A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



Calymnia affinis, Linn. Chalfont St. Peter, 

 Chesham, scarce ; Black Park ; Ha/ton, 

 common about elms 



Tethea subtusa, Schiff. Chesham, Halton ; 

 the larva not uncommon upon sallow 



retusa, Linn. Black Park, scarce 

 Orthosia rufina, Linn. ; helvola, St.C. Hal- 

 ton ; taken abundantly at ivy bloom in 

 the autumn 



ferruginea, Schiff.; circellaris, St.C. Gene- 



rally distributed and common among 

 elm 



pistacina, Schiff. Generally common. 



Very conspicuous from its wild and 

 eccentric flight round gas lamps in 

 autumn. Abundant at ivy bloom 



litura, Linn. Chesham, High Wycombe, 



Chalfont St. Peter 



- lunosa, Haw. Chalfont St. Peter, Buck- 

 ingham, High Wycombe. Also to be 

 seen flying wildly around gas lamps in 

 the early autumn 



lota, Linn. Abundant in late autumn, 



frequenting ivy bloom 



macilenta, Hb. Common at Chalfont St. 



Peter, Chesham, High Wycombe ; scarce 

 at Halton ; pupa in a very weak cocoon 

 at the foot of birch 



Cirraedia xerampelina, Hb. Chalfont Park, 

 not uncommon ; Chesham, Halton, 

 High Wycombe ; always considered a 

 rare species until the Rev. J. Greene 

 showed that, by careful digging at the 

 roots of ash trees, the pupae might be 

 obtained in moderate numbers 



Xanthia citrago, Linn. Buckingham, Chalfont 

 St. Peter, Halton, High Wycombe ; most 

 frequent about lime trees in chalk dis- 

 tricts 



cerago, Schiff. ; fulvago, St.C. Chalfont 



St. Peter, High Wycombe, Chesham, 

 Halton ; larva in buds of sallow in 

 woods ; the moth frequent at early ivy 

 blossom 



silago, Hb. ; flavago, St.C. Halton, High 



Wycombe ; rather common, yet not re- 

 corded elsewhere in this county 



aurago, Schiff. Marlow, Halton, Chal- 



font St. Peter, Chesham, Black Park. 

 This most beautiful species is very 

 local, and is found more freely in this 

 and one or two adjoining counties than 

 in any other part of England. 



gilvago, Esp. Found at Chalfont St. Peter 



by the Rev. J. S. St. John 

 Hoporina croceago, Schiff. Formerly taken 



at Black Park by Mr. Samuel 



Stevens 

 Dasycampa rubiginea, Schiff. Great Marlow, 



Slough, Halton, rare. The Rev. J. 



Greene says : ' In the course of Sep- 

 tember I bred four specimens from 

 eggs laid in a pill-box by a female 

 moth taken at sallow bloom at Marlow 

 in the spring ; the larvae fed on the 

 leaf of the Orleans plum, and were 

 concealed during the daytime among 

 the leaves. In regard to this species 

 feeding on plum, a very fresh specimen 

 of the moth was taken near this place 

 on the bole of a plum tree at sugar, and 

 another in an orchard.' 

 Cerastis vaccinii, Linn. Abundant in woods 



ligula, Esp. ; spadicea, Stn. Chesham, 



Halton, Buckingham, Chalfont St. 

 Peter 



Scopelosoma satellitia, Linn. Generally dis- 

 tributed in woods in the autumn, 

 coming freely to ivy bloom 



Xylina semibrunnea, Haw. Chalfont St. Peter, 

 Black Park ; a very local species, 

 attracted by ivy bloom 



rhizolitha, Fab.; ornithopus, St.C. Ches- 



ham, Halton, Black Park ; not very 

 common 



Xylocampa lithoriza, Bkh. ; areola, St.C. 

 Chalfont St. Peter, Black Park, High 

 Wycombe ; on walls and tree trunks 

 about honeysuckle in the spring 



Calocampa exoleta, Linn. Chesham, Black 

 Park ; not common 



vetusta, Hb. Only noticed at Buckingham 



by Mr. Slade 



Cucullia verbasci, Linn. Generally distri- 

 buted, yet rarely seen in the moth 

 state from its extraordinary resemblance 

 when at rest to a bit of stick ; the 

 larva plentiful and conspicuous upon 

 Verbascum and Scrophularia 



lychnitis, Ramb. The Rev. Bernard 



Smith recorded, in the year 1856, that 

 he had reared one specimen at Marlow, 

 but it is not stated clearly whether the 

 larva from which this specimen was 

 reared was found in this county ; on 

 the other hand the notice (Weekly Intel- 

 ligencer, i. 140) appears to refer only to 

 species found in Bucks, and is men- 

 tioned along with Lophopteryx cucul- 

 lina. Probably it was found on the 

 flowers of Verbascum nigrum. Larvae 

 taken in some numbers by A. T. Good- 

 son in 1901 on the borders of the 

 county near Dancers End. 



chamomillas, Schiff. Recorded only from 



Buckingham ; probably more widely 

 distributed, its larva feeding on wild 

 camomile in cornfields 



umbratica, Linn. Chesham, High Wycombe, 



Buckingham, but probably also elsewhere ; 



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