INSECTS 



TRIFINJE (continued) 



(Groves); Pershore Road, Birming- 

 ham = ? Worcestershire (J. T. Foun- 

 tain); Rugby (Rugby list, once only, 

 1892); Atherstone (C. Baker); near 

 Coleshill (W. H. Bath, Entom. 1887, 

 p. 210) 



Anchoscelis lunosa, Haw. Rare. Knowle 

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

 Button (P. W. Abbott) ; Yardley (H. 

 Taylor); Atherstone (C. Baker); Rugby 

 = Overslade, etc. (Rugby lists) 

 Orthosia lota, Cl. Generally distributed 

 but not abundant 



macilenta, Hb. Rare. Recorded from 



Knowle (Blatch Coll.); Saltley (Blatch 

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

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

 Chelmsley Wood (J. T. Fountain) 



circellaris, Hufn. (ferruginea, Esp.) 



Common everywhere 



helvola, L. (rufina, Hb.) Not uncom- 



mon. Button (P. W. Abbott, G. W. 

 Wynn) ; Hampton-in-Arden, Mar- 

 ston Green, Knouile (G. W. Wynn); 

 Knowle (H. W. Ellis); Rugby = 

 Overs/ade, etc. (Rugby lists); Ather- 

 stone (C. Baker) 



- pistacina, F. Common everywhere in 

 great variety 



litura, L. Common everywhere 

 Xanthia citrago, L. Not common. Button 



(P. W. Abbott); Knowle (R. C. 

 Bradley, G. W. Wynn, etc.); Hay 

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

 etc.); Rugby = Overslade (Rugby lists, 

 J. M. Furness); I have also taken 

 it on Staffordshire side of Birming- 

 ham 



aurago, F. Rare. The late Mr. W. G. 



Blatch took it at Knowle, but no 

 other capture anywhere near Bir- 

 mingham is known 



lutea, Strom, (flavago, F., silago, Hb.) 



Common everywhere 



fulvago, L. (cerago, F.) Common 



everywhere. This and lutea seem 

 to occur wherever sallow grows, and 

 the two can nearly always be bred 

 if the catkins be gathered. O. cir- 

 cellaris usually occurs with them but 

 less frequently 



gilvago, Esp. Not common. Button 



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

 Blatch, H. W. Ellis); Hampton-in- 

 Arden (not uncommon at ' sugar ' 1 900, 

 G. W. Wynn); Rugby = Overslade, 

 etc. (Rugby lists) ; Atherstone (C. 

 Baker); Wolford (W. C. E. Wheeler) 

 Orrhodia vaccinii, L. Common every- 



TRIFIN^E (continued) 



where, frequently very abundant at 

 'sugar' in the autumn and sallows in 

 the spring 



Orrhodia ligula, Esp. (spadicea, Haw.) Not 

 so common as vaccinii but generally 

 occurs with it, and Mr. W. G. Blatch 

 obtained it in considerable numbers 

 at ' sugar ' at Knowle. The form we 

 get seems to be always a rich dark 

 brown, and is, I suppose, var. sub- 

 spadicea, Stgr. 



Scopelosoma satellitia, L. Common every- 

 where 



Xylina ornitopus, Rott. (rhizolitha, Tr.) 

 Notcommon. Know/e(W.G. Blatch); 

 Solihull (Blatch Cat.); 1 Rugby (Rugby 

 list, 1888 only) 



Calocampa vetusta, Hb. Not common. 

 Button (H. M. Lee, Blatch Hand., 

 etc.); Knowle (W. G. Blatch); Rugby 

 = Overslade, etc. (Rugby lists) 



exoleta, L. Not uncommon. Marston 



Green (E. C. Tye); Button (P. W. 

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

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

 (J. T. Fountain); Solihull (Blatch 

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

 lists) 



Xylocampa areola, Esp. (lithorhiza, Tr.) 

 Not common ; it occurs regularly at 

 Knowle and is also recorded from 

 Button (H. Taylor); Coleshill (Blatch 

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

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



Cucullia verbasci, L. Not common. Knowle 

 (W. G. Blatch) ; Rugby (Rugby 

 lists); Whitchurch (J. H. Bloom); 

 Wolford (W. C. E. Wheeler) 



umbratica, L. > The records of 



chamomillae, Schiff. / these two spe- 



cies are probably mixed and unde- 

 pendable owing to their close resem- 

 blance, but both species seem to 

 occur throughout the county, um- 

 bratica being probably much the 

 commoner 



Anarta myrtilli, L. Common in Button 

 Park, and is also recorded from 

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

 there are not many other places in 

 the county which I should regard as 

 likely for its occurrence 



Heliaca tenebrata, Scop, (arbuti, F.) Com- 

 mon locally throughout the county 



Pyrrhia umbra, Hufn. (Chariclea marginata, 

 F.) Very rare ; has been recorded 

 from Coleshill (Blatch Hand.); Knowle 

 (H. Taylor); Rugby = Overslade^. M. 

 Furness, Rugby list, 1892) 



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