INSECTS 



men taken in Handsworth, just over 

 the border. Rugby (in a cottage 

 window at Overslade, N.W. Hudson, 

 Rugby lists, 1888) 



Deilephila lineata, F. One in Birmingham 

 in 1870 (F. Enock> EMM. 1870, 

 p. 40) 



Chaerocampa celerio, L. One in Birming- 

 ham = Horsefair in 1868 (F. Enock, 

 EMM. 1868, p. 172) ; and one at 

 Edgbaston (G. T. Bethune- Baker, 

 Entom. 1880, p. 310) 



elpenor, L. Not common. Marston 

 Green (one, H. Stone) ; Shirley (J. 

 T. Fountain) ; Sutton Park (one, 

 E. C. Tye) ; Kncwle (H. W. Ellis, 

 Blatch Coll. etc.), Solihull and Hock- 

 ley Heath (Blatch Hand.); Rugby 

 (many records in Rugby lists) ; 

 Atherstone (C. Baker) ; Whitchurch 

 (L. C. Keighley-Peach) ; Wolford 

 (W. C. E. Wheeler) 



Metopsilus (Chasrocampa) porcellus, L. 

 Not common. Sutton Park is the 

 best known locality for this species, 

 but it is rare there. It is also re- 

 corded from Atherstone (C. Baker, 

 Entom. 1899, p. 213); Wellesbourne 

 (L. C. Keighley-Peach); Wolford 

 (by his father, W. C. E. Wheeler) ; 

 Rugby (Rugby lists) 



Macroglossa stellatarum, L. Not uncom- 

 mon sometimes, locally. Sutton (P. 

 W. Abbott) ; Aston (C. J. Wake- 

 field) ; Solihull (A. H. Martineau) ; 

 Hampton-in-Arden (one, 1900, G. 

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

 W. Kiss, etc.); Small Heath Park 

 (H. Taylor) ; Rugby = Overs/ode, etc. 

 (several records, Rugby lists) ; War- 

 wick (most years, P. P. Baly) ; Ather- 

 stone (C. Baker) ; Wolford (Austen ; 

 common some years, W. C. E. 

 Wheeler) ; Whitchurch (very com- 

 mon 1900, J. H. Bloom) 



Hemaris (Macroglossa) fuciformis, L. Ow- 

 ing to the confusion in the synonomy 

 of this and the next species, most of 

 the records must be regarded as un- 

 certain ; both species however occur 

 in the county, I believe, but are al- 

 ways rare. This one has occurred 

 at Rugby, as Mr. N. V. Sidgwick 

 writes to me : ' The only one oc- 

 curring here so far as I know is the 

 broad bordered one of which I have 

 one and have seen several others.' 

 Moreover, there are many records of 

 it in the Rugby lists, chiefly from 

 Brandon Woods. Both species were 



recorded by the old collectors as 

 being common near Knowle at Chal- 

 cot Wood, etc. (Blatch Hand. ; F. 

 Enock, Sat. Guide) ; they however 

 must be very scarce now, as only 

 single specimens have been seen 

 anywhere near for many years. 

 Mr. J. T. Fountain took one of 

 this species there at Umberslade 

 on June 14, 1896, and one on 

 June 17,1 900. Coombe Wood (com- 

 mon, G. B. Longstaff, EMM. 

 1866, p. 138; G. H. Kenrick); 

 Wolford (taken years ago by his 

 father, W. C. E. Wheeler) 

 Hemaris scabiosae, Z. (bombyliformis, Esp.) 

 The narrow bordered species I can 

 give fewer records of, and yet I sus- 

 pect it is equally common. Its 

 occurrence near Knowle in the old 

 days is already referred to above, and 

 Mr. J. T. Fountain took one there 

 on June 21, 1891, at Umberslade. 

 In the Rugby lists both names 

 occur ; doubt is however thrown on 

 the records of this species by Mr. 

 N. V. Sidgwick's note quoted above 



NOTODONTID/E 



Cerura furcula, Cl. Rare. The larvae 

 occasionally obtained from sallow. 

 Knowle (R. C. Bradley, W. Kiss, 

 Blatch Hand.) ; Sutton (R. C. Brad- 

 ley) ; Rugby (A. Sidgwick, Rugby 

 list, 1867, etc.) 



bifida, Hb. Not uncommon in the 

 larval stage on poplars and aspens. I 

 have taken it in the suburbs of 

 Birmingham, at Tardley, and in 

 Handsworth (Staffs.) ; I also have 

 records from Hampton - in - Arden, 

 Marston Green, Tardley (G. W. 

 Wynn) ; Knowle (Blatch Coll., etc., 

 W. Kiss) ; Rugby = Brandon, etc. 

 (Rugby lists) 



Dicranura vinula, L. Common every- 

 where ; its name occurs in every 

 list I have received 



Stauropus fagi, L. Very rare in the mid- 

 lands. Its only claim to inclusion 

 in the Warwickshire list rests on the 

 recorded capture of one larva at 

 Rugby in the Rugby list, 1888. It 

 is a schoolboy record and open to 

 doubt, but owing to the striking 

 character of the larva, and the fact 

 that it occurs in neighbouring coun- 

 ties, I have treated it as probably 

 correct, and included it 



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