A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



Charasas graminis, Linn. (Antler Moth). 

 Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter, the Chiltern 

 district ; larva sometimes mischievous 

 in grass lands 



Heliophobus popularis, Fab. Chesham, Buck- 

 ingham, Chalfont St. Ptter, High 

 Wycombe ; common at Halton. Larva 

 also occasionally injurious to pasture 

 lands 



Neuria saponariae, Bkh. Chesham, occasion- 

 ally at 'light'; Buckingham, Ha/tan, Black 

 Park, High Wycombe 



Aplecta advena, Fab. Chesham, Chalfont 

 Road, Halton, Black Park ; strongly 

 attracted by the flowers of the turncap 

 lily 



nebulosa, Hufn. Chesham ; common at 



Black Park, and probably in other woods 



Hadena thalassina, Rott. Chesham, Chalfont 



St. Peter, Black Park ; common in woods 



pisi, Linn. Recorded at Halton by Mr. 



Stainton 



oleracea, Linn. Chalfont St. Peter, Ches- 



ham ; common at Halton 



genistae, Steph. Chesham, High Wycombe, 



Black Park, the Chiltern district ; not 

 very common 



dentina, Esp. Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter 



chenopodii, Fab. High Wycombe at the 



electric light 



Mamestra brassicae, Linn. (Cabbage Moth). 

 Abundant everywhere, but especially 

 in gardens 



persicariae, Linn, (the Dot). Chalfont 



St. Peter, Chesham, Black Park ; widely 

 distributed, but most frequent in 

 gardens 



Hecatera serena, Fab. Chesham, Chalfont St. 

 Peter, Chalfont Road, Halton, Buck- 

 ingham, High Wycombe ; usually found 

 sitting on a tree-trunk or paling 



Dianthecia carpophaga, Bkh. Halton, Tap- 

 low, Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter, 

 Chalfont Road ; among Silene inflata 



capsincola, Hb. Chesham, Chalfont St. 



Peter ; among Lychnis 



cucubali, Fues. Taplow, High Wycombi ; 



not common 



conspersa, Esp. ; nana, St.C. Recorded 



at Halton by Mr. Stainton ; taken by 



A. T. Good son at Dancers End, Tring, 



over blossoms of campion 

 Epunda nigra, Haw. One specimen taken 



at electric light at High Wycombe by 



Messrs. Peachell 

 Polia flavicincta, Fab. Chesham, Chalfont St. 



Peter, High Wycombe ; rather common 



at Buckingham 



chi, Linn. Taken at Chalfont St. Peter 



by the Rev. ]. S. St. John 



Dryobota protea, Bkh. Chalfont St. Peter, 

 Chesham, Halton ; common among 

 oaks, the pupae to be found in plenty 

 at their roots 



Cleoceris viminalis, Fab. Halton ; the larva 

 common in shoots of sallow and willow 



Chariptera aprilina, Linn. Chesham, Halton ; 

 pupa common at roots of oak 



Miselia oxyacanthae, Linn. Buckingham, 

 Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter ; rather 

 common at ' sugar ' in the late autumn 



Luperina testacea, Hb. Generally common 

 about grass land, in which the larvae is 

 sometimes destructive 



Cerigo cytherea, Fab. Chesham, Buckingham, 

 Chalfont St. Peter, Ha/tan, Black Park, 

 High Wycombe 



Hama anceps, Hb. ; sordida, St.C. Chalfont 

 St. Peter, Chesham, Black Park ; com- 

 mon at Halton 



furva, Hb. The late Mr. Samuel Stevens 



recorded in the year 1844 the capture 

 of this species at Black Park 

 Xylophasia lithoxylea, Fab. Generally dis- 

 tributed and often common 



sublustris, Esp. Black Park, Marlow, 



Buckingham ; rather local and not very 

 common 



polyodon, Linn. ; monoglypha, St.C. 



Everywhere abundant ; a variety nearly 

 black was taken near Buckingham in 

 1870. This form is very rare in the 

 south 



rurea, Fab. Generally common in woods 



and lanes 



hepatica, Hb. Chesham, Buckingham, 



Chalfont St. Peter, Black Park, Halton. 

 The Rev. J. Greene says that the 

 larva may be found full grown in 

 April under moss on the trunks of trees 



scolopacina, Esp. Two specimens have 



been taken at Chesham by Dr. 

 Churchill 



Apamea basilinea, Fab. Generally distributed 

 and often common 



gemina, Hb. Black Park ; abundant at 



Halton 



unanimis, Tr. Chesham, Halton. The 



Rev. J. Greene says that the larva 

 hybernates when full grown under 

 moss or loose bark on poplars in damp 

 places 



oculea, Gn. ; didyma, St.C. Abundant 



everywhere 



Miana literosa, Haw. Chalfont St. Peter, 

 Chesham 



strigilis, Cl. Chalfont St. Peter, Chesham, 



Black Park ; usually common 



fasciuncula, Haw. Chalfont St. Peter, 



Ha/ton, Chesham, in damp meadows 



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