A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



broods in vicarage garden in 1896, 

 W. C. E. Wheeler) ; Coventry (W. 

 G. Blatch, E.M.M. 1887, p. 200) 



HESPERIID/E 



Adopaea (Hesperia) Thaumas, Hufn. (linea, 

 F.) Not uncommon Hay Woods 

 (H. W. Ellis); Warwick (P. P. 

 Baly) ; Rugby = Brandon Woods, etc. 

 (Rugby lists) ; Ettingttm (L. C. 

 Keighley-Peach) ; Wolford (W. C. 

 E. Wheeler) 



Augiades sylvanus, Esp. Occurs in much 

 the same places as above. Marston 

 Green (G. W. Wynn) ; Knowle 

 (H. W. Ellis); Oakley Wood near 

 Warwick (one, P. P. Baly) ; Rugby 

 = Brandon Woods, Princethorpe, etc. 

 (Rugby lists) ; Atherstone (C. Baker) ; 

 Wolford Woods (Austen, W. C. E. 

 Wheeler) ; Ettlngton (L. C. Keigh- 

 ley-Peach) ; Coombe Woods (G. B. 

 Longstaff, E.M.M. 1866, p. 138) 



Hesperia (Syrichthus) malvae, L.' Similar 

 distribution to the last two and 

 similarly common. Coventry (G. H. 

 Kenrick) ; Hampton-ln-Ardm (G. W. 

 Wynn) ; Knowle (H. W. Ellis) ; 

 Corley Woods (formerly, W. Bree) ; 

 Knowle (W. Kiss, etc.) ; Rugby = 

 Brandon, etc. (Rugby lists) ; Ather- 

 stone (C. Baker) ; Ettlngton (L. C. 

 Keighley-Peach) ; Wolford (W. C. 

 E. Wheeler) 



Thanaos Tages, L., also occurs in the same 

 places as the above three species. 

 Sutton Park (H. M. Lee) ; Coventry 

 (G. H. Kenrick) ; Hampton-in-Arden 

 (G. W. Wynn) ; Knowle, Umberslade 

 (Blatch Coll., W. Kiss, etc.); Corley 

 Woods (formerly, not seen lately, W. 

 Bree) ; Rugby = Brandon, Prince- 

 thorpe, etc. (Rugby lists) ; Atherstone 

 (C. Baker); Ettlngton (L. C. Keighley- 

 Peach); Wolford (W. C. E. Wheeler); 

 Coombe Woods (G. B. Longstaff. 

 E.M.M. 1866, p. 138) 



SPHINGIDjE 



Acherontia Atropos, L. In the years when 

 this species is common in England, 

 we get our share and hear of its 

 occurrence in the larval stage in 

 potato fields. I have records from 

 Cbalcot Wood (W. Harrison) ; Solihull 

 (A. H. Martineau) ; Knowle (H. W. 

 Ellis, etc.) ; Water Orton (R. C. Brad- 

 ley); Rugby (Rugby lists, 1867,1874, 

 1889); Atherstone (C. Baker); Wol- 



ford Woods (Austen); Whltchurcb 

 (very common 1900, ]. H. Bloom) ; 

 Warwick (P. P. Baly) 

 Smerinthus populi, L. Common every- 

 where 



ocellata, L. Fairly common, less so 

 than populi. Solihull (R. C. Brad- 

 ley) ; Knowle (H. W. Ellis, com- 

 mon, etc.) ; Small Heath (Blatch 

 Cat.) ; Yardley (H. Taylor) ; Rugby 

 (Rugby lists) ; Warwick (P. P. 

 Baly), Atherstone (C. Baker) ; Wolford 

 Woods (Austen) ; Ettlngton (L. C. 

 Keighley-Peach) 



Dilina tilias, L. Less common than the 

 above, but generally distributed. 

 Knowle (Blatch Coll. and W. Kiss) ; 

 Stoneleigh Park (Blatch Coll.) ; War- 

 wick (P. P. Baly); Rugby (Rugby 

 lists) ; Atherstone (C. Baker) ; Mi- 

 cote (L. C. Keighley-Peach); Wolford 

 (W. C. E. Wheeler) 



Daphnis (Chcerocampa) nerii, L. Bir- 

 mingham ; one in 1870 in the town 

 (F. Enock, E.M.M. 1870, p. 41) 



Sphinx ligustri, L. Not common. Knowle 

 (W. G. Blatch and W. Kiss) ; Sal- 

 ford Priors (larva on ash, J. T. 

 Fountain) ; Solihull (larvae on holly, 

 A. H. Martineau), Rugby (Rugby 

 lists) ; Sutton Coldfield (Blatch 

 Hand. ; not for many years, C. J. 

 W.); Brandon Woods (Rugby lists); 

 Warwick (many, P. P. Baly) ; Ather- 

 stone (C. Baker) ; Whitchurch (J. H. 

 Bloom) ; Wolftrd ( W. C. E. Wheeler) 



Protoparce (Sphinx) convolvuli, L. Only 

 odd stragglers in convolvuli years ; 

 several have been recorded in the 

 city itself and its suburbs (Entom. 

 1898, p. 292, A. D. Imms; 1887, 

 p. 273, W. T. Raine; E.M.M. 

 1868, p. 107, G. H. Kenrick). I 

 also have records from Solihull (one, 

 A. H. Martineau, in 1898); Hamp- 

 ton-in-Arden (G. W. Wynn, Ent. 

 Record, xiii. 335) ; Warwick (P. P. 

 Baly, Entom. Dec. 1872) ; Rugbv 

 (Rugby list, W. S. Edmonds, 1888); 

 Knowle (W. Kiss); Atherstone (C. 

 Baker); Wolford (one in 1886; in 

 some numbers about 1 846, W. C. 

 E. Wheeler) ; Birmingham district 

 (common in 1868, F. Enock, List, 

 1869) 



Deilephila gallii, Rott. W. G. Blatch 

 (Brit. Assoc. Hand.) and F. Enock 

 (List, 1870) speak of its occasional 

 occurrence in Birmingham, but with- 

 out exact reference. I have a speci- 



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