A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



ARCTIADJE (continued) 



Diacrisia mendica, CI. Bricket Wood (A. 

 E. G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin 

 (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; 

 Oxhey Wood (Cults) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum); Watford (Spencer); Stub- 

 bing! Wood, Tring (Le Quesne) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



This is not an abundant insect in 

 Hertfordshire 



urticae, Esp. (papyratia, Marsh). Hailey- 



bury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gil- 

 lum) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



menthastri, Esp. Very common 



throughout the county 



lubricipeda, L. Almost as abundant as 



the preceding species 



Arctia villica, L. Haileybury (Bowyer) ; 

 Hertford (Stephens) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Stevenage (Matthews) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) ; Railway bank, 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) 



According to the Haileybury School 

 List this insect is only occasionally 

 observed. Both Mr. Matthews and 

 Mr. Boyd report it to be scarce. I 

 have not seen it in the St. Albans 

 district 



caja, L. The larvae of this abundant 



species are locally called ' woolly 

 bears.' The perfect insects occa- 

 sionally come to 'light' 



Callimorpha dominula, L. Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) 

 CARADRINID.S: 



Cucullia chamomillae, Schiff. St. Albans 

 (A. E. G.); Haileybury (Bowyer); 

 East Barnet (Gillum) ; Nascot Wood 

 (Cutts) ; Watford (Cottzm) 



Occasionally found at rest on 

 palings, etc. 



umbratica, L. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Colney 

 Heath (Pilbrow) ; Watford (Spencer, 

 Cottam) ; Tring (Le Quesne) ; Bishop 

 Stanford (Taylor, Mellows) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



This species was taken rather 

 plentifully flying round the flowers 

 of the jasmine by Mr. Mellows. It 

 is occasionally taken at ' light ' and 

 at rest 



scrophularias, Cap. Ickleford (Latch- 



more) 



The late Mr. Frank Latchmore 

 of Hitchin used to find the larvae of 

 this species abundant on the water 

 betony at Ickleford and other places 

 in the north of the county 



CARADRINID.S: (continued) 



Cucullia verbasci, L. St. Albans (A. E. G.) ; 

 Welwyn (G. Buller) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant, Latchmore, Gatward) ; Sand- 

 ridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; Bushey 

 Heath (Barraud) ; Tring (Elliman) ; 

 Bishop Stortford (Taylor) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



Mr. E. G. Elliman reports that at 

 Tring the larvae of this species are 

 scarce some years, plentiful others. 

 They were specially abundant in 1900 

 at St. Albans and neighbourhood 

 Folia exoleta, L. St. Albans (Griffith) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Oxhey Wood 

 (Cutts) ; Hitchin (Gatward) ; Had- 

 ley Woods (Bowden) ; Bricket Wood 

 (Cottam) ; Tring, at ivy (Le Quesne), 

 and at sallows (Elliman) ; Stevenage 

 (Matthews) ; Cheshunt Marsh (Boyd) 



vetusta, Hb. Berkhamsted (Griffith); 



Nascot Wood (Cutts) ; Bricket Wood 

 (Cottam) ; Stevenage (Matthews) 



ornithopus, Rott. (rhizolitha, F.). Hailey- 



bury (Bowyer), ' at " light," ' School 

 List ; Hertford (Stephens) ; Tring 

 (Elliman) 



areola, Esp. (lithorhiza, Bkh.). St. 



Albans (A. E. G.) ; Bricket Wood 

 (A. Lewis, A. E. G.) ; Hemel Hemp- 

 stead^. Piffard); Sandridge (Griffith); 

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Watford 

 (Spencer, Wigg) ; East Barnet (Gil- 

 lum) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Eastbury 

 (H. Rowland - Brown) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



This moth is generally distributed 

 throughout the county, occurring at 

 4 light,' at sallows and on palings in 

 March and April 



viminalis, F. Bricket Wood and Bam- 



ville Wood Farm, Harpenden Common, 

 larvae (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; 

 Hertford (Stephens) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum); Watford (Wigg) ; Bushey 

 Heath (Barraud) ; Hemel Hempstead 

 (B. Piffard) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Bishop 

 Stortford (Mellows) ; Cheshunt Marsh 

 (Boyd) 



protea, Bkh. Bricket Wood and St. 



Albans (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer), ' Terrace field,' 

 School List ; Hertford (Stephens) ; 

 Oxhey Wood (Cutts) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Watford (Heaton, Wigg) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Waltham 

 Cross, sometimes common (Boyd) 



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