INSECTS 



Venilia maculata, L. Generally common 



Angerona prunaria, L. Chattenden, Green- 

 hithe, Dartford^ IVateringbury^ Folke- 

 stone 



Metrocampa margaritata, L. Generally com- 

 mon 



Ellopia fasciaria, Schiff. In most of the fir 

 woods in the county 



Eurymene dolabraria, L. Lee, Greenhtthc, 

 Bexley, Eltham, Dartford, Wateringbury^ 

 IVeit IVickham, Pembury, Folkestone 



Pericallia syringaria, L. Eltham, Lee, Dart- 

 ford, Talding, Pembury, Folkestone, Dover 



Selenia illunaria, Hb. Generally common, 

 sometimes abundant 



— lunaria, SchifF. Dartford, Bexley, Lee, 



Eltham, Water'inghury, Talding, Pem- 

 bury, Folkestone 



— illustraria, Hb. Eltham, Dartford, Cobham, 



Wateringbury 

 Odontopera bidentata, Clerck. Generally 

 common. Mr. Webb says that the 

 Dover specimens often have a distinct 

 black band on the wings 

 Crocallis elinguaria, L. Generally common 

 Ennomos alniaria, Esp. Deal, Dover, Folke- 

 stone, Margate 



— tiliaria, Bork. Lee, Eltham, Charlton, 



Dartford, Deal, Folkestone 



— fuscantaria, Haw. Lee, Eltham, Green- 



hithe, Charlton, Talding, Deal, Folke- 

 stone 



— erosaria, Bork. Bexley, Eltham, Lee, 



Talding, Chattenden, West Wickham, 

 Tenterden 



— angularia, Bork. Lee, Eltham, Bexley, 



Chislehurst ; generally common 

 Hemera pennaria, L. Generally common 

 Phigalia pilosaria, Hb. „ „ 



Nyssia hispidaria, Fb. Bexley, Shooters Hill, 



West Wickham ; very local 

 Biston hirtaria, Clerck. Generally abundant 

 Amphidasis prodromaria, Schiff. Lee, Bromley, 



Eltham 



— betularia, L. Generally common 

 Hemerophila abruptaria, Thnb. Common in 



and near London and about Talding and 



West Wickham 

 Clcora lichenaria, Hufn. Deal, Dartford, 



Talding, Dover 

 Boarmia repandata, L. Generally distributed 



and not uncommon 



— rhomboidaria, Hb. Generally abundant 



— abietaria/ Hb. Pembury and Shepherds- 



well 



1 Mr. Stainton gives Pembury as a locality for 

 this species in his Manual. I have no other record 

 of its occurrence in Kent except Shepherdswell. — 

 H. G. 



Boarmia roboraria, Schiff. Maidstone, Talding, 

 Wateringbury, West Wickham, Tenter- 

 den 



— consortaria, Fb. Dartford, Talding, 



Wateringbury, West Wickham, Folke- 

 stone 

 Tephrosia consonaria, Hb. Talding, Water- 

 ingbury, Sevenoaks, West Wickham, Pem- 

 bury, Folkestone 



— crepuscularia, Hb. Eltham, Wateringbury, 



Farnborough, West Wickham, Folkestone 



— biundularia, Bork. Generally distributed 



— extersaria, Hb. Bexley, Dartford, JVater- 



ingbury. West Wickham, Folkestone 



— punctulata, Hb. Generally common 

 Gnophos obscurata, Hb. Shoreham, Otford, 



Deal, Dover, Folkestone 

 Boletobia fuliginaria. Has been taken near 



Deptford, and at Greenhithe by Mr. 



Farn ; very rare 

 Pseudoterpna cytisaria, Schiff. Erith, Bexley, 



Abbey Wood, Chislehurst 

 Geometra papilionaria, L. Eltham, Bexley, 



Greenhithe, Talding, Wateringbury, 



Chislehurst, Dartford, West Wickham, 



Pembury, Tenterden, Folkestone 



— smaragdaria,^ Fb. Sheppey ; very rare 

 lodis vernaria, Hb. Generally distributed 



on the chalk 



— lactasaria, L. Generally common 

 Phorodesma bajularia, Schiff. Bexley, Eltham 



Erith, Chislehurst, Chattenden, Water- 

 ingbury, West Wickham, Folkestone 

 Hemithea thymiaria, Gn. Generally common 

 Ephyra porata, Fb. Dartford, Chattenden 

 Bexley, Talding, West Wickham, Folke- 

 stone 



— punctaria, L. Dartford, Chattenden 



Bexley, Talding, West Wickham, Folke- 

 stone 



— trilinearia, Bork. Sevenoaks, Talding^ 



West Wickham 



— omicronaria, Hb. Bexley, Chattenden 



Dartford, Wateringbury, Pembury, Folke- 

 stone 



— orbicularia, Hb. Once at Blackheath. 



West Wickham 



— pendularia, Clerck. Common at Pembury 



Tenterden, and many other places 

 Hjria auroraria, Bork. Ham Ponds, Sand- 

 wich 

 Asthena luteata, Schiff. Bexley, Chattenden, 

 Talding, Dartford, Folkestone 



— candidata, Schiff. Generally common 



— sylvata, Hb. Greenhithe, Eltham, Water- 



ingbury, Tenterden, Folkestone 



^ Mr. Farn says this species has been found in 

 Sheppey. I am not aware of its occurrence ex- 

 cept on the Essex coast. — H. G. 



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