A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



CARADRINID/E (continued) 



Mr. Elliman finds H. adusta 

 rather scarce at ' light,' and Mr. Bar- 

 raud took two at ' sugar ' in 1897 

 Hadena gemina, Hb. St. Allans, Bricket Wood 

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

 ridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hertford 

 (Stephens) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; 

 Bushey (Cutts) ; Tring (Elliman) ; 

 Cheshunt Marsh (Boyd) 



A fairly common species, but scarce 

 at Cheshunt Marsh 



polyodon, L. (monoglypha, Hufn.). 



A very common and widely distri- 

 buted insect 



lithoxylea, F. Abundant at all the 



stations, though Mr. Barraud does 

 not take it so commonly as formerly 



sublustris, Esp. Hitchin (Durrant) ; 



East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey and 

 Watford (Cutts) ; Tring (Le Quesne) 

 Scarce at ' sugar ' 



rurea, F. St. Allans and Bricket Wood 



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

 Hitchin (Durrant); Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Watford (Spencer, Wigg, Heaton) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. 

 Rowland-Brown); Tring (Elliman) ; 

 Bishop Stanford (Taylor); Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



var. combusta. Bricket Wood (A. 

 E. G.) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) 



A common species in some of 

 the districts, but scarce at Cheshunt. 

 Mr. Barraud has taken a few speci- 

 mens including var. combusta, and 

 at Haileybury it occurs occasionally 



hepatica, Hb. Bricket Wood (Cottam, 



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

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Watford (Spencer, Wigg) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. 

 Rowland-Brown) ; Hemel Hempstead 

 (B. Piffard) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Ches- 

 hunt (Boyd) 



Abundant in some districts, but 

 not common at Tring 



sordida, Bkh. (anceps, Hb.). Bricket 



Wood and Radlett (A. E. G.) ; Sand- 

 ridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Nascot Wood (Cutts) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Hemel 

 Hempstead (B. Piffard) ; Tring (Elli- 

 man) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



basilinea, F. St. Albans and Bricket Wood 



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



CARADRINID.S: (continuea) 



Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Watford 

 (Spencer, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud) ; Hemel Hempstead (B. 

 Piffard) ; Tring (Elliman) 

 Hadena ophiogramma, Esp. St. Allans (A. 

 Lewis) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Watford 

 (Spencer, Wigg, Cottam) 

 Rare and seldom taken 



leucostigma, Hb. (fibrosa, Hb.). Hailey- 



bury (Bowyer), ' once at " light," ' 

 School List 



unanimis, Xr. Haileybury (Bowyer) ; 



East Barnet (Gillum) ; Cheshunt 

 Marsh (Boyd) 



didyma, Esp. (oculea, Gn.). St. Allans 



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

 ridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Ste- 

 phens); East Barnet (Gillum); Bushey 

 (Cutts); Watford (Spencer, Heaton, 

 Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Tring (Elliman) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Very abundant at 'sugar' and 

 ' light' ; a variable species 



nictitans, Bkh. St. Allans and Wel- 



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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey 

 (Cutts) ; Watford (Spencer, Heaton, 

 Wigg) ; Bricket Wood (Cottam) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Carpenders 

 (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Wilstone 

 reservoir (Elliman) ; Waltham Cross 

 (Boyd) 



A common species, the forms 

 with white and orange reniform 

 spots being equally abundant 



literosa, Hw. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



Haileybury (Stockley) 



Mr. Stockley says that this species, 

 like H. fasciuncula, is becoming 

 commoner at Haileybury every year 



bicoloria, Vill. (furuncula, Hb.). St. 



Allans, Bricket Wood and Radlett 

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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Watford 

 (Spencer, Wigg) ; Hemel Hempstead 

 (B. Piffard) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Generally common, but only taken 

 occasionally at ' light ' at Haileybury 



strigilis, Cl. St. Allans and Bricket Wood 



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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bow- 



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