INSECTS 



CARADRINIDJE (continued) 



Fairly common ; Mr. Barraud has 

 not seen it for some years 

 Agrotis xanthographa, F. Very common in 

 all the districts. A nuisance at 

 ' sugar ' 



umbrosa, Hb. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



East Barnet (Gillum) ; used to occur 

 at Cheshunt Street (Boyd) 



rubi, View, (bella, Bkh.). St. Albans 



and Symonds Hyde (A. E. G.) ; 

 Bricket Wood (Cottam, A. Lewis, 

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

 Hitchin (Durrani) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey 

 (Cutts) ; Watford (Spencer, Wigg) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Tring 

 (Elliman) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Rather common at ' light ' and 

 ' sugar ' 



dahlii, Hb. Haileybury (Stockley) 



festiva, Hb. (conflua, Tr.). St. Albans 



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

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

 Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; 

 East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey 

 (Cutts) , Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Wat- 

 ford (Spencer, Wigg) ; Hemel Hemp- 

 stead (B. Piffard) ; Tring (Elliman) 

 Moderately common 



stigmatica, Hb. (rhomboidea, Tr.). 



St. Albans (A. Lewis) ; Harpenden 

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

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Bricket Wood 

 (Cottam) ; Duckmore Lane, Tring 

 (Elliman) ; Waltham Cross (Boyd) 



Uncommon. Several observers 

 have only captured this species once. 

 Mr. Stockley writing from Hailey- 

 bury says ' rhomboidea and dahlii 

 have both been taken several times 



at 



" sugar " 



typica, L. St. Albans, Shenley (pupa) 

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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey 

 (Cutts) ; Watford (Spencer, Wigg, 

 Heaton) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Hemel Hempstead (B. Piffard) ; Tring 

 (Elliman) ; Bishop Stanford (Taylor) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



A rather common species 



Triphasna fimbria, L. Bricket Wood (Cot- 

 tam, Cutts, A. E. G.) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; 

 Tring (Hon. C. Walter Rothschild, 

 Elliman) ; Bishop Stanford (Taylor) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



CARADRINID.S: (continued) 



This species is occasionally taken 

 both at 'sugar' and Might.' It is scarce 

 in some of the districts. At Bricket 

 Wood the larvae may be beaten from 

 sallows in the spring 



Triphaena ianthina, Esp. St. Albans (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 

 (Heaton, Cottam) ; Tring (Elliman) ; 

 Bishop Stanford (Taylor) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



In some districts this species comes 

 plentifully to ' light.' Mr. Boyd finds 

 it to be scarce round Cheshunt 



interjecta, Hb. Sparrowswick, St. Albans 



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

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Hert- 

 ford (Stephens) ; East Barnet (Gil- 

 lum) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Duck- 

 more Lane, Tring (Elliman) ; Ches- 

 hunt (Boyd) 



Although common round Cheshunt 

 this species is scarce in most of the 

 districts 



baja, F. Bricket Wood (Cottam, 



A. E. G.) ; Symonds Hyde (A. E. G.) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Oxhey Wood 

 (Cutts) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Tring (Elliman) 



Not a generally common insect, 

 though occasionally, as at Symonds 

 Hyde in August, 1893, '* comes to 

 ' sugar ' in large numbers 



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



Bricket Wood (A. Lewis, Cutts, 

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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Oxhey 

 Wood and Bushey (Cutts) ; Oxhey 

 railway bank (H. Rowland-Brown) ; 

 Watford (Wigg, Spencer); Stubbings 

 Wood (Elliman) ; Tring (A. T. 

 Goodson) ; Cheshunt Marsh (Boyd) 

 Occasionally taken at sallows 



prasina, F. (herbida, Hb.). Bricket 



Wood (A. E. G.) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; Roundhill Wood, Tring (Elli- 

 man) 



A few specimens of this moth 

 have been taken at ' sugar ' ; it is not 

 a common insect 

 Heliothis armigera, Hb. Sandridge (Griffith) 



peltigera, Schiff. Hitchin, one speci- 



men in 1884 (Durrant) 



ochracea, Hb. (flavago, Esp.). St. 



Albans, Radlett and Harpenden, in 



