A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



CARADRINID/E (continued) 



train from Luton (A. E.G.); Sandridge 

 (Griffith); Hitchin (Durrani); Hailey- 

 bury (Bowyer) ; Watford (Cults, 

 Wigg) ; Wigginton Heath (Foulkes) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



A scarce species, coming occasion- 

 ally to ' light ' 



Nonagria arundinis, F. (typhae, Esp.). 

 Sparrowswick, St. Allans (Lewis) ; 

 Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury 

 (School List) ; Watford (Spencer) ; 

 Tring and Wihtone reservoir (Elli- 

 man) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



This species is marked ' doubtful ' 

 in the Haileybury List. At Cheshunt 

 it is common ; at Tring it comes to 

 light ' 



Ccenobia rufa, Hw. (despecta,Tr.). Cheshunt 

 Marsh (Boyd) 



Luperina leslacea, Hb. St. Albans, Hawks- 

 wick and Harpenden (A. E. G.) ; Sand- 

 ridge (Griffilh) ; Hitchin (Durrani) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Bushey (Culls) ; Bushey 

 Heath (Barraud) ; Watford (Spencer, 

 Wigg) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



A very common moth at ' light ' 



Rusina lenebrosa, Hb. Bricket Wood (Cot- 

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

 Hitchin (Durrani) ; Knebworth (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cults) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. 

 Rowland-Brown) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 Fairly common at 'sugar' and 

 'light' except in the Cheshunt dis- 

 trict 



Amphipyra pyramidea, L. Bricket Wood, 

 Symonds Hyde and Wheathampstead 

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

 Knebworth (Durrani) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; 

 Bushey and Oxhey Wood (Cults) ; 

 Watford (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. 

 Rowland-Brown) ; Tring (Le 

 Quesne) ; Bishop Stanford (Taylor) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Common throughout the county 



tragopogonis, L. Common everywhere, 

 coming in abundance lo ' sugar ' 



Caradrina pyralina, View. Bushey (Cults) ; 

 Watford (Cotlam) ; Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland- 

 Brown) 



A rare species which seems lo be 

 confined to the south-west of the 

 county 



CARADRINID.S (continued) 



Caradrina diffinis, L. Bricket Wood (A. E. 

 G.) ; St. A /bans (A. Lewis) ; Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrznt); Hailey- 

 bury (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; 

 East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey and 

 Aldenham (Cults) ; Watford (Spen- 

 cer) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; 

 Hemel Hempstead (B. Piffard) ; Tring 

 (Le Quesne) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Not a common moth, but occa- 

 sionally taken at ' light ' and at rest 



affinis, L. Harpenden and Symonds 



Hyde (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Grif- 

 fith) ; Hitchin (Durrani) ; Hertford 

 (Soulh) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; 

 Bushey (Cults) ; Watford (Spencer, 

 Wigg) ; Tring (Le Quesne, Elli- 

 man) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 A rather scarce species 



trapezina, L. St. Albans and Symonds 



Hyde (A. E. G.) ; Bricket Wood (Cot- 

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

 Hitchin (Durrani) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey 

 and Oxhey Wood (Cutls) ; Watford 

 (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; Bushey 

 Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. Row- 

 land-Brown) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 Common and variable 



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



Sandridge (Griffilh) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rani) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Watford (Collam) ; 

 Tring (Elliman) ; Waltham Cross 

 (Boyd) 



Nol common 



retusa, L. Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hert- 



ford (Slephens) ; Cheshunt Marsh 

 (Boyd) 



A scarce insect 



umbra, Hufn. (marginata, F.). Sand- 



ridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrani) ; 

 East Barnet (Gillum) 



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



Sandridge (Griffilh) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Watford (Spencer, 

 Wigg) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



A fairly common species 



lutosa, Hb. (crassicornis, Hw.). Hitchin 



(Durrani) ; Watford (Spencer) ; Wil- 

 stone reservoir (Foulkes, Elliman) 



One specimen only was taken at 

 Watford by Mr. Spencer at 'light' in 

 1892 



fulva, Hb. Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin 



(Durrani) ; Haileybury (Bowyer), 

 Heath, Skipper fields,' School List; 



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