ITS MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES. 



Lithosia complana ( The Scarce Footman). On pollard oaks. 

 Lithosia quadra ( The Four Spotted Footman). Opposite the 



Wake Arms. 

 Eucheliae jacobsese {The Cinnabar). Used to be common 



on ragwort by the side of Epping Road ; now scarce. 

 Euthemonia russula ( The Clouded Buff). Bogs and damp 



heathy places by Theydon Road. 

 Arctia fuliginosa ( The Ruby Tiger). Larvre on herbaceous 



plants. Late autumn. 

 Demas coryli ( The N'ut- Tree Tussock). Larvte on beech. • 



Occurs throughout the Forest ; nowhere common. 

 Pcecilocampa populi ( The December Moth). Larvae on trunks 



of oak. Scarce. 

 Lasiocampa quercifolia {The Lappet Moth). Larvae on 



sallows, old gravel-pits by the Wake Arms. 

 Selenia Iimaria ( The Lunar Thorn). Beaten out from horn- 

 beam. 

 Selenia illustraria ( The Purple Thorn). Beaten out from 



whitethorn. 

 Ennomos erosaria ( The September Thorn). Larvre found on 



oak trees. 

 Boarmia roboraria {The Great Oak Beauty). Oak trunks. 



Epping Upper Forest. 

 Tephrosia consonaria ( The Square Spot). Old beech trunks. 



Monk Wood. 

 Tephrosia extersaria {The Brindled White Spot). Oak 



trunks. 

 Eph5n:a porata {The False Mocha). Damp places at the 



back of the King's Oak. 

 Cabera rotiindaria. Epping Lower Forest. 

 Aleucis pictaria. Old blackthorns. Fairmead. 

 Numeria pulveraria ( The Barred Umber). Amongst beeches. 

 Lobophora viretata. Old beeches. Monk Wood. Very 



rare. 

 Cidaria silaceata. Damp places, where Epilobium parvi- 



florum grows. 

 Anaitis plagiata. Theydon Thickets. 

 Platypteryx hamula. On oaks. Fainnead. 

 Stauropus fagi ( The Lobster Moth). Beech trunks. Monk 



Wood. 

 Notodonta camelina {The Coxcomb Promiiient). Beech 



trunks. Monk Wood. 

 Notodonta ziczac ( The Pebble Prominent). Larvae on dwarf 



sallow. 

 Notodonta trepida ( 77;^? Large Prominent). Oak trunks. 

 Notodonta chaonia. Pollard oaks. Borders of Monk 



Wood. 



