A HISTORY OF NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 



Worlcsop and Mansfield districts ; and H. plumbellus is reported from Worksop and Sherwood Forest. 

 I netted a single specimen of Anesychia funerella in Epperstone Park on 19 May, 1901 a fact 

 worthy of note owing to the entire absence of the usual food-plant, Symphytum officinale, from the 

 district. 



Prays curtisellus is found in the Worksop and Retford districts. 



PLUTELLIDAE 



Plutella cruciferarum is sometimes only too common, and P. porrectella occurs at Mansfield, 

 Worksop, and South Leverton. Cerostoma sequella is reported as rare in Sherwood Forest ; C. 

 vittella occurs at Worksop ; and both C. radiate/la and C. costella have been taken commonly in 

 Sherwood Forest and Thieves Wood near Mansfield. 



We possess all the three species of Harpipteryx, H. scabrella and H. nemorella having been 

 taken in the Worksop district by Mr. Houghton, while H. xylaste/la occurs commonly in several 

 localities on honeysuckle. 



GELECHIIDAE 



Orthotelia sparganella is recorded by Brameld for Sherwood Forest. Phtbaloctra quercana is 

 common in the Forest, and at S. Leverton. We have sixteen species of Defressaria, two of which, 

 D. costosa and D. propinquella, are recorded only by Brameld for Sherwood Forest ; four, viz., 

 D.umbellana, D. subpropinquella, D. ct/ie/la, and D. depressella, are reported from Mansfield by Daws; 

 D, aisimilella and D. liturella have been taken at Clumber and Worksop by Miss Alderson, both 

 in 1903 ; D. angelkella at Worksop (Houghton) and Treswell (Thornley) ; and the remainder, 

 viz., D, flavella, D. armella, D. ahtroemeriana, D. yeatiana, D. applana, D. weirella, and D. heracleana 

 occur in various localities. Gelechia nigra is said by Daws to be frequent in the Mansfield district, 

 G. er'uetella occurs at Clumber and elsewhere in Sherwood Forest, G. diffinis is found at Bulwell 

 Forest and Worksop, G. rhombella has so far only occurred in my garden at Nottingham, G. distinctella 

 near Worksop in 1904 (Miss Alderson), and G. scalella has been taken in Clumber Park and Treswell 

 Wood. Brachmia mouffetella is rare in Sherwood Forest (Brameld). Bryotropha terrella is widely 

 distributed, B. desertella used to be common in Sherwood Forest (Brameld), and B. domestica occurs 

 at Mansfield (Daws). Teleia luculella is not uncommon at S. Leverton and in Treswell Wood 

 (Thornley), and has been taken, together with T. proximella, in Clumber Park by Miss Alderson. 

 T. bumeralis is said by Brameld to be rare in Sherwood Forest, and the same statement applies to 

 Recurvaria leucate//a, Poecilia nivea, and Nannodia stipel/a, var. naeviferella. Recurvaria nanella occurs 

 at Osberton. Lamprotes atrella and Anacampsis ligulella have been taken at Worksop by Mr. Houghton, 

 and A. immaculatdla is said by Daws to be common in the Mansfield district. Tachyptilia populella 

 occurs about Worksop and in Treswell Wood. Ceratophora rufescens is another of Brameld's Sherwood 

 Forest captures. Parana metzneriella, Che/aria htibnerella and Atlanta spartiella have all occurred in 

 the Worksop district (Houghton). Sophrtmia parenthesella is rare in Sherwood Forest (Brameld). 

 Harpella geoffrella occurs among honeysuckle at Mansfield (Daws), and a single specimen of H. brac- 

 teella was taken at Worksop in 1901 by Mr. J. T. Houghton. Dasycera sulphurella is widely 

 distributed and common. Oecophora fulvlguttella and Oe. lambdella occur in the north of the county, 

 and Oe. pseudospretella and Endrosis fenestrella are only too common. 



GLYPHIPTERYGIDAE 



Glyphipteryx fuscoviridella and G. facheriella are not uncommon, and G. forsterella occurs in the 

 Mansfield district (Daws). Heliozele sericiella was taken by Miss Alderson in Clumber Park on 

 19 May, 1902. 



ARGYRESTHIIDAE 



The genus Argyresthia is well represented in Nottinghamshire, the following species having been 

 taken quite recently in the localities specified : A.ephippellaznA A. pygmaeella (Worksop, Houghton) ; 

 A. nitidella, A. spinie//a, and A. albistria (S. Leverton, Thornley) ; A. conjugella^ A. semifusca, and 

 A, brocbella (Worksop district, Miss Alderson) ; A. glaucinella (Treswell Wood, Thornley) ; 

 A. curvella (Worksop and Nottingham) ; and A. goedartella (common and widely distributed) ; the 

 variety llterella of the last species occurs in my garden in Nottingham. In addition to the above 

 Brameld records A. semitestacella and A. mendica for Sherwood Forest, and Mr. W. Daws reports 

 A. dilectella, A. arceuthina, A, praecocella and A. aurulentella from the Mansfield district. Cedestis 

 farinatella occurs at Clumber and Mansfield, and Ocnerostoma piniariella at Mansfield (Daws). 



GRACILARIIDAE 



Gracilaria alchimiella and G. syringe/la are common, G. elongella and G. tr'mgipennella occur 

 near Worksop, and G. auroguttella in the Retford district. Ornix avellanella, 0. angltcella^ 0. betu/ae, 



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