A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



Ephyra pendularia, Linn. Black Park, among 



birch 

 Acidalia scutulata, Schiff. ; dimidiata, St.C. 



Generally distributed and common 



bisetata, Bkh. Common everywhere in 



woods and hedges 



trigeminata, Haw. The Rev. J. S. St. 



John records the capture of two speci- 

 mens at Chalfont St. Peter in 1886 



holosericata, Dup. Also taken at Chalfont 



St. Peter and recorded at the same time 



dilutaria, Hb. ; interjectaria, Bdv. ; osseata, 



St.M. Chalfont St. Peter ; common 

 at Ha/tan 



incanaria, Hb. ; virgularia, St.C. Ha/ton, 



Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter ; common 

 in gardens 



ornata, Scop. This very pretty chalk 



frequenting species was found rather 

 commonly on Long Dawn Hill by Dr. 

 Churchill 



remutata, Hb. Generally common in 



woods 



aversata, Linn. Generally distributed ; 



often in gardens 



inornata, Haw. Found on the borders of 



Whittlebury Forest by the Rev. C. F. 



Thornewill 



Timandra imitaria, Hb. Generally distri- 

 buted and not uncommon, frequenting 



hedges 

 Bradyepetes amataria, Linn. Chalfont St. 



Peter, Halton, Buckingham, Leckhamp- 



stead ; in lanes and hedges 

 Ania emarginata, Linn. Recorded at Halton, 



by Mr. H. T. Stainton 

 Melanippe subtristata, Haw.; sociata, St.C. 



Generally abundant in woods and 



hedges 



rivata, Hb. Taken by Mr. South near 



Chalfont Road 



Melanthia rubiginata, Schiff. ; bicolorata, St.C. 

 Generally distributed in woods among 

 alder 



ocellata, Linn. In all woods, but not 



abundantly 



albicillata, Linn. Black Park, Chalfont 



St. Peter, Chalfont Road, Chesham, 

 Halton, borders of Wh'ittlebury Forest ; 

 this most delicately beautiful species is 

 widely distributed in woods 



procellata, Schiff. Black Park, formerly 



at Chesham ; among Clematis vitalba 



unangulata, Haw. Chesham, Chalfont St. 



Peter, Chalfont Road ; not very common 

 Anticlea rubidata, Schiff. Taken near Ayles- 

 bury by the Rev. Joseph Greene. 



badiata, Schiff. Buckingham, Chalfont St. 



Peter, Chesham, Halton ; among wild 

 rose 



Anticlea derivata, Schiff. Chesham, Bucking- 

 ham, Chalfont St. Peter ; also among wild 

 rose 



Coremia montanata, Schiff. Generally com- 

 mon, abundant in woods 



fluctuata, Linn. Everywhere common 



in gardens 



propugnata, Schiff. ; designata, St.C. 



Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter ; frequent 

 in woods 



ferrugata, Linn. Everywhere abundant 



in lanes, hedges, and the borders of woods 



unidentaria, Haw. Generally distributed 



in lanes, woods and hedges, but not 

 everywhere common 



quadrifasciaria, Linn. Chesham, Black 



Park, Chalfont Road ; very local 



pectinitaria, Fuessl. ; viridaria, St.C. 



Common in all woods and wooded 

 heaths 



didymata, Linn. Abundant on heaths, 



hillsides, and the margins of woods 



multistrigaria, Haw. Chesham, Black Park 

 Larentia olivata, Schiff. Halton, common ; 



Chesham, Chalfont Road ; Buckingham, 

 scarce 



Asthena luteata, Schiff. Halton, Chesham, 

 Chalfont St. Peter, Chalfont Road, Leck- 

 hampstead, Amersham ; about maple 

 bushes, especially those in hedges 



candidata, Schiff. Generally distributed 



in woods 



sylvata, Schiff. ; testaceata, St.C. Taken 



by Mr. South at Chalfont Road 



blomeri, Curt. Marlow, Chesham, Chal- 



font Road, Rickmansworth ; fond of 



sitting on the trunks of beech trees 



during the day 

 Minoa euphorbiata, Schiff. ; murinata, St.C. 



Halton, Marlow, not common ; among 



wood spurge 

 Emmelesia affinitata, Steph. Chalfont St. 



Peter, Chalfont Road ; among Lychnis 



dioica 



alchemillata, Linn. Taken some years 



ago at Chesham by Dr. Churchill 



albulata, Schiff. Found at Leckhampstead 



by the Rev. C. F. Thornewill. Ap- 

 parently not noticed elsewhere in the 

 county, though it must surely be present 

 in meadows among yellow-rattle 



decolorata, Hb. Buckingham, Chalfont 



Road, common at Halton ; among 

 Lychnis vespertina 



Cidaria psittacata, Schiff. ; siterata, St.C. 

 Halton, scarce ; comes to the flowers 

 of ivy in autumn 



miata, Linn. Buckingham, Halton, Ches- 



ham ; also attracted by ivy bloom, and 

 by that of sallows in the spring 



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