INSECTS 



Miana furuncula, Tr. Chalfont St. Peter 



Eremobia ochroleuca, Esp. In the Chi/tern 

 district, not common. Usually taken 

 sitting on flowers in the daytime 



Dipterygia pinastri, Linn. ; scabriuscula, St.C. 

 Black Park 



Euplexia lucipara, Linn. Generally distri- 

 buted 



Phlogophora meticulosa, Linn. Common 

 everywhere 



Helotropha fibrosa, Hb. ; leucostigma, St.C. 

 Taken at ' sugar ' near Chesham by 

 Dr. Churchill 



Hydraecia nictitans, Bkh. Chalfont St. Peter, 

 Halton, Chesham, Black Park 



micacea, Esp. Halton, Chesham 

 Calamia lutosa, Hb. High Wycombe, at the 



electric light 



Leucania impura, Hb. Chesham, Chalfont 

 St. Peter, common at Ha/ton ; probably 

 everywhere 



pallens, Linn. Abundant in grass lands 



as well as in woods 



comma, Linn. Buckingham, Chalfont St. 



Peter, Chesham, Black Park, High 

 Wycombe ; in woods 



conigera, Fab. Generally distributed ; 



usually taken at flowers 



lithargyria, Esp. Generally common in 



woods 



turca, Linn. At one time taken at Black 



Park, but apparently not seen there for 

 fifty years, or even much longer 



Panolis piniperda, Panz. Black Park ; larva 

 taken on fir by the late Mr. Samuel 

 Stevens 



Taeniocampa gothica, Linn. Generally dis- 

 tributed in woods ; taken at sallow 

 bloom at dusk in early spring 



miniosa, Fab. Once taken at Chesham 



by Dr. Churchill 



cruda, Tr.; pulverulenta, St.C. Generally 



abundant at sallow bloom in early spring 



stabilis, View. Generally abundant ; taken 



in the same manner 



populeti, Tr. Chesham, Black Park, Hal- 



ton. The Rev. J. Greene says : ' I 

 found a fair number of the pupae of 

 this, then, rare species ; on one occa- 

 sion thirteen at the roots of one poplar. 

 It goes much deeper into the earth than 

 most species' 



instabilis, Esp. ; incerta, St.C. Chesham, 



High Wycombe ; common at Bucking- 

 ham ; Halton, the pupa found in pro- 

 fusion by digging at the roots of many 

 trees. This moth also comes freely to 

 sallow bloom, but often later in the 

 spring, and is very variable 



munda, Esp. Chesham, Halton, Great 



Marlow, Black Park ; at sallow bloom 

 in early spring 



Taeniocampa gracilis, Fab. Buckingham, Ches- 

 ham, Black Park ; also at sallow bloom, 

 but later 



Pachnobia leucographa, Hb. Chesham, Rick- 

 mansworth neighbourhood, Great Mar- 

 low ; at sallow bloom ; scarce 



rubricosa, Fab. Buckingham, Chalfont St. 



Peter, Chesham, High Wycombe ; at the 

 same attraction 



Rusina tenebrosa, Hb. Generally distributed 

 in woods ; coming freely to ' sugar ' on 

 trees 



Mania maura, Linn. Buckingham, Chesham, 

 Chalfont St. Peter, High Wycombe, Black 

 Park ; often hiding in houses 



Nasnia typica, Linn. Generally common 



Amphipyra pyramidea, Linn. (Copper Under- 

 wing). Chesham, Buckingham, High 

 Wycombe, Chalfont St. Peter, Black 

 Park ; in woods, in some years abun- 

 dantly 



tragopogonis, Linn. (Mouse Moth). Gene- 



rally distributed ; often found in houses 



behind curtains, running swiftly when 



disturbed ; but in no respect injurious, 



since its larva feeds on weeds, and their 



blossoms especially 

 Hydrilla arcuosa, Haw. Halton, Black Park, 



not common ; taken at ' light ' 

 Caradrina morpheus, Tr. Chesham, High 



Wycombe, Chalfont St. Peter, Black Park ; 



common in gardens 

 Caradrina alsines, Bkh. Chesham, Halton, 



abundant ; High Wycombe, Black Park ; 



often taken at lime blossoms 



blanda, Tr. ; taraxaci, St.C. Generally 



common in woods and lanes 



cubicularis, Bkh. ; quadripunctata, St.C. 



Generally common ; destructive to 

 grain ; sometimes found abundantly in 

 corn stacks 



Grammesia trilinea, Bkh. ; trigrammica, St.C. 

 Generally distributed in woods 



Dyschorista ypsilon, Bkh. ; fissipuncta, Haw. 

 Found by the Rev. J. Greene at Hal- 

 ton, the pupa under moss on alders 



Dicycla oo, Linn. Buckingham, Black Park, 

 rare ; an extremely local species 



Calymnia trapezina, Linn. Generally com- 

 mon in woods. The larva of this 

 species is notorious for its habit of 

 chasing, killing and devouring larvae 

 of more feeble kinds 



pyralina, Schiff. Formerly at Black Park ; 



usually a very scarce species 



difEnis, Linn. Buckingham, Black Park, 



Halton ; pupae at the roots of elms, 

 but scarce 



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