INSECTS 



CYMATOPHORIDJE 

 tThyatira derasa, Linn. 

 t batis, Linn. 

 Cymatophora or, Fabr. Well. 

 Coll. (Wells) ; Finchamp- 

 stead ; Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) ; Boar's Hill 

 (Pogson-Smith) 

 t duplaris, Linn. 



fluctuosa, Hubn. Burgh- 



field (Bird) 



tAsphalia diluta, Fabr. 



t flavicornis, Linn. Well 

 distributed in the birch 

 plantations, and some- 

 times plentiful 



ridens, Fabr. Rarely at 



all common. Sandhurst 

 (Mochler-Ferryman) ; 

 Whiteknights' Park, Read- 

 ing ; Burghfield ; Newbury 

 (Mrs. Chorley) ; Bagley 

 Wood 



NOCTILE 

 BRYOPHILIDJE 

 Bryophila perla, Fabr. 



BOMBYCOID.K 



tDemas coryli, Linn. General 

 in woods. Common in 

 the beech woods 

 Acronycta tridens, Schiff. Fre- 

 quent in lanes about Read- 

 ing; Boar's Hill (A. Sidg- 

 wick) 

 * psi, Linn. 



leporina, Linn. Not plenti- 



ful. Wokingham ; Bul- 

 mtrshe Park, Reading ; 

 Burghfield ; Padworth ; 

 Aldermaston Park ; Cal- 

 cot ; Newbury (Mrs. Chor- 



. ley) 



t aceris, Linn. 



t megacephala, Fabr. 



alni, Linn. Widely distri- 



buted. Bulmershe Park, 

 Reading ; Padworth ; Al- 

 dermaston Park ; Sulham ; 

 Basildon ; Streatley ; New- 

 bury (Mrs. Chorley) 



ligustri, Fabr. Not common. 



Maidenhead (A. H. 

 Clarke) ; lanes about 

 Reading ; Burghfield ; 

 Mortimer (J. Clarke) ; 

 Grazeley; Tilehurst; Brad- 

 field (Young) ; Newbury 

 (Mrs. Chorley) 



* rumicis, Linn. 



*Diloba coeruleocephala, Linn. 



LEUCANIID.SJ 

 'Leucania conigera, Fabr. 



LEUCANIID.S (continued) 

 Leucania vitellina, Hubn. Hen- 

 wood (A. Sidgwick) 



turca, Linn. Not common. 



Burghfield (Bird); Pad- 

 worth ; Aldermaston Park ; 

 Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) 

 * lithargyria, Esp. 



impudens, Hubn. Local. 



Finchampstead ; Woking- 

 ham ; Bulmershe Park, 

 Reading ; Burghfield 



(Bird) ; Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) 

 t comma, Linn. 



* impura, Hubn. 



* pallens, Linn. 



Calamia phragmitidis, Hubn. 

 Rare. Bulmershe Park, 

 Reading ; Burghfield (Bird) 



Coenobia rufa, Haw. Local. 

 Wokingham ; Bulmershe 

 Park, Reading 



Tapinostola fulva, Hubn. 



Rather local. Bulmershe 

 Park, and Battle Farm, 

 Reading ; Burghfield 



(Bird) ; Aldermaston Park ; 

 Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) 



Nonagria arundinis, Fabr. 

 Common and general in 

 marshy places among 

 Typha 



geminipuncta, Hatch. Local. 



Coley lower Park, Reading; 

 Kennet side, Burghfield 



lutosa, Hubn. At street 



lamps, Reading ; Burgh- 

 field (Bird) 



APAMEIDJE 



tGortyna ochracea, Hubn. 

 fHydroecia nictitans, Bork. 



petasitis, Dbl. Rare. Burgh- 



field; Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) 



* micacea, Esp. 



tAxylia, putris, Linn. 

 Xylophasia rurea, Fabr. Not 

 very common. Kennet 

 meadows, Reading; Burgh- 

 field (Bird) ; Calcot 

 (Robertson) ; Pangbourne ; 

 Bradfield (Young) ; New- 

 bury (Mrs. Chorley) 



* lithoxylea, Fabr. 



* sublustris, Esp. Common 

 in all the beech woods 



* monoglypha, Hufn. 



* hepatica, Linn. 



scolopacina, Esp. Bulmershe 



Park (Poulton) ; Boar's 



Hill (A. Sidgwick) 

 *Dipterygia scabriuscula, Linn. 

 tNeuria reticulata, Vill. 

 *Neuronia popularis, Fabr. 



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APAMEIDJE (continued) 

 Charsas graminis, Linn. Not 

 generally common. Burgh- 

 field (Bird) ; Aldermaston 

 Park ; Tilehurst (Hen- 

 derson) ; Streatley Downs ; 

 Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) ; 

 West Woodhay (Beales) ; 

 Lambourn (Blair) 



tCerigo matura, Hufn. Gener- 

 ally distributed. Common 

 on the chalk hills 



"Luperina testacea, Hubn. 



t cespitis, Fabr. 



'Mamestra sordida, Bork. Gen- 

 erally distributed and 

 common 



* brassicae, Linn. 



' persicaria;, Linn. 



*Apamea basilinea, Fabr. 



gemina, Hubn. Well dis- 



tributed but not gener- 

 ally common. Plentiful 

 on the chalk hills. 



unanimis, Tr. In marshy 



places about Reading, but 

 not common. Boar's Hill 

 (A. Sidgwick) 



ophiogramma, Esp. Thames 



side, Reading ; Burghfield, 



by G. W. Railway 

 * didyma, Esp. 

 *Miana strigilis, Clerck. 

 t fasciuncula, Haw. 



literosa, Haw. Scarce and 



local. Bulmershe Park, 

 Reading ; Tilehurst 

 * bicoloria, Vill. 



arcuosa, Haw. Maidenhead 



(A H. Clarke). Common 

 in the Thames and Kennet 

 meadows, at the flowers 

 of grasses. Newbury 



(Mrs. Chorley) 



CARADRINID.S 



*Grammesia trigrammica, Hufn. 

 Var. bilinea, Hubn. occasionally 

 Stilbia anomala, Haw. Rare. 



Once at light, Reading; 



Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) 

 *Caradrina morpheus, Hufn. 

 t alsines, Brahm. 

 t taraxaci, Hubn. 

 t quadripunctata, Fabr. 

 tRusina tenebrosa, Hubn. Local 



but plentiful where it 



occurs. Maidenhead (A. 



H. Clarke) ; Wokingham ; 



Bulmershe Park, Reading; 



Burghfield ; Padworth ; 



Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) 



NOCTUID.S 



Agrotis vestigialis, Hufn. Hen- 

 wood, plentiful in 1896 

 (A. Sidgwick) 



