A HISTORY OF BERKSHIRE 



EUCLIDIIDJE 



"Euclidia mi, Clerck. 

 * gtyphica, Linn. 



CATOCALID.E: 

 Catocala nupta, Linn. 

 promissa, Esp. Padworth ; 

 Aldermaston Park some- 

 times common ; Boar's 

 Hill (A. Sidgwick) 



Aventia flexula, Schiff. Gener- 

 ally distributed but rare 



TOXOCAMPID.K 



Toxocampa pastinum, Tr. 

 Local, but plentiful in 

 willow beds where it oc- 

 curs. Burghfield ; Midg- 

 ham ; Thatcham ; near 

 Henwood 



HERMINIID.S 

 tRivula sericealis, Scop. 

 'Zanclognatha grisealis, Hubn. 



* tarsipennalis, Tr. 

 Pechypogon barbalis, Clerck. 



Local, but common where 

 it occurs 



HYPENID/E 



Bomolocha fontis, Thnb. Rare. 

 Bulmershe Park, Reading ; 

 Aldermaston Park 

 *Hypena rostralis, Linn. 



* proboscidalis, Linn. 

 Hypenodes albistrigalis, Haw. 



Not common. Maiden- 

 head (A. H. Clarke) ; Mor- 

 timer; Aldermaston Park 



costaestrigalis, St. Local, 



but not uncommon. Wok- 

 ingbam ; Bulmershe Park, 

 Reading; Burghfield (Bird); 

 Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) 

 Tholomiges turfosalis, Wk. 

 Local, but plentiful. Wok- 

 ingham ; Bulmershe Park, 

 Reading; Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) 



BREPHID.TE 



tBrephos parthenias, Linn. 

 Common and general in 

 birch woods and planta- 

 tions 



notha, Hubn. BagleyWood; 



Wytham Wood (Pogson- 

 Smith) 



GEOMETRY 

 UROPTERYGIDJE 

 Uropteryx sambucaria, Linn. 



ENNOMID.S: 



tEpione apiciaria, Schiff. Com- 

 mon in sallow beds every- 

 where 



advenaria, Hubn. Newbury, 



(Mrs. Chorley) 



*Rumia luteolata, Linn. 



tVenilia macularia, Linn. 

 Angerona prunaria, Linn. 

 Rather scarce. Mortimer ; 

 Burghfield ; Padworth ; 

 Aldermaston Park ; Brad- 

 field (Young) 



'Metrocampa margaritaria, Linn. 



tEllopia prosapiaria, Linn. Gen- 

 erally distributed in the 

 fir woods, and fairly plen- 

 tiful 



tEurymene dolobraria, Linn. 



tPericallia syringaria, Linn. 



'Selenia bilunaria, Esp. 



lunaria, Schiff. Well distri- 



buted, but not common 



tetralunaria, Hufix. Widely 



distributed, but rather un- 

 common 



'Odontopera bidentata, Clerck. 



Crocallis elinguaria, Linn. 

 Eugonia autumnaria, Wernb. 

 Reading at light, once, 

 August 1901 (W. Barnes) 



* alniaria, Linn. 



fuscantaria, Haw. Rather 



scarce. Bulmershe Park, 

 Reading ; Burghfield ; 

 Mortimer ; Aldermaston 

 Park; Tilehurst 



erosaria, Bork. Scarce. 



Maidenhead (A. H. 

 Clarke) ; Bulmershe Park, 

 Reading ; Mortimer ; New- 

 bury (Mrs Chorley) ; Boar's 

 Hill (A. Sidgwick) 



* quercinaria, Hufn. 



*Himera pennaria, Linn. 



AMPHIDASYDJE 



*Phigalia pedaria, Fabr. 

 Nyssia hispidaria, Fabr. Com- 

 mon occasionally. Well. 

 Coll. ; Wokingham ; Burgh- 

 field; Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) ; Bagley Wood ; 

 Henwood 



Biston hirtaria, Clerck. Usually 

 sparingly, but sometimes 

 more plentifully. On 

 street lamps and tree 

 trunks in the suburbs of 

 Reading; Newbury (Mrs. 

 Chorley) 



tAmphidasys strataria, Hufn. 



* betularia, Linn. 

 An immaculate black var. at 

 Aldermaston Park and 

 Bagley Wood 



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BOARMIIDJE 



tHemerophila abruptaria, Thnb. 

 tCleora lichenaria, Hufn. 

 'Boarmia repandata, Linn. 

 * gemmaria, Brahm. 



cinctaria, Schiff. Uncom- 



mon. Burghfield, on fir 

 trees (J. Clarke) 



abietaria, Hubn. On the 



Bagshot Sands near Read- 

 ing (Henderson) 



roboraria, Schiff. Not un- 



common. Burghfield ; 

 Ufton ; Padworth ; Alder- 

 maston Park ; Newbury 

 (Mrs. Chorley); Hen- 

 wood (Sedgwick) ; Beau- 

 mont (Gardner) 

 t consortaria, Fabr. Generally 



distributed in oak woods 

 Tephrosia consonaria, Hubn. 

 Often abundant in the 

 beech woods 



crepuscularia, Hubn. Very 



local. Well. Coll. ; Bul- 

 mershe Park, Reading ; 

 Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) 



* biundularia, Bork., Esp. 



t luridata, Bork. 



t punctularia, Hubn. Abun- 

 dant among birch 

 Gnophos obscuraria, Hubn. 

 Rare and uncertain. Bul- 

 mershe Park, Reading ; 

 Padworth 



GEOMETRIDJE 



tPseudoterpna pruinata, Hufn. 

 Tolerably common among 

 furze generally 



fGeometra papilionaria, Linn. 

 Generally distributed 

 among birch and alder, 

 and tolerably common 



t vernaria, Hubn. General on 

 the chalk, but not com- 

 mon 



tPhorodesma pustulata, Hufn. 

 Not uncommon in oak 

 woods everywhere 

 Nemoria viridata, Linn. Burgh- 

 field (Bird) 



*Iodis lactearia, Linn. 



Hemithea strigata, Mull. 



EPHYRIDJE 



tZonosoma porata, Fabr. 



t punctaria, Linn. 



General and common in 

 the oak woods 



t linearia, Hubn. Abundant 

 in all the beech woods 



t annulata, Schulz. Not un- 

 common among maple, 

 particularly in the beech 

 woods 



