A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE 



Nola cucullatella, L. Fairly common, Water- 

 works, Worcester, June 29, 1896 ; 

 Foregate Street, Worcester, July 1 8, 

 1898, July 13, 1899 ; rare (E. & T. 

 P-35) 



Uraba (Nola) strigula, Schiff. Rare (E. & T. 

 P- 35) 



Sarrothripus undulana, Hb. Ribhesford, Sept. 

 21, i860 (T.W.N.C. p. 62); Monk 

 Wood, July 25, 1900 ; singly in woods 

 (Fletcher) 



Hylophila bicolorana, Fuesl. Rather common 

 (E. & T. p. 36) ; Crown East Wood 

 (W. H . Edwards) ; Monk Wood, July 1 1 , 

 1895 ; Bransford, larvx, June 2, 1899, 

 on oaks (Fletcher) ; Elm Hill and 

 Temple Laughern 



Halias prasinana, L. Monk Wood, Trench 

 Woods, St or ridge Woods, Perry and 

 Nunnery Woods (A. Edmunds, 

 T.M.N.F.C. p. 1 84) ; rather common 

 (E. & T. p. 36) ; Wyre Forest 



Tyria (Euchelia) jacobaese, L. Common 



Utetheisa (Deiopeia) pulchella, L. One, 

 Madresfield (W. Edwards, 1886 ; E. 

 &T. p. II) 



Coscinia (Eulepia) cribrum, L. Very local 

 (A. Edmunds, T.M.N.F.C. p. 178); 

 a very local insect, Bewdley Forest 

 (I.N.H.W. p. 142) 



Phragmatobia fuliginosa, L. Bredon, June 3, 

 1897 ; Wyre Forest, June 10, 1899 ; 

 Old Storridge, not common. May 

 (T.M.N.F.C. p. 178) ; Malvern Link 

 and Newland Common, etc. (E. & T. p. 

 1 1) ; Trench Woods (I.N.H.W. p. 142) ; 

 Tibberton (W. H. Edwards) ; Odclinglcy, 

 larva (Fletcher) ; Holly-bush Hill (G. 

 D. Hancock) 



Diacrisia (Spilosoma) mendica, CI. Monk 

 Wood, Trench Woods, Wyre Forest, 

 Ockeridge 



— urtica;, Esp. Rare (I.N.H.W. p. 142) 



— menthastri, Esp. "1 ^ 



1 u • ■ J T f Common 



— lubncipeda, L. J 



— russula, L. Wyre Forest, June, 1896, 



1899, 1900 (W. Edwards,T.M.N.F.C. 

 p. 178); near the obelisk, Eastnor 

 (W. E., E. & T. p. II); Craycombe 

 (I.N.H.W. p. 141) 

 Arctia plantaginis, L. Bredon, June 3, 1897 ; 

 Malvern Hills, Randan Woods, Bil- 

 berry Hills, etc., June, not common 

 (T.M.N.F.C. p. 178); Nunnery Wood 

 (I.N.H.W. p. 141) ; one specimen 

 (Fletcher) 



— villica, L. Uncommon (T.M.N.F.C. p. 



178); Perry Wood (I.N.H.W. p. 

 141)? 



— caja, L. Common 



2. CARADRINID^ 



Sub-Fam. i. Poliades 



Cucullia chamomillas, SchifF. (W. Edwards, 

 T.M.N.F.C. p. 182); at rest; more 

 plentiful than usual 1897 (W.E., E. & 

 T. p. 22) ; Castle Morton, scarce (Rev. 

 E. C. Dobr^e Fox) 



— umbratica, L. Common 



— asteris, SchifF. Of rare occurrence (W. 



Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 182) 



— scrophularias. Cap. Larva, Hanley Castle, 



1897 (W.E.) ; rare (E. & T. p. 22, 

 I.N.H.W. p. 144) 



— verbasci, L. Common 



Polia exoleta, L. Worcester (St. p. 282) ; 

 larva, Temeside, Powick, June 21, 1896 ; 

 Bredon (W. H. Edwards) ; in gardens 

 (Fletcher) ; Monk Wood (G. D. Han- 

 cock) 



— vetusta, Hb. (W. Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. 



p. 182) 



— semibrunnea, Hw. /^orcw/^-r (St. p. 283) ; 



Boughton Park, October, 1899 (J. Peed, 

 W. H.Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 182); 

 Castle Morton (Rev. E. C. Dobree 

 Fox) ; one at sallow and one at ivy 

 bloom (Fletcher) 



— socia, Rett. Worcester (St. p. 283) ; 



Henwick, Worcester, October 17, 1899 ; 

 Boughton (W. H. Edwards, W. Ed- 

 wards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 182); one on 

 railings (Fletcher) ; Grimley, 1896 (G. 

 D. Hancock) ; Wyre Forest (J. Peed) 



— ornithopus, Rott. Worcester (St. p. 283, 



I.N.H.W. ,p. 144) ; Monk Wood (J. 

 Peed and W, H. Edwards) ; larvae. 

 Monk Wood 



— areola, Esp. Worcester (St. p. 280) ; 



Wyre Forest, April 3, 1897, April 21, 

 1898; Crown East and Bransford 

 (W. H. Edwards) ; Trench Woods (J. 

 Peed) ; Grimley (G. D. Hancock) 



— viminalis, F. Worcester (St. p. 266) ; 



Monk Wood, July 11, 1895; Perry 

 Wood (W. H. Edwards) ; Middleyards, 

 larvae. May 28, 1900 ; generally dis- 

 tributed 



— lichenea, Hb. Rather common (E. & T. 



p. 21) 



— protea, Bkh. Bransford, Madresfield and 



Grimley (W. H. Edwards) ; common 



— aprilina, L. Common, Nunnery Wood, 



Monk Wood, Grimley, Ketch 



— chi, L. Malvern, July 12, 1895 ; at 



rest on rocks and walls, rather common 

 (E. & T. p. 21) 



— flavicincta, F. Worcester (St. p. 264, W. 



Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 181); at 

 rest on walls, rather common (E. & T. 



