INSECTS 



SATURNIADJE (continued) 



(Bowyer) ; Colney Heath (Pilbrow) ; 

 Brown's Lane, Tring (Hon. L. Walter 

 Rothschild) ; Bishop Stortford (Tay- 

 lor, Mellows) ; Stevenage (Matthews) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) ; Royston (A. H. 

 Kingston) 



Fairly common. The larvae are 

 often abundantly met with 



LASIOCAMPINA 

 DREPANID.S 



Cilix glaucata, Sc. (spinula, Schiff.). St. 

 Albans and Harpenden (A. E. G.) ; 

 Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Bowden) ; 

 Busbey (Cutts) ; Watford (Spencer, 

 Heaton, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Bar- 

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

 HemelHempstead(B.P\ffzrd); Steven- 

 age (Matthews) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Reported by most of the observers 

 to be common at ' light ' 

 Falcaria lacertinaria, L. (lacertula, SchifF.). 

 Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; Oxhey Wood (Cutts) ; 

 Busbey Heath (Barraud) 

 Occasionally met with 



falcataria, L. (falcula, SchifF.). Haileybury 



(Bowyer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; 

 Watford (Spencer) ; Busbey Heath 

 (Barraud) ; Berkhamsted (Goodson) 



Not of frequent occurrence 

 Drepana harpagula, Esp. (sicula, Hb.). 

 Hitchin (Durrani) ; Tring (Good- 

 son) 



binaria, Hufn. (hamula, Esp.). Hod- 



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

 fith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum) ; Watford (Wigg, 

 Spencer) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Tring 

 (Hon. N. Charles Rothschild, Good- 

 son) ; near Bury Green, Bishop Stort- 

 fird (Mellows) ; Waltbam Cross 

 (Boyd) 



Several of the recorders have only 

 taken this insect once 



cultraria, F. (unguicula, Hb.). Ashridge 



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

 Heaton) ; Tring (Hon. N. Charles 

 Rothschild, Elliman) 



Mr. Elliman reports that this 

 species is common in the beech 

 woods 

 LASIOCAMPID.S: 



Lasiocampa quercus, L. St. Albans and 

 Welwyn (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrani) ; 

 Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hertford 



LASIOCAMPID.S (continued) 



(Stephens) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; 

 Tring (Le Quesne) ; Stevenage (Mat- 

 thews) ; Bishop Stanford (Taylor, 

 Mellows) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) ; Royston 

 (A. H. Kingston) 



Formerly much more abundant 

 round St. Albans than it is now ; 

 common at Haileybury and Steven- 

 age; rather scarce at Bishop Stanford 

 and scarce al Cheshunt. Mr. Taylor 

 reports thai he reared larvae which 

 did not hybernate ihrough ihe severe 

 winter of 1894-95 but fed on ivy, 

 and turned out to be very fine dark 

 specimens 



Eriogaster populi, L. St. Albans (A. Lewis, 

 A. E. G.) ; Harpenden and Bricket 

 Wood (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge 

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin and Knebworth 

 (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; 

 Hertford (Slephens) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Watford (Cults, Collam, 

 Spencer) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Tring (Elliman) ; Stevenage (Mat- 

 thews) ; Bishop Stanford (Mellows) ; 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Fairly abundanl at ' light,' especi- 

 ally at Watford. At Tring Mr. 

 Elliman has only taken one dead 

 specimen in a spider's web at the 

 slalion. Scarce at Bushey Heath 

 and Cheshunt 



lanestris, L. Harpenden Common (A. 



Lewis, A. E. G.) ; Sandridge 

 (Griffilh) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; 

 Hertford (Stephens) ; Tring (Elli- 

 man) ; Stevenage (Matthews) ; Bishop 

 Stanford (Taylor, Mellows); Ches- 

 hunt (Boyd) 



Generally common 



rubi, L. Hertford (Stephens) ; East 



Barnet (Gillum) ; Berkhamsted Com- 

 mon (Hon. L. Walter Rothschild) ; 

 Stevenage (Matlhews) 

 Rare 



crataegi, L. St. Albans and Bricket Wood 



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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury 

 (Bowyer) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Watford 

 (Spencer) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Ches- 

 hunt (Boyd) 



Not common ; sometimes taken 

 at ' light,' but most of the observers 

 have fed the larvae 



Clisiocampa castrensis, L. East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; Bishop Stanford (Mellows) 



Each single captures 



neustria, L. Generally mel with 



abundantly everywhere 



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