A HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE 



GEOMETRAE (continued) 

 LARENTIIDAE (continued) 



Eupithecia exiguata, Hb. Common 



sobrinata, Hb. Local, Madeley ; Burton (B. L.) 



pumilata, Hb. Not common 



rectangulata, L. General, Madeley, Cheadle, 



Rugeley ; Handsviorth (C. J. W.) ;Burton (B. L.) 



debiliata, Hb. Common nr. Cheadle and where 



bilberry grows 



Lobophora halterata, Hufn. Burnt Woods ; Hen- 

 hurst nr. Burton (B. L.) 



viretata, Hb. Burnt Woods ; Bishop's Woods, 



Parson's Brake (B. L.) 



carpinata, Bork. Stvynnerton ; Burnt Woods ; 



Hcnhurst, Hopwas Wood (B. L.) 

 Thera variata, Schiff. j Common in pine woods, 



- firmata, Hb. J general 



Hysipetes ruberata, Frr. Chorlton Moss, Cheadle, 

 Rugeley, Warslow 



trifasciata, Bork. Local, Burnt Woods, Cannock 



Ckase ; Netvborough, Oakedge, Burton (B. L.) 



sordidata, Fb. Common throughout the 



county, and very variable in colour and 

 markings 



Melanthia bicolorata, Hufn. Knightley and Oak- 

 edge Park (B. L.) ; Chorlton, Cannock Chase 



ocellata, L. General 



-- albicillata, L. Not uncommon 

 Melanippe hastata, L. Fairly common some years, 

 CraddtcVi Moss, Bishop's and Burnt Woods, 

 Hanchurch, Rugeley 



- tristata, L. Not common, Chartley, Leek ; 



common, Rugeley (B. L.) 



procellata, Fb. Very rare, two at Trtntham in 



two successive years 



- rivata, Hb. Rare, Burnt Woods 



- sociata, Bork. > y 



- montanata, Bork. J 



- galiata, Hb. Local and rare, Dovedale, Cheadle 



fluctuata, L. Common 



Anticlea badiata, Hb. Not uncommon 



- nigrof.isciaria, Goze. Fairly common 

 Coremia munitata, Hb. Very rare, one Trentkam 



- designata, Hufn. 



ferrugata, Clerck. 



unidentaria, Haw. 

 Camptogramma bilineata, Lj 



- fluviata, Hb. One at gas light, Trent Vale 

 Phibalapteryx vittata, Bork. Stoke-on-Trent, Mar- 

 ket Drayton ; Burton (B. L.) 



Triphosa dubitata, L. Not common, Madeley, 



In limestone caves, Gnndon and Dovedale ; 



Burnt Woods at sallow, Rugeley ; Burton 



district (B. L.) 

 Eucosmia certata, Hb. Market Drayton, Rugelfy ; 



Burton (B.L.) 



undulata, L. Stvynnerton, Maer, Cheadle, 



Bishop's and Burnt Woods; Cannock Chase 



(B. L.) 



Scotosia rhamnata, Schiff. Rare, Dovedale 

 Cidaria siderata, Hufn. One near Market Drayton 



miata, L. Dovedale (B. L.) 



corylata, Thnb. Common in woods 



truncata, Hufn. Common in pine woods 



immanata, Haw. . Very common 



common 



Common 



GEOMETRAE (continued) 

 LARENTIIDAE (continued) 



Cidaria suffumata, Hb. General, Chorlton Moss, 

 Bishop's and Burnt Woods; Stone, Leek; 

 Burton (B. L.) 



var. piceata, St. Stone, Trentham, Tixall 

 (E. D. B.) 



silaceata, Hb. Not common, Madeley, Dove- 



dale; Henhurst and Knightley Park ; Burton 

 (B. L.) 



prunata, L. Bishop's Woods, Cheadle, Rugeley, 



Market Drayton , Burton, Colwlch (B. L.) 



testata, L. "j 



populata, L. I Common 



fulvata, Forst. J 



dotata, L. Fairly common 



asiociata, Bork. Common 



Pelurga comitata, L. Market Drayton; Burton, 

 Shobnall (B.L.) 



EuBOLIIDAE 



Eubolia cervinata, Schiff. Local, Madeley, Market 

 Drayton ; Burton (B. L.) 



limitata, Scop. Common 



plumbaria, Fb. Common on heaths 



bipunctaria, Schiff. Common on the limestone 



in the north of the county 



Carsia paludata, Thnb. Rare, C hartley ; sparingly 

 in Dovedale (B. L.) 



Anaitis plagiata, L. Fairly common on the lime- 

 stone in the north of the county ; Cannock 

 Chase 



Chesias spartiata, Fues. Chorlton, Pipe Gate, Stone ; 

 Burton (E. B.) ; Handsviorth (C. J. W.) 



rufata, Fb. Rare, Chorlton, Market Drayton ; 



one at light, Burton (B. L.) 



SlONIDAE 



Tanagra atrata, L. Common, especially in dales 

 in the north of the county 



PYRALIDES 



PYRALIDIIDAE 



Aglossa pinguinalis, L. General, Madeley, Rugeley, 



Burton, &c. 

 Pyralis glaucinalis, L. Burnt Woods, Burton (B. L.) 



farinalis, L. Common throughout the county 

 Scoparia ambigualis, Tr. Common 



cembrae, Haw. Fairly common, Cannock 



Chase 



dubitalis, Hb. Common, Dovedale, Cannock 



Chase 



murana, Curt. Burton, Cannock (B. L.) 

 [ ingratella, Zell. ? Parson's Brake (B. L.)] 



mercurella, L. Burton (E. B.) 



ulmella, Dale. Wood near Uttoxeter (B. L.) ; 



Cannock Chase 



crataegella, Hb. Rugeley 



- truncicolella,Sta. Common in woods. 

 Nomophila noctuella, Schiff. Madeley, Burton 



(B.L.) 

 Pyrausta aurata, Scop. Dovedale 



purpurales, L. Not common, Craddock's Moss, 



Dovedale, Cannock Chase, Knightley Park 

 (E. B.) 



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