A HISTORY OF 



NOCTUAE (continued) 

 CATOCALIDAE 



Catocala fraxini, L. Once at Burton, 2 Oct. 1852 

 (E.B.) 



AVENTIIDAE 



Aventia flexula, SchifF. Chartley Moss 



HERMINIIDAE 



Zanclognatha grisealis. Hb. Not uncommon. 

 Rugeley ; Walton's Wood ; Madeley ; Burnt 

 Woods ; Henhurst, nr. Burton (B. L.) / Hands- 

 worth (C. J. W.) 



tarsipennalis, Tr. One at Tixa/l, and one at 

 Market Drayton 



Pechypogon barbalis, Clerck. Burnt Woods 



STAFFORDSHIRE 



NOCTUAE (continued) 

 HERMINIIDAE (continued) 



Bomolocha pontis, Thnb. Common but locaL 

 Stuymterton Heath ; Burnt Woods ; Maer ; 

 Cheadle 



Hypena proboscidalis, L. Common everywhere on 

 nettles 



Hypenodes costaestrigalis, St. Bunt Woods, very- 

 abundant, Aug. 1905 (E. D. B.) 



BREPHIDES 



Brephos parthenias, L. Plentiful in March around 

 birch trees. Swynnerton ; Cheadle ; Burnt 

 Woods ; Chartley ; Cannock Chase 



GEOMETRAE 



UROPTERYCIOAE 



Uropteryx sambucaria, L. Common throughout 

 the county 



ENNOMIDAE 



Epione apiciaria, Schiff. Not common. Madeley ; 



BagofsPark; Cheadle; Handsworth ; Rugcley ; 



Henhurst ; and Burton (E. B.) 

 Rumia luteolata, L. Common 

 Venilia macularia, L. Rare and local. Dovedale; 



Dydon Wood (B.L.) 

 Angerona prunaria, L. Local. Swynnerton ; Burnt 



Woods 

 Metrocampa margaritaria, L. General. Stone ; 



Cheadle ; Cannock Chase ; Swynnerton ; Burton 



(B.L.) 

 Ellopia prosapiaria, L. Common in all pine 



woods 

 Eurymene dolobraria, L. Rare. Sivynnerton ; 



Burnt Woods ; Madeley ; Henhurst nr. Bur- 

 ton (E. B.) 

 Pericallia syringaria, L. Occasional. Madeley ; 



Stone ; Ellastone ; Burnt If 'cods ; Rolleston; and 



Burton (B.L.) ,- Handsworth (C. J. W.) 

 Selenia bilunaria, Esp. ) General in the southern 



lunaria, SchifF. j half of the county 

 Odontopera bidentata, Clerck. Common 

 Crocallis elinguaria, L. Very generally distributed 

 Eugonia almaria, L. Choriton Moss ; Burnt Woods; 



Cannock Chase ; Oakedge ; and Burton (B. L.) 



fuscantaria, Haw. One at Madeley ; Stone, at 



light ; Stoke-on-Trent, at electric light ; Bur- 

 ton (E. B.) 



- erosaria, Bork. Swynnerton ; Burnt Woods ; 

 Madeley ; Burton, rare (E. B.) 



quercinaria, Hum. Fairly common. Burnt 



Woods ; Burton (B. L.) 

 Himera pennaria, L. Common 



AMPIIIDASYDAE 



AMPHIDASYDA-E (continued) 



Amphidasys strataria, Hufn. General, but not 

 common. Trentham, Madeley, Stone, Cheadle, 

 Rugeley ; Cannock Chase and Burton (B. L.) ; 

 Handsworth (C. J. W.) 



betularia, L. Fairly common and the variety 



doubledayaria, Mill, more common than the 

 type of recent years 



BOARMIIDAE 



Hemerophila abruptaria, Thnb. Rare. Madeley, 

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

 worth (C. J. W.) 



Cleora lichenaria, Hufn. Henhurst nr. Burton (B. L.) 

 Boarmia repandata, L. Very common and 

 variable in markings and colour, and given to 

 melanism 



gemmaria, Brahm. Common everywhere 



Tephrosia crepuscularia, Hb. ) .-, 



u- j i T> i r Common 



biundulana, Bork. J 



punctularia, Hb. Common on Cannock 



Chase 



GEOMETRIDAE 



Geometra papilionaria, L. Not uncommon. 

 Choriton Moss, Cannock Chase, Burnt Woods, 

 Cheadle ; Oakedge, Burton (B. L.) 



Phorodesma pustulata, Hufn. Once taken at 

 Stvynnerton ; once Shobnall (B. L.) ; at electric 

 light, Hanley, July, 1905 



lodis lactearia, L. Rugeley ; Burton, com- 

 mon (B. L.) 



Hemithea strigata, Mall. Market Drayton; Hen- 

 hurst nr. Burton (B. L.) 



EPHYRIDAE 



Zonosoma porata, Fb. Not common. Swynnerton, 

 Burnt Woods 



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



pendularia, Clerck. Numerous some years in 



Burnt Woods 



Phigalia pedaria, Fb. Plentifully distributed ACIDALIIDAE 



Nyssia hispidaria, Fb. Rare. Bishop's Woods, in Asthena luteata, SchifF. Local. Burnt Woods and 



March Cannock Chase ; Oakedge (B. L.) 



Bistonhirtaria,Clerck. Rugeley (Z.L.); Stone, Trentham candidata, SchifF. Fairly common 



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