INSECTS 



(continue/I) 

 Bradley, H. W.Ellis, etc.); Hampton- 

 in-Arden, Marston Green (G. W. 

 Wynn) ; Rugby = Overslade, etc. 

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

 Agrotis putris, L. Not common. Knowle 

 (R. C. Bradley) ; Rugby = Overslade, 

 Waveley Wood near Stoneleigh, etc. 

 (Rugby lists) ; Atherstone (C. Baker) 

 Wolford (W. C. E. Wheeler) ; 

 Whitchurch (Worcestershire side, L. 

 C. Keighley-Peach) 



exclamationis, L. Very common every- 



where 



nigricans, L. Knowle (W. G. Blatch, 



R. C. Bradley) ; Hampton-in-Arden 

 (a few in 1900, G. W. Wynn) ; 

 Rugby (N. V. Sidgwick, etc., Rugby 

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

 mingham (very rare, R. C. R. Jordan, 

 E.M.M., October, 1888) 



tritici, L. Very rare. Hampton-in- 



Arden (two in 1 900, G. W. Wynn) ; 

 Rugby (one doubtful record); is given 

 by F. Enock (List, 1869) as com- 

 mon, but that must have been an 

 error 



- tritici, L., var. aquilina, Hb. Very rare. 

 N. V. Sidgwick records one from 

 Rugby 



obelisca, Hb. This species, usually, I 



believe, associated with the sea coast, 

 occurs in Sutton Park, where a few 

 specimens have been taken by P.W. 

 Abbott and G. W. Wynn 



corticea, Hb. Rare with us. Mar- 



ston Green ; Lapworth ; Hampton-in- 

 Arden (G. W. Wynn); Rugby = 

 Overslade, etc. (Rugby lists) 

 ypsilon, Rott. (suffusa, Hb.) Not 

 common. Sutton (P. W. Abbott) ; 

 Knowle (W. G. Blatch, W. Kiss) ; 

 Hampton-in-Arden (one in 1900, 

 G. W. Wynn) ; Rugby = Overslade, 

 etc. (Rugby lists) ; Atherstone (C. 

 Baker) ; Birmingham (very rare, 

 R. C. R. Jordan, E.M.M., October, 

 1888) 



segetum, Schiff. Common everywhere 



saucia, Hb. Not common. Sutton 



(P. W. Abbott); Knowle (W. G. 

 Blatch, W. Kiss); Small Heath 

 (H. Taylor) ; Rugby = Overslade, etc. 

 (Rugby lists) 



prasina, F. (herbida, Hb.) Not 



common. Knowle (W. G. Blatch) ; 

 Hay Woods (Blatch Coll.) ; Rugby = 

 Frankton Wood, etc. (Rugby lists) ; 

 Atherstone (C. Baker), and I believe it 

 has occurred in Sutton Park 



Tn.iFiN.ffi (continued) 



Pachnobia rubricosa, F. Common through- 

 out the county 



Charaeas graminis, L. Not uncommon. 

 Sutton (C. J. Wainwright, etc.) ; 

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

 etc.); Rughy = Overslade, etc. (Rugby 

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

 ford (common in a few spots, W.C. E. 

 Wheeler) 



Epineuronia popularis, F. Not common, 

 but occurs in every list 



cespitis, F. Not common. Knowle 



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

 Tardley (H. Taylor) ; Wolford 

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

 Baker) ; Pershore Road, Birmingham 

 (J. T. Fountain) 



Mamestra advena, F. Very rare. Rugby = 

 Overslade, etc. (J. M. Furness, etc., 

 Rugby lists) ; Wolford (W. C. E. 

 Wheeler). I know of no other re- 

 cords 



tincta, Brahm. Very rare ; the only 



record I have is Knowle (W. G. 

 Blatch) 



nebulosa, Hufn. Common throughout 



the county 



brassicas, L. Very common every- 



where 



persicariae, L. Common, particularly 



so in gardens 



oleracea, L. Common everywhere 



genistae, Bkh. Not common. Knowle 



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

 Kingswood (G. H. Kenrick) ; Rugby 

 (Rugby list, 1886 only); Atherstone 

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

 Guide, but no recent record, C. j.W.) 



dissimilis, Knoch. Rare. Small Heath 



(H. Taylor) ; Rugby = Overslade, 

 Brandon Woods, etc. (Rugby lists) ; 

 Atherstone (C. Baker) 



thalassina, Rott. Common everywhere 



contigua, Vill. Not common ; gener- 



ally taken singly in the larval stage. 

 I have a number of records from 

 Sutton, also from Hampton-in-Arden 

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

 Blatch Coll.); Rugby (Rugby list, 

 1888 only) 



pisi, L. Common everywhere 



trifolii, Rott. (chenopodii, F.) Rare. 



Rugby (N. V. Sidgwick) ; Overslade 

 (J. M. Furness, Rugby list, 1892) ; 

 also is mentioned in Blatch Cat. as 

 occurring at Knowle ; there is how- 

 ever no specimen in the Blatch 

 collection 



glauca, Hb. Rare. The only certain 



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