A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



Agrotis pyrophila, Sch. Reported to have 

 been once taken at Yarmouth ; but 

 very doubtful 



— ravida, Sch. Lynn, Hunstanton, Thetford ; 



scarce. Recorded as a Norfolk species 

 by Haworth and Stephens 

 Axylia putris, Linn. Widely distributed 

 Triphaena fimbria, Linn. Generally distri- 

 buted in woods, and rather common at 

 Foxley 



— janthina, Sch. Widely distributed 



— interjecta, Hb. Also generally distributed ; 



to be seen flying along hedges in the 

 afternoon sunshine 



— subsequa, Sch. Thetford, Croxton, Bran- 



don, occasionally ; more rarely at Yar- 

 mouth and Lynn 

 Noctua glareosa, Esp. Thetford, Aldehy, 

 Croxton, Sparham, Cawston, Neatishead, 

 Lynn, West Winch ; common 



— augur, Fab. Widely distributed, especially 



in fens 



— triangulum, Ochs. In most woods spar- 



ingly, but common at Foxley 



— flammatra. Fab. A single example of 



this great rarity was obtained at ' light ' 

 at Cromer in 1875, by Mr. W. H. 

 Thornthwaite. It is figured in the 

 Lepidoptera of the British Isles. One or 

 two other British specimens are known 



— ditrapezium, Hb. Foxley Wood ; rare 



— rhomboidea, Tr. Thetford, Merton, Aldehy, 



Hackford, Sparham ; not common 



— brunnea, Sch. Widely distributed in 



woods, but not very common 



— dahlii, Hb. Aldehy, Denton, Wootton, 



Horning ; scarce 



— neglecta, Hb. Denton ; taken by the Rev. 



C. T. Cruttwell 

 Eurois herbida, Sch. Very local here ; found 

 at Cawston, Foulsham, and Neatishead, 

 and in abundance at Foxley Wood 



— occulta, Linn. Very scarce, but has been 



taken at Yarmouth, Geldestone, Thetford, 

 Foulsham, and near Lynn 



— adusta, Esp. Aldehy, Horning ; scarce ; 



more plentiful at Foxley Wood 

 Charaeas graminis, Linn. Generally distri- 

 buted, but not common 

 Heliophobus popularis. Fab. General on 

 grass land 



— cespitis, Sch. Norwich, Merton ; scarce 

 Neuria saponaria;, Esp. Widely distributed, 



but not common 

 Aplecta advena, Sch. Aldehy, Thetford, Ketter- 

 ingham, Hingham, Foxley, Cawston, Foul- 

 sham, Lynn ; rather local. Recorded 

 in Norfolk by the older writers under 

 the name of nitens 



— nebulosa, Tr. St. Faiths, Thetford, Hocker- 



ing, Foxley, Cawston, Foulsham, Horning, 

 and near Lynn ; not common 

 Hadena thalassina, Sch. Norwich, Thetford, 

 Aldehy, Cawston, Lynn ; not common 



— suasa, Sch. Norwich, Yarmouth, Aldehy, 



Thetford, Cawston, Lynn, Ranworth, 

 Horning ; scarce 



— pisi, Linn. Generally distributed 



— genistse, Bkh. Horsford, Thetford, Bran- 



don ; scarce 



— chenopodii, Sch. Norwich, Lynn, Caw- 



ston, Thetford, Brandon ; common in 

 the ' Breck-sand ' districts and on 

 some parts of the coast 



Mamestra albicolon, Hb. Yarmouth, Hun- 

 stanton and elsewhere on sandy coasts, 

 and also rather commonly near Thetford 

 and Brandon on the ' Breck-sand ' 



Hecatera dysodea, Sch. Norwich, Thetford, 

 Aldehy, Cawston ; local 



— Serena, Sch. Generally distributed 

 Dianthecia irregularis, Hufn. This rare 



species has been taken by the Rev. H. 

 Williams and others at Croxton and else- 

 where around Thetford 



— carpophaga, Bkh. Norwich, Merton, 



Thetford, Croxton, Foxley, Cawston, 

 Cromer ; rather common in the 

 ' Breck ' district 



— cucubali, Sch. Frequent in the fens 



and marshy places among Lychnis 

 flos-cuculi 



— conspersa, Sch. Aldehy, Geldestone, Thet- 



ford, Ketteringham, Horning ; scarce 



Polia flavicincta, Linn. Norwich, Thetford, 

 Kirhy Cane, Yarmouth, Lynn, Horning ; 

 often in gardens 



Dryobota protea, Sch. Norwich, Thetford, 

 Aldehy, Cawston, Lynn ; very local, 

 occasionally common 



Cleoceris viminalis. Fab. Aldehy, Merton, 

 Cawston, Ranworth, Horning, in marshy 

 places, but not common, more plentiful 

 in Foxley JVood 



Chariptera aprilina, Linn. Widely distri- 

 buted in oak woods 



Miselia oxyacanthas, Linn. Generally com- 

 mon 



Cerigo cytherea, Fab. Generally distributed 



Hama abjecta, Hb. Yarmouth, Horning ; 

 rare ; more frequently on the coast near 

 Lynn 



— anceps, Hb. Generally distributed 

 Xylophasia sublustris, Esp. Yarmouth, Aldehy, 



Foxley, Cawston ; not common 



— rurea. Fab. Norwich, Merton, Aldehy, 



Cawston, Hingham ; rather uncommon 



— hepatica, Linn. Norwich, Aldehy, Hing- 



ham, Hockering, Cawston 



— scolopacina, Esp. Geldestone, Gillingham, 



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