INSECTS 



SELIDOSEMID^: (continued) 



end of March and April is the time 

 to look out for it 



Cleora lichenaria, Hufn. Sandrldge (Grif- 

 fith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Oxhey Wood (H. 

 Rowland-Brown) ; Cheshunt Street 

 (Boyd) 



Not a common species 



Selidosema repandata, L. St. Allans, Bricket 

 Wood ;and - Welw\n (A. E. G.) ; 

 Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Watford (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Tring 

 (Elliman, Goodson) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 Generally common but scarce at 

 Cheshunt 



gemmaria, Brh. (rhomboidaria, Hb.). 



St. Allans and Bamville Wood, Har- 

 penden Common (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Hailey- 

 bury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gil- 

 lum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Watford 

 (Spencer, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland- 

 Brown) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Bishop 

 Stanford (Taylor) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Very common. This and the 

 preceding species come regularly to 

 'light' 



Bupalus piniarius, L. Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Chipperfield Common (Spencer); Hemel 

 Hempstead (B. Piffard) 



Mr. Spencer saw this insect in 

 considerable numbers on the 30th of 

 June, 1894, flying round the tops of 

 some Scotch firs and other conifers 

 at Chipperfield Common 



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



Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

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

 School List ; Hertford (Stephens) ; 

 Wigginton Common (Elliman) 

 Synopsia abruptaria, Thnb. St. Allans (A. 

 E. G.) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Hailey- 

 bury (Bowyer) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Watford (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Hemel 

 Hempstead (B. Piffard) ; Tring (Elli- 

 man); Stevenage (Matthews); Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



Although generally distributed 

 through the county this moth is 

 much commoner in some localities 

 than others. It will be noticed that 

 Mr. A. F. Griffith has not recorded 

 it for Sandridge, and I do not take it 

 very frequently at St. Allans ; at 



(continued) 

 Cheshunt Mr. Boyd says it is scarce. 

 On the other hand at Haileybury, 

 Stevenage and Tring it is reported to 

 be common. Writing from the last- 

 named place Mr. Elliman says it is 

 common about the town ; it is one 

 of the early visitors to 'light' and may 

 also be found on palings. At Bushey 

 Heath Mr. Barraud finds it to be not 

 so common now as formerly 

 Abraxas grossulariata, L. A very common 

 and variable species 



sylvata, Sc. (ulmata, F.). Bamville Wood 



Farm, Harpenden Common (A. E. G.); 

 Batch Wood (A. Lewis) ; Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Tring Park (Foulkes) ; 

 has been taken between Northwoodand 

 Rickmansworth (H. Rowland-Brown) 

 Scarce, but to be taken in some 

 abundance where it does occur, being 

 a weak flier 



adustata, Schiff. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hertford 

 (Stephens) ; Bricket Wood (Cutts) ; 

 Watford (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Tring 

 (Goodson) ; Turnford and Burton 

 Grange (Boyd) 

 Not common 



marginata, L. Hedges Farm, St. Al- 



lans, Bricket Wood, Symonds Hyde 

 and Bamville Wood Farm, Harpenden 

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

 fith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; 

 Bricket Wood (Cutts) ; Watford (Spen- 

 cer, Heaton, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland- 

 Brown) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



Generally common, especially 

 where willows grow ; comes abun- 

 dantly to ' light ' and is very variable 

 Pseudopanthera punctata, F. (temerata, Hb.). 

 St. Albans, Ashridge, Bricket Wood 

 and Bamville Wood Farm, Harpenden 

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

 fith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer), ' Roman 

 road, Heath,' School List ; Watford 

 (Spencer) ; Tring (Le Quesne, Elli- 

 man) ; Bishop Stanford (Taylor) 

 Not common 



bimaculata, F. (taminata, Hb.). Bam- 



ville Wood Farm, Harpenden Common 

 (A. E. G.) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer), ' three speci- 

 mens,' School List ; Watford (Spencer, 

 Wigg) 

 Scarce 



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