A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE 



LITHOSIID/E (continued) 

 Lithosia lurideola, Zinck. 



complana, Linn. General 



on heaths, but not com- 

 mon 



Gnophria rubricollis, Linn. 

 Well distributed, but ap- 

 parently not common 



Emydia grammica, Linn. " Two 

 . . . taken in the autumn 

 of 1815 near Windsor, one 

 of them is in the collection 

 of the British Museum, 

 the other in my own 

 cabinet, respectively pre- 

 sented by my valued 

 friend Dr. Leach " (Steph. 

 Illus. vol. 2, p. 92) 



EUCHELIIDJE 



Euchelia jacobzae, Linn. 

 Callimorpha dominula, Linn. 

 Local. Kennet side near 

 Reading ; Brad field ; 



Thatcham; Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) ; larvae feeding 

 here on Symphytum offi- 

 cinale; Cotbill (Jackson) 



CHELONIID^; 



Nemeophila russula, Linn. 

 Common on the heath 

 land 



plantaginis, Linn. Very 



local. Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) ; West Woodhay 

 (Beales); Tubney Wood and 

 Common ; Boar's Hill 

 Arctia caia, Linn. 



villica, Linn. Burghfield 



(Bird) 



tSpilosoma fuliginosa, Linn. 

 t mendica, Clerck. 



* lubricipeda, Esp. 



* menthastri, Esp. 



'Hepialus humuli, Linn. 



* sylvanus, Linn. 



t velleda, Hubn. Well distri- 



buted, but scarce 

 var. gallicus, Led. occasionally 

 with the type 



* lupulinus, Linn. 

 t hectus, Linn. 



COSSIDJE 



*Cossus ligniperda, Fabr. 

 Zeuzera pyrina, Linn. Widely 

 distributed, but not com- 

 mon 



COCHLIOPODID.S: 

 Heterogenea limacodes, Hufn. 

 General in and near oak 

 woods, but not common 



LIPARIDJE 



'Porthesia similis, Fues. 

 Leucoma salicis, Linn. Occa- 

 sionally in Reading and 

 neighbourhood. Com- 

 mon at South Hinksey 

 Ocneria dispar, Linn. One 

 male taken at light near 

 Maidenhead, about 1882, 

 by Rev. E. de Ewer 

 (Raynor) 



'Psilura monacha, Linn. 

 Dasychira fascelina, Linn. Sand- 

 hurst (Bacon) ; Well. Coll. 

 (Tarbat) (Wells) ; Burgh- 

 field (Bird) ; Bagley Wood 

 (Shepheard-Walwyn) 

 * pudibunda, Linn. 

 Orgyia gonostigma, Fabr. Bag- 

 ' ley Wood, Rev. W. T 

 Bree and Rev. F. W. Hope 

 (Steph.) ; Bagley Wood, 

 1895 (Shepheard-Wal- 

 wyn), and 1 898 (Lambert) 

 * antiqua, Linn. 



BOMBYCID^ 



tTrichiura crataegi, Linn. 

 tPoecilocampa populi, Linn. 

 tEriogaster lanestris, Linn. 

 *Bombyx neustria, Linn, 

 t rubi, Linn. 

 * quercus, Linn, 

 var. callunae, Palmer, occasion- 

 ally 



*Odonestis potatoria, Linn. 

 tLasiocampa quercifolia, Linn. 



ENDROMIDJE 



Endromis versicolor, Linn. 

 Burghfield 



SATURN IIDJE 



Saturnia pavonia, Linn. Com- 

 mon on the heath land ; 

 also in some of the willow 

 beds by the Thames and 

 Kennet 



DREPANULID^; 



tDrepana lacertinaria, Linn, 

 t falcataria, Linn, 

 t binaria, Hufn. 



cultraria, Fabr. In all the 



beech woods, sometimes 

 abundant 

 *Cilix glaucata, Scop. 



DlCRANURIDJE 



tDicranura furcula, Linn. Gen- 

 erally distributed, but not 

 plentiful 



bifida, Hubn. Well. Coll. 



(Wells) ; Reading ; Burgh- 

 field ; Sulhamstead ; New- 

 bury (Mrs. Chorley) ; 

 Bagley 



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DICRANURID^ (continued) 

 'Dicranura vinula, Linn. 

 Stauropus fagi, Linn. Widely 



distributed in woods ; 



sometimes common in the 



beech woods 



NOTODONTID.S; 



Ptilophora plumigera, Esp. 

 Rare. Maidenhead (A. H. 

 Clarke) ; Reading at light ; 

 Tilehurst 



tPterostoma palpina, Linn. 

 tLophopteryx camelina, Linn. 



cuculla, Esp. Not rare 



about the edges of the 

 beech woods. Maiden- 

 head (A. H. Clarke ; Har- 

 wood) ; Tilehurst ; Sul- 

 ham ; Streatley 



carmelita, Esp. Rare. Well. 



Coll. ; Bulmershe Park, 

 Reading; Burghfield 

 Notodonta dictaea, Linn. Bul- 

 mershe Park, Reading ; 

 gardens, Reading (Hen- 

 derson) ; Mortimer ; Al- 

 dermaston Park 



dictxoides, Esp. Bulmershe 



Park, Reading ; suburbs 



of Reading (Henderson) ; 



Burghfield ; Padworth ; 



Aldermaston Park / Bagley 



Wood 



t dromedarius, Linn, 

 t ziczac, Linn. 



trepida, Esp. Burghfield ; 



Padworth ; Aldermaston 

 Park ; Tilehurst ; New- 

 bury (Mrs. Chorley) ; 

 Henwood 



chaonia, Hubn. Scarce. 



Burghfield (Bird); Pad- 

 worth (Mrs. Bazett) ; Al- 

 dermaston Park ; Sulham ; 

 Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) ; 

 Boar's Hill (A. Sidgwick) 



trimacula, Esp. Well dis- 



tributed. Bulmershe Park, 

 Reading ; Burghfield ; 



Aldermaston Park ; Sul- 

 ham ; Streatley ; New- 

 bury (Mrs. Chorley) 



PYCJERID.S: 



Phalera bucephala, Linn. 

 Pygaera curtula, Linn. Finch- 

 ampstead 1892 (L. An- 

 drewes) ; Burghfield(EM); 

 Boar's Hill (A. Sidgwick) 



pigra, Hufn. Rather local, 



but common where it 

 occurs. Wokingham ; 



Burghfield ; Padworth ; 

 Aldermaston Park; New- 

 bury (Mrs. Chorley) 



