INSECTS 





PYRALIDID^ (continued} 



Bushey Heath, fairly common at 

 ' light ' (Barraud) ; common round 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Pyralis costalis, F. (fimbrialis, SchifF.). 

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

 (Griffith) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Oxhey (H. 

 Rowland-Brown) ; common round 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



farinalis, L. St. Albans and Bamvilh 

 Wood, Harpenden Common (A. E. 

 G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin 

 (Durrant) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; 

 Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Tring 

 (Goodson) ; Bishop Stortford (Tay- 

 lor) ; common round Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 Aglossa pinguinalis, L. St. Albans (A. E. 

 G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin 

 (Durrant); Oxhey (H. Rowland- 

 Brown) ; Tring (Goodson) ; Bishop 

 Stortford (Taylor) ; common round 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



cuprealis, Hb. Scndrldge (Griffith) ; 



Hertford (Stephens) ; East Barnet 

 (Gillum) ; scarce round Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 

 PTEROPHORID.S 



Platyptilia acanthodactyla, Hb. Common 

 round Cheshunt (Boyd) 



gonodactyla, Schiff. (trigonodactylus, 



Stt.). Bricket Wood and Wheat- 

 hampstead (A. E. G.) ; common 

 round Cheshunt (Boyd) 



bertrami, Rsl. Sandridge (Griffith) 



ochrodactyla, Hb. Two at Waltbam 



Cross (Boyd) 



rhododactyla, F. Hertford (Stephens) ; 



one at ' light ' at Cheshunt Marsh 

 (Boyd) 



Pterophorus pentadactylus, L. St. Albans 

 and Brook/and's Farm, Elstree (A. 

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

 (Durrant) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; 

 Bishop Stortford (Taylor) ; common 

 round Cheshunt (Boyd) 



spilodactylus,Curt. Sandridge (Griffith) ; 



Bushey Heath (Barraud) 

 Marasmarcha phaeodactyla, Hb. Sandridge 

 (Griffith) 



microdactyla, Hb. Hitchin (Durrant) 

 Alucita monodactyla, L. (pterodactyla, Hb.). 



St. Albans, Bricket Wood and Radlett 

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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; Bushey Heath 

 (Barraud) ; common round Cheshunt 

 (Boyd) 



lithodactyla, Tr. Sandridge (Griffith) 

 Stenoptilia pterodactyla, L. (fuscus, Retz. ; 



fuscodactylus, Hw.). St. Albans 



PTEROPHORIDJE (continued) 



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

 Hitchin (Durrant) ; common round 

 Cheshunt (Boyd) 



Stenoptilia zophodactyla, Dup. (loewii, Z.). 

 Sandridge (Griffith) 



bipunctidactyla, Hw. Sandridge (Grif- 

 fith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; scarce 

 round Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 ORNEODIDJE 



Orneodes hexadactyla, L. (polydactyla, Hb.). 

 St. Albans and Bricket Wood(A.. E. G.) ; 

 Sandridge (Griffith); Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Bushey Heath, fairly common 

 (Barraud) ; Hemel Hempstead (B. 

 Piffard) ; Bishop Stortford (Taylor) ; 

 common round Cheshunt (Boyd) 



PSYCHINA 



ZEUZERID^E 



Zeuzera pyrina, L. (aesculi, L.). St. Albans 

 (A. E. G.) ; Welwyn (G. Buller) ; 

 Sandridge (Griffith); Hitchin (Dur- 

 rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East 

 Barnet (Gillum); Bushey (Cutts) ; 

 Watford (Spencer, Heaton) ; Bushey 

 Heath (Barraud) ; Hemel Hempstead 

 (B. Piffard) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Steve- 

 nage (Matthews) ; Bishop Stortford 

 (Taylor, Mellows) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) 

 Often taken on the trunks of 

 apple trees, in the wood of which 

 the larvae feed 



ZYGJ-ENID.* 



Zygsena filipendulae, L. Shenley and 

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

 (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Hailey- 

 bury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gil- 

 lum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Railway bank, 

 Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Canal 

 bank, Tring (Cottam, Elliman) ; 

 Dancer's End (Hon. N. Charles 

 Rothschild) ; Norton Green (Mat- 

 thews) ; Bishop Stortford (Taylor, 

 Mellows) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) ; Royston 

 (A. H. Kingston) 



Abundant in certain localities 



lonicerx, Esp. Haileybury (Bowyer), 



Skipper fields,' School List 



trifolii, Esp. Hitchin (Durrant) ; Ough- 



ton Head (F. Latchmore) ; Hemel 

 Hempstead (B. Piffard) ; Cheshunt 

 and Bayford (Boyd) 



Mr. Matthews of Stevenage says 

 this species is very local, and only 

 to be found at Oughton Head near 

 Hitchin amid the rushes and reeds on 

 the swampy ground ; very common 

 there. Mr. Boyd describes it as a 

 local species 



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