A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



HYDRIOMENID^E (continued) 



Mr. Barraud took one specimen 

 at ' light ' in July, 1 900 

 Tephroclystis linariata, F. Sandridge (Grif- 

 fith) ; Hitchin (Durrant); East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; has occurred in Brox- 

 bourne Woods (Boyd) 



succenturiata, L. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



Hitchin (Durrant) ; Watford (Wigg) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 A scarce species 



castigata, Hb. St. Allans and Bricket 



Wood (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer), ' Mississippi 

 fields] School List; Tring (Elli- 

 man) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 Generally common 



lariciata, Frr. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



East Barnet (Gillum) ; Watford 

 (Cutts) ; Aldbury Owers (Elliman) 



virgaureata, Dbld. (pimpinellata, Gn. 



non Hb.). Sandridge (Griffith) 



I take this to be the insect which 

 appears in Mr. Griffith's Sandridge 

 list as Eupithecia pimpinellata 



plumbeolata, Hw. Sandridge (Griffith) 



isogrammaria, H.-S. (haworthiata, Stt.). 



Sandridge (Griffith); Tring (Elli- 

 man) 



tenuiata, Hb. Haileybury (Bowyer) ; 



Cheshunt (Boyd) 



According to the School List this 

 species is occasionally taken at Hailey- 

 bury ; round Cheshunt it is common 



trisignaria, H.-S. Brocket Hall, larvae 



(Griffith) 



subciliata, Gn. Tring (Elliman) 



pusillata, F. Watford (Spencer) 



Mr. Spencer took one specimen of 

 this very local insect in Rowse Barn 

 Lane, Watford, in May, 1894 



abbreviata, Stph. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



Cheshunt, scarce (Boyd) 



exiguata, Hb. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



Rather common 



fraxinata, Crewe. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



Cheshunt (Boyd) 



This insect has occurred twice at 

 Cheshunt 



sobrinata, Hb. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



Hitchin (Durrant) ; Tring (Elliman) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Described by Mr. Boyd as com- 

 mon round Cheshunt 



nanata, Hb. Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hert- 



ford (Stephens) 



HYDRIOMENID.S (continued) 



Eucymatoge subnotata, Hb. St. Albans 

 (A. E. G.) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Waltham Cross (Boyd) 



Common at Waltham Cross ; occa- 

 sionally taken at ' light ' at the other 

 two stations 



scabiosata, Bkh. (subumbrata, Gn.). 



Tring (Elliman) 



vitalbata, Hb. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



Haileybury (Bowyer), ' Heath, 1 School 

 List ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Wat- 

 ford (Spencer) ; Tring (Elliman, 

 Le Quesne) ; Cheshunt Street 

 (Boyd) 



Mr. Spencer has taken this insect 

 at fences and * light.' It has only 

 occurred once at Cheshunt Street 



tersata, Hb. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer), < at light," Hailey Lane,' 

 School List ; Hertford (Stephens) ; 

 Watford (Spencer, Wigg) ; Tring 

 (Elliman, Le Quesne) 

 Eucestia spartiata, Fuesl. Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer), ' Heath,' School List ; Symonds 

 Hyde, larvae (Griffith) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; CarnelFs Green, Broxbourne 

 (Boyd) 



plagiata, L. St.Albans,Park Street,Hawks- 



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

 Sandridge (Griffith); Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Watford (Cutts, 

 Spencer) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Hemel Hempstead (B. PifFard) ; Tring 

 (Elliman) ; Stevenage (Matthews) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Common in most of the districts ; 

 occasionally taken at ' light ' 

 Calocalpe certata, Hb. St. Albans (A. E. G.) ; 

 Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury 

 (Stockley) ; Watford (Spencer, 

 Wigg) ; Hemel Hempstead (B. Pif- 

 fard) ; Kilsmore Lane, Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



Mr. Stockley caught the only 

 specimen of C. certata recorded for 

 Haileybury in 1899. Mr. Boyd re- 

 cords a single capture at Cheshunt. 

 A few years ago this insect was 

 abundant in some bushes of Berberis 

 vulgaris in the field behind St. 

 Michael's Church, St. Albans 



undulata, L. Sandridge (Griffith) 

 Philereme vetulata, Schiff. Sandridge 



(Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Hemel Hempstead (B. PifFard) ; 

 Duckmore Lane, Tring (Elliman, 

 Goodson) 



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