A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



CARADRINID^E (continued) 



to ' sugar." Mr. Boyd however finds 

 it scarce round Cheshunt 

 Orthosia fulvago, L.(cerago, F.). BricketWood 

 (Cottam, Lewis, A. E.G.); St. Albans 

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

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Oxhey Wood (Cutts) ; 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Wat- 

 ford (Spencer, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Ches- 

 hunt (Boyd) 



Common at ' sugar ' and ' light ' 



gilvago, Esp. St. Albans, Bricket Wood, 



Wheathampstead (A.. E. G.) ; Hailey- 

 bury (Bowyer) ; East &mirf(Gillum)t 

 Oxhey Wood and Nascot Wood (Cutts); 

 Watford (Spencer, Cottam) ; Bushey 

 Heath (Barraud) ; Waltham Cross 

 (Boyd) 



circellaris, Hufn. (ferruginea, Esp.). 



St.Albans,Wheathampstead (A. E. G.); 

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

 Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Watford 

 (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; Oxhey 

 (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Tring (Elli- 

 man) ; Bishop Stortford (Mellows) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



litura,L. St. Albans (larvae), and Wheat- 



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

 (Cottam, A. E. G.) ; Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Ste- 

 phens) ; Bushey and Hare Spring 

 Wood, Aldenham (Cutts) ; Watford 

 (Spencer, Wiggs) ; Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud); Oxhey (H. Rowland- 

 Brown) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) ; East Barnet (Dymond) 



Common at 'sugar,' ivy and 

 'light' 



helvola, L. (rufina, L.). Bricket Wood 



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

 ridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; Oxhey 

 Wood (Cutts) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland- 

 Brown) ; Watford (Spencer, Wigg); 

 Tring (Elliman) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) 



pistacina, F. St. Albans (A. E. G.) ; 



Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant); Haileybury (Bowyer); Hertford 

 (Stephens) ; Oxhey Wood (Cutts) ; 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Bushey 

 (Cutts) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Watford (Spencer, Wigg) ; Bricket 

 Wood (Cottam) ; East Barnet 



CARADRINIDJE (continued) 



(Gillum) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Ches- 

 hunt (Boyd) 



An abundant and variable species 

 Orthosia macilenta, Hb. Bricket Wood (Cot- 

 tam, A. Lewis, A. E. G.) ; Hertford 

 (Stephens) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; 

 Oxhey Wood (Cutts) ; Oxhey (H. 

 Rowland-Brown); Watford (Spencer, 

 Wigg) 



lota, Cl. St. Albans (A. E. G.); Bricket 



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

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Ste- 

 phens) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Oxhey 

 Wood (Cutts) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland- 

 Brown) ; Watford (Spencer, Wigg) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Tring (Elli- 

 man) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



ypsilon, Bkh. Hertford (Stephens) ; 



East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Although Mr. Boyd finds O. 

 ypsilon to be common round Ches- 

 hunt, it is far from abundant in other 

 parts of the county, only having 

 been recorded from four stations 



suspecta, Hb. Bushey Heath (Barraud) 



Mr. Barraud has taken three 

 specimens of this local moth at in- 

 door ' light,' two being captured in 

 1899 and one in 1900 



satellitia, L. Bricket Wood (A. Lewis, 



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

 Knebworth (Durrant) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; Nascot Wood, Oxhey Wood 

 and Bushey (Cutts) ; Oxhey (H. Row- 

 land-Brown) ; Watford (Spencer, 

 Wigg) ; Tring (Le Quesne, Elli- 

 man) ; East Barnet (Gillum) 



Both the yellow and the white 

 spotted varieties are common at 

 ' sugar ' at Bricket Wood. The larvae 

 are very abundant 



Conistra erythrocephala, F. St. Albans 

 (Knaggs, Entomologists' Annual, 1866, 



P- 139) 



ligula, Esp. (spadicea, Hw.). Sandridge 



(Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; 

 Nascot Wood, Oxhey Wood, and 

 Bushey (Cutts) ; Bricket Wood 

 (Cottam) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland- 

 Brown) ; Watford (Spencer, Wigg) ; 

 Tring (Elliman) ; Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



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



Bricket Wood (A. Lewis, Cottam, 

 A. E. G.) ; Hemel Hempstead (B. 

 Piffard); Haileybury (Bowyer); Hert- 

 ford (Stephens) ; Nascot Wood, Oxhey 



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