INSECTS 



PYRALOIDIDAE 

 Choreutts myllerana and Symaetbis pariana are rare, but S. oxyacanthella is abundant everywhere. 



CONCHYLIDAE 



Eupoecilia nana, E. dubitana, and E. atricapitana all occur at Worksop (Miss Alderson), and 

 E. angustana is reported from Mansfield (Daws). Xanthmetia zoegana has been taken at Mansfield 

 and in Sherwood Forest, and X. hamana is widely distributed and common in places. Lobesia 

 re/iguana, Argyrolepta hartmanniana, A, Indiana^ A. cnicana, Conchy/is francittana, and C. straminea 

 have all been taken in Sherwood Forest by Brameld, and all but the second of these by Miss Alderson 

 in Clumber Park and at Shireoaks. 



APHELIIDAE 

 Tortrlcodei hyemana occurs abundantly in the Worksop and Mansfield districts. 



TINE.E 

 EPIGRAPHIIDAE 



Lemnatophila phryganella is recorded for Sherwood Forest by Brameld. Dasystoma salicella 

 occurs commonly in several localities. Exapate congelatella has been taken atS. Leverton (Thornley). 

 Diurnea fagella is very common everywhere, and excessively variable in colour, every gradation 

 occurring from pale buff to nearly black. Semioicopus avellanella is common in Sherwood Forest. 

 Eplgrapbia steinkellneriana is rare at Mansfield (Daws). 



PSYCHIDAE 



Talaeporia pseudo-bombycella, Fumea intermediella, and Solenobia inconspicuella have been taken in 

 Clumber Park by Miss Alderson, and 5. triquetrella is reported from the Mansfield district (Daws). 



TINEIDAE 



Xyunatodoma melanella was taken in Clumber Park in the summer of 1 902 by Miss Alderson, 

 and Ochsenbeimeria blrdella in the Worksop district by Mr. Houghton. Of the genus Scardia we 

 have 5. boleti (Mansfield, Daws), 5. corticella, 5. granella, S. cloacella, S. rurico/e//a, and S. arcella, all of 

 which have been taken in Sherwood Forest, and most of them in other localities as well. 

 Blabophanesfenestratella is reported by Daws to be frequent in the Mansfield district, and B. rusticella 

 is widely distributed. The genus Tinea is rather poorly represented with us. T. fulvimitrella was 

 taken many years ago by Brameld in Clumber Park, and several specimens have been taken recently 

 in the same place by Miss Alderson ; T. tapetzclla is very common, and sometimes destructive in 

 houses ; T. pellionella has occurred at South Leverton in the vicarage (Thornley) ; T. fusdpunctella 

 is reported from Sherwood Forest and Chilwell ; T. pallacentella and T. lapella from Worksop and 

 Sherwood Forest, the latter occurring also not uncommonly at S. Leverton ; and T. semifuhiella is 

 not rare in Clumber Park (Miss Alderson). Tinea/a bhelllella is frequent in the Mansfield and 

 Worksop districts. Lampronia luzella occurs at Treswell and Osberton (Miss Alderson), and L. 

 rubiella at Mansfield and S. Leverton. Incurvaria muicalella is widely distributed and common ; 

 /. pectinea has been taken commonly by Miss Alderson in Sherwood Forest ; and /. capitella has 

 been bred freely from currant shoots at Kingston-on-Soar, by Mr. F. Wakerley. Micropteryx 

 calthella swarms in some localities on buttercup and marsh-marigold flowers ; M. thunbergella 

 was found by the Rev. A. Thornley flying in numbers about the grassy drives of Treswell 

 Wood on 1 6 May, 1901 ; M. sefella, M. semipurpure/!a, M. unimaculella and M. subpurpurella 

 have all been taken in Clumber Park by Miss Alderson, and the last-named species also occurs in 

 Treswell Wood (Thornley) ; M. sangii was taken in the spring of 1903 in the Woiksop district, 

 also by Miss Alderson. Nemophora swammerdammella is common, and N. scbwarziella frequent in 

 one or two localities. 



ADELIDAE 



Adela fibulella has occurred recently (1903) at Treswell Wood (Miss Alderson) ; A. rufimitrella 

 seems to be widely distributed but not common ; A. degeerella is reported from Sherwood Forest, 

 and is common at Thieves Wood, near Mansfield (Daws), and I have lately taken it at Strelley ; 

 A. viridella occurs plentifully in most parts of the county. 



HYPONOMEUTIDAE 



Svjammerdammia pyrella is of general occurrence, but S. combinella and S. caesiella are apparently 

 local and rare. Hyponomeuta padellus is wide-spread and common ; H. evonymellus occurs in the 



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