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Ellopia prosapiaria — Cannock Chase (C.F.T.) 



Eugonia alniaria (tiliaria)— Oakedge (C.F.T.) 



Hemerophila abiniptaria— Breihy (T.G.); Willington (G. A. Smallwood.) 



Geometra papilionaria— Oakedge (C.F.T.) 



Macaria liturata- Cannock Chase (C.F.T.) 



Timandra amataria — Egginton (G.B.) 



Eupithecia indigata — Oakedge (C.F.T.) 



Cheiinatobia boreata— Oakedge, common in larva state (C.F.T.) 



Thera variata- Cannock Chase (T.C;.) 



liObophora carpinata — Hopwas Wood (J.E.N. 



Hypsipetes trifasciata — Oakedge common (C.F.T.) 



Phibalapteryx vittata — One at Burton (C.F.T.) 



Scoparia murana — Cannock Chase, abundant (T.G.) 



,, mercurella — Bretby (T.G.) 



Platj^tilia gonodactyla— Bretby, common (T.G.) 

 Amblyptilia acantbodactyla — Cannock Chase (C.F.T.) 



The principal work of the ^^'inter session of 1887-88 was the revision 

 of our list of Macro- Lepidojitera up to date, for the purpose of incorpor- 

 ation in the volume of the Society's transactions. In addition to the 

 species mentioned above, the following species were added from notes 

 of persons not members of this Society. 



Lophopteryx cuculla and Heliopliobus hispidus taken at Rugeley by 

 Mr. R. Freer. 



Acronycta menyanthidis, Chartley. Noctua glareosa and N. dahlii, 

 Cheadle; and Larentia olivata and L. Flavicinctata from Dovedale, 

 recorded in last year's report of the North Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club. 



On February 3rd, an interesting Taper was read by the Chairman 

 of the Section before a General Meeting of the Society, on the "genus 

 LOBOPHORA," with special reference to the species occurring in this 

 district. The most valuable part of the Paper was the notes on the 

 breeding of L- viretata a species which occurs in the Holly woods on 

 Needwood Forest, as well as in more abundance at Sutton Park, which 

 latter locality, however, is outside our district. The food-plant of this 

 species was until lately an unsettled point, but Mr. Thornewill and Mr. 

 G. Baker have recently succeeded in feeding the larvae on the leaves and 

 green berries of the Holly {Ilex Agui/oliutn.) Some correspondence on 

 the subject may be found in the Entomologist. — Vol. xx. 



Another interesting point in the life-history of this species is that, 

 though known to be double-brooded in the South of England, but not so 

 in this district, it has been found by both the above gentlemen to be 

 occasionally double-brooded in confinement. 



