A HISTORY OF WARWICKSHIRE 



BOARMIIN.* 



Abraxas grossulariata, L. Exceedingly abun- 

 dant in gardens, etc., as usual 



sylvata, Sc. Not common and very 



local. Knowle (Blatch Coll., W. 

 Kiss) ; Rugby = Brandon Woods, 

 Newbold Road, Overslade, etc. (Rug- 

 by lists) ; Athentone (C. Baker) ; 

 Wolford (not seen for some time, 

 W. C. E. Wheeler) 



- marginata, L. Common in woods, etc. 



- adustata, Schiff. Rare. Sutton (P. W. 



Abbott); I Rugby (Rugby list, 1888 



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

 Bapta temerata (S.V.), Hb. Rare. Rugby 



= Frankton Woods (Rugby list, 1886); 



Wolford (W. C. E. Wheeler) 

 Deilinia pusaria, L. Common everywhere. 



Ab. rotundaria, Haw., has occurred. 



I bred one from a lot of Sutton 



larvae, and it is also twice recorded 



in the Rugby lists 



exanthemata, Sc. Common everywhere 

 Numeria pulveraria, L. Not common. 



Knowle (C. J. W., etc.) ; Hampton- 

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

 (C. Baker) ; Rugby Brandon Woods, 

 etc. (Rugby lists) 



Ellopia prosapiaria, L. (fasciaria, SchifF.). 

 Occurs in Sutton Park, but not com- 

 monly, and the only other record is 

 ^from Overslade = Rugby (J. M. Fur- 

 ness, Rugby lists) 



Metrocampa margaritata, L. Common 

 and generally distributed 



Ennomos quercinaria, Hufn. (angularia 

 [S.V.], Hb.) Not common. Knowle 

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

 = Overslade, Frankton Wood, etc. 

 (Rugby lists); Whitchurch (L. C. 

 Keigh ley-Peach); Wolford (W.C.E. 

 Wheeler) 



- alniaria, L. (tiliaria, Bkh.) Fairly com- 



mon and generally distributed 



- fuscantaria, Haw. Not common. Knowle 



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

 lists, bred from larvae, N. V. Sidg- 

 wick) ; Atherstone (C. Baker) 



- erosaria (S.V.), Hb. Rare. Marston 



Green (R. C. Bradley) ; Leamington, 

 Knowle (Blatch Coll.) ; ? Rugby 

 (Rugby list, 1892 only) 

 Selenia bilunaria, Esp. (illunaria, Hb.) 

 Occurs throughout the county not 

 uncommonly ; also var. juliaria, 

 Haw. 



- lunaria, Schiff. Much less common. 



Knowle (C. J. W., etc.); Tardley 

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

 Green (R. C. Bradley); near Bir- 



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BOARMIIN.* (continued) 



mingham (Blatch Hand.) ; Rugby 

 (Rugby lists) 



Selenia tetralunaria, Hufn. (illustraria, Hb.) 

 Not common. Knowle (W. G. 

 Blatch) ; Rugby (Rugby lists) ; also 

 given in Enock's List, 1870 



Hygrochroa syringaria, L. Seems to occur 

 throughout the county, as it is in 

 every list, but it is far from common 



Gonodontis bidentata, Cl. Common every- 

 where 



Himera pennaria, L. Not uncommon. 

 rard!ey(G.W. Wynn, etc.); Knowle 

 (R. C. Bradley, etc.); Sutton Park 

 (Blatch Coll.) ; Rugby = Overslade, 

 etc. (Rugby lists) ; Atherstone (C. 

 Baker) 



Crocallis elinguaria, L. Generally distri- 

 buted and fairly common 



Ourapteryx sambucaria, L. Common every- 

 where 



Eurymene dolobraria, L. Not common. 

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

 Blatch) ; Sutton Park (W. G. Blatch 

 = not taken for many years, 

 C. J. W.) ; Rugby = Brandon Woods, 

 etc. (Rugby lists, many times) ; Wol- 

 ford (W. C. E. Wheeler) 



Opisthograptis luteolata, L. (cratasgata, L.) 

 Very common everywhere 



Epione apiciaria, SchifF. Seems to occur 

 throughout the county, but it is far 

 from common 



Semiothisa liturata, Cl. Common in Sut- 

 ton Park ; also recorded from Knowle 

 (R. C. Bradley, etc.) ; Rugby = Bran- 

 don Woods, Frankton, etc. (Rugby 

 lists) ; and probably occurs wherever 

 there are fir woods 



Hybernia rupicapraria(S.V.), Hb. Common 

 throughout the county 



leucophaearia, Schiff. Generally dis- 



tributed and fairly common 



aurantiaria, Esp. Not common. Sutton 



Park (C. J. W., etc.) ; Tardley (G. W. 

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

 Atherstone (C. Baker) ; Wolford (W. 

 C. E. Wheeler) 



marginaria, Bkh. (progemmaria, Hb.) 



Very common everywhere. Dark 

 forms are frequent, both the uni- 

 colorous var. fuscata and also speci- 

 mens more or less richly clouded 

 with dark colour, the markings re- 

 maining as usual 



defoliaria, Cl. Very common every- 



where. The oaks in Sutton Park 

 are in some seasons nearly stripped 

 of their foliage, the larvae of this 



