A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



CARADR.iNiD.ffi (continued) 



Agrotis nigricans, L. Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Watford 

 (Spencer) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Occasionally taken at ' light ' and 

 flowers 



saucia, Hb. St. Albans (A. Lewis, 



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

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Ste- 

 phens) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Nas- 

 cot Wood (Cutts) ; Watford (Wigg) ; 

 Bricket Wood (Cottam) ; Bushey 

 Heath (Barraud) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 Occasionally taken at ' sugar ' 



cinerea, Hb. Feldon, Eoxmoor (A. 



Piffard) 



Mr. A. Cottam, in a paper pre- 

 sented to the Hertfordshire Natural 

 History Society (Transactions, x. 1 88), 

 records the capture of three males at 

 Feldon, Eoxmoor, at ' light ' by Mr. 

 Albert Piffard in 1897. This is the 

 only county record, and the insects 

 are in Mr. Cottam's collection 



puta, Hb. St. Allans (A. Lewis, 



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

 Bricket Wood (Cottam) ; Haileybury 

 (School List) ; Bushey Heath (Bar- 

 raud) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Waltham 

 Cross (Boyd) 



A. puta comes sparingly to ' sugar ' 

 and ' light.' It cannot be called a 

 common species in Hertfordshire 



plecta, L. Bricket Wood and St. Albans 



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

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin and Knebworth 

 (Durrant) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; 

 Nascot Wood (Cutts) ; Watford 

 (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; Bushey 

 Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. Row- 

 land-Brown) ; Tring (Elliman) ; 

 Bishop Stortford (Taylor) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



Common and generally distributed 



- strigula, Thnb. (porphyrea, Hb.). 



Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury 



(Bowyer), ' Heath,' School List ; 



Watford (Cottam) ; Tring (Elliman) 



tritici, L. Hitchin (Durrant) ; East 



Barnet (Gillum) ; Watford, one 

 specimen at ' light ' (Cottam) 



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



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

 Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hert- 

 ford (Stephens) ; East Barnet (Gil- 

 lum) ; Nascot Wood and Bushey 

 (Cutts) ; Watford (Spencer, Wigg) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. 



CARADRINID^ (continued') 



Rowland-Brown) ; Tring (Elliman) ; 

 Bishop Stortford (Taylor) ; Cheshunt 

 Street (Boyd) 



Generally abundant at ' light ' and 

 'sugar.' Mr. Boyd reports that it 

 used to be common at Cheshunt Street 

 Agrotis obscura, Brh. (ravida, Hb.). Hitchin 

 (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; 

 East Barnet (Gillum) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



A scarce species ; taken twice at 

 ' light ' at Haileybury 



putris, L. Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin 



(Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; 

 East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey 

 (Cutts) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Watford (Wigg) ; Tring (Elliman) 



A. putris is occasionally taken, 

 chiefly at ' light.' Mr. Elliman finds 

 the pupas in the Tring district at the 

 foot of elm trees 



c-nigrum, L. St. Albans, Wheathamp- 



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

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

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hertford 

 (Stephens) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; 

 Nascot Wood and Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. 

 Rowland-Brown) ; Watford (Spencer, 

 Wigg) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Stortford 

 (Taylor) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Abundant in most of the districts, 

 and especially common in mid-Herts 

 in 1 900. Mr. Barraud has only taken 

 a few specimens at Bushey Heath 



triangulum, Hufn. Harpenden(A.Y..G.); 



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

 Sandridge (Griffith); Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hert- 

 ford (Stephens) ; East Barnet (Gil- 

 lum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud) ; Watford (Spencer, Wigg) ; 

 Tring (Elliman) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Described as ' common at "light" ' 

 in the Haileybury School List, but 

 scarce in other districts 



pronuba, L. A plentiful species, occur- 



ring in all the districts 



comes, Hb. (orbona, F.). Another 



abundant species, almost as common 

 as the preceding 



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



Bricket Wood (A. Lewis, Cottam, 

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

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Watford (Spencer, Wigg) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. 

 Rowland-Brown) ; Tring (Elliman) 



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