INSECTS 



CARADRINID^E (continued) 



Polia aprilina, L. Bricket Wood (Cottam, A. 

 Lewis, A. E. G.); Sandridge (Griffith); 

 Hitchin (Durrani) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer), ' Heath,' School List; Hertford 

 (Stephens) ; Bushey and Oxhey Wood 

 (Cutts) ; Tring (Le Quesne, Elli- 

 man) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



This moth often comes freely to 

 4 sugar ' at Bricket Wood in the 

 autumn. The larvae may be found 

 in the spring and early summer by 

 searching the trunks of oak trees at 

 night, when they are ascending to 

 feed. They also hide in the crevices 

 of the bark, their colour and markings 

 assimilating very closely to a lichen- 

 covered tree trunk and thus afford- 

 ing protection. Mr. Boyd describes 

 this species as scarce in the Cheshunt 

 district 



flavicincta, F. St. Allans (A. Lewis, 

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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Hertford (Ste- 

 phens) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; 

 Watford (Spencer, Wigg, Cottam) ; 

 Tring (Le Quesne) ; Bishop Stanford 

 (Taylor) ; Cheshunt Street (Boyd) 



This species seems to be more 

 abundant in some parts of the county 

 than at others. At Haileybury it 

 has only been taken once ; at Ches- 

 hunt it is scarce ; whilst at St. 

 Albans, Watford and Tring it is 

 rather common, both at ' light ' and on 

 palings. I have taken the larvae on 

 artichokes in my garden, and Mr. 

 Lewis captured them on ivy at 

 Sparrowswick, St. Albans 

 Miselia oxyacanthas, L. Bricket Wood (A. 

 Lewis, Cutts, A. E. G.) ; Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant); Hailey- 

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

 List; Oxhey Wood and Bushey (Cutts); 

 Watford (Wigg); Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud); Oxhey (H. Rowland- 

 Brown) ; Tring (Goodson) ; Ches- 

 hunt (Boyd) 



var. capucina, Mill. Bricket Wood 

 (A. E. G.); Bushey Heath (Bar- 

 raud) 



Diloba coeruleocephala, L. St. Albans and 

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

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Bushey (Cutts); 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Watford 

 (Spencer, Wigg) ; East Barnet (Gil- 

 lum) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Stevenage 

 (Matthews) ; Bishop Stortford (Tay- 



CARADRINID.S (continued) 



lor, Mellows) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland- 

 Brown) ; Cheshunt and Bay ford 

 (Boyd) 



This moth is abundant at ' light,' 

 and its conspicuously-coloured larvae 

 are often to be met with on hawthorn 

 hedges 



Asteroscopus sphinx, Hufn. (cassinea, Hb.). 

 Bricket Wood, larvae (Lewis) ; Sand- 

 ridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer), 

 ' at " light," at rest,' School List ; 

 Hertford (Stephens) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud); Aldenham 

 Wood, one specimen (Spencer) ; 

 Watford (Wigg) ; East Barnet (Gil- 

 lum) 



Aporophyla lunosa, Hw. St. Albans, Bricket 

 Wood and Harpenden (A. E. G.) ; 

 Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; 

 Oxhey Wood (Cutts) ; Oxhey (H. 

 Rowland-Brown) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud); Watford 

 (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Tring (Elliman) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



When the Haileybury School 

 List was published this insect was 

 described as not common, but Mr. 

 Stockley states it is now fairly 

 abundant. It is reported by most 

 observers to occur rather freely 



Orthosia xerampelina, Hb. St. Albans (A. 

 E. G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Wat- 

 ford (Spencer, Cottam) ; Haileybury 

 (School List) ; Tring (Le Quesne, 

 Elliman) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) ; Colney 

 Heath (Pilbrow) 

 A scarce species 



croceago, F. Hertford (Stephens) 



citrago, L. St. Albans (A. E. G.) ; 



Bricket Wood (Cottam, A. E. G.) ; 

 Gorhambury, larvae (A. E. G.) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



aurago, F. Bricket Wood, one speci- 



men (A. E. G.) ; Watford (Spencer) 



flavago, F. (silago, Hb.). Bricket Wood 



(A. E. G., Lewis, Cottam) ; Har- 

 penden (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge and 

 Knebworth (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Oxhey 

 Wood (Cutts) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland- 

 Brown) ; Watford (Wigg) : Bushey 

 Heath (Barraud) ; Tring (Elliman) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



A fairly common insect in most 

 of the districts, coming rather freely 



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