A HISTORY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE 



of which the larva feeds, in Scotland, 

 the New Forest, Hants, and elsewhere 

 Eupithecia venosata, Fab. Halton, Chesham, 

 Buckingham, Taplaui ; among Silene 

 inflate 



consignata, Bkh. ; insigniata, St.C. This 



scarce species has been taken at Chalfont 

 St. Peter by the Rev. J. S. St. John 

 - pulchellata, Steph. Halton ; the larva in 

 the flowers of foxglove 



centaureata, Schiff. ; oblongata, St.C. 



Generally distributed in gardens and 

 lanes 



succenturiata, Linn. Halton, Marlow ; 



among mugwort, not common 



subfulvata, Haw. Chalfont St. Peter, 



Halton, Chesham ; among ragwort and 

 yarrow 



subumbrata, Schiff. ; scabiosata, St.C. 



Only taken at Halton and Wendover 



pusillata, Schiff. Halton ; among spruce fir 



indigata, Hb. Halton and Chesham ; 



among fir 



constrictata, Gn. The larva was found 



near Drayton Beauchamp, feeding on 

 flowers of thyme, by the Rev. H. H. 

 Crewe, forty years since 



castigata, Haw. Chesham, Chalfont St. 



Peter ; common at Ha/ton and Amer- 

 sham 



lariciata, Frr. Taken at Chesham among 



larch by Dr. Churchill 



albipunctata, Haw. The larva was found 



at Drayton Beauchamp and near Tring at 

 the border of this county, on Angelica 

 and Heracleum, by the late Rev. H. H. 

 Crewe. The moth is rarely captured 



helveticata, Bdv., and its variety arceuthata, 



Frr. Beaten out of junipers on rough 

 chalky hillsides near Halton, by the 

 Rev. J. Greene, and towards Tring by 

 the Rev. H. H. Crewe ; and the larvae 

 taken in plenty from the same bushes. 

 The Rev. J. Greene, who happily still 

 lives, and has assisted in drawing up 

 this paper, says : ' My friend the late 

 Rev. H. H. Crewe, M.A., was then 

 devoting himself to the discovery of 

 the larvae of this interesting genus 

 (Eupithecia), and with such success that, 

 aided by friends, he discovered and 

 described all the larvae unknown in 

 Stainton's Manual, and also succeeded 

 in adding not a few to the British 

 fauna. I hope that I may be per- 

 mitted to say that I never met, nor 

 heard of, such a larva hunter ; he was 

 a first-rate botanist, both as regards 

 wild flowers and cultivated ; had a mar- 

 vellously quick eye ; and never gave in ' 



Eupithecia satyrata, Hb. Amersham, Halton- 

 The Rev. J. Greene says : ' In the Beech 

 JVood was a small meadow surrounded 

 on three sides by fine beeches ; out of 

 these I beat, in the daytime, this moth 

 in great profusion, but found that they 

 differed from the ordinary form, and 

 this variety was named by Mr. Stainton, 

 callunaria. Mr. Crewe found that it 

 fed as a larva on Gentiana campestris.' 

 It is curious that this variety should so 

 closely coincide with that which is so 

 abundant among heather in Scotland 



plumbeolata, Haw. Halton ; larvae found 



in the flowers of Melampyrum 



trisignata, H.S. Drayton Beauchamp and 



elsewhere towards Tring ; the larva feed- 

 ing on blossoms of Angelica sylvestris 



valerianata, Hb. ; viminata, Dbld. Halton ; 



larvae on flowers of Valeriana officinalis 



fraxinata. Ha/ton. The Rev. J. Greene 



found the pupa under moss on ash, on 

 the leaves of which the larva feeds 



subnotata, Hb. Chesham ; among Cheno- 



podium 



campanulata, H.S. Chesham, Drayton 



Beauchamp. This is one of the novelties 

 discovered by the Rev. H. H. Crewe, 

 who found its larva feeding in the 

 blossoms of Campanula trachelium 



vulgata, Haw. Common everywhere, 



especially in gardens 



absynthiata, Linn. Chalfont St. Peter, 



common at Halton ; larva on various 

 composite flowers 



minutata, Hb. Taken at Chesham by Dr. 



Churchill 



assimillata, Dbld. Drayton Beauchamp, 



common at Halton and Chesham ; in 

 gardens about currant and hop 



tenuiata, Hb. Halton ; reared from sallow 



catkins 



subciliata, Gn. Halton ; among maples 



dodonaeata, Gn. Halton ; scarce 



abbreviata, Steph. Halton ; among oak 



exiguata, Hb. Chesham, Halton, Chalfont 



St. Peter, Buckingham, Wendover ; 

 among hawthorn 



sobrinata, Hb. Halton, the Chilterns ; 



among juniper 



debiliata, Hb. Reared by the Rev. H. H. 



Crewe from larvae found near Drayton 

 Beauchamp. Its usual food is whortle- 

 berry 



coronata, Hb. Chesham, Leckhampstead 



rectangulata, Linn. Generally distributed ; 



too common in orchards, the larva 

 devouring the stamens of the apple- 

 blossom, and destroying the promise of 

 fruit 



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