A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE 



NOCTUID* (continued) 

 Agrotis puta, Hubn. Rather 

 uncommon. Lanes about 

 Reading ; Englefield 



(Young) ; Boar's Hill (A. 

 Sidgwick) 



* suffusa, Hubn. 



t saucia, Hubn. Generally 

 distributed, but only oc- 

 casionally common 



* segetum, Schiff. 



* exclamationis, Linn. 



corticea, Hubn. Not com- 



mon, but well distributed. 

 Maidenhead (A. H. 

 Clarke) ; Sandhurst (Moch- 

 ler-Ferryman) ; Well. Coll. 

 (Wells) ; Bulmershe Park, 

 Reading ; Pangbourne ; 

 Neivbury (Mrs. Chorlejr) 



cinerea, Hubn. Rare. Read- 



ing, at light occasionally ; 

 Burghfield (Bird) ; N em- 

 bury (Mrs. Chorley) ; 

 Wytham (Walker) 



t nigricans, Linn. Rather 

 local and rarely common 



t tritici, Linn. 



aquilina, Hubn. Local. 



Lanes about Reading ; 

 Burghfield (Bird) ; Calcot 

 (Robertson) ; Tilehurst ; 

 Boar's Hill (A. Sidgwick) 



agathina, Dup. On heaths. 



Wokingham ; Bulmershe 

 Park, Reading ; Burgh- 

 field ; Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) ; Boar's Hill 

 t strigula, Thnb. Common 

 on the heath land 



obscura, Brahm. Rare. 



Burghfield ; Englefield 

 (Young) ; Boar's Hill (A. 

 Sidgwick) 



Noctua glareosa, Esp. Scarce. 

 Aldermaston Park ; Boar's 

 Hill (A. Sidgwick) 



depuncta, Linn. Rare. 



Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) ; 



West Woodhay (Beales) 

 * augur, Fabr. 

 * plecta, Linn. 

 * c-nigrum, Linn. 



ditrapezium, Bork. Rare. 



Calcot (Robertson) ; New- 

 bury (Mrs. Chorley) 



* triangulum, Hufn. 



t stigmatica, Hubn. 



t brunnea, Fabr. 



t festiva, Hubn. 



dahlii, Hubn. Scarce. Al- 



dermaston Park; Newbury 



(Mrs. Chorley) 

 * rubi, View, 

 t umbrosa, Hubn. 

 t baia, Fabr. 



NOCTUID.S: (continued) 

 Noctua castanea, Esp. Scarce. 

 Wett. Coll. (Wells) ; Bul- 

 mershe Park, Reading ; 

 Burghfield (J. Clarke) ; 

 Mortimer, in several vari- 

 eties 



* xanthographa, Fabr. 



tTriphaena janthina, Esp. 



t fimbria, Linn. 



t interjecta, Hubn. 



orbona, Hufn. Newbury 



(Mrs. Chorley) ; Boar's 

 Hill (A. Sidgwick) 



* comes, Hubn. 



* pronuba, Linn. 



AMPHIPYRID.H: 



*Amphipyra pyramidea, Linn. 



* tragopogonis, Linn. 



'Mania typica, Linn. 



t maura, Linn. 



ORTHOSIIDJE 



Panolis piniperda, Panz. Toler- 

 ably plentiful in fir woods 

 everywhere 



Pachnobia leucographa, Hubn. 

 Not infrequent near Mai- 

 denhead (A. H. Clarke); 

 Burghfield (Bird) 

 t rubricosa, Fabr. 

 Tasniocampa gothica, Linn. 

 Var. gothicina, H.S. at Reading, 



once 

 * incerta, Hufn. 



opima, Hubn. Not common. 



Willow beds by the Ken- 

 net (Mrs. Bazett) 



populeti, Fabr. Rather 



local, but sometimes com- 

 mon among poplar. Wok- 

 ingham ; Bulmershe Park, 

 Reading ; Burghfield ; Cal- 

 cot ; Tilehurst ; Bagley 



* stabilis, View. 



t gracilis, Fabr. 



miniosa, Fabr. Not gener- 



ally common ; most fre- 

 quent near large oak 

 woods. Very plentiful in 

 1895. Wett. Coll. (Wells) ; 

 Wokingham ; Bulmershe 

 Park, Reading ; Morti- 

 mer ; Aldermaston Park ; 

 Tilehurst ; Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) ; Bagley Wood 



t munda, Esp. 



* pulverulenta, Esp. 

 Orthosia suspecta, Hubn. 

 Scarce usually. Waking 

 ham ; Bulmershe Park, 

 Reading ; Tilehurst 



* upsilon, Bork. Generally 

 distributed and common 

 among willow 



* lota, Clerck. 



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ORTHOSIID^ (continued) 



*Orthosia macilenta, Hubn. 

 Anchocelis rufina, Linn. Gen- 

 eral in oak woods. Plenti- 

 ful at Bulmershe Park, 

 Reading, and near Sulham 

 oak wood 



* pistacina, Fabr. 



t lunosa, Haw. 



* litura, Linn. 



*Cerastis vaccinii, Linn. 



t spadicea, Hubn. 



erythrocephala, Fabr. Near 



Maidenhead, October 21, 

 one specimen (A.H.Clarke) 



'Scopelosoma satellitia, Linn. 

 Dasycampa rubiginea, Fabr. 

 Local and rare generally, 

 though sometimes occur- 

 ring in fair numbers at 

 several places on the Bag- 

 shot Sands ; Maidenhead 

 (A. H. Clarke); Sand- 

 hurst (Mochler- Ferryman); 

 Well. Coll. ; Wokingham ; 

 Bulmershe Park, Reading 

 Oporina croceago, Fabr. Rare. 

 Burghfield (Bird); Bag- 

 ley Wood (A. Sidgwick) 

 (Merry) 



tXanthia citrago, Linn. Very 

 abundant among lime- 

 trees everywhere 



* fulvago, Linn. 

 Var. flavescens,Esp. Occasionally 



* flavago, Fabr. 



t aurago.Fabr. Often abundant 

 and beautifully variable in 

 the Reading district 



gilvago, Esp. Often com- 



mon among the elms 

 in the Kennet and 

 Thames valleys. Also 

 frequent at the street 

 lamps, Reading. 

 circellaris, Hufn. 

 Cirrhredia xerampelina, Hubn. 

 Scarce. Reading at light ; 

 Tilehurst ; Calcot (Robert- 

 son) ; Englefield (Young) ; 

 Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) ; 

 Boar's Hill (Pogson- 

 Smith). 



COSMIIDJR 



Tethea subtusa, Fabr. Not 

 common. Bulmershe Park, 

 Reading ; Burghfield ; 

 Sulhamstead ; Tilehurst ; 

 Englefield (Young) ; Bag- 

 ley Wood 



retusa, Linn. Not common. 



Burghfield ; Aldermaston 

 Park ; Tilehurst ; Calcot ; 

 Englefield (Young) ; New- 

 bury (Mrs. Chorley) 



