A HISTORY OF SURREY 



Putney Heath and Wimbledon Common. I have never seen it so 

 plentiful on the Surrey heaths as it is in the New Forest. Fidonia 

 ytomaria, L., is abundant everywhere on heaths, and F. piniaria, L., is 

 common in fir woods especially at Esher and Oxshott. Mr. Webb 

 says the white variety, or northern form, occurs not uncommonly at 

 Abinger and Shiere. Minoa eupborbiata, Fb., is generally distributed in 

 woods and is sometimes common amongst spurge. Mr. Briggs records 

 it from Crohamhurst and Wimbledon Common. Mr. Barrett informs 

 me that forty years ago he captured a specimen of Sterrba sacraria, L., 

 at Dulwich. Aspilates strigillaria, Hb., is plentiful on all the heaths of 

 the county and A. gilvaria is common on the chalk downs. Abraxas 

 grossu/ariata, L., is of course everywhere common, especially in gardens, 

 and the local A. u/mata, Fb., has been recorded from Abinger by 

 Mr. Webb, from Horsley by Mr. Hewat, 1 and from Addington 

 by Mr. Briggs. Ligdia adustata, SchirF., is not very common, but 

 has been taken at Haslemere, Reigate, Leatherhead and Wimbledon. 

 Lomaspilis marginata, L., is generally distributed throughout the county. 

 Pachycnemia bippocastanaria, Hb., is common on heaths, Mr. Webb 

 records it from Abinger, Mr. Briggs from the Addington Hills and 

 Wisley, and I have found it commonly about Oxshott and Esher. 

 Hybernia rupicapraria, Hb., H. progemmaria, Hb., and H. defoliaria y 

 Clerck., are generally distributed and often abundant. H. leucopbearia, 

 SchirF., is according to Mr. Webb scarce in the chalk district but 

 common to the north of the Downs, especially on the clay. It is 

 common in Richmond Park and about Surbiton, Ashtead, Claygate, 

 Bookham, Leatherhead and elsewhere. H. aurantiaria, Esp., is generally 

 distributed but not so common as other species in the genus. Anisopteryx 

 ascularia, SchirF. , is generally distributed and common in many places. 

 Cheimatobia brumata, L., is common everywhere and generally abundant, 

 but its congener Oporabia boreata, Hb., appears to be very scarce in 

 Surrey. Mr. Webb however records it from Shirley. O. dilutata, Bork., 

 is generally common everywhere in the county. Larentia didymata, L. 

 and L. pectinitaria, Fuess., are generally distributed and often abundant. 

 L. multistrigaria, Haw., is more local, but it is reported by Mr. Barrett 

 from Haslemere, by Mr. Webb from Buckland, Reigate and Redhill, 

 and by Mr. Briggs from Richmond. It is common about Claygate, 

 Surbiton and many other places. Emmeksia affinitata^ St., and 

 E. alchemillata, L., are recorded from Haslemere, Reigate, Gomshall, 

 Redhill and Wimbledon Common. E. albulata, SchifF., is frequently 

 abundant, especially in pasture fields where the yellow rattle (Rbinanthus 

 crista-galli) is plentiful. It is generally very common in certain meadows 

 by the side of a footpath leading from Long Ditton to Claygate. Mr. 

 Barrett records it from Haslemere and Mr. Briggs from Leatherhead. 

 E. deco/orata, Hb., is much scarcer than the last, but Mr. Webb says it 

 occurs in Redstone Wood and most damp situations, and Mr. Barrett has 

 taken it at Haslemere. The local E. unifasciata, Haw., occurs near 



1 One specimen is reported by Mr. Hewat as having been taken in his garden at Surbiton. H. G. 



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