INSECTS 



(continued) 

 on poplars. Mr. Elliman knows of 

 only one spot where the moth occurs 

 in any abundance and that is Start- 

 ups End reservoir, where a row of 

 willows may be seen stripped every 

 year by the larvae. Single specimens 

 have occurred now and then at Wil- 

 stone reservoir. This observer is of 

 opinion that the sluggish habits of 

 the perfect insect account for its 

 being so restricted in its distribution. 

 In the Haileybury School List the 

 larvae are said to be common and 

 Mr. Matthews finds them to be fairly 

 so at Stevenage. At Cheshunt this is 

 a scarce species 



Ocneria monacha, L. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 

 Hitchin and Knebworth (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury, two at 'light' (School 

 List); Watford (Wigg) 



NOTODONTINA 



HYDRIOMENIDJE 



Trichopteryx viretata, Hb. Haileybury 

 (Bowyer), ' palings,' School List 



Mysticoptera sexalisata, Hb. Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Tring (Elliman) 



Lobophora halterata, Hufn. (hexapterata, 

 Schiff.). Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hailey- 

 bury (Bowyer), ' Roman road,' School 

 List 



Chloroclystis coronata, Hb. St. Albans 

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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Hemel Hempstead (B. 

 Piffard) ; Waltham Cross (Boyd) 



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

 Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Watford (Cutts, 

 Cottam) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown); Hemel 

 Hempstead (B. Piffard) ; Tring (Elli- 

 man) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Common at 'light' and on palings. 

 Mr. Barraud has taken one dark 

 variety 



Gymnoscelis pumilata, Hb. Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud) 



Mr. Barraud reports that in his 

 locality this insect appears every year 



Tephroclystis venosata, F. St. Albans 

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

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Nascot Wood 

 (Cutts) ; Hemel Hempstead (B. Pif- 

 fard) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Stevenage 

 (Matthews) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



It is stated in the Haileybury 

 School List that this insect has been 



HYDRIOMENIDJE (continued) 



taken ' once at " light," ' but Mr. 

 Stockley reports that it is now much 

 commoner, several being caught an- 

 nually. It is scarce round Cheshunt, 

 not very common at Tring, and has 

 been seen a few times on the railway 

 embankment at Stevenage 

 Tephroclystis campanulata, H.-S. Wood 

 near Tring) Rev. H. Harpur Crewe 

 (Entomologists' Annual, 1 866, p. 157) 



minutata, Gn. Watford (Spencer) 



absintheata, Cl. St. Albans (A. E. G.) ; 



Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Ches- 

 hunt (Boyd) 



At Haileybury the larvae are abun- 

 dant on ragwort. This species is 

 common round Cheshunt 



assimilata, Gn. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



Hitchin (Durrant) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 Common round Cheshunt 



albipunctata, Hw. Hitchin (Durrant); 



Brocket Hall, larvae (Griffith) ; Ches- 

 hunt Marsh, ' sometimes common ' 

 (Boyd) 



valerianata, Hb. Tring (Goodson) 



vulgata, Hw. St. Albans, Bricket Wood, 



Ashridge and Aldenham (A. E. G.) ; 

 Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Ches- 

 hunt (Boyd) 



A common species, the most 

 abundant of the genus 



oblongata, Thnb. (centaureata, F.). St. 



Albans (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Watford 

 (Heaton, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland- 

 Brown) ; Hemel Hempstead (B. Pif- 

 fard) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



Common at ' light ' and on palings 



subfulvata, Hw. St. Albans (A. E.G.); 



Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Wat- 

 ford (Spencer) ; Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud) ; Tring (Goodson) ; Ches- 

 hunt (Boyd) 



Common at ' light ' and on palings 



satyrata, Hb. Watford (Wigg) ; near 



Drayton, ? Herts (Rev. H. Harpur 

 Crewe) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 A scarce species 



pulchellata, Stph. Tring Park (Elli- 



man) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) 



