INSECTS 



NOCTUAE (continued) 

 ORTHOSIIDAE (continued) 



Cirrhoedia xerampelina, Hb. Common some 

 years. Madeley ; Stone ; Tixall ; Chead/e ; 

 Leek, nr. Mow Cop ; Dovedale ; Burton (B. L.) 



CoSMIIDAE 



Tethea subtusa, Och. Larvae, Stoke-on-Trent ; 

 Madeley ; Henburst, nr. Burton (E. B.) ; 

 Handsworth (C. J. W.) 



retusa, L. Larvae on sallow, Wrinehill 

 Cosmia paleacea, Esp. Very local and not com- 

 mon. Cannock Chase 



Calymnia traperina, L. Common 



diffinis, L. Burton (E. B.) 



affinis, L. Rare. Burnt Woods ; Burton (B. L.) 



HADENIDAE 



Dianthoecia nana, Rott. Rare. Market Drayton 



capsincola, Hb. Common 



cucubali, Fues. Not common. Madeley ; 



Rugeley ; Burton, common (B. L.) 



carpophaga, Bork. Rare. Rugeley ; Shobnall ; 



Burton (B. L.) 



Hccatera serena, Fb. Not common. Stuynnerton ; 

 Leek; Rugeley 



Polia chi, L. Generally common, especially in the 

 north of the county 



Dasypolia templi, Thnb. One at Cheadle ; Wan- 

 low (Hugo H. Crewe) ; Cauldon, nr. Cheadle, 

 1906 



Cleoceris viminalis, Fb. Rudyard; Madeley ; Chart- 

 ley ; Leek ; Rugeley ; Burnt Woods ; Hen- 

 hurst, nr. Burton (B. L.) 



Miselia oxyacanthae, L. Very common, and var. 

 capucina frequent 



Agriopis aprilina, L. ~\ 



Euplexia lucipara, L. > Common 



Phlogophora meticulosa, L. J 



Aplecta prasina, Fb. Fairly common. Swynner- 

 ton ; Madelcy ; Burnt Woods ; Cheadle ; Dove- 

 dale 



occulta, L. One taken in Bagofs Park 



(C. A. E. Rodgers, Ent. 1895, p. 284.) 



nebulosa, Hufm. Common in woods 



tincta, Brahm. Common at sugar. Burnt 



Woods ; Cannock Chase 

 Hadena adusta, Esp. Not common. Burnt Woods ; 



Cannock Chase ; Henhurst ; Burton (B. L.) 



protea, Bork. Fairly common. Cheadle ; Leek ; 



Cannock Chase ; Burton (B. L.) 



glauca, Hb. Not uncommon. Swynnerton ; 



Cannock Chase; Burnt Woids ; Leek 



dentina, Esp. Not common. Madeley ; Burnt 



Woods ; Rugeley ; common Burton (B. L.) 



trifolii, Rott. Larvae occasionally Rugeley. 



This county is probably the northern limit 

 for this species ; common Burton (B. L.) 



dissimilis, Knoch. Not common, Whitmore ; 



Market Drayton ; Madeley ; scarce at Rugeley ; 

 Henhurst ; and Burton (B. L.) 



oleracea, L. Common everywhere 



NOCTUAE (continued) 

 HADENIDAE (continued) 



Hadena pisi, L. Common some seasons, and larvae 

 on broom and sallow 



thalassina, Rott. Common 



contigua, Vill. Fairly common on Cannock 



Chase 



genistae, Bork. Rare. Burnt Woods 



XYLINIDAK 



Xylocampa areola, Esp. General 

 Calocampa vetusta, Hb. Rare. Swynnerten ; Burnt 

 Woods ; Henhurst ; and Burton (B. L.) 



exoleta, L. General. Burnt Woods ; Cheadle ; 



Henhurst, nr. Burton (B. L.) 



solidaginis, Hb. Common where the bilberry 



grows. Stvythamley ; Leek ; Cannock Chase ; 



Burnt Woods 

 Asteroscopus sphinx, Hufn. At lamps on Burton 



Bridge (E. B.) 

 Cucullia verbasci, L. Larvae taken at Madeley, and 



at Grindon, June, 1905, in considerable 



numbers 

 - chamomillae, Schiff. Not common Madeley; 



Market Drayton; Handsworth (C. J. W.) 



umbratica, L. Common. Cheadle; Stone; 



Market Drayton ; Rugeley ; Burton (B. L.) 



GONOPTERIDAE 



Gonoptera libatnx, L. Common everywhere 



PLUSH DAE 



Habrostola tripartita, Hufn. Local. Cheadle; 

 Rugeley ; Market Drayton ; Burton (B. L.) 



triplasia, L. Fairly common. Cheadle ; Rugf- 



ley ; Market Drayton ; Burton (B. L.) ; Hands- 

 Dearth 

 Plusia chrysitis, L. Common 



fe.'tucae, L. Local. Madeley ; Betton Moss ; 



Leek ; Cheadle ; Rugeley ; Burton (B. L.) ; 

 common Trent Galley, nr. Lichfield 



iota, L. "I 



pulchrina, Haw. > Common 



gamma, L. J 



interrogationis, L. Rare. Maer ; Cannock 



Chase; Leek 



HELIOTHIDAE 



Anarta myrtilli, L. Common on heather through- 

 out the county 



Heliaca tcncbrata, Scop. Not common. Swynner- 

 ton ; Madeley ; Rugeley ; common some years, 

 Burton 



PoAPHILIDAE. 



Phytometra viridaria, Clerck. Craddock'i Moss; 

 Cannock Chase 



EUCLIDIIDAE 



Euclidia mi, Clerck. Rare. Craddock's Moss; 

 Dovedale ; The Lawns, Burton ; and Chartley 

 (B. L.) 



glyphica, L. Rare. Madeley 



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