INSECTS 



Trichiura crataegi, L. Rare. Atberstone 

 (C. Baker) ; Rugby (Rugby lists = 

 A. Sidgwick, etc.) ; also recorded 

 from near Wbitchurcb in the strip of 

 Worcestershire separating Whit- 

 church from the rest of Warwickshire 

 (L. C. Keighley-Peach) 



Pcecilocampa populi, L. Not common. 

 Tardley (E. C. Tye); Button (A. 

 Johnson) ; Krurwle (R. C. Bradley, 

 W. Kiss, etc.) ; Rugby (Rugby lists) ; 

 Atberstone (C. Baker) ; Whitchurcb 

 (on Worcestershire side of parish, 

 L. C. Keighley-Peach) 



Eriogaster lanestris, L. Not common. 

 Altester (R. C. Bradley); Knowle 

 (H. W. Ellis, W. Kiss, etc.) ; Rugby 

 Church Lawford and Brandon 

 Woods (A. Sidgwick, etc., Rugby 

 lists) ; Atberstone (C. Baker); Wolford 

 (Austen ; larvae sometimes common, 

 W. C. E. Wheeler) ; IdKcote (L. C. 

 Keighley-Peach) 



Lasiocampa quercus, L. Common especially 

 in Sutton Park, where the larvse 

 are sometimes abundant. Rugby = 

 Princethorpe, etc. (Rugby lists) ; War- 

 wick (common, Baly) ; Knowle (W. 

 Kiss) ; Atherstone (C. Baker) ; Watford 

 (Austen, W. C. E. Wheeler) 



Macrothylacia (Bombyx) rubi, L. Common 

 in Sutton Park ; also recorded from 

 Rugby (Rugby list, 1894 only); 

 Wolford (W. C. E. Wheeler) 



Cosmotriche potatoria, L. Common every- 

 where 



Gastropacha quercifolia, L. Very rare. 

 Bidford (one, G. W. Wynn) ; Hock- 

 ley Heath (larva once, Blatch Cat.) ; 

 Rugby (A. Sidgwick, Rugby list, 

 1867, etc.) ; near Warwick (W. 

 Kiss) ; Wolford (larvae several times, 

 not common, W. C. E. Wheeler) ; 

 Whitchurch (on Worcestershire side, 

 L. C. Keighley-Peach) 



SATURNIID/E 



Saturnia pavonia, L. Common in Sutton 

 Park, where the males have been 

 obtained in considerable numbers by 

 sembling ; has not been recorded 

 from anywhere else in the county, 

 though there are several other lo- 

 calities where it might be expected 



DREPANID.S 



Drepana falcataria, L. Not rare. I have 

 taken the larvae freely at Knnule and 

 also have records from Marston Green 

 (G. W. Wynn) ; Coventry (G. H. 



Kenrick) ; Knowle (W. Kiss, Blatch 

 Coll.) ; Coleshill (Blatch Cat.); Rugby 

 = Brandon Woods, etc. (Rugby lists) ; 

 Atberstone (C. Baker) ; Frankton 

 (G. B. Longstaff, E.M.M. iii. 138) 

 Drepana lacertinaria, L. With the above, 

 but not quite so common. Marston 

 Green (E. C. Tye, G. W. Wynn) ; 

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

 etc.) ; Sutton Park (P. W. Abbott, 

 G. W. Wynn) ; Umberslade (Blatch 

 Coll.) ; Rugby = Brandon Woods, etc. 

 (Rugby lists) ; Athentone (C. Baiker) 



binaria, Hufh. (hamula, Esp.) Rare ; 



only old records = Knowle (Blatch 

 Hand., and F. Enock, Sat. Guide), 

 and the schoolboy records of the 

 Rugby lists (1877, 1888) 

 Cilix glaucata, Sc. (spinula, Schiff.) Gene- 

 rally distributed 



NOCTUIDJE 



ACRONYCTIN^ 



Acronycta leporina, L. Not uncommon ; 

 larvae frequent on poplars at Sutton 

 and Knnule ; also recorded from 

 Tardley (E. C. Tye) ; Rugby = Bran- 

 dan Woods, etc. (Rugby lists), and 

 Atkerstone (C. Baker). The usual 

 form with us appears to be brady- 

 porina, Tr. 



aceris, L. Very rare. W. G. Blatch 



records one specimen found on 

 palings at Small Heath in 18/0, 

 which specimen is still in his collec- 

 tion ; no other record of the species 

 in this county exists however, ex- 

 cepting one or two in the Rugby 

 lists (1874, 1898) 



tnegacephala, F. Common in the 



suburbs on the Staffordshire side of 

 Birmingham, and probably all round. 

 Also recorded from Knowle (G. W. 

 Wynn, H. W. Ellis, etc., etc.); 

 Rugby (A. Sidgwick, Rugby list, 

 1867, etc.) ; Warwick (P. P. Baly) ; 

 Whitchurch (Worcestershire side, L. 

 C. Keighley-Peach) 



alni, L. Occurs throughout the dis- 



trict, but never more than one speci- 

 men seems to be taken at one time 

 or place, and every one is recorded ; 

 so that it must be considered very 

 rare. Wylde Green (one on haw- 

 thorn, C. J. Wainwright) ; near 

 Rugby (one, W. D. Spencer) ; Knowle 

 (one, G. W. Wynn ; one on oak, 

 W. Kiss) ; Sutton (one on mountain 

 ash, R. C. Bradley) ; Meulej (one 

 on maple, H. W. Ellis); Yardley 



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