INSECTS 



COSMIIDJE (continued) 

 Dicycla oo, Linn. Local and 

 scarce generally, but oc- 

 casionally more plentiful. 

 Well. Coll.; Finchamp- 

 stead ; Wokingham ; Read- 

 ing (Hawkins) ; Burgh- 

 field 



"Calymnia trapezina, Linn. 



pyralina, View. Rather 



scarce among elm. Sand- 

 hurst (Mochler-Ferryman); 

 Wokingham ; Lanes about 

 Reading ; Burghfield 



(Bird) ; Tilehurst 



t diffinis, Linn. 



* affinis, Linn. 



HADENID.S: 



Eremobia ochroleuca, Esp- 

 Maidenhead, always asleep 

 in flower heads of knap- 

 weed in the daytime (A. 

 H.Clarke); Streatley 

 Dianthoecia nana, Rott. Appar- 

 ently uncommon. Lower 

 Basildon ; Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) 



* capsincola, Hubn. 

 f cucubali, Fues. 



carpophaga, Bork. Rather 



common on the chalk hills 

 tHecatera chrysozona, Bork. 

 t serena, Fabr. Common on 



the chalk hills. Often on 



flowers in the daytime 

 Polia chi, Linn. In the northern 



part of the county only. 



Rather scarce. Boar's Hill, 



and roads near 

 * flavicincta, Fabr. 

 tAporophyla lutulenta, Bork. 



nigra, Haw. Rare. Sand- 



hurst (Mochler - Ferry- 

 man) 



Cleoceris viminalis, Fabr. Ir- 

 regular. Not common 

 usually, but only in certain 

 seasons. Well. Coll. 

 (Wells) ; Wokingham ; Bul- 

 mershe Park, Reading ; 

 Burghfield (Bird); Mor- 

 timer (J. Clarke) ; Midg- 

 ham ; Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) 



Miselia oxyacanthae, Linn. 

 Var. capucina, Mill. Not un- 

 common 



Agriopis aprilina, Linn. Very 

 common in oak woods 



tEuplexia lucipara, Linn. 



*Phlogophora meticulosa, Linn. 



tAplecta prasina, Fabr. 



occulta, Linn. Rare. Well. 



Coll. (Wells); Bulmershe 

 Park, Reading 



HADENID^E (continued) 



'Aplecta nebulosa, Hufn. Com- 

 mon on the heath lands 

 everywhere 



tincta, Brahm. In the birch 



plantations chiefly, occa- 

 sionally abundant. Wok- 

 ingham; Bulmershe Park, 

 Reading ; Burghfield ; Pad- 

 worth ; Aldermaston Park 



advena, Fabr. Not common. 



Maidenhead (A. H.Clarke); 

 Bulmershe Park, Reading ; 

 Burghfield ; Padworth ; 

 Aldermaston Park ; New- 

 bury (Mrs. Chorley) 

 Hadena porphyrea, Esp. Once 

 near Reading ; Burghfield 

 (received from the Rev. 

 C. S. Bird by the late Mr. 

 S. Stevens) 



adusta, Esp. Maidenhead 



(A. H. Clarke) ; Bulmershe 

 Park, Reading ; Burgh- 

 field ; Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) 

 * protea, Bork. 



glauca, Hubn. Englefield 



(Young) 



* dentina, Esp. 

 t trifolii, Rott. 



dissimilis, Knoch. Not com- 



mon. Bulmershe Park, 



and lanes about Reading ; 



Burghfield ; Tilehurst ; 



Boar's Hill (A. Sidgwick) 

 * oleracea, Linn. 

 t pisi, Linn. 

 t thalassina, Rott. 



contigua, Vill. Rare. Wok- 



ingham ; Burghfield (Bird) 

 t genistae, Bork. 



XYLINIDJE 



'Xylocampa areola, Esp. 

 Calocampa vetusta, Hubn. 

 Scarce. Wokingham ; 



Burghfield (J. Clarke) ; 

 Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) 

 t exoleta, Linn. 

 tXylina ornithopus, Rott. 

 t semibrunnea, Haw. 



socia, Rott. Frequent near 



Maidenhead (A. H. 



Clarke) ; Henwood 

 fAsteroscopus sphinx, Hufn. 

 tCucullia verbasci, Linn. 



lychnitis, Rbr. Near Maid- 



enhead (Harwood) 



asteris, Schiff. Bradfield 



(Bird) 



t chamomillae, Schiff. 

 * umbratica, Linn. 



GONOPTERID^ 

 *Gonoptera libatrix, Linn. 

 105 



PLUSIID.S 



tHabrostola tripartita, Hufn. 



t triplasia, Linn. 

 Plusia moneta, Fabr. Near 

 Bulmershe Park, Reading, 

 2 July, 1890, E.M.M. v. 

 26, p. 255 ; at light, Read- 

 ing; Ascot (M. J. Mans- 

 field, Entont. v. 28, p. 18) ; 

 fairly common now at 

 Ascot (E. A. Bowles, Ent. 

 Rec. v. 8, p. 185) ; toler- 

 ably common now at 

 Sandhurst (Mochler-Ferry- 

 man) ; Well. Coll. (Wells) 



chryson, Esp. Near New- 



bury, ... in plenty by Mr. 

 Dale (Steph.); Bradfield 

 (Bird) 

 * chrysitis, Linn. 



festucae, Linn. Rare. G.W. 



Railway bank, Reading ; 

 Burghfield (Bird) ; New- 

 bury (Mrs. Chorley) ; 

 Hungerford (Beales) 



t iota, Linn. 



t pulchrina, Haw. 



* gamma, Linn. 



HELIOTHID^ 

 tAnarta myrtilli, Linn. 

 tHeliaca tenebrata, Scop. 

 Heliothis dipsacea, Linn. Well. 

 Coll., flying in the sun- 

 shine (Wells) ; Burghfield 

 (Bird) 



peltigera, Schiff. Rare. 



Maidenhead (Raynor) ; 

 Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) 



armigera, Hubn. Rare. 



Reading at light 

 Chariclea umbra, Hufn. Some- 

 times common on the 

 chalk hills 



delphinii, Linn. " In that 



of the British Museum, 

 and in my own collection, 

 are specimens from the 

 neighbourhood of Wind- 

 sor, caught about 15 years 

 since, in June " (Steph. 

 Illus. v. 3, p. 92) 



ACONTIID.K 



Acontia luctuosa, Esp. New- 

 bury (Mrs. Chorley) 



ERASTRIID.S 



Erastria fasciana, Linn. Fre- 

 quent on the heath land 



Hydrelia uncula, Clerck. Well. 

 Coll, fairly plentiful (Wells) ; 

 Boar's Hill (Pogson- Smith) 



POAPHILID* 



Phytometra viridaria, Clerck. 



