INSECTS 



DREPANULIDAE 



Drepana falcataria is frequent in Sherwood Forest and about Mansfield, and rather common at 

 Langford Moor. Cilix glaucata is found throughout the county, and is occasionally very common 

 in some districts. 



DICRANURIDAE 



The Kittens, Dicranura furcula and D. bifida both occur, though not commonly, but the Puss 

 Moth (D. vinula) is much more plentiful. The Lobster Moth (Stauropus fagi) has been taken in 

 the larval stage in Sherwood Forest. 



NOTODONTIDAE 



Pterostoma palpina is rare, Lophopteryx camelina of frequent occurrence, and Notodonta dictaea, 

 N. dictaeoideSy N. dromedarius, N. ziczac, N. trepida, N. chaonia, and N. trimacu/a, are all found in 

 the county. 



PYGAERIDAE 



Phalera bucephala is universally distributed and is often excessively abundant in the larval stage. 

 Pygaera curtula is recorded for Sherwood Forest by Sterland. 



CYMATOPHORIDAE 



Tbyatira derasa and T. bath (the Peach Blossom) are of frequent occurrence, and sometimes 

 fairly common. Cymatophora or and C. duplaris have both been taken in Sherwood Forest and at 

 Thieves Wood near Mansfield, though only very occasionally. Aiphalia diluta is confined to 

 Sherwood Forest so far as Nottinghamshire is concerned, and may generally be taken in small 

 numbers at 'sugar' in the proper season. A.flavicornh is sometimes common about Worksop and 

 in the Forest, and occurs also at S. Leverton and at Thieves Wood near Mansfield. A. ridens rested 

 upon Sterland's authority alone until 1894, when one specimen was taken by Miss Alderson in 

 Clumber Park. 



NOCTUAE 

 BRYOPH1LIDAE 



Bryophila per/a is widely distributed and fairly common, but no other species of the genus 

 occurs in the county. 



BOMBYCOIDAE 



Demas coryli has been taken at Ollerton and Mansfield. Acronycta tridem is rather scarce. 

 A. psi is common everywhere. A. leporina occurs at Langford Moor, in Sherwood Forest, and at 

 Thieves Wood near Mansfield, where Mr. Daws has taken both the type and the variety brady- 

 porina. A. aceris is recorded for South Scarle by Mr. G. M. A. Hewett, who states that he has 

 taken it both in spring and autumn. A. megacephala is curiously scarce in Nottinghamshire : I 

 have very few records of its occurrence, and most of these are for larvae only. A. aim is occasion- 

 ally taken, most frequently in the larval state ; my numerous records for the last thirty years show 

 that it has occurred all over the county. A. ligustri is very rare, but has been taken in Sherwood 

 Forest. A. rumicis is frequently taken, but cannot be called common. Mr. J. R. Hardy tells 

 me that in July, 1897, he took seven specimens of A. menyanthidis among heather at Edwinstowe, 

 and has also taken the larvae several times by sweeping in the same place. Diloba caeruleocephala is 

 abundant nearly everywhere, the moth sometimes swarming on gas-lamps, and the larvae occurring 

 in profusion on the hawthorn hedges. 



LEUCANIIDAE 



Of the ' wainscots ' we have Leucania turca (one specimen under log near the Major Oak, 

 Edwinstowe, 19 June, 1896, J. R. Hardy), L. conigera, L. /ithargyria, L. comma, L. imfura, and 

 L. pa/lens, most of which are common, the last named in particular being sometimes excessively 

 abundant. Tapinosto/a fulva and Nonagria arundinis are of frequent occurrence, and Mr. Daws of 

 Mansfield writes of N. lutosa y 'I have a series taken in my garden here at sugar, 12 August, 1894.' 



APAMEIDAE 



Gortyna ochracea, Hydroecia nictttans, H. micacea, Axylia putris, Xylophasia rurea with its var. 

 alopecurus, X. lithoxylea, X. suh/ustris, and X. bepatica, are all more or less common ; X. monoglypha 

 is abundant everywhere and extremely variable, and X. scolopacina occurs sparingly in Sherwood 

 Forest and at Mansfield. Neuria reticulata and Neuroma popularis are not uncommon. Charaeas 

 graminis is widely distributed and abounds in some seasons in Sherwood Forest, where it frequents 

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