INSECTS 



BOMBYCES (continued) 

 CYMATOPHORIDAE 





Thyatira derasa, L. Not common Macteley, Burnt 

 Woods, Dovedale, Leek ; Burton (B. L.) 



batis, L. General, but not plentiful; Cheadle, 



Madeley, Rugeley, Leek, Burnt Woods ; Bur- 

 ton (B. L.) 



Cymatophora duplaris, L. Not uncommon, Can- 

 nock Chase, MaJeley, Burnt Woods, Cheadle ; 

 Henhurst near Burton (E. B.) 



Asphalia diluta, Fb. Rare, Burnt Woods; Hen- 

 hurst near Burton (E. B.) 



flavicornis, L. Common, Swynnerton, Cannock 



Chase, Cheadle ; Burton once (B. L.) 



ridens, Fb. Rare, Staynnerton, Trentham 



NOCTUAE 

 BRYOPHILIDAE 



Bryophila perla, Fb. Common on walls, the larvae 

 feeding on lichens 



BoMBYCOIDAE 



Demas coryli, L. Rare, larvae on birch and oak 

 at Staynnerton and Dtmmingsdale near Cheadle; 

 Dovedale (B. L.) 



Acronycta tridens, Schift'. Fairly common at Bur- 

 ton (B. L.), Rugeley 



psi, L. Common throughout the county 



leporina, L. General, but not common, Leek, 

 Chorlton, Cheadle, Barlaston, Burnt Woods, 

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



- megacephala, Fb. Not common, Bishop's and 



Burnt Woods, Cannock Chase 



- alni, L. General, and reported from most 



parts of the county 



- rumicis, L. Common, and variety ' salicis ' 



not uncommon 



menyanthidis, View. Rare, Craddock's Moss, 



Chorlton, War slow, Chartlcy, Leek 

 Diloba caeruleocephala, L. Common throughout 

 the middle and south of the county 



LEUCANIIDAE 



Leucania conigera, Fb. Rugeley ; Burton (B. L.) 



lithargyria, Esp. Common 



comma, L. Burnt Woods, Rugeley ; Henhurst 



and Burton (B. L.) 



impura, Hb.) ,-, 



T ( Common 



pallens, L. J 



Coenobia rufa, Haw. Henhurst near Burton (E. B.) 

 Tapinostola fulva, Hb. Fairly common, Chorlton, 

 Madeley, Betton, Cheadle, Cannock Chase ; 

 Bagofs Park, Burton (B. L.) 



Nonagria arundinis, Fb. Larvae common in bul- 

 rushes 



lutosa, Hb. One at light Stone ; at light Bur- 



ton (B.L.) 



APAMEIDAE 



Gortyna ochracea, Hb. Fairly common 

 Hydroecia nictitans, Bork. Not common, Whit- 

 more, Cheadle, Burnt Woods, Cannock Chase ; 

 Henhurst, Burton, Rugeley (B. L.) 



NOCTUAE (continued) 

 APAMEIDAE (continued) 



Hydroecia petasitis, Dbl. One at Froghall near 

 Cheadle, and larvae in stems of Petasitis vul- 

 garis 



micacea, Esp. Occasional, Swynnerton, Madeley, 



Oakamoor, Rugeley ; Burton (B. L.) 

 Axylia putris, L. Fairly common 

 Xylophasia rurea, Fb. Common with the var. 



combusta, Dup. 



lithoxylea, Fb. Common 



monoglypha, Hufn. Very abundant every- 



where with its melanic var. 



hepatica, L. Not common, Madeley ; Hen- 



Aunt, Burton (B. L.) 

 scolopacina, Esp. Local. Cheadle; Leek; 



Knightley Park ; Shobnall (B. L.) ; Burnt 



Woods, E. D. B. 

 Dipterygia scabriuscula, L. Rare. Swynnerton ; 



Madeley ; Bunt Woods 

 Aporophyla australis, Bdv. One at light at Stoke- 



on-Trent 

 Neuria reticulata, Vill. Sviyntierton ; Burnt Woods ; 



Henhurst, nr. Burton (E. B.) 

 Neuronia popularis, Fb. General. Madeley ; 



Cheadle ; Rugeley ; Market Dray ton ; Burton 



(B.L.) 



Charaeas graminis, L. Common 

 Cerigo matura, Hufn. Rugeley occasionally at 



light ; one at Branston, Sept. 1905 ; Knight- 

 ley (E. B.) 

 Luperina testacea, Hb. Common 



cespitis, Fb. General 



Mamestra sordida, Bork. Market Dray ton ; Burton, 

 at sugar (B. L.) 



brassicae, L. Very abundant, and the larvae 



very destructive to plants of the cabbage tribe 



- persicariae, L. Local. Burton (B. L.) ; Made- 



ley ; Rugeley ; Handsmrth (C. J. W.) 

 Apamea basilinea, Fb. Common, and larvae 

 destructive 



gemina, Hb. Not uncommon, and the vnr. 



remissa, Tr. occasionally 



- unanimis, Tr. Not common. Clayton ; Made- 



ley ; Rugeley ; Burton (B. L.) 



- leucostigma, Hb. Occasional. Cannock Chase, 



Tixall 



didyma, Esp. Common 



Miana strigilis, Clerck. Abundant and very varia- 

 ble, the black form being very common 



fasciuncula, Haw. Fairly common. Madeley ; 



Cheadle ; Rugeley ; Burnt Woods ; Burton 

 (B.L.) 



literosa, Haw. Occasional. Madeley ; Burnt 



Woods ; Rugelet 



bicoloria, Vill. Rare. Chorlton Moss; Rugeley 



arcuosa, Haw. Not uncommon. Madeley ; 



Dovedale ; Cheadle ; Rugeley ; Henhurst ; 

 Burton (E. B.) 

 Celaena haworthii, Curt. Rare. Dane Valley 



CARADRINIDAE 



Grammesia trigrammica, Hufn. Not common. 



Dovedale ; Stvynnerton ; Burton (B. L.) 

 Stilbia anomala, Haw. Not uncommon in Cannock 



Chase 



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