INSECTS 



Trochilium apiformis, Cl. Not common. 

 Athenians (C. Baker) ; ? Warwick 

 (P. P. Baly); Sal ford Priors (J. T. 

 Fountain) 



crabroniformis, Lewin (bembeciformis, 



Hb). Rugby (Rugby lists) ; Mr. N. 

 V. Sidgwick writes to me that he 

 thinks the record was probably right 

 Sesia tipuliformis, Cl. Common on cur- 

 rant bushes in some of the suburbs 

 of Birmingham, and probably in all ; 

 not many records of the species, but 

 probably common everywhere 



vespiformis, L. (asiliformis, Rott. ; cyni- 



piformis, Esp.). Rare ; though pro- 

 bably overlooked. Mr. P. W. Abbott 

 took two at Sutton and Mr. H. W. 

 Ellis took it at Knowle 



culiciformis, L. Rare ; though like the 



last, probably overlooked. Mr. R. C. 

 Bradley took one in his garden at 

 Sutton, and it has been taken at or 

 near Knowle several times (H. W. 

 Ellis, W. G. Blatch, J. T. Fountain) 





Cossus cossus, L. (ligniperda, F.) Seems 

 to occur throughout the county, but 

 is not often seen, and few specimens 

 exist in collections. Infested trees 

 are however reported from many 

 places 



Zeuzera pyrina, L. (sesculi, L.) Odd 

 specimens turn up throughout the 

 district, even in Birmingham and its 

 suburbs, generally being taken at 

 ' light ' ; but the only place where 

 it seems to be known at home is at 

 Rugby, where the schoolboys take it 

 every year and sometimes in numbers 



HEPIALID^E 



Hepialus humuli, L. Common everywhere 



sylvina, L. Generally distributed, but 



not common 



fusconebulosa, De Geer (velleda, Hb.) 



Not uncommon at Sutton, and also 

 recorded trom Hampton-in-Arden (G. 

 W. Wynn) and Atherstone (C. Baker) 



lupulina, L. Common everywhere 



hecta, L. Common everywhere, though 



less so than lupulina 



PYRALIDJE 

 CRAMBIN.* 



Crambus tristellus (S.V.), F. Common 



perlellus, Sc. Knowle (W. G. Blatch) ; 



Sutton Park (Blatch Coll.) ; Rugby 



(continued) 

 = Overslade, etc. (Rugby lists) ; Whit- 

 church (J. H. Bloom) 



Crambus margaritellus, Hb. Sutton (R. C. 

 Bradley). Common (F. Enock, List, 

 1869) 



pinellus, L. (pinetella, Tr.). Knowle 



(W. G. Blatch) ; Sutton (Blatch Cat.) ; 

 Rugby = Brandon Woods, etc. (Rugby 

 lists) ; Whitchurch (J. H. Bloom) 



falsellus, Schiff. Olton (Blatch Coll.) ; 



Rugby (two undoubted specimens in 

 garden, N. V. Sidgwick). Common 

 (F. Enock, List, 1869) ? 



hortuellus, Hb. Knowle (R. C. Bradley, 



Blatch Coll.); Rugby = Overs/ade,etc. 

 (Rugby lists). Common (F. Enock, 

 1869) 



culmellus, L. Common. Knowle (R. C. 



Bradley); Rugby (Rugby lists); Whit- 

 church (J. H. Bloom) 



pratellus, L. Knowle (R. C. Bradley 



and Blatch Coll.); Rugby = Overslade, 

 etc. (Rugby lists) ; Whitchurch (J. H. 

 Bloom). Common (F. Enock, List, 

 1869) 



pascuellus, L. Knowle (R.C. Bradley); 



Rugby = Overslade, etc. (Rugby lists) 

 PHYCITIN.S: 



Ephestia Kuhniella, Z. Birmingham (R. C. 

 Bradley) ; Knowle (Blatch Coll.) 



calidella, Gn. (ficella, Dougl.) Has 



been bred locally, but from imported 



fruit 

 - elutella, Hb. Common. Found in 



Birmingham, etc. (R. C. Bradley) 

 Salebria betulae, Gocze. Knowle (R. C. 



Bradley) 

 Phycita spissicella, F. Knowle (W. G. 



Blatch) ; Rugby = Brandon Wood 



(N. V. Sidgwick, Rugby lists) 

 Acrobasis Zelleri, Rag. (tumidella, Zk.) 



Knowle (W. G. Blatch) 



consociella, Hb. Brandon Woods (N. 



V. Sidgwick) 



Rhodophaea advenella, Zk. Brandon, New- 

 bold (N. V. Sidgwick) 

 Myelois ceratoniae, Zell. Rugby (taken at 



'light' in house August 24, 1895, 



N. V. Sidgwick) 

 Cryptoblabes bistriga, Haw. Knowle (W. 



G. Blatch) ; Sutton Park (Blatch 



Cat.) 

 PYRALIN.S 



Aglossa pinguinalis, L. Common 

 Hypsopygia costalis, F. Knowle (W. G. 



Blatch) 



Pyralis farinalis, L. Common 

 Herculia glaucinalis, L. Knowle (W. G. 



Blatch). Rare (F. Enock, List, 1869) 



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