INSECTS 



p. 2i); Castle Morton (Rev. E. C. 

 Dobree Fox) 



Miselia oxyacanthae, L. Henwick, October 

 14, 1899 ; Boughton and The Siads, 

 larvae (W. H. Edwards) ; Grimley and 

 Holt (J. Peed and G. D. Hancock) 



Diloba caeruleocephala, L. Common 



Asteroscopus sphinx, Hufn. TVorcester, 

 November 9, 1895 ; Spetchley Avenue, 

 November 3, 1895 ; by pupse digging 

 (Fletcher) ; Grimley (G. D. Hancock) ; 

 Boughton (J. Peed) 



Aporophyla lutulenta, Bkh. Worcester (St. 

 p. 266) ; JVyre Forest, September, 



1898 (Rev. E. C. Dobree Fox, E. & 

 T. p. 21) ; Boughton and Wyre Forest, 



1899 (W. H. Edwards); Grimley (G. 

 D. Hancock and J. Peed) 



— lunosa, Hw. Worcester (St. p. 248) ; 



Worcester, common 

 Orthosia xerampelina, Hb. Worcester (St. 

 p. 254) ; Henwick, pupa, August, 

 1895 ; Boughton and St. Johns (eleven 

 in 1887), Henwick (W. H. Edwards) ; 

 Castle Morton (Rev. E. C. Dobree 

 Fox) ; on ash trees (Fletcher) ; Temple 

 Laughern, 1898 (J. Peed) 



— croceago, F. Worcester (St. p. 251); 



Wyre Forest (W. H. Edwards) 



— citrago, L. Worcester (St. p. 252) ; larvae, 



Ockeridge, May 27, 1899, June, 1900 ; 

 Shrawley and Boughton (W. H. 

 Edwards) ; on lime trees (Fletcher) ; 

 Grimley, 1 897 (G. D. Hancock and 

 J. Peed) 



— aurago, F. Worcester (St. p. 253) ; Boughton 



Park, October 12, 1895, and 1899; 

 Wyre Forest (W, H. Edwards) ; Castle 

 Morton (Rev. E. C. Dobree Fox) 



— flavago, F. 1 ^ 

 -fulvago,L.}C°'"'^°" 



— gilvago, Esp. Worcester (N. p. 376) ; 



Foregate Street, September 12, 1896 ; 

 Castle Morton (Rev. E. C. Dobree 

 Fox) ; two at ' light ' (Fletcher) ; 

 Grimley (G. D. Hancock and J. Peed) 



— circellaris, Hufn. Riddells Farm, Sep- 



tember 18, 1895 ; Boughton Park, 

 October 12, 1895 ; Wyre Forest 

 (W. H. Edwards) 



— helvola, L. Worcester (St. p. 247, W. 



Edwards) ; ivy bloom (T.M.N.F.C. 

 p. 181); Wyre Forest and Boughton 

 (W. H. Edwards) ; Castle Morton, rare 

 (Rev. E. C. Dobree Fox) ; Grimley 

 (G. D. Hancock) 



— litura, L. Boughton Park, October 22, 



1895 ; Foregate Street, September 12, 

 19, 1895 ; Wyre Forest and Crown 

 East (W. H. Edwards) 



Orthosia pistacina, F. -i 



— macilenta, Hb. \ Common 



— lota, CI. } 



— ypsilon, Bkh. Worcester (J. Peed, 



I.N.H.W. p. 143) ; Castle Morton 

 (Rev. E. C. Dobree Fox) 



— satellitia, L. Common 



Conistra (Dasycampa) rubiginea, F. Wor- 

 cester (St. p. 251, N. p. 372); ivy 

 bloom (W.E., E. & T. p. 20) ; very 

 rare, a single specimen. Nunnery Wood 

 (A.Edmunds, I.N.H.W. p. 143) ; one 

 specimen at sallow. Castle Morton (Rev. 

 E. C. Dobree Fox) 



-(GMligula,Esp.| 



— vaccmn, L. J •' 



Sub-Fam. 2. Melanchrides 



Leucania turca,L. (A. Edmunds, T.M.N.F.C. 

 p. 180) ; rare (I.N.H.W. p. 143) 



— lithargyria, Esp. Common 



— conigera, F. Worcester (St. p. 187) ; 



Perry Wood, July 4, 8, 1895 ; Brans- 

 ford, July 9, 1895 ; Monk Wood 

 (W. H. Edwards) ; occasionally to 

 ' light ' (Fletcher) 



— vitellina, Hb. (T.M.N.F.C. p. 180) 



— comma, L. Common 



— impudens, Hb. Rather rare (E. & T. 



p. 14) 



— impura, Hb. Common (E. & T. p. 14) ; 



Castle Morton, common (Rev. E. C. 

 Dobree Fox) 



— pallens, L. Common 



Monima (Taeniocampa) incerta, Hufn. Com- 

 mon at sallows 



— opima, Hb. Wyre Forest (P. W. Abbott) ; 



Castle Morton (Rev. E. C. Dobree Fox) ; 

 Grimley (G. D. Hancock) 



— gracilis, F. Worcester (St. p. 244) ; 



Trench Woods, April 3, 1896 ; Nunnery 

 Wood, April 4, 1896, March 31, 1897 ; 

 Perry Wood and Wyre Forest 



— stabilis. View. Common 



— populeti, Tr. Worcester (N. p. 360) ; 



Ockeridge (W. H. Edwards) ; coppice, 

 Elm Hill (G. D. Hancock, T.M.N.F.C. 

 p. 181) ; rather rare (E. & T. p. 19) ; 

 at sallow bloom (Fletcher) 



— miniosa, F. Crown East, March 23, 



1896 ; Perry Wood, March 27, 1896 ; 

 Trench Woods, April 3, 1896 ; Nunnery 

 Wood, April 4, 1896 ; Wyre Forest and 

 Malvern (W. H. Edwards) ; Ockeridge 

 (G. D. Hancock) 



— pulverulenta, Esp. Common 



— munda, Esp. Middleyards, hpx\\ \, \%c)'i, 



March 19, 1896 ; Crown East, March 

 23, 31, 1895 ; Nunnery, April 3, 1895, 

 March 31, 1899 ; Trench JVoods, hp\A 



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