INSECTS 



HYDRIOMENID.S (continued) 



Mr. Bernard Piffard thus records 

 the capture of the Hemel Hempstead 

 specimen : ' A single male specimen 

 of this local insect has been taken 

 here early in July. It was beaten 

 from a very thick hedge under the 

 shelter of a high bank. The hedge 

 runs between the cemetery and 

 Anchor Lane ' (Entomologist, xxxiii. 

 249) 



Philereme rhamnata, Schiff. Sandridge 

 (Griffith); Hitchin (Durrant) ; Hert- 

 ford (Stephens) ; Watford (Spencer) ; 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Tring 

 (Goodson) 



Eustroma prunata, L. (ribesiaria, B.). St. 

 Albans (A. E. G.) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer), ' Goose Green,' School List ; 

 Hertford (Stephens) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Tring (Elliman) 



associata, Bkh. (dotata, Gn. non L.). 



St. Albam (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Watford (Spencer) ; Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Chef- 

 bunt (Boyd) 



A rather common insect 



testata, L. Bricket Wood (A. E. G.) ; 



Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Wihtone reservoir (Elliman) ; Ches- 

 hunt (Boyd) 



Fairly common 



Plemyria bicolorata, Hufn. (rubiginata, F.). 

 Brooklands Farm, Ehtree (A. E. G.) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer), ' Heath,' 

 School List ; East Barnet (Gil- 

 lum) ; Watford (Spencer) ; Tring 

 (Elliman) 



rivata (Hb.). Bricket Wood and Ashridge 



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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Wat- 

 ford (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; 

 Tring (Elliman) ; Cheshunt Marsh 

 (Boyd) 



Occasionally taken ; scarce at 

 Cheshunt Marsh 



sociata, Bkh. (subtristata, Hw. ; biri- 



viata, Stt.). Bricket Wood (A. E. G.) ; 

 Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Watford (Cutts, 

 Heaton, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Bar- 

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

 Tring (Elliman) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 A common species 



HYDRIOMENID/'E (continued) 



Cataclysme virgata, Rott. (lineolata, Hb.). 

 Sandridge (Griffith) 



Hydriomena ocellata, L. Bricket Wood and 

 Bamuille Wood Farm, Harpenden 

 Common (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hertford 

 (Stephens) ; Watford (Spencer, Hea- 

 ton, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Hemel Hempstead (B. Piffard) ; Ches- 

 hunt (Boyd) 



Generally common at ' light ' and 

 on palings 



simulata, Hb. (coniferata, Stt.). Hailey- 



bury (School List) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 Common round Cheshunt, but rare 

 at Haileybury 



variata, Schiff. (obeliscata, Hb.). St. 



Albans (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; 

 Hertford (Stephens) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Watford (Spencer) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) 



Occasionally taken at ' sugar ' and 

 light ' 



juniperata, L. Tring (Elliman) 



fulvata, Forst. St. Albans and Harpen- 



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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey 

 (Cutts) ; Watford (Spencer, Heaton, 

 Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Tring 

 (Elliman) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



A common species at ' light ' and 

 dusk, and may often be beaten from 

 hedges 



dotata, L. (pyraliata, F.). St. Albans 



and Bamville Wood Farm, Harpenden 

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

 fith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Watford (Spencer, Wigg) ; Bushey 

 Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. Row- 

 land-Brown) ; Tring (Elliman) ; 

 Bishop Stanford (Taylor) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



Common in most of the districts 



picata, Hb. St. Albans, Bricket Wood 



and Bamville Wood Farm, Harpenden 

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

 fith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer), ' Heath,' 

 School List ; Watford (Cutts, 

 Spencer, Wigg); Churchgate, Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



Occasionally taken. Mr. Boyd 

 has only captured one specimen 

 round Cheshunt 



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