A HISTORY OF KENT 



Hadena pisi, L. Generally common in the 

 larval state 



— thalassina, Rett. Generally common 



— contigua, Veil. Darenth, Greenhithe, 



Taldlng, JVest IVickham, Folkestone 



— genistae, Bork. Lee, Greenwich, Dartford, 



Talding, Wateringbury, Folkeitone 

 Xylocampa lithoriza, Bork. Generally com- 

 mon 

 Calocampa vetusta, Hb. Dartford, Deal, 

 Folkestone 



— exoleta, L. fVateringbury, Folkestone ; 



scarce 

 Xylina zinckenii, Tr. Belvedere ; one at 

 Erith, one at Darenth ; very rare 



— semibrunnea, Haw. Erith, Dartford, 



Hythe, JVatertngbury, Talding, Folkes- 

 tone 



— petrificata, Fb. Folkestone 



— rhizolitha, s.v. West Wickham 

 CucuUia verbasci, L. Dartford, Greenhithe, 



Eltham, Talding, Wateringbury, West 

 Wickham 



— scrophulariae, Esp. Dartford 



— asteris, Schiff. Bexley, Eltham, Dartford, 



Talding, Wateringbury, West Wickham, 

 Folkestone 



— gnaphalii/ Hb. Greenhithe, Dartford, 



Wilmington, Sevenoaks 



— chamomills, SchifF. Lee, Eltham, Bexley, 



Dartford ; sometimes abundant 



— umbratica, L. Lee, Eltham, Bexley, Dart- 



ford, Talding, Wateringbury, West Wick- 

 ham, Folkestone 

 Heliothis marginata, Fb. Dartford, Deal, 

 Folkestone 



— dipsacea,^ L. Folkestone 



— peltigera, SchifF. Lee, Deal, Folkestone 



— armigera,^ Hb. Folkestone ; Mr. Webb 



says ' common at Dover in 1879 ' 

 Anarta myrtilli, L, Generally common on 



heaths 

 Heliodes arbuti, Fb. Common in many 



places in meadows 

 Agrophila sulphuralis,* L. Z)(7r//or(/, formerly ; 



Folkestone, Dover, Walmer, Shepherdswell, 



Canterbury 



1 Mr. Goodwin states that he has taken the 

 larvae of this rare insect very sparingly in the 

 Sevenoaks district. — H. G. 



2 Mr. Ullyett includes both H. armigera and H. 

 dipsacea in his list of Folkestone Lepidoptera. — 

 H. G. 



8 This species is abundant in the Brecksand dis- 

 trict of south-west Norfolk and west Suffolk, but 

 casual specimens have been taken in Kent. Mr. 

 Webb says it was formerly called ' the Margate 

 Beauty,' and within the last ten years he has known 

 of the capture of individual specimens at Walmer, 

 Dover, Shepherdswell and Canterbury. — H. G. 



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Acontia luctuosa, Esp. Lee, Dartford, Tald- 

 ing, Wateringbury, Folkestone 



— Solaris, s.v. Shepherdswell, Adisham 

 Erastria fuscula, Bork. Dartford, Greenhithe, 



Chattenden, West Wickham, Folkestone 

 Hydrelia unca, SchifF. Ham Marshes near 



Sandwich 

 Brephos parthenias, L. West Wickham, 

 Chislchurst, Wateringbury, Talding, 

 Folkestone 

 Habrostola urticae, Hb. Lee, Eltham, Water- 

 ingbury, JVest Wickham 



— triplasia, L. Lee, Eltham, Erith, West 

 Wickham 



Plusia chryson, E. (orichalcea, Hb.). Formerly 

 at Deal and Folkestone 



— moneta.* Greenhithe, Eltham, Deal, Water- 

 ingbury, Bexley, Talding ; occurring 

 now nearly everywhere. First taken at 

 Dover and doubtless an immigrant from 

 the continent 



— chrysitis, L. Generally common 



— festucas, L. Greenwich, Deal, Folkestone 



— iota, L. Dartford, Eltham, Talding, 

 Wateringbury, West Wickham 



— v-aureum, Gn. Dartford, Talding, Water- 

 ingbury, Folkestone 



— gamma, L. Generally abundant 

 Gonoptera libatrix, L. Generally distri- 

 buted 



Amphipyra pyramidea, L. Bexley, Dartford, 

 Chislehurst, Wateringbury, West Wick- 

 ham, Folkestone 



— tragopogonis, L. Generally common 

 Mania typica, L. „ „ 



— maura, L. „ „ 

 Toxocampa pastinum, Tr. Gravesend, Chat- 

 tenden, Folkestone 



Catocala fraxini, L. Has occurred at Farn- 

 borough and Folkestone ; very rare 



— nupta,^ L. Generally common 



— sponsa, L. Mr. Webb states that it has 

 been taken at Dover 



Ophiodes lunaris,* SchifF Folkestone ; Mr. 



Barrett says it was once taken at West 



Wickham 

 Euclidia mi, Clerck. Generally common 



— glyphica, L. „ „ 

 Phytometra asnea, Hb. Folkestone, Watering- 

 bury, etc. ; common in many places 



* Captain Savile Reid records the capture of 

 two specimens at dusk in 1896 and one at ' light ' 

 in 1 90 1. — H. G. 



^ Mr. Ullyett includes Catocala promissa in 

 his list of Folkestone Lepidoptera. I have no other 

 record of the occurrence of this species in the 

 county. — H. G. 



8 Inserted on the authority of Mr. Ullyett's 

 list.— H. G. 



