A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



at Merton, Denton, Cawston, Fouhham 

 and Foxley JVood ; usually confined 

 to large woods 

 Dasychira pudibunda, Linn. Generally dis- 

 tributed, sometimes common 



— fascelina, Linn. Norwich, Yarmouth ; 



found occasionally, in the larva state 

 only, and generally on hedge-banks 



Demas coryli, Linn. Thetford, Foxley JVood; 

 local 



Orgyia gonostigma, Linn. Horning and Ran- 

 worth Fens ; scarce 



Fumea roboricolella, Br. Merton, Cawston, 

 Foxley IFood ; probably widely distri- 

 buted 



— betulina, Z. Ranworth and Horning ; 



scarce 



Poecilocampa populi, Linn. Generally distri- 

 buted, but not very common 



Trichiura cratasgi, Linn. Norwich, Lynn, 

 Sparham, Cawston, Hockering, Foxley 

 Wood ; scarce 



Eriogaster lanestris, Linn. Plentiful in some 

 seasons, its larvae forming large silken 

 nests on the hawthorn hedges 



Clisiocampa neustria, Linn. Generally dis- 

 tributed 



Lasiocampa rubi, Linn. Widely distributed 

 on heaths 



— quercus, Linn. In all wooded districts 

 Odonestis potatoria, Linn. Common ; more 



especially so in the fens 



Gastropacha quercifolia, Linn. Widely dis- 

 tributed, but not very common 



Saturnia carpini, Bkh. This usually heath- 

 frequenting species, is here far more 

 frequent in the fens, and seems to feed 

 most freely upon Spirsa ulmaria 



Drepana falcataria, Linn. Generally distri- 

 buted, and sometimes abundant among 

 birch 



— hamula, Sch. Oak woods in the Norwich 



district, Merton, Thetford, Barton Ben- 

 dish, JVormegay, Foxley, Drayton, Fel- 

 thorpe and Alderford 



— unguicula, Hb. Merton and Thetford ; 



among beech, but very local 

 Platypteryx lacertinaria, Linn. Merton, 



Northwold, scarce 

 Cilix spinula, Sch. Generally common 

 Cerura bicuspis, Bkh. Two lari'je of this 

 very rare species were found upon alder 

 at Aylsham in 1881 by Mr. F. Nor- 

 gate. The cocoons (empty) have been 

 observed at Merton and Sparham 



— furcula, Linn. Yarmouth, Thetford, 



Merton, Stratton Strawless, Hoveton, 

 Irstead, Barton Turf; most frequent in 

 fens, and usually captured on sallow in 

 the larva state 



Cerura bifida, Hb. Norwich, Thetford, Aldeby, 

 Cawston and Drayton ; among poplar 

 and aspen 



— vinula, Linn. Generally distributed ; 



quite common as a larva upon Cana- 

 dian poplar in gardens in the suburbs 

 of Norwich 



Stauropus fagi, Linn. Norwich, Horsford, 

 Stratton Strawless, Thetford, Drayton, 

 Cawston, Foulsham, Hockering Wood, 

 Cromer ; always about woods or wooded 

 heaths. A black variety was captured 

 by Mr. Thouless at the Carrow electric 

 lights. John Curtis is said to have 

 found it in the beginning of the cen- 

 tury in the Cathedral Close at Nor- 

 wich ; and more than two centuries 

 ago it was said by MoufFet to be com- 

 mon in Norfolk 



Notodonta dictaea, Linn. Norwich, Cromer, 

 Thetford, Merton, GiUingham, Fouhham ; 

 not common 



— dictaeoides, Esp. Norwich, Cromer, Thet- 



ford, Merton, Foulsham ; and Mr. At- 

 more reports that it has recently be- 

 come of frequent occurrence near Kings 

 Lynn 



— ziczac, Linn. Apparently in all the fens 



and wet woods ; usually found in the 

 larva state on sallow 



— trepida. Fab. Norwich, St. Faiths, Strat- 



ton Strawless, Merton, Croxton, Dray- 

 ton, Kings Lynn ; scarce 



— torva, Linn. The only satisfactorily 



known British specimen was reared by 

 Mr. F. Norgate from one of a batch of 

 larvae found by him upon white poplar 

 in the north-west of Norfolk. The 

 remaining larvae unfortunately died 



— dromedarius, Linn. Norwich, Aylsham, 



Cawston, Runham, Lynn, Foxley, Dray- 

 ton, Whitwell, Merton ; not common 

 Drymonia chaonia, Sch. Noriuich, Stratton 

 Straivless, Howe, Drayton, Cromer, 

 Cawston, Denton ; rare 



— dodonxa, Sch. Norwich, Rackheath, 



Stratton Strawless, Cromer, Cawston, 

 Merton, Thetford, Denton, GiUingham ; 

 scarce 

 Lophopteryx camelina, Linn. Norwich, Lynn, 

 Cawston, Thetford, GiUingham ; com- 

 mon in Foxley Wood 



— cucullina, Sch. Very rare ; once taken 



at Norwich by Dr. F. D. Wheeler ; 

 larvae found at Runton, Arminghall, 

 Sherringham, Horning, Morton and 

 Sparham 

 Philodontis palpina, Linn. Widely distri- 

 buted among poplar ; sometimes rather 

 common in marshes 



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