A HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 



LARENTIIDAE 



Cheimatobia brumata is abundant, and C. boreata common in several places. Oporabia dilutata 

 is pretty common, but 0. fillgrammaria and 0. autumnaria are scarce, and occur chiefly about 

 Mansfield. Larentia didymata is abundant, L. multistrigaria and L. virldaria fairly common. 

 Emmelesia affinitata, E. alchemlllata^ E. albulata, and E. decolorata are all of frequent occurrence. 

 Twenty-six species of ' Pugs ' are on record for the county, viz., Eupithecia venosata, rare but 

 widely distributed ; E. /inariata, scarce in the Mansfield district ; E. pulchellata and E. oblongata 

 frequent in several places ; E. succenturiata, Southwell and Sherwood Forest ; E. subfulvata at 

 Nottingham, Mansfield, and Worksop ; E. scabiosata and E. pygmaeata taken on several occasions 

 in different years at Mansfield (Daws) ; E. castigata fairly common at Mansfield and in Sherwood 

 Forest ; E.fraxinata and E. innotata rather scarce at Mansfield (Daws) ; E. indigata common in 

 Sherwood Forest (Miss Alderson) and also found at Mansfield ; E. nanata frequent at Edwinstowe 

 (Hardy) and Mansfield (Daws) ; E. subnotata at Chilwell (D. H. Pearson) and in Sherwood Forest ; 

 E. vulgata very common everywhere ; E. albipunctata, rare at Worksop and Mansfield ; E. absin- 

 tbiata in Sherwood Forest, where the larva feeds on ragwort flowers in company with E. oblongata} 

 E. minutata, a few some seasons at Mansfield (Daws) ; E. assimilata at Worksop and Clumber 

 (Miss Alderson) ; E. lariclata, fairly common in Clumber Park (Miss Alderson) ; E. abbreviata 

 common at Worksop and Mansfield ; E. dodoneata, a single female found on an oak tree in 

 Sherwood Forest in 1896 by J. R. Hardy; E. exiguata frequent at Clumber (Miss Alderson) and 

 Mansfield (Daws) ; E. pumi/ata, Mansfield (Daws) ; E. coronata, Clumber and Mansfield ; and 

 E. rectangu/ata, widely distributed and fairly common. 



Thera simulata is recorded as taken at Berry Hill, near Mansfield, on 26 May, 1896, by Mr. W. 

 Daws ; T. variata is common in fir plantations in Sherwood Forest and elsewhere ; and T.firmata 

 has been taken in the Forest and near Mansfield. Hypsipetes trifasdata has occurred at Newstead 

 and Wollaton, and H. sordidata is generally distributed and common. Melanthta albicil/ata, M. 

 ocellata, and M. bicolorata are all of general occurrence. Melamppe kastata is recorded for Sherwood 

 Forest by Sterland only, and needs confirmation ; M. tristata is rather scarce about Mansfield 

 (Daws) ; M. rivata has been taken in some numbers in woods near Mansfield and Nottingham ; 

 M. iociata and M. montanata are widely distributed and common; M.galiata has occurred at New- 

 stead, and M, fluctuata is perhaps our commonest geometer, being especially abundant in gardens in 

 Nottingham. Antldea badiata and A. nigrofasciaria are frequent, especially the former ; but A, rubi- 

 data is represented only by three specimens taken at Edwinstowe on 4 June, 1896, by Mr. Hardy. 

 Coremia designata occurs sparingly in Wellow Park and in Sherwood Forest, and I have taken it in 

 Epperstone and Beauvale Woods. C. fcrrugata and C. unidentaria are rather common, but 

 C. quadrifasciaria has only been taken in Sherwood Forest by Mr. R. E. Brameld. Camptogramma 

 bilineata is common everywhere. Phibalaptcryx vittata is recorded for Sherwood Forest by both 

 Sterland and Brameld, and Mr. Daws has taken P. vitalbata in gardens at Mansfield. Triphosa 

 dubitata occurs throughout the county, sometimes commonly. Eucosmia certata has been taken 

 several times by the Rev. A. Thornley in his garden at South Leverton ; and E. undulata has 

 occurred in Sherwood Forest and at Mansfield, but only very rarely. Scotosia vetulata has only once 

 been taken, by the Rev. W. Becher, at Southwell ; but S. rbamnata has been taken sparingly in 

 several localities. 



Cidaria siderata is ' occasional in Sherwood Forest ' (Sterland), while C. miata, C. corylata, 

 C. truncata, C. immanata, C. suffiimata, C. silaceata, C. prunata, C. testata, C. populata, C. fu/vata, 

 C. dotata, C. associata, and Pelurga comitata all occur in various localities, most of them commonly. 



EUBOLIIDAE 



Eubolia cervinata, E. /imitata, and E. plumbaria are all of frequent occurrence, and E. bipunc- 

 tarla has been taken in several localities. Anaitis plagiata is found in several places, but is not 

 common. Chesias spartiata is rather rare, and C. rufata has occurred only in Sherwood Forest 

 (Brameld). 



SIONIDAE 



Tanagra atrata is widely distributed, and in some localities common. 



PYRALIDES 

 PYRALIDIDAE 



Aglossa pinguinalis and Pyra Us farina /is are common in stables and outbuildings throughout the 

 county. P. coitalis occurs at Worksop, and P. glaucinalis is rather scarce in Sherwood Forest and 

 the Mansfield and Retford districts ; it is generally taken at sugar. Scoparia ambigualis is everywhere 



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