A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



SELIDOSEMID^: (continued) 



Watford (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. 

 Rowland-Brown) ; Tring (Elliman) ; 

 Bishop Stanford (Taylor) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



Several of the observers have sepa- 

 rately recorded the occurrence of S. 

 juliaria, the summer brood of this 

 species. Both are common, the 

 spring brood especially so 

 Selenia lunaria, Schiff. Haileybury (Bowyer); 

 East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey 

 (Cutts) ; Watford (Heaton, Wigg) ; 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Tring 

 (Le Quesne) ; Bishop Stanford (Tay- 

 lor) ; Cheshunt station (Boyd) 



Rather scarce. Mr. Elliman 

 takes it at rest at the base of larch 

 and beech trees. It sometimes comes 

 to ' light.' Mr. Boyd has captured 

 it once at Cheshunt station 

 tetralunaria, Hufn. (illustraria, Hb.). 

 East Barnet (Gillum) ; Haileybury 

 (School List) ; Watford (Spencer, 

 Heaton, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Bar- 

 raud) ; Drayton Wood (Hon. L. 

 Walter Rothschild) ; Bishop Stort- 

 ford (Mellows) ; Cheshunt station 

 (Boyd) 



The Hon. L. Walter Rothschild 

 describes this species as very local. I 

 have not seen it at St. Albans, but it 

 comes to ' light ' in several localities. 

 Mr. Spencer notes that the first 

 brood is much larger and darker than 

 the second. Mr. Mellows has taken 

 the larvae on a privet bush at Bishop 

 Stortford. Mr. Boyd has only taken 

 it once 



Hygrochroa syringaria, L. St. Albans (A. 

 Lewis) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin 

 (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; 

 East Barnet (Gillum); Bushey (Cutts); 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Wilstone 

 reservoir (Foulkes) ; Bishop Stortford 

 (Taylor) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



This insect sometimes comes to 

 * light.' Mr. Foulkes took one worn 

 specimen at Wilstone reservoir ; Mr. 

 Barraud has taken a few at Bushey 

 Heath ; Mr. Boyd occasionally meets 

 with it round Cheshunt 

 Cepphis advenaria, Hb. Haileybury (Stock- 

 ley) 



From the only Hertfordshire locality 

 of this very local species Mr. Stock- 

 ley writes : f C. advenaria is now 

 fairly common, a great number being 

 taken this year ' (1900) 



SELIDOSEMID.S (continued) 



Colotois pennaria, L. St. Albans and Bricket 

 Wood, larvae, and Symonds Hyde, 

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

 fith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; 

 Bushey (Cutts) ; Watford (Cottam, 

 Spencer, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Bar- 

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

 Berkhamsted (Goodson) ; Tring (Elli- 

 man) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Both larvae and imagos are com- 

 mon, the latter coming freely to 

 ' light.' Mr. Spencer notes that the 

 white sub-apical spot is highly de- 

 veloped in specimens he has bred 

 from larvae fed on hawthorn 



Ennomos erosaria, Bkh. Sandridge (Grif- 

 fith) ; Haileybury (School List) ; 

 Bifhop Stortford (Taylor) 

 Not common 



fuscantaria, Hw. St. Albans (A. E. G.); 



Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Bowden) ; Watford (Cot- 

 tam, Spencer) ; Tring (Elliman) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Occasionally taken at ' light ' ; a 

 scarce species 



alniaria, L. (tiliaria, Bkh.). St. Albans 



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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bow- 

 yer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Bricket Wood, 

 larvae (A. Lewis) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Watford (Cottam, Spencer) ; Bushey 

 Heath (Barraud) ; Wilstone reservoir 

 (Elliman); Bishop Stortford (Taylor); 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Generally common at ' light.' Mr. 

 Elliman says it is rather local ; best 

 bred from the larvae, which may be 

 obtained in some abundance off wil- 

 lows at Wilstone reservoir 



quercinaria, Hufn. (angularia, Bkh.). 



Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Tring (Elli- 

 man) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Not very abundant ; Mr. Boyd 

 says it is scarce round Cheshunt ; Mr. 

 Elliman reports it common in most 

 parts of the Tring district. It is not 

 recorded for St. Albans or Watford 

 Gonodontis bidentata, Cl. St. Albans and 

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

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Hailey- 

 bury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gil- 

 lum) ; Watford (Spencer, Heaton, 

 Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) 



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