A HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE 



BOMBYCES (continued) 



COSSIDAB 



Cossus ligniperda, Fb. Not common, larvae in 



ash and willow trees 

 Zeuzera pyrina, L. Rare, Toxall (E. B.), Burton, 



Rolleston (B. L.) ; Stafford, Hanlty, Cheadle ; 



Handsttiorth (C. J. W.), Stone, E. D. B. 



COCHLIOPODIDAE 



Heterogenea limacodes, Hufn. Two specimens 

 taken at Hanky, 15 July, 1903 



LIPARIDAE 



Porthesia chrysorrhoea, L. Several at Rugeley in 



1892-3 ; at electric light at Stoke Station, 



1905 

 si mills, Fues. Common throughout the 



county 



Leucoma salicis, L. Burton (B. L.) 

 Dasychira pudibunda, L. Not uncommon in south, 



but not recorded in north of the county 

 Orgyia gonostigma, Fb. One larva at Rugeley 



(B. L.) 

 - antiqua, L. General, and some years abundant 



as far north as Cheadle and Leek 



BOMBYCIDAE 



Trichiura crataegi, L. Rare, two taken at gas 

 lamps at Stone ; larva, Market Dray ton; Bur- 

 ton (B. L.) 



Poecilocampa populi, L. Not uncommon coming 

 to light, Stvynnerton, Stone, Tlxall, Rugeley, 

 Cheadle ; Needwood (B. L.) 



Eriogaster lanestris, L. Nests of larvae, Market 

 Drayton ; 'Needwood forest, common Burton 

 (B. L.) 



Bombyx rubi, L. Common on heaths, Madeley, 

 Leek ; Cannock Chase ; Dovedale (B. L.) 



quercus, L. Common some years about Stone 



and other places, but generally of the variety 



callunae, Palmer 

 Cdonestis potatoria, L. Common throughout the 



southern half of the county 

 Lasiocampa quercifolia, L. Larvae taken near 



Rugeley (B. L.) 



ilicifolia, L. Taken several times on Cannock 



Chase, which is one of the very few localities 

 where this moth occurs in England. (For 

 particulars see p. 97) 



ENDROMIDAE 



Endromis versicolor, L. Used to be taken in the 

 Burnt Woods 



SATURNHDAE 



Saturnia pavonia, L. Common on heaths all 

 through the county. Males assemble from 

 long distances to a virgin female 



BOMBYCES (continued) 

 DREPANULIDAE 



Drcpana lacertinaria, L. Fairly common on birch 

 trees 



falcataria, L. Not uncommon 



binaria, Hum. Burnt Woods, 1902 



Cilix glaucata, Scop. Common some years. Stone, 

 Cheadle, Rugeley, Market Drayton ; Burton 

 (B. L.) 



DlCRANURIDAE 



Dicranura bicuspis, Bork. Not common. Chorlton 

 Moss ; Cannock Chase, Rolleston (B. L.) 



furcula, L. Occasional, Burnt Woods, Madeley; 



Burton (E. B.) 



bifida, Hb. Occasional, Stoke-on-Trent, Stone, 



Burnt Woods, Cannock Chase ; Burton (B. L.) 



vinula, L. Very common throughout the 



county 



NOTODONTIDAE 



Pterostoma palpina, L. Chorlton, Stone, Burnt 



Woods, Cannock Chase ; Burton (B.L.) 

 Lophopteryx camelina, L. Common 



carmelita, Esp. Rugeley (B. L.) 

 Notodonta bicolor, Hb. Eight specimens of this 



rare moth were taken in the Burnt Woods 

 by Messrs. I. Smith, Chappell, and Charlton 

 (see Zoologist, 1861, p. 7682 ; also New- 

 man's British Moths, p. 228). The following 

 is an account of the capture of the first 

 specimen of this insect in Staffordshire, taken 

 from the Zoologist, 1861, p. 7682 : 'At the 

 ordinary monthly meeting of the Manchester 

 Entomological Society held on 3 July, 

 Mr. John Smith, an artisan collector resi- 

 dent here, exhibited a specimen of Noto- 

 donta bicolor captured by himself at Burnt 

 Woods, Staffordshire, in the latter part of 

 June last. The specimen, a fine male, 

 though a little rubbed through being boxed 

 out of the net, excited much interest at the 

 meeting as being the first of the species 

 known to have occurred in Great Britain, 

 J. Hardy, pro Sec.' 



dictaea, L. Not uncommon. Whitmore, Stoke- 



on-Trent, Cannock Chase, Cheadle, Burnt 

 Woods ; Bur/on (B. L.) 



dictaeoides, Esp. Not uncommon, Bishop's 



Woods, Cannock Chase, Leek 



dromedarius, L. The larvae frequently taken 



Madeley, Stvynnerton, Burnt Woods, Cheadle, 

 Consall ; Cannock Chase (B. L.) 



ziczac, L. Larvae not uncommon on willow 



and sallow ; Madeley, Ckeadle, Bishop's and 

 Burnt Woods 



trepida, Esp. Rare Stvynnerton, Burnt Woods 



chaonia, Hb. One at Steynnerton 



trimacula, Esp. Burnt Woods, Stvynnerton, 



Cannock Chase 



PYGAERIDAS 



Phalera bucephala, L. Very common, the larvae 

 frequently stripping branches of trees of all 

 their leaves. 



Pygaera curtula, L. Burton (E. B.) 



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