A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



HETEROCERA 



Smerinthus ocellatus, Linn. Widely distri- 

 buted, and rather common in the fens, 

 feeding quite as frequently upon Salix 

 capraa as upon the narrow-leaved wil- 

 lows 



— populi, Linn. Common, and not con- 



fined to poplar, but feeding also upon 

 broad-leaved sallows 



— tiliae, Linn. Scarce, but found on lime 



near Norwich, Merton, Thetford, Lynn, 

 Raveningham, Sparham, Cawston and 

 Homing 



Acherontia atropos, Linn. Found occasion- 

 ally in all parts of the county, but 

 usually in the larva state 



Sphinx convolvuli, Linn. Also found occa- 

 sionally in various parts of the county ; 

 in the year 1887 it suddenly appeared 

 in considerable numbers, and many 

 were taken — nearly thirty in my own 

 garden at King's Lynn 



— ligustri, Linn. Generally common ; its 



magnificent green larva, with lilac and 

 white oblique side-stripes, and a caudal 

 horn, may be found on privet bushes in 

 the gardens, and at the road-sides 

 Deilephila galii, Sch. Very rare, but taken at 

 Denton in 1888 by the Rev. C. T. 

 Cruttwell ; also at Gillingham near 

 Beccles by Dr. Crowfoot ; and at Tar- 

 mouth 



— euphorbiae, Linn. I had the singularly 



good fortune to capture a male speci- 

 men, hovering at flowers of verbena, 

 in my garden at King's Lynn, on Sej>- 

 tember 7th, 1887. This I believe to 

 be the only example ever taken in the 

 county 



— livornica, Esp. There is a reliable record 



of the capture of a single specimen at 

 Thetford in 1857 ; and another of the 

 occurrence of an example at the electric 

 light at Carrow near Norwich in 1891. 

 Stephens gave this rare species as an 

 inhabitant of the county {Illustra- 

 tions, vol. i. p. 127), but without 

 locality 

 Chaerocampa celerio, Linn. Also recorded 

 by Stephens, but without definite 

 locality 



— porcellus, Linn. Norwich, Tarmouth, 



Ketteringham, Horning, Lynn, Hun- 

 stanton, Cawston, Merton, Thetford, 

 Broome ; not very common 



— elpenor, Linn. Generally distributed, 



especially frequenting marshy spots 

 Macroglossa stellatarum, Linn. Widely dis- 

 tributed ; rather common on the coast ; 



most attractive from its habit of poising 

 itself at flowers like a humming-bird 

 Macroglossa fuciformis, Linn. Merton, Hey- 

 don, Cawston, Horsford, Briston, Drayton 

 and around Kings Lynn ; not common 



— bombyliformis, Esp. Woodbastwick, Caw- 



ston, Horsford ; scarce 

 Sesia spheciformis, Sch. Taken by the Rev. 

 T. H. Marsh at Horsford near Nor- 

 wich ; possibly wherever alder is abun- 

 dant 



— tipuliformis, Linn. Norwich, Yarmouth, 



Lynn ; in gardens 



— myopiformis, Bkh. Norwich; in gardens, 



among old apple trees 



— culiciformis, Linn. Norwich and Dilham ; 



rare 



— formiciformis, Esp. Norwich, Brundall 



and Kings Lynn ; among osier 



— ichneumoniformis, Sch. Recorded by 



old authors as having been taken at 

 South Creake in 1823. It does not 

 seem to have been noticed in the 

 county since that date 

 Sphaecia apiformis, Linn. Common around 

 Norwich; also found at Costessey, Mort- 

 ham, Cawston and elsewhere, on pop- 

 lars ; more frequent in the eastern 

 counties than elsewhere in the United 

 Kingdom 



— bembeciformis, Hb. Foxley, Hockering, 



Sparham, Hindolveston, Kerdiston, and 

 Neatishead ; among sallow 



Procris statices, Linn. Brandon ; recorded 

 by Paget long ago at Caistor ; found 

 recently in plenty by Mr. Atmore near 

 Lynn ; and singly at Hemsby by Mr. 

 Knights 



Zygaena trifolii, Esp. Near Norwich and 

 Lynn, also at Cawston, Ranworth, 

 Horning and Neatishead ; in damp 

 meadows and fens 



— lonicerse, Esp. Foxley Wood and Aldeby ; 



local 



— filipendulae, Linn. Thetford, Aldeby, 



Cawston and near Lynn ; but tmcom- 

 mon and very local in this county ; 

 abimdant in many parts of England 



Macrogaster arundinis, Hb. Two specimens 

 were taken at Ranworth Fen in June, 

 1878, by Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher ; 

 three near Horsey in August, 1898, 

 by Mr. Percy C. Reid, and one this 

 year near Hickling, by Dr. F. D. 

 Wheeler 



Zeuzera aesculi, Linn. Norwich, Lynn, Tar- 

 mouth, Thetford, Merton, Denton, Gel- 

 destone, Whitwell ; scarce. Dr. Plow- 



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