A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



TRIFIN.* (continued) 



Erastria fasciana, L. (fuscula, Hb.) Very 

 rare. H. R. Brown, in Entom. 1882, 

 p. 91, records it from a wood at 

 Bubbenhall near Coventry, and it is 

 also recorded in Rugby lists as occur- 

 ring in Waveley Wood near Stoneleigh 

 Park, also on Mr. H. R. Brown's 

 authority. The two records prob- 

 ably refer to the same capture, and 

 Mr. N. V. Sidgwick tells me the in- 

 sects are still in the school collection 

 labelled accordingly 



Rivula sericealis, Scop. The only records 

 I have of this species are in the 

 Rugby lists in 1874 and 1898, the 

 former on Mr. A. Sidgwick's the 

 latter on Mr. N. V. Sidgwick's 

 authority. Mr. N. V. Sidgwick in 

 a letter confirms the capture and 

 says he took one in Rugby 



Prothymnia viridaria, Cl. (asnea, Hb.) 

 W. G. Blatch in his Handbook gives 

 Knowle, Coleshill and Button, and F. 

 Enock (List, 1869) says common, 

 but I have no recent records except 

 that Mr. W. C. E. Wheeler gives 

 it in his Wolford list, and it occurs 

 several times in the Rugby lists 

 Brandon Jf^oods, etc. I feel sure it 

 does not occur at Sutton now 



GoNOPTERINj'E 



Scolioptcryx libatrix, L. Generally dis- 

 tributed and fairly common 



QuADRIFIN.ffi 



Abrostola triplasia, L. Not common. 

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

 Knowle (W. Kiss, etc.); Rugby 

 Overslade, etc. (Rugby lists); Aiher- 

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

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



tripartite, Hufn. (urticae, Hb.) Not 



common. Yardley (E. C. Tye) ; 

 Knowle (Blatch Coll.) ; Rugby = Over- 

 slade, etc. (Rugby lists) ; Athentone 

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

 Wheeler) 



Plusia chrysitis, L. Throughout the 

 county not uncommon 



festucae, L. I have one specimen taken 



by my brother in Sutton Park, and 

 have a record of its occurrence at 

 Wolford, where Mr. W. C. E. 

 Wheeler says his father took it years 

 ago 



pulchrina, Haw. (v-aureum, Gn.) 



Not uncommon throughout the 

 county 



jota, L. Not uncommon throughout 



the county 



TRIFIRS (continued) 



Plusia gamma, L. As abundant as else- 

 where 



Euclidia mi, Cl. Recorded from most 

 parts of the county, but seems to be 

 local. It does not occur at Sutton, 

 nor has it been recorded from any- 

 where nearer to Birmingham than 

 Knowle 



glyphica, L. Usually occurs with the 



above but there are fewer records 

 for it. Knowle (Blatch Hand.) ; Rugby 

 = Cathiron, etc. (Rugby lists); Wol- 

 ford (W. C. E. Wheeler); Whit- 

 church, (Worcestershire side, L. C. 

 Keighley-Peach) 



Catocala fraxini, L. Rugby ; one caught 

 by T. M. Wratislaw on August 31, 

 1880 (see Entom. 1880, p. 310) 



nupta, L. Not common. Hampton-in- 



Arden (one, 1900, G. W. Wynn); 

 Knowle (Blatch Hand.); Rugby (N. V. 

 Sidgwick, and Rugby lists) ; Warwick 

 (taken by Mr. Chadwick = P. P. 

 Baly) ; Baddesley Clinton (one, W. 

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

 Wolford (common some years, in 

 others scarcely one, W. C. E. 

 Wheeler) 



[ sponsa, L. Rev. J. H. Bloom tells 

 me that it was taken by Mr. Austen 

 in Wolford Woods ; I however think 

 it improbable, and it certainly needs 

 confirmation as it is not usually taken 

 in the midlands] 



[ promissa, Esp. This also comes into 

 the list on a single doubtful record. 

 Mr. W. S. Edmonds records it in 

 Rugby list, 1888, and Mr. N. V. 

 Sidgwick writes me that he assured 

 him he had taken it in Brandon Woods 

 and seemed to know it ; I consider it 

 however as improbable as the last] 

 HYPENIN^E 



Laspeyria flexula, Schiff. Mr. N. V. Sidg- 

 wick tells me he has taken this in 

 Rugby, and it occurs several times in 

 the Rugby lists 



Zanclognatha tarsi pennalis, Tr. Not un- 

 common. Coventry (G. H. Kenrick); 

 Rugby = Brandon Woods, Ovenlade, 

 Princethorpe, etc. (Rugby lists) ; 

 Knowle (Blatch Coll.); Atherstone (C. 

 Baker) 



grisealis, Hb. (nemoralis, F.) Not un- 



common. Sutton (R. C. Bradley) ; 

 Knowle (Blatch Coll.); Rugby = Over- 

 slade, etc. (Rugby lists) 

 Pechipogon barbalis, Cl. Knowle (Blatch 

 Coll.) ; Rugby = Brandon Woods, 



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