INSECTS 



Eupithecia pumilata, Hb. Ha/ton ; larvas 

 plentiful in various flowers 



Odezia chasrophyllata, Linn. ; atrata, 



St.C. (Chimney-sweep). Buckingham, 

 local ; among Bunium flexuosum (pig- 

 nut) 



Pyralis fimbrialis, SchifF. ; costalis, Fab. Mar- 

 low 



glaucinalis, Linn. Marlow 



lienigialis, Zell. Stony Stratford; this is 



the only place in the United Kingdom 

 in which this rare species seems to have 

 been observed ; several specimens were 

 taken here at ' light' in the year 1880 

 by Mr. W. Thompson and Mr. Bryan ; 

 strange to say, since that date no further 

 examples seem to have been found either 

 here or in any other part of the British 

 Islands 



Pyrausta punicealis, SchifF. ; aurata, St.C. 

 Ha/ton ; among marjoram 



purpuralis, Linn. Marlow, Ha/ton, Wen- 



dover 



ostrinalis, Hb. Ha/ton, Wendover 

 Ennychia anguinalis, Hb. ; nigrata, St.C. 



Wendtruer 



octomaculalis, Fab. Marlow, Halton ; 



among golden rod 



Herbula cespitalis, SchifF. Wendover 

 Endotricha flammealis, SchifF. Black Park 

 Botys pandalis, Hb. Marlow ; among golden 



rod 



hyalinalis, Hb. Marlow, Chalfont Road 



verticalis, SchifF. ; ruralis, St.C. Gene- 



rally common about nettle beds 



forficalis, Hb. Abundant in gardens 



urticalis, SchifF. Generally abundant 

 Spilodes cinctalis, Tr. ; verticalis, St.C. Mar- 

 low, Taplow ; in clover fields 



Scopula olivalis, SchifF. Generally common 

 in hedges 



prunalis, SchifF. Common in lanes 



lutealis. Common near Buckingham town 



osier beds, 1897 (A. T. Goodson) 

 Scoparia cembrae, Haw. Wolverton ; common 



dubitalis, Hb. ; pyralella, Stn. Amersham, 



abundant 

 Amblyptilia acanthodactylus, Hb. Chalfont 



Road 



Oxyptilus teucrii, Greening. Black Park 

 Aciptilia galactodactylus, Hb. Amersham ; 



larvas found by Mr. H. J. Turner 

 Dioryctria abietella, Zk. Black Park ; among 



fir 



Cryptoblabes bistriga, Hw. Black Park 

 Ephestia ktihniella, Zell. This destructive 

 species, which had made its way into 

 Europe, no one knows whence, ten years 

 before, appeared here in 1887, and the 

 first place in which it was found was a 



flour mill at Stony Stratford ; here it 

 was discovered by the late Mr. Wm. 

 Thomas in plenty, the larva; feeding 

 upon ' rice-cones ' and flour. In a very 

 few years it had become most abundant 

 in London, and now there seems hardly 

 to be a flour store or mill in the king- 

 dom from which it is entirely absent. 

 It maintains itself by spinning together 

 and feeding upon the flour which has 

 settled in dust upon beams, joists, win- 

 dow ledges and corners. It has made 

 itself equally objectionable in the United 

 States of America where it is called 

 the Mediterranean flour moth as well 

 as on the continent of Europe gener- 

 ally 



Aphomia sociella, Linn. Black Park ; pro- 

 bably generally distributed, the larva 

 infesting the nests of wasps 



Crambus pratellus, Clk. Abundant in fields 



hortuellus, Hb. Everywhere common 

 Tortrix cinnamomeana, Tr. Black Park 



corylana, Fab. Chesham 

 Eulia ministrana, Linn. Amersham 

 Peronea sponsana, Fab. Chesham 

 Penthina pruniana, Hb. Amersham; plentiful 



ochroleucana, Hb. Chalfont Road ; among 



rose 



cynosbana, Linn. Generally common 

 Ptycholoma lecheana, Linn. Amersham 

 Argyrotoza conwayana, Fab. Amersham ; 



among ash 



Spilonota sufFusana, Koll. Amersham ; about 

 hawthorn 



Pardia tripunctana, SchifF. Amersham ; among 

 rose 



Sericoris lacunana, SchifF. Generally abun- 

 dant 



Orthotsenia striana, SchifF. Chalfont Road 



Sciaphila subjectana, Steph. Generally abun- 

 dant 



hybridana, Hb. Amersham ; in hedges 

 Capua ochraceana, St. Chalfont Road 

 Phoxopteryx lundana, Fab. Amersham, Chal- 

 font Road ; among clover 



comptana, Frfil. Wendover ; abundant 



upupana, Tr. Black Park 

 Grapholitha nisana, Cl. Chesham 



penkleriana, Fisch. Chalfont Road 

 Hypermecia cruciana, Linn. Black Park 

 Pasdisca profundana, Fab. 

 Halonota brunnichiana, SchifF. Amersham ; 



about coltsfoot 

 Retinia buoliana, SchifF. Black Park ; among 



fir 

 Coccyx strobilana, Linn. Chalfont Road ; 



among spruce 



splendidulana, Gn. Chalfont Road, Amer- 



sham 



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