INSECTS 



Tn.iFiN.ffi (continued) 



Hadena rurea, F. Common everywhere in 

 various forms ; type and var. alope- 



curus, Esp. 



hepatica, Hb. Not common. Hampton- 

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

 Knowle (Blatch Coll.); Rugby (Rugby 

 lists); Ather stone (C. Baker) 



scolopacina, Esp. Not common. Knowle 



(G. W. Wynn, W. G. Blatch, etc.) ; 

 Hay Woods (G. W. Wynn, etc.) ; 

 Wolford (W. C. E. Wheeler) ; Ather- 

 stone (C. Baker) 



basilinea, F. Common everywhere 



gemina, Hb. Common. Button (with 



var. remissa, P. W. Abbott, etc.) ; 

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

 ton-in-Arden (G. W. Wynn) ; Small 

 Heath (H. Taylor); Rugby = Over- 

 slade, etc. (Rugby lists) ; Wolford 

 (W. C. E. Wheeler) 



unanimis, Tr. Rare. Has occurred 



in the Birmingham district, but 

 whether on the Warwickshire side or 

 not I do not know. Mr. G. H. 

 Kenrick took it at Selly Oak in Wor- 

 cestershire, and Mr. F. Enock records 

 it in the ten-mile radius (List, 1870). 

 It is also mentioned in the Rugby 

 lists from Brownsover and Overslade, 

 but needs confirmation on the whole 



secalis, L. (didyma, Esp. ; oculea, Gn.) 



Occurs in various forms commonly 

 everywhere 



Aporophyla lutulenta, Bkh. Very rare. 

 Has been taken at Knowle, where 

 Mr. H. W. Ellis got one in 1898 at 

 ' sugar,' and where it is mentioned as 

 occurring in the Blatch Catalogue 



Polia flavicincta (S.V.), F. Very rare, and 

 I should like confirmation. Mr. A. 

 Sidgwick recorded it in 1867 in 

 Rugby lists, and his son writes to 

 me that he believes it to be correct, 

 and Mr. W. C. E. Wheeler records 

 it at Wolford. 



chi, L. Occurs throughout the county 

 Brachionycha sphinx, Hufn. (cassinea, Hb.) 



Wolford (occasionally, W. C. E. 

 Wheeler) 



Miselia oxyacanthae, L. Common every- 

 where with var. capucina, Mill. 



Dichonia aprilina, L. Occurs throughout 

 the county 



Dryobota protea (S.V.), Bkh. Common 

 throughout the county 



Dipterygia scabriuscula, L. Is recorded in 

 Rugby list, 1886, as occurring at 

 Kings Newnham near Rugby, and is 

 sufficiently distinct for no error to be 



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TRIFIN^E (continued) 



likely in its identification ; it is how- 

 ever a rare midland insect 



Euplexia lucipara, L. Common every- 

 where 



Brotolomia meticulosa, L. Common every- 

 where 



Mania maura, L. Occurs throughout the 

 county not uncommonly 



Naenia typica, L. Common everywhere 



Hydroecia nictitans, Bkh. Common every- 

 where 



micacea, Esp. Common. Sutton (P. W. 



Abbott) ; Knowle (one as late as Nov. 

 2, W. G. Blatch, etc.) ; Hampton- 

 in-Arden (G.W.Wynn); Small Heath 

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

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

 Wolford (W. C. E. Wheeler) 



Gortyna ochracea, Hb. (flavago, Esp.) Not 

 uncommon. Sutton (C.J.W., P. W. 

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

 etc.); Hay Mills, etc. (J. T. Foun- 

 tain); SmallHeath (H.Taylor); Rugby 

 = Overslade, etc. (Rugby lists) 



Nonagria typhae, Thnbg. Local, but prob- 

 ably occurs wherever its food plant 

 grows freely ; recorded from Knowle 

 (R. C. Bradley, etc.) ; Sutton (P. W. 

 Abbott) ; near Whitacre (G. W. 

 Wynn) ; Rugby = Kings Newnham, 

 etc. (Rugby lists) 



Tapinostola fulva, Hb. Sutton Park (P.W. 

 Abbott, G. W. Wynn, etc.); Knowle 

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

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

 Rugby Cathiron, etc. (Rugby lists) ; 

 Whitchurch (J. H. Bloom) 



Calamia lutosa, Hb. Mr. R. C. Bradley 

 possesses a specimen which was 

 taken at ' light ' at the signal box at 

 Knowle railway station. Mr. F. 

 Enock in his 1869 list also gives it 

 as occurring in the ten-mile radius 

 from Birmingham, on what authority 

 I know not 



Leucania impura, Hb. Common every- 

 where 



pallens, L. Common everywhere 



comma, L. 



conigera, F. Hampton-in-Arden (' sugar,' 



1900, G. W. Wynn) ; Knowle 

 (Blatch Coll.) ; Solihull (Blatch Cat.) ; 

 Rugby = Overslade, etc. (Rugby lists) ; 

 Wolford (Austen, W. C. E. Wheeler) ; 

 Whitchurch (J. H. Bloom) 



lithargyria, Esp. Throughout the 

 county 



Grammesia trigrammica, Hufn. Through- 

 out the county 



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