INSECTS 



Reid recorded the capture of another specimen at Yalding near Maid- 

 stone on September i8, 1900. That very rare Clearwing, Sesia ai^dre- 

 niformis, Lasp., was first taken by Mr. Chant at Greenhithe more than 

 forty years ago, and a few other specimens have since been met with 

 near Chattenden and elsewhere in the county. The beautiful Fiery 

 Clearwing {S. chrysidiformis, Esp.) is, in this' county, entirely confined 

 to the undercliff between Folkestone and Dover, where it was first 

 taken about 1856 by the late Mr. Brewer of Reigate. The larva feed 

 in the roots of the common dock. I found the species commonly 

 in the Warren some fifteen or sixteen years ago, but it has become 

 much rarer of late years owing to the digging up of the dock roots by 

 London and Folkestone dealers with the object of breeding the species. 

 Another local species is S. ichneumofiiformis, Fb., which is not uncommon 

 along the coast about Ramsgate, Margate, Deal, Dover and Folkestone. 

 The beautiful little Nola albulalis, Hb., formerly occurred in abundance ^ 

 in Chattenden Woods near Rochester, where I collected a fine series in 

 1876. The rare N. cetjtonalis, Hb., has been taken near Deal, Dover and 

 Folkestone. One of the most interesting species in the county is the 

 Pigmy Footman [Lithosia liitarella, Schiff.) which was first made known 

 as a British species by the late Mr. Henry Doubleday, who named it L. 

 pygmeola. It was abundant on the Deal sandhills twenty years ago, but 

 it seems in danger of being exterminated chiefly by man's agency. I 

 am not aware of its occurrence elsewhere in the United Kingdom. 

 The rare Deiopea pulchella, L., has been taken near Heme Bay, Margate, 

 Ramsgate, Deal, Walmer, Dover and Folkestone. The beautiful Scarlet 

 Tiger {Callimorpha dominula, L.) was formerly very abundant at St. 

 Margaret's Bay, but the locality has much changed and has been partly 

 destroyed by the fall of the cliffs. It still occurs between Walmer and 

 Deal, and sparingly in one or two more inland localities. Another inter- 

 esting Kentish species is the Ground Lackey {Bombyx castrensis^ L.), 

 which is very abundant in the Isle of Sheppey and elsewhere in the salt 

 marshes on the banks of the Thames below Erith. One of the grandest 

 of British moths, the Kentish Glory {Endromis versicolor, L.), formerly 

 occurred — as is obvious from its name — in the county, but it has long 

 been extinct* in Kent as it has been in Tilgate Forest, between Worth 

 and Balcomb, and in St. Leonard's Forest, between Three Bridges and 

 Horsham in north Sussex, The Large Thorn {Knnomos autumnaria, 

 Wernb.) was formerly very rare in this county, but it has in the last 

 twenty years been taken or bred in numbers about Deal, Walmer, Dover 

 and Folkestone. The rare Acidalia ochrata^ Scop., was formerly plenti- 

 ful at Sandwich, but its locality has been almost destroyed by the estab- 

 lishment of the local golf links, and it may disappear. Another local 



' This is the species referred to by Mr. Stainton in his Manual as Trochllium allantiforme. — H. G. 

 ^ Mr. Webb says this species has also been taken in Sussex and Essex. — H. G. 

 ^ Mr. Fenn says it is still common at Chattenden. — H. G. 



* Mr. Goodwin states that Mr. Fremlin found a batch of ova near Wateringbury in i860, but he 

 knows of no subsequent record of its occurrence in the county. — H. G. 



5 It also occurs near Southend in Essex. I know of no other localities. — H. G. 



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