INSECTS 



CARADRINID-K (continued) 



August in Herts and Bucks. It is 

 not a common species 

 Melanchra caespitis, F. Nascot Wood (Cutts) ; 

 Watford (Spencer) ; Aldbury Outers 

 (Elliman) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 A rare and very local species 



reticulata, Vill. (saponariae, Bkh.). 



Sandridge (Griffith); Hai/eybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; Nascot Wood and Bushey (Cutts); 

 Watford (Cottam) ; Tring (Le 

 Quesne, Elliman) 



serena, F. Wheathampstead (A. E. G.) ; 



Sandridge (Griffith, A. E. G.) ; Hit- 

 chin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer); 

 East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey and 

 Nascot Wood (Cutts) ; Watford (Spen- 

 cer, Wigg) ; Bricket Wood (Cottam) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Hemel 

 Hempstead (B. Piffard) ; Tring (Elli- 

 man) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



This moth may in some years be 

 found in considerable numbers in the 

 daytime at rest in the crevices of bark 

 of oak, elm and other trees. It also 

 occurs on fences. On the whole it 

 cannot be described as a common 

 insect 



chrysozona, Bkh. (dysodea, Hb.). Sand- 



ridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer); 

 Hertford (Stephens) ; Hitchin station 

 (Durrant) ; Stanford (Mellows) ; 

 Cheshunt Street (Boyd) 



Mr. Mellows has taken this moth 

 in his study, where it has been at- 

 tracted by the light. At Haileybury 

 it has been found twice on palings. 

 Mr. Boyd describes it as scarce 



trifolii, Rott. (chenopodii, F.). St. Albans 



(A. Lewis) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; 

 Haileybury (School List); Bushey 

 Heath (Barraud) ; Waltham Cross 

 (Boyd) 



dentina, Esp. St. Albans (A. E. G.) ; 



Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; 

 Bushey (Cutts); Watford (Spencer, 

 Heaton, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Bar- 

 raud) ; Oxhey Wood (H. Rowland- 

 Brown) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



Fairly common at 'light,' 'sugar' 

 and fences in most of the districts, but 

 scarce round Cheshunt 



genistas, Bkh. Haileybury (Bowyer) ; 



Hertford (Stephens) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Watford 

 (Spencer, Cottam) ; Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 A scarce species 



CARADRINID.S (continued) 



Melanchra thalassina, Rott. St. Albans and 

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

 (Griffith); Haileybury(Bowyer); Wat- 

 ford (Cutts, Wigg, Cottam) ; Bushey 

 Heath (Cottam) ; Oxhey Wood (H. 

 Rowland-Brown) ; Tring (Elliman) 



dissimilis, Kn. (suasa, Bkh.). Watford 



(Spencer) ; Haileybury (School List) 



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



Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Watford (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; 

 Bricket Wood (Cottam) ; Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Bishop 

 Stanford (Taylor) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 A very common insect 



pisi, L. St. Albans (A. E. G.) ; Hitchin 



(Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Watford (Cottam, 

 Spencer) ; Wigginton Common, larvae 

 (Elliman) 



advena, F. St. Albans, Harpenden 



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

 Nascot Wood (Cutts) ; Tring and 

 Wilstone (Elliman) ; Waltham Cross 

 (Boyd) 



Occasionally taken at flowers, 

 ' sugar ' and ' light ' 



nebulosa, Hufn. Bricket Wood (Cottam, 



A. E. G.) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Oxhey Wood (Cutts, H. 

 Rowland-Brown) ; Watford (Hea- 

 ton, Wigg) ; Hemel Hempstead (B. 

 Piffard) ; Tring (Elliman) 

 Common 



brassicae, L. A garden pest and too 



abundant everywhere 



persicariae, L. Almost as common as 



the preceding species 



Agrotis corticea, Hb. Haileybury (Bowyer) ; 

 Hertford (Stephens) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) 



segetum, SchifF. Very common and 



destructive 



ypsilon, Rott. (suffusa, Hb.). St. Albans 



and Wheathampstead (A. E. G.) ; 

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

 Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; 

 Bushey and Nascot Wood (Cutts) ; 

 Watford (Spencer, Wigg) ; Bushey 

 Heath (Barraud) ; Tring (Le Quesne, 

 Foulkes) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Fairly common in mid-Herts, but 

 scarce at Cheshunt 



exclamationis, L. A common and vari- 



able species 



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