INSECTS 



CARADRINID^: (continued) 



Hertford (Stephens) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Wihtone 

 reservoir (Elliman) ; Cheshunt Marsh 

 (Boyd) 



A scarce species 



Caradrina arcuosa, Hw. Sandridge (Griffith); 

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey Heath (Bar- 

 raud) ; Oxhey Lane (H. Rowland- 

 Brown) ; Wihtone reservoir and Tring 

 (Elliman) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



quadripunctata, F. (cubicularis, Bkh.). 



St. Albans and Bricket Wood (A. E. 

 G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin 

 (Durrant) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; 

 Bushey (Cutts) ; Watford (Spencer) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Tring (Elli- 

 man) ; Haileybury (School List) ; 

 Bishop Stanford (Taylor); Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



Common at St. Albans, Haileybury, 

 Bricket Wood and Cheshunt ; not 

 common at Bushey Heath 



morpheus, Hum. St. Albans and Bricket 



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

 fith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Watford 

 (Spencer, Wigg) ; Tring (Elliman) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 A common species 



alsines, Brh. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Bushey 

 Heath (Barraud) ; Watford (Heaton) ; 

 Tring (Elliman) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Mr. Barraud finds this species to 

 be common. At Haileybury it is 

 abundant at ' light,' at Tring rather 

 common and at Cheshunt scarce 



taraxaci, Hb. (blanda, Tr.). Harpenden 



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

 East Barnet (Gillum); Oxhey (H. 

 Rowland-Brown) ; Tring (Elliman) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Not very abundant. Described as 

 rather common at Tring and common 

 round Cheshunt 



trigrammica, Hufn. (trilinea, Bkh.). 



St. Albans, Bricket Wood and Radlett 

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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. 

 Rowland-Brown) ; Watford (Spen- 

 cer, Wigg) ; Hemel Hempstead (B. 



CARADRINIDJE (continued) 



Piffard) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



var. bilinea. Radlett (A. E. G.) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



This species is common through- 

 out Hertfordshire, but var. bilinea is 

 seldom met with 



Caradrina matura, Hufn. (cytherea, F.). St. 

 Albans (A. Lewis) ; Sandridge (Grif- 

 fith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Bricket Wood (Spencer, Cottam) ; 

 Watford (Cottam) ; Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud); Tring (Elliman); Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



Not generally common, but some- 

 times taken at 'sugar' and 'light' 

 Hadena meticulosa, L. Common in all 

 the districts 



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



Bricket Wood (Cottam, A. Lewis, 

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

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Watford 

 (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; Bushey 

 Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. Row- 

 land-Brown) ; Tring and Wihtone 

 reservoir (Elliman) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 Common at ' light,' dusk and 

 ' sugar ' 



atriplicis, L. Haileybury (Bowyer), 



' once,' School List ; ' again noted 

 in 1899' (Stockley) 



maura, L. Brooklands Farm, Elstree 



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

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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; Rye House (Stephens) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Watford (Spencer, 

 Heaton, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Bar- 

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

 Tring (Le Quesne) ; Bishop Stanford 

 (Taylor, Mellows) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 Apparently more abundant in the 

 eastern part of the county than in 

 mid and west Herts 



scabriuscula, L. (pinastri, L.). St. 



Albans (A. Lewis) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Oxhey 

 Wood (Cutts) ; Bricket Wood (Cot- 

 tam) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Rickmansworth (A. Sainsbury Verey); 

 Waltham Cross (Boyd) 



Mr. Boyd and Mr. Barraud both 

 describe this species as ' sometimes 

 common ' 



adusta, Esp. East Barnet (Gillum) ; 



Bushey (Cutts) ; Bushey Heath (Bar- 

 raud) ; Tring (Elliman) 



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