INSECTS 



LYCJENID.S: (continued) 

 'Lycaena icarus, Rott. 



bellargus, Rott. Sulham ; 



Pangbourne ; Streatley ; 

 and The Downs ; a recent 

 arrival, not known in this 

 district until about 1894 

 or 1895 



corydon, Fabr. Common 



and general on the chalk, 

 frequently in great abun- 

 dance 

 t argiolus, Linn. 



minima, Fues. Streatley Hill 



and The Downs; very 

 plentiful in places 



ERYCINID./E 



Nemeobius lucina, Linn. Mor- 

 timer ; Burghfield (Bird) ; 

 Sulham, Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley). Common at 

 Tubney and Bagley Woods 



HESPERIID^E 

 tSyrichthus malvae, Linn. 



var. taras, Meig. once near 



Wokingham, 1896 

 Nisoniades tages, Linn. Well 

 distributed in grassy places 

 and at edges of woods. 

 Sometimes very common. 

 In 1888 in extreme abun- 

 dance 



Hesperia thaumas, Hufn. 

 Local, but in many damp 

 places near woods through- 

 out the county 

 * sylvanus, Esp. 

 t comma, Linn. 



HETEROCERA 

 SPHINGES 

 SPHINGIDJE 



Acherontia atropos, Linn. 

 Generally distributed, 

 but uncertain in num- 

 bers 



Sphinx convolvuli, Linn. Oc- 

 curs everywhere, but irre- 

 gular in numbers and only 

 occasionally fairly com- 

 mon 

 * ligustri, Linn. 



Deilephila galii, Schiff. Several 

 specimens bred from larvae 

 found 10 September,l888, 

 feeding on Clarkia in a 

 garden at Reading (W. 

 Barnes) 



livornica, Esp. Reading 

 (Prof. Poulton) ; Abing- 

 don, one taken 15 July, 

 1883, by F. Walker 



SPHINCIDJE (continued) 

 Chcerocampa celerio, Linn. A 

 specimen taken flying to 

 flowers in his garden at 

 Reading by Mr. G. Phil- 

 brick on 3 August, 1888. 

 This specimen is in the 

 Reading Museum. One 

 found by a lady in a green- 

 house I October, 1884, at 

 West Hanney, near Wan- 

 tage (Slade) 



porcellus, Linn. Widely 



distributed and common, 

 particularly plentiful on 

 the chalk 



* elpenor, Linn. 



*Smerinthus ocellatus, Linn. 



' populi, Linn. 



* tiliae, Linn. Particularly 

 plentiful in the Thames 

 and Kennet valleys, where 

 the larvae feed principally 

 on the elm. 



Macroglossa stellatarum, Linn. 

 Generally distributed, but 

 only occasionally com- 

 mon 



t fuciformis, Linn. Local 

 in wooded places, but 

 generally common where 

 it occurs 



bombyliformis, Och. Local. 



Maidenhead (A. H. 

 Clarke) ; Well. Coll. ; Sul- 

 ham ; Bagley Wood 



SZSIIDJC 



Trochilium apiformis, Clerck. 

 Generally distributed 

 among poplar 



crabroniformis, Lewin. Rath- 



er local among willow and 

 osier. Wokingham ; Bul- 

 mershe Park and Battle 

 Farm, Reading ; Burgh- 

 field ; Aldermaston Park ; 

 Englefield (Young) 

 Sesia sphegiformis, Fabr. Not 

 uncommon in the alder 

 beds at Burghfield and 

 Mortimer ; Ufton (]. 

 Clarke) 

 * tipuliformis, Clerck. 



asiliformis, Rott. Bulmershe 



Park, Reading ; garden of 

 Greyfriars House, Reading 

 (F. W. Andrewes) ; Burgh- 

 field (Bird); Tubney Wood ; 

 Bagley Wood 



myopiformis, Bork. Gener- 



ally common in gardens 

 and orchards among apple 

 trees 



culiciformis, Linn. Bul- 



mershe Park, Reading 



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SESIID.SE (continued) 

 Sesia formiciformis, Esp. Com- 

 mon in osier beds by the 

 Thames near Reading 



Ino statices, Linn. Local. 



Sandhurst (Mochler- 



Ferryman); Well. Coll. 



(Wells) ; near Woking- 



ham ; Tilehurst ; Bradfield 



(Young) ; Newbury (Mrs. 



Chorley); Bagley (Gel- 



dart) 

 geryon, Hubn. On the 



downs about Unwell Wood 



(W. Barnes) 

 tZygsna trifolii, Esp. Local, 



but plentiful in many 



marshy spots 

 * filipendulae, Linn. 



BOMBYCES 



NYCTEOLID* 

 Sarothripus undulanus, Hubn. 



General in woods 

 Earias chlorana, Linn. Burgh- 

 field, by G. W. Railway ; 

 Midgham 



*Hylophila prasinana, Linn. 

 Common everywhere in 

 woods, particularly the 

 beech woods 



t bicolorana, Fues. Well dis- 

 tributed in oak woods 



NOLIDJE 

 *Nola cucullatella, Linn. 



strigula, Schiff. Mortimer 



and Padtvorth (Mrs. Ba- 

 zett) 



confusalis, H.-S. Well dis- 



tributed in oak woods, but 

 not common 



albulalis, Hubn. Boar's Hill 



(Pogson-Smith) 



LITHOSIID.S: 



Nudaria senex, Hubn. Woking- 

 ham ; Bulmershe Park, 

 Reading ; Burghfield ; 

 Midgham ; Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) 



mundana, Linn. Maidenhead 



(A. H. Clarke). In lanes 

 about Reading, sparingly 



tCalligenia miniata, Forst. 



tLithosia mesomella, Linn. 



sororcula, Hufn. Generally 



distributed in woods. Par- 

 ticularly common in the 

 beech woods 

 t griseola, Hubn. 

 var. flava, Haw. occasionally with 

 this type. 



