A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE 



NOTODONTID.S (continued) 



hamsted, larvae (Rev. H. Harpur 

 Crewe, Zoologist, x. 3,625) ; Tring 

 (Le Quesne) 



This species has been taken once 

 at ' light ' at Haileybury. The Rev. 

 H. Harpur Crewe records in Zoologist, 

 xi. 4,037, 'two larvae beaten off oak 

 in July, Herts ' 



Drymonia trimacula, Esp. (dodonaea, Hb.). 

 Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) 



Taken occasionally at Haileybury 

 chaonia, Hb. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer), ' once on 

 Heath,' School List ; Bushey (Cottam) 



Rev. H. Harpur Crewe says : 

 'Two larvae beaten from oak in July, 

 Herts ' (Zoologist, xi. 4,037) 

 Stauropus fagi, L. Haileybury (Bowyer) ; 

 Watford (Cottam) ; Tring Park 

 (Hon. L. Walter Rothschild) ; Base 

 Hill, Broxbourne Woods (Boyd) 



The Haileybury School List says 

 that S. fagi has been taken twice on 

 the Heath ; Mr. Stockley records it 

 twice in 1899. Mr. Cottam says: 

 'On July 6th [1899] a fine fresh 

 male flew into my dressing-room, 

 attracted by the incandescent gas 

 light. The following night another 

 came to the window, which happened 

 to be shut, and before I could open 

 it the insect flew off* (Entomologist, 

 xxxii. 237). The Hon. L. Walter 

 Rothschild reports that he has had 

 plenty of larvas of S. fagi off beech 

 trees in the park, but has never suc- 

 ceeded in rearing them. Mr. Boyd 

 has taken one specimen at Base Hill 

 Pterostoma palpina, L. St. Allans (A. 

 Lewis, A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Grif- 

 fith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Hailey- 

 bury (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; 

 East Barnet (Gillum) ; Watford 

 (Cutts, Spencer, Cottam) ; near 

 Berkhamsted, larvas (Rev. H. Harpur 

 Crewe, Zoologist, x. 3,625) ; Tring 

 (Le Quesne) ; Wilstone reservoir 

 (Elliman) ; Bishop Stanford (Taylor) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



The Rev. H. Harpur Crewe also 

 records rearing ' three from larvae on 

 poplar, Herts ' (Zoologist, xi. 4,037). 

 Generally a scarce species, but Mr. 

 Taylor finds it to be common at 

 Bishop Stortford 



Odontosia camelina, L. Bricket Wood 

 (Spencer, A. E. G.) ; Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Hitcbin (Durrant) ; 



NOTODONTID;E (continued) 



Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Nascot Wood and Bushey 

 (Cutts) ; Watford (Cottam, Spencer, 

 Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Tring (Elliman, Goodson) ; Bishop 

 Stortford (Taylor) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Mr. Elliman reports that this 

 species is very abundant in the beech 

 woods, and the Rev. H. Harpur 

 Crewe, who worked in the same 

 district, found the larvas to be very 

 plentiful (Zoologist, x. 3,625). Taking 

 the county generally it cannot be 

 described as an abundant species, 

 though Mr. Barraud has taken seven 

 specimens at ' light ' at Bushey Heath. 

 Mr. Spencer bred it from ova found 

 at Bricket Wood. It is described by 

 Mr. Boyd as being scarce round 

 Cheshunt 



Odontosia cuculla, Esp. (cucullina, Hb.). 

 Tring, larvae (Greene, Entomologists' 

 Annual, 1857, p. 114) 



Cerura vinula, L. St. Albans and Har- 

 penden, larvae (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Totteridge 

 (S. C. Curtis, Entomologist, xi. 252) ; 

 East Barnet (Gillum) ; Watford 

 (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; Bricket 

 Wood (Cottam) ; Tring (Elliman) ; 

 Stevenage (Matthews) ; Bishop Stort- 

 ford (Taylor, Mellows) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



Generally plentiful 



bifida, Hb. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; Watford (Spencer, 

 Heaton) ; Wilstone, Miswell and 

 Tring, empty pupa cases (Elliman) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Scarce. Mr. Spencer reared C. 

 bifida from ova found on aspen. 

 Taken once at Haileybury 



furcula, L. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



Hitchin (Durrant, Latchmore) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer), ' Heath,' School 

 List ; Hertford (Stephens) ; Watford 

 (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; Wilstone 

 (Elliman); Tring, at 'light' (Hon. 

 L. Walter Rothschild) ; Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 

 Scarce 



Phalera bucephala, L. Common every- 

 where 

 SATURNIAD/E 



Saturnia pavonia, L. (carpini, Schiff.). St. 

 Albans (A. Lewis, A. E. G.) ; 

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury 



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