A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



SELIDOSEMID/E (continued) 



Pseudopanthera macularia, L. St. Albans and 

 Bricket Wood (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Hai/eybury (Bowyer), 

 ' Roman road,' School List ; Oxhey 

 Wood (Cutts, H. Rowland-Brown) ; 

 Watford (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) 

 Locally abundant 



petraria, Hb. Ashridge, Bricket Wood 



and Brocket Hall (A. E. G.) ; Sand- 

 ridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Durrant), 

 ' Roman road, Heath,' School List ; 

 East Barnet (Gillum); Bushey (Cutts); 

 Watford (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey Wood 

 (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Tring (Elli- 

 man) ; Broxbourne Woods (Boyd) 



Abundant amongst bracken, the 

 food plant of the larvae 



lineata, Sc. (dealbata, L.). Berkham- 



sted (C. H. Raynor, Entomologist, v. 



264) 



Crocota strigillaria, Hb. Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer), ' formerly on Heath,' School 

 List ; Bricket Wood (Spencer) 



ochrearia, Ross. Hertford (Stephens) 

 Theria rupicapraria, Hb. Common in all 



the districts 



Hybernia leucophaearia, SchifF. St. Albans 

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

 Haileybury (Bowyer), ' Heath,' School 

 List ; Bricket Wood and Bushey 

 (Cutts) ; Watford (Spencer, Heaton, 

 Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Worm- 

 ley (Boyd) 



marginaria, Bkh. (progemmaria, Hb.). 



St. Albans and Bamville Wood Farm, 

 Harpenden Common (A. E. G.) ; 

 Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury, School List ; 

 East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey 

 (Cutts) ; Watford (Spencer, Heaton, 

 Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Hemel 

 Hempstead (B. Piffard) ; Tring (Elli- 

 man) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Common. Mr. Spencer notices a 

 great tendency to melanism in this 

 species 



aurantiaria, Esp. St. Albans (A. E. G.) ; 



Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Nascot Wood 

 (Cutts) ; Watford (Spencer, Heaton, 

 Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Tring 

 (Elliman) ; Bishop Stanford (Tay- 

 lor) 



Fairly common 



SELIDOSEMID^ (continued) 



Hybernia defoliaria, Cl. St. Albans (A. E. 

 G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin 

 (Durrant); Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Bricket Wood, Nas- 

 cot Wood and Oxhey Wood (Cutts) ; 

 Watford (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. 

 Rowland-Brown) ; Hemel Hempstead 

 (B. Piffard) ; Tring (Elliman) ; 

 Bishop Stanford (Mellows) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



Generally common 



Apocheima hispidaria, F. Sandridge (Grif- 

 fith) ; Watford (Spencer, Heaton, 

 Wigg) ; Cheshunt station (Boyd) 



A rare species. The Watford 

 observers take it at rest on the oaks 

 in Cassiobury Park. Mr. Boyd has 

 only taken one specimen at ' light ' 



pedaria, F. (pilosaria, Hb.). St. Albans 



and Bricket Wood (A. E. G.) ; Sand- 

 ridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Watford (Cutts, Spencer, 

 Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Tring 

 (Elliman) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Tolerably common at ' light ' and 

 at rest on oak trees 



Biston hirtarius, Cl. Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Nascot Wood (Cutts) ; Watford (Spen- 

 cer, Heaton, Wigg) ; Stubbings Wood, 

 Tring (Goodson) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Not common ; several of the re- 

 corders have only captured it once 



stratarius, Hufn. (prodromaria, SchifF.). 



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

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Watford (Cutts, Spencer, 

 Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Hemel Hempstead (B. Pifikrd) ; Tring 

 (Le Quesne) ; Stevenage (Matthews) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Not common, especially of late. 

 Mr. Stockley says that at Haileybury 

 it is much scarcer than formerly. 

 He has not heard of it for four years, 

 except for three pupae dug by him- 

 self. At St. Albans it used to come 

 to the street lamps, but it has not 

 been taken recently. Mr. Matthews 

 has only seen it a few times, and 

 Mr. Boyd describes it as scarce 

 round Cheshunt 



betularius, L. St. Albans and Bricket 



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

 fith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Hailey- 

 bury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gil- 



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