A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE 



HETEROCERA (continued) 

 SPHINGIDAE (continued) 



Sphinx convolvuli, L. Many casual records through- 

 out the county, probably occurs every year 



ligustri, L. r., recorded from Quorn, Loughborough, 



Gumley, Leicester, Blaby 



Deilephila galii, Schiff. Casual visitors recorded from 

 Loughborough and Gumley 



livornica, Esp. Stainton and Morris both record ; 



there is a recent record from Leicester, doubtless 

 emigrants 



Choerocampa celerio, L. Recorded by Stainton and 

 Morris, Leicester, 1885 (F. R. Rowley) 



- porcellus, L. Buddon at rhododendrons, Market 



Bostcorth at honeysuckle, Gumley , Bar Jon 



- elpenor, L. Loughborough, larvae on willow-herb, 



Quern, Gumley, Lelcest, r, Syston, Lvwtsby 

 Smerinthus ocellatus, L. Gen. dist. Market Bostvorth, 



Leicester, Croft, Bradgate, Brooksby, Loughborough, 



Aylestone 

 populi, L. Gen. dist. 



- tiliae, L. r., Loughborough, Gumley, Blaby 



SESIIDAE 



Trochilium apiformis, Clerck. Wigston, Gumley, r. 



- craboniformis, Lewin. Osier beds nr. Loughborough, 



Cavendish Bridge, Leicester years ago 

 Macroglossa stellatarum, L. Gen. dist. 



- fuciformis, L. Bardon Hill at honeysuckle, Otuston 



Wood at ragged robin (Bouskell) 



- bombyliformis, Och. An old record from Earl 



Shilton 



Sesia tipuliformis, Clerck. In gardens on currant 

 trees, Quorn, Market Bostcorth, Knighton, Carl- 

 ton, &c. 



asiliformis, Rott. Bradgate on ragwort, Buddon 



on oak trunk (Bouskell) 



- culiciformis, L. Seal Wood (J. T. Harris) 



formiciformis. Loughborough, Groby 



ZYGAENIDAE 



Ino statices, L. Oaiston Wood, abundant but confined 



to a small area, Gumley 

 Zygaena trifolii, Esp. Recorded by Stainton 



(Rev. J. H. Hind) 



- lonicerae, Esp. Quorn, probably occurs at 



Charnwood Forest 



filipendulae, L. Anstey, Aylestone, Quorn, Padding- 



ton, Omton, Shenton, Tilton, Rearsby, but very 

 local 



BOMBYCES 



NYCTEOLIDAE 



Hylophila prasinana, L. Quorn, Bardon, Sutton Ambien 



bicolorana, Fuchs. Quom, Market Bosteorth, r. 



NoLIDAE 



Nola cucullatella, L. Gen. dist. 



strigula, SchifF. Gumley, Quorn 



confusalis, H.S. Bred from larva off oak, Knifbton 



(C. B. Headly) 



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BOMBYCES (continued) 



LlTHOSIIDAE 



Nudaria senex, Hb. Gumley 



mundana, L. Gumley, Quorn, Bradgate, Market 



Bosworth 

 Lithosia mesomella, L. Gumley (Rev. A. Matthews) 



griseola, Hb. Market Harborough, Loughborough, 



Kibworth 



var. stramineola, Dbl. Knighton (Bouskell) ; 

 Gumley (Matthews) 



lurideola, Zinck. Knighton, Oadby, Gumley, Lough- 



borough, Kibworth 

 Gnophria quadra, L. One record from Gumley 



(Matthews) 

 Deiopeia pulchella, L. One specimen of this migrant 



was taken near Loughborough (J. Weildt) 



EuCHELIIDAE 



Euchelia jacobaeae, L. Common on ragwort at 

 Charnwood Forest, occasionally on groundsel 



CHELONIIDAE 



Nemeophila russula, L. Gumley 



plantaginis, L. Quorn, Ulverscroft, Bardon Hill, 



(J. T. Harris) ; no recent record 

 Arctia caia, L. Gen. dist. 

 Spilosoma fuliginosa. Bardon Hill, Gumley, Quorn 



lubricepeda, Esp. Gen. dist. 



manthastri, Esp. Gen. dist. 



urticae, Esp. Knighton, also Burton-on-Trent 



district 



HEPIALIDAE 



Hepialus humuli, L. Gen. dist. and destructive to 

 herbaceous plants larvae feeding on roots 



sylvanus, L. Gen. dist. 



velleda, Hb. Charnwood Forest, c. ; Knighton, 



Market Bostcorth, Loughborough, Gumley, very 

 variable 



lupulinus, L. Gen. dist. 



hectus, L. Market Bosworth, Omton Wood, Chant- 



wood, Gumley, usually in woods on the wing 

 before dusk 



COSSIDAE 



Cossus ligniperda, Fb. Gen. dist., destructive to 

 timber, especially willows, in the Loughborough 

 district 



Zeuzera pyrina, L. Gen. dist., not so common as 

 preceding insect 



LIPARIDAE 



Porthesia chrysorrhoea, L. Local near Leicester, 

 Loughborough, Gumiey 



similis, Fues. c. and gen. dist. 



Leucoma salicis, L. Leicester, Loughborough, Gumley, 



Anstey Lane 

 Ocneria dispar, L. An old record from Earl Shilton 



many years ago, now undoubtedly extinct 

 Psilura monacha, L. Quorn, Buddon Wood 

 Dasychira fascelina, L. Gumley 



pudibunda, L. Local, Quorn, Loughborough, 



Market Harborough ; larvae, nr. Leicester 

 Orgyia gonostigma, Fb. Loughborough, bred from 

 larvae ; Gumley, r. 



antiqua, L. c. and gen. dist. 



