INSECTS 



HYDRIOMENIDJE (continued) 



Hydriomena alchemillata, L. Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hert- 

 ford (Stephens) ; Watford (Heaton) 

 Scarce at ' light ' 



affinitata, Stph. Haileybury (Bowyer) ; 



Hertford (Stephens) ; Watford (Spen- 

 cer, Heaton, Wigg) 

 Scarce and local 



decolorata, Hb. St. Albans and Bricket 



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

 fith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer), ' woods beyond Pavilion 

 field,' School List ; Hertford 

 (Stephens) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; 

 Watford (Wigg) ; Oxhey Wood (H. 

 Rowland-Brown) ; Tring (Goodson) ; 

 Halfhide Lane, Cheshunt Marsh (Boyd) 



albulata, Schiff. Symands Hyde(A.E.G.); 



Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer), ' Mississippi fields,' School 

 List ; Oxhey Wood (H. Rowland- 

 Brown); Wigginton Common (Foulkes); 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 Locally common 



procellata, F. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hertford 

 (Stephens) ; Watford (Wigg) 



Not common ; larvae taken on 

 clematis 



bilineata, L. A very common species; 



abundant in all the districts 

 Pelurga comitata, L. Hertford (Stephens) ; 

 East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey 

 (Cutts) ; Watford (Wigg) ; Bushey 

 Heath (Barraud) ; Stanford (Taylor) 

 Although only recorded in a few 

 localities, this insect appears to be 

 abundant where it does occur. Mr. 

 Barraud says that it is common, and 

 in 1900 especially so at 'light.' He 

 notes that it varies a good deal in 

 colour of markings 



Operophtera brumata, L. Very common 

 everywhere 



boreata, Hb. Watford (Spencer, 



Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) 



Scarce and local 



Euchoeca luteata, SchifF. St. Albans 

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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; 

 Watford (Cutts, Spencer) ; Tring 

 (Elliman) ; Hammond Street, Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



Mr. Elliman remarks that this 

 insect is local, but common where it 

 occurs. Mr. Boyd finds it scarce 



obliterata, Hufn. (heparata, Hw.). 



Sandridge (Griffith) 



HYDRIOMENIDJE (continued) 



Asthena candidata, SchifF. St. Albans, 

 Harpenden, Bricket Wood and Shenley 

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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; Watford (Cutts, Spencer) ; 

 Tring (Elliman) ; Broxbourne Woods 

 (Boyd) 



A common species 



murinata, Sc. (euphorbiata, F.). Tring 



(Foulkes) 



dilutata, Bkh. St. Albans, Radlett and 



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

 fith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Hailey- 

 bury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gil- 

 lum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Watford 

 (Spencer) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Tring (Elliman) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Very common on fences at ' light,' 

 etc. 



Xanthorhoe vittata, Bkh. (lignata, Hb.). 

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury 

 (School List) ; has occurred at 

 Cheshunt Marsh (Boyd) 



cervinata, SchifF. St. Albans and Harpen- 



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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey 

 (Cutts) ; Watford (Spencer) ; Tring 

 (Le Quesne) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



This species is local, but common 

 where it occurs. I have taken the 

 larvae in considerable numbers on 

 hollyhocks at Avenue House, St. 

 Albans 



limitata, Sc. (mensuraria, SchifF.). Brook- 



lands Farm, Elstree, and Bamville 

 Wood Farm, Harpenden Common 

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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Oxhey 

 Wood (Cutts) ; Watford (Heaton, 

 Wigg) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Cheshunt 

 Marsh (Boyd) 

 Common 



plumbaria, F. (palumbaria, Bkh.). St. 



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

 fith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; 

 Bushey (Cutts) ; Watford (Heaton) ; 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) 



bipunctaria, SchifF. Sandridge (Griffith); 



Hitchin (Durrant) ; Hertford (Ste- 

 phens) ; Gallows Hill, Haileybury 

 (School List) ; Tring (Elliman) 



Mr. Elliman reports that this 

 species is very common on the chalk 



multistrigaria, Hw. St. A/bans (A.E.G.); 



Hitchin (Durrant) ; Watford (Spen- 

 cer) ; Canal bank, Tring (Goodson) 



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