ephippiphora nigricostana, Haw. ; Wilk. ; Staint. (Eucosma 

 nigricostana, Mey.). — Occurs at Kingsbury, Mill Hill, Harrow, and 

 Northwood. The moth is not often seen, but larvse and pupse 

 may be freely obtained by collecting old stems of Stachys sylva- 

 tica during the spring. 



Ephippiphora trigeminana, St. (Halonota trigeminana, Wilk. ; 

 Staint. Epiblema trigeminana, Mey.). — Has been met with now 

 and again at Kingsbury, Harrow, and Mill Hill, but the species 

 does not appear to be common at either place. 



Ephippiphora tetragonana, St. (Halonota tetragonana, Wilk. ; 

 Staint. Notocelia tetragonana, Mey.).— A few examples were 

 captured at Mill Hill in 1877. 



Semasia ianthinana, Dup. ; Wilk. ; Staint. (Laspegresia 

 ianthinana, Mey.). — This species was very common in 1887 at 

 Kingsbury. The moths were flying in the late afternoon towards 

 the end of July over a high hawthorn hedge. 



Semasia wosberiana, Schiff. ; Wilk. ; Staint. (Enarmonia 



