A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



ACRONYCTIN.S (continued) 



(E. C. Tye, H. Taylor); Small 

 Heath (one, W. G. Blatch) ; Edg- 

 baston (G. H. Kenrick, one at 'light'; 

 Blatch Hand., and Enock, Sat. 

 Guide) ; near Solihull (A. D. Imms, 

 Entom. 1898, p. 293) ; Rugby (A. 

 Sidgwick, Rugby list, 1867 ; one, 

 N. W. Hudson, Rugby list, 1889) ; 

 Brandon Woods and Overslade (one 

 each, Rugby lists, 1893) ; Atherstone 

 (C. Baker) ; Sutton (one, F. Enock, 

 E.M.M. i. 143) 



Acronycta tridens, Schiff. Very doubtfully 

 distinguished from the next species. 

 It is probably not uncommon, but re- 

 cords cannot be trusted. I have not 

 met with the larvae myself. W. G. 

 Blatch (Brit. Assoc. Hand.) speaks 

 however of taking the larvae on 

 elms at Knowle, and probably knew 

 them ; and N. V. Sidgwick writes 

 to me that he has taken and bred it 

 at Rug/>y,znd is certain of the identifi- 

 cation 



psi, L. Very common everywhere 



menyanthidis, View. Mr. G. H. 



Kenrick took a single specimen in 

 1899 at Richmond Hi//, Edgbaston ; 

 he knew the species, having taken it 

 in the north, so it was doubtless 

 correctly identified, but its occurrence 

 must have been quite accidental 

 - rumicis, L. Common everywhere 

 Craniophora (Acronycta) ligustri, F. Rare. 

 Atherstone (C. Baker) ; Rugby = 

 Coombe Wood, etc. (Rugby lists) 



Agrotis strigula, Thnb. (porphyrea, Hb.) 

 Not common ; occurs most freely in 

 Sutton Park ; also recorded from near 

 Coleshill (G. W. Wynn); Hay 

 Woods (Blatch Coll.) ; Rugby (Rugby 

 lists, 1888 only ; rather doubtful) 



janthina, Esp. Common throughout 



the district 



fimbria, L. Not uncommon. Occurs in 



nearly every list, but is never abundant 



interjecta, Hb. Rare. Knuw/e (one, R. 



C. Bradley, Aug. 16, 1885) ; Hamf- 

 ton-in-Arden (two at 'sugar,' 1900, 

 G. W. Wynn); Tardley, Knowle 

 (Blatch Hand.); Rugby = Overslade, 

 etc. (Rugby lists, several times) ; 

 Atherstone (C. Baker) ; Wolford 

 (Austen ; used to be fairly plentiful, 

 W. C. E. Wheeler); Whitchurch 

 (J. H. Bloom) 



augur, F. Common throughout the 



district 



TRIFIN/E (continued) 



Agrotis obscura, Brahm. (ravida, Hb.) Very 

 rare. Rugby (N. V. Sidgwick) ; 

 Rugby = Overslade, etc. (Rugby lists) ; 

 Whitckurch (Worcestershire side, 

 L. C. Keighley-Peach) 



pronuba, L. Abundant everywhere as 



usual 



comes, Hb. (orbona, F.) Common 



everywhere 



castanea, Esp. Very rare. Rugby = 



Overslade, Frankton, etc. (Rugby 

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

 Enock gives it as occurring in the 

 Birmingham district in his 1870 list 



agathina, Dup. Was once only taken 



at Sutton by H. Tunaley 



triangulum, Hufn. Marston Green, 



Tardley, Hampton-in-Arden (common, 

 G. W. Wynn); Sutton (P. W. 

 Abbott, etc.) ; Knowle (R. C. Brad- 

 ley) ; Small Heath (Blatch Cat.) ; 

 Rugby = Overslade, etc. (Rugby lists) ; 

 Atherstone (C. Baker) 



baja, F. Common everywhere 



c-nigrum, L. 



xanthographa, F. Very common 



everywhere 



umbrosa, Hb. Tardley, Hampton-in- 



Arden (G. W. Wynn); Knowle 

 (R. C. Bradley, W. G. Blatch) ; 

 Rugby = Overslade, etc. (Rugby lists) ; 

 Atherstone (C. Baker) ; Wolford 

 (' seems fond of sunflowers,' W. C. 

 E. Wheeler) 



rubi, View. Sutton (P. W. Abbott) ; 



Knowle (R. C. Bradley, etc.) ; 

 Hampton-in-Arden (G. W. Wynn) ; 

 Birmingham (Blatch Cat.) ; Rugby = 

 Overslade, etc. (Rugby lists) ; Ather- 

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

 Bloom) 



- dahlii, Hb. Not common. Sutton 

 (P. W. Abbott, G. W. Wynn) ; 

 Knowle (Blatch Coll.); Rugby = 

 Overslade, etc. (Rugby lists) 



brunnea, F. Marston Green, Hampton- 



in-Arden (common, G. W. Wynn) ; 

 Sutton (P. W. Abbott, R. C. Bradley, 

 etc.) ; Knowle (R. C. Bradley, etc.) ; 

 Rugby = Brandon Woods, etc. (Rugby 

 lists) 



primulas, Esp. (testiva, Hb.) Common 



everywhere 



glareosa, Esp. Sutton (P. W. Abbott, 



G. W. Wynn, R. C. Bradley, etc.) ; 

 Hampton-in-Arden (G. W. Wynn) ; 

 Knowle (W. G. Blatch) 



plecta, L. Sutton (P. W. Abbott, 



G. W. Wynn) ; Knowle (R. C. 



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