A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



Wood near Aylesbury. He also found 



the pupae thereof abundantly under 



moss, on decayed trees, yet these 



were to a great extent destroyed by 



parasitic ichneumons 

 CEnistis quadra, Linn. Has been taken near 



Aylesbury, but very rarely 

 Euchelia jacobaeae, Linn. (Cinnabar Moth). 



Buckingham, Marlow, Chalfont St. 



Peter, Chesham, High Wycombe ; not 



very common 

 Callimorpha dominula, Linn. (Scarlet Tiger 



Moth). Taken rarely at Ha/tan 

 Euthemonia russula, Linn. (Clouded Buff). 



Black Park, Halton 

 Nemeophila plantaginis, Linn. (Wood Tiger). 



Halton, Black Park, Longdown, slopes of 



the Chiltern Hills 

 Arctia caja, Linn. (Tiger Moth). Generally 



common 

 Phragmatobia fuliginosa, Linn. Once taken 



at Chesham by Dr. Churchill, also by 



Messrs. Peachell at electric light at 



High Wycombe 

 Spilosoma mendica, Linn. (Muslin Moth). 



Halton, Buckingham, Chesham, Chalfont 



St. Peter and the Chiltern district 



lubricipeda, Linn. (BuffErmine). Every- 



where abundant 



menthastri, Schiff. (Ermine). Generally 



common in gardens 



urticae, Esp. Dr. Churchill reports one 



specimen taken at Chesham 

 Porthesia chrysorrhcea, Linn. (Brown-tail 

 Moth). Found many years ago at 

 Black Park, more recently at Chesham. 

 This species has disappeared from many 

 districts in which formerly it was 

 common 



auriflua, Fab. ; similis, St.C. Generally 



common on hedges 



Liparis salicis, Linn. Chesham, Buckingham, 

 Halton ; not now common 



Psilura monacha, Linn. Occasionally found 

 at Black Park, Chesham, Halton 



Hypogymna dispar, Linn. Recorded at Hal- 

 ton by Mr. H. T. Stainton. Formerly 

 it was plentiful in the fens of the 

 adjoining county of Huntingdon 



Dasychira pudibunda, Linn. Buckingham, 

 Halton, Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter, 

 High Wycombe, Black Park 



Demas coryli, Linn. The Rev. J. Greene 

 used to find it in profusion in the 

 Beech Wood near Halton, the larva 

 feeding on beech, maple, hazel, oak 

 and other trees, and the pupa under 

 moss on the same tree trunks. Also 

 found at Chesham, Marlow, Black Park 

 and upon the Chilterns 



Orgyia gonostigma, Fab. Formerly at Black 

 Park ; the larva once found and reared 

 at Chesham by Dr. Churchill 



antiqua, Linn, (the Vapourer). Buck- 



ingham, Halton, Chesham ; probably 

 generally distributed, but in uncertain 

 and variable numbers 



Fumea nitidella, Steph. ; roboricolella, Bruand. 

 Ha/tun, Black Park ; the case common 

 on fences 



Pcecilocampa populi, Linn. (December Moth). 

 Buckingham, High Wycombe, Chesham, 

 Halton ; the pupa found by the Rev. 

 J. Greene at the roots of poplar, ash 

 and elm trees 



Trichiura cratasgi, Linn. Found rarely at 

 Halton and at High Wycombe at the 

 electric light 



Eriogaster lanestris, Linn. (Small Eggar). 

 Halton, Chesham, Buckingham, Leck- 

 hampstead. The larva lives in a popu- 

 lous community in a common silken 

 nest, on bushes of hawthorn and black- 

 thorn. If it is reared in confinement 

 the moth may emerge in the following 

 spring, but may lay over to emerge in 

 any other spring for some years to 

 come sometimes even to seven years 



Clisiocampa neustria, Linn. (Lackey Moth). 

 Halton, Buckingham, High Wycombe, 

 Chesham ; probably everywhere. The 

 larvae of this species also live gregari- 

 ously on trees, but the moths emerge 

 in the year in which the larvae have 

 fed 



Lasiocampa quercus, Linn. (Great Eggar). 

 Generally distributed ; the larva to be 

 found on every hawthorn hedge 



rubi, Linn. (Fox Moth). On Long Down 



Hill- seldom seen except in the larva 



state 

 Odonestis potatoria, Linn. (Drinker Moth). 



Pretty generally distributed often 



common the larva feeding upon grasses 



on hedge-banks 

 Gastropacha quercifolia, Linn, (the Lappet). 



Buckingham, scarce ; and at High 



Wycombe at the electric light ; probably 



elsewhere, the larva on hawthorn and 



blackthorn hedges 

 Drepana falcataria, Linn. ; falcula, Schiff. 



(Hook-tip). Chalfont St. Peter, High 



Wycombe, Halton, Marlow 



hamula, Esp. ; binaria, St.C. Chesham 



and Marlow, about oaks ; and at High 

 Wycombe at the electric light 



unguicula, Hb. ; cultraria, St.C. Buck- 



ingham, Chesham, Halton, Marlow, High 

 Wycombe, Chiltern Woods ; abundant in 

 the beech woods ; the male flying 



