A PRELIMINARY LIST OF THE INSECT-FAUNA OF MIDDLESEX. 117 
once on trunk of Lombardy poplar, near ivy (Sich); Ealing 
(Adye). E. erosaria, Bork., Pinner, 1882 (Watts); Highgate 
(Shepherd). E. quercinaria, Hufn., generally distributed (God- 
win); Mill Hill (South); Regent’s Park, Haverstock Hill 
(Vaughan); Whitton (Rendall); Harefield, two in 1886 (Wall) ; 
Regent’s Park, abundant (Watts); Highgate (Shepherd); Ken- 
sington Gardens (Mera); Clapton (Bacot). EH. fuscantaria, 
Haw., Whitton (Rendall) ; ; one on a lamp near Acton (Mera). 
Himera pennaria, L., Bishop’s Wood, Hampstead, Hamp- 
stead Heath, generally distributed (Godwin: ; Mill Hill, larve on 
hawthorn, sloe, &e., found at night (South) ; Whitton (Rendall) ; 
Harefield, rather common (Wall) ; ; Chiswick, once (Sich) ; High- 
gate (Shepherd) : ; Kaling (Adye). 
Subf. Amphidasyne. 
Phigalia pedaria, Fb. (=pilosaria), generally distributed, on 
lamps (Godwin); Mill Hill, at rest on palings, trees, &c. 
(South); Bishop’s Wood (Vaughan) ; Whitton (Rendall); Chiswick, 
larva on plum, sallow, &c. (Sich) ; Hyde Park and Hampstead, 
common (Watts); Highgate (Shepherd); Shepherd’s Bush 
(Mera); Harrow- Weald (Roland-Brown). 
Nyssia hispidaria, Fb., said to have been taken in Bishop’s 
Wood, Hampstead (Godwin) ; Kew Wood fence (Vaughan). 
Biston hirtaria, Clerck., generally distributed (Godwin) ; 
Bedford Park (J. Gray) ; various squares and gardens (Vaughan) ; 
Whitton (Rendall) ; Chiswick, larva on lime (Sich); common 
(Watts); common (Shepherd); Hammersmith (Mera); Clapton 
(Bacot); Harrow- Weald (Rowland-Brown) ; Dalston (Prout). 
Amphidasys strataria, Hufn., Finchley Road (Godwin) ; 
Whitton (Rendall). A. betularia, L., generally common (God- 
win); Mill Hill, larve very common on various trees (South) ; 
Bedford Park (Fenn); near site of Burleigh Road, about 1865 
(Vaughan) ; Whitton (Rendall) ; Chiswick, larva, green specimens 
on willow and young shoots of apple trees, brown ones on elm 
and birch (Sich) ; South Hampstead, common (Watts) ; Bishop’s 
Wood (Shepherd); Hammersmith (Mera) ; Clapton ees 
Harrow-Weald (Rowland- Brown); Dalston (Prout). 
Subf. Boarmiine. 
Hemerophila abruptaria, Thnb., generally common (Godwin) ; 
Mill Hill (South); Bedford Park (Miss EH. Sharpe); Camden 
Town, Kentish Town, City Road, many specimens of the dark 
var.* have been taken in these localities (Vaughan) ; Whitton 
(Rendall) ; Chiswick, common at rest, larva once near privet 
hedge (Sich) ; South ‘Hampstead, common (Watts), Tufnell Park 
(Shepherd); Ealing (Adye); Hammersmith (Mera); Clapton 
* See also D. A. Onslow, Entom, 1890, p. 136. 
ENTOM.—MaAY, 1892, M 
