A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



(Notodonta) trimacula, Esp. 

 (dodottca, Frr.) Rare. Mtrttt* 

 Grttm (one, E. C. Tye) ; Attmtau 

 (C. Baker) ; Kmwk (Blatch Hand.; 

 F. Knock, Sat. Gd*) 



rhanofc^ Hb. Rarer eren than the 



above. Atkntnu (one, C Baker) ; 

 Wt^rd (one, W. C E. Wheeler) 

 Pheosia (Notodonta) tremula, CL (dictara, 

 Esp.) Not common, but probably 

 generally distributed. Kntrailt (R. C. 

 Bradley, etc.) ; Rugby (A. Sidgwick, 

 Rugby lists, 1867, etc.) ; Walftrd 

 Winds (Austen). I have taken it in 

 the Birmingham suburbs = at Hands- 

 v.vrtb = but over the border. It 

 doubtless occurs however all round 

 Birmingham, on the many poplars in 

 gardens, etc. 



dictzoides, E*p. Probably somewhat 



commoner than the above. Atkerrtim 

 (C. Baker) ; Rufiy = Brandin Winds 

 (Rugby lists) ; Smttsm Part (C. J. 

 Wain wright, etc.) ; Kmruile (G. W. 

 Wynn, \V. G. Blatch) 

 Notcnionta ziczac, L. Not common ; at 

 Knra.-^ it occurs regularly, and it is 

 also recorded from Surton P>*rk 

 (P. W. Abbott) ; Tardltj (H. Tay- 

 lor) ; Rxgiy = (h-tnladt, etc. (Rugby 

 lists) ; If'ilfjrd If'iads (Austen) 



drcmecarius, L. Not uncommon. I 



have taken the larvz at Sxttin and 

 K"U*LJ, at both of which places it 

 probably occurs regularly ; it is also 

 recorded from Afarsta* Grun (G. W. 

 Wynn) ; Cilakill (F. Enock, Sat. 

 Git^u] j Birmingham (one larva, 

 R. C. R. Jordan, E.M.M. ii. 261) 



trepida, Esp. Az'centoiu (a pair in IQCI, 



C. Baker) ; Krxgraiood (oac in 1902, 

 W. H. Flint) 



Lophopteryx camelina, L. A common 

 species everywhere 



Pterostoma palpina, L. Not uncommon 

 on aspen. Ktraj (R. C. Bradley, 

 W. Kas, W. G. Blatch, etc.) ; 

 Small Heath (H. Taylor) ; Ritgey 

 (Rugby list, 1874) ; OotnUe 

 (Rugby list, J. M. Furness, 1893) J 

 ff'ufird (W. C. E. Wheeler) ; has 

 also been taken in Birmingham submras, 

 but not in our county 



Phalera 'r TirtMfj*, L. Very common 

 cv u neic 



Pygzra curtuk, L. Very rare. KxmoU 

 (W. Kiss) 



pigra, Hufix. (reclusa, F.) The only 

 ckim of this species to inclusion in 

 Ac county lists rests on a record in 



the Rugby lists, 1888. It has how- 

 ever probably been overlooked else- 

 where 



LYMANTRIIDjE 



Orgyia gonostigma, F. Rare ; its occur- 

 rence needs confirmation. Ctvtntry 

 (Blatch Hand.) ; Rugby (Rugby list, 

 1888); Ctombt Wood (G. H. Kenrick) 



antiqua, L. Common everywhere 

 [Dasychira fascelina, L. Needs confirma- 

 tion as a Warwickshire insect. There 

 is a specimen in the Blatch Coll. 

 labelled as having been obtained in 

 Stftttm Pork ; and some very doubt- 

 ful records in the Rugby lists] 



pudibunda, L. Not uncommon. Kmruilt 



(G. W. Wynn, H. W. Ellis, W. 

 Kiss, etc.) ; StBtmtt (Blatch Cat.) ; 

 Rugby = Brandon, Prixcitbarpe, etc. 

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

 IVdfird (W. C. E. Wheeler) 



Euproctis (Porthesia) chrysorrhcEa, L. This 

 species has been recorded several 

 times, and possibly records referring 

 to old captures may be correct. F. 

 Enock (in list, 1870) gives it as 

 occurring in the Birmingham district, 

 and W. C. E. Wheeler's record of it 

 for Wilfird may have been correct in 

 his father's days. I doubt its occur- 

 rence now anywhere in the county, 

 and although the name occurs many 

 times in the Rugby lists, it is prob- 

 ably in error 



Porthesia similis, FuessL (auriflua, F.) 

 Very common, often abounds 



Sdlpnotia (Leucoma) salicis, L. Not com- 

 mon. Crvfntry (larvz near, in 1897, 

 E. C. Tye) ; Knauilt (Blatch Hand.); 

 Rugby (Rugby lists) ; Edgbastnt (one 

 at rest, 1901, G. H. Kenrick) 



Lymantria (Psilura) monacha, L. Suttan 

 Park (Blatch Hand.), but certainly 

 not seen for many years ; Rugby = 

 Cmmbt JVvid, Brandon Wands, etc. 

 (many records, Rugby lists) ; Wilfvrd 

 (sometimes feiriy plentiful = several at 

 sugar,' in 1 888, W. C. E. Whcder) 



LASIOCAMPIDji: 



Malacosoma neustria, L. By no means a 

 pest in Warwickshire as it seems to 

 be in many places further south ; it 

 is rather an uncommon insect with 

 as as a rule. Whitdmrdti, Id&ott 

 (J. H. Bloom) ; Wttfrd (W. C. E. 

 Wheder; Austen); JjM*(B.W. 

 Ellis, common at 'tight,' etc.); 

 R*& (Rugby list, .874) 



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