A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE 



5, 1 895 ; Monk Wood, Ockeridge and 



Wyre Forest 

 Monima gothica, L. Common 

 Charasas graminis, L. Worcester (St. p. 204) ; 



Foregate Street, Worcester, at ' light,' 



August 20, 1895, August 3, 1897 

 Neuronia popularis, F. Common at ' light ' 

 Harmodia (Dianthoecia) nana, Rott. At rest 



on walls (E. & T. p. 20) 



— carpophaga, Bkh. Cast/e Morton, scarce 



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

 (W. H. Edwards, 1898) ; larva abund- 

 ant, Hartlebury Common, July, 1899, 

 1900 



— capsincola, Hb. Worcester (St. p. 262) ; 



Elm Hill (G. D. Hancock) 



— cucubali, Fuesl. Worcester (St. p. 262) ; 



Bransford and Boughton (W. H. Ed- 

 wards) ; one specimen, Castle Morton 

 (Rev. E. C. Dobree Fox) ; at lychnis 

 bloom (Fletcher) 

 Melanchra cespitis, F. Foregate Street, Wor- 

 cester, May 16, 1896 ; lanes near 

 Worcester (I.N.H.W. p. 142); Castle 

 Morton, rare (Rev. E. C. Dobree Fox) ; 

 Elm Hill (G. D. Hancock) 



— reticulata, Vill. Two, Foregate Street, 



Worcester, June 2, 4, 1896 ; two at 

 ' light ' (Fletcher) 



— Serena, F. Wyre Forest, June 10, 1899 5 



Bredon, June 15, 1899 (Goodyear and 

 W.E.) ; rather rare (E. & T. p. 21) ; 

 Blackstone Rock, June, 1 900 ; Worcester 

 (G. D. Hancock) 



— chrysozona, Bkh. Worcester (St. p. 263, 



M. p. 82) 



— trifolii, Rott. Worcester (St. p. 276) ; 



Perry Wood, July 22, 1895 ; The 

 Denes, May 14, 1896 ; Foregate Street, 

 May 31, 1899; Waterworks Road 

 and Boughton (W. H. Edwards) 



— dentina, Esp. Monk Wood, May 30, 

 [896 ; Foregate Street, June 14, 1896 



Woods, June 15, 1895 ; Knightvjick 

 and Monk Wood ; on palings (Fletcher) ; 

 Elm Hill (G. D. Hancock) 

 Melanchra thalassina, Rott. Common 



— dissimilis, Kn. Foregate Street, Worcester, 



May 1 6, June 2, 1896 ; I have met 

 with this once and believe others have 

 occurred (R.F.T., E. & T. p. 22, Rev. 

 E. C. Dobree Fox) ; Wyre Forest 

 (W. H. Edwards) ; Elm Hill (G. D. 

 Hancock) 



— oleracea, L. Common 



— pisi, L. Worcester (St. p. 277) ; on the 



hills (T.M.N.F.C. p. 181); larvae 

 common on the Malvern Hills, Sep- 

 tember, 1900 ; and Wyre Forest 

 (W. H. Edwards) ; two at ' sugar ' 

 (Fletcher) 



— tincta, Brh. Worcester (St. p. 272, N. 



p. 409) ; Wyre Forest, June 26, 27, 

 July 10, 1898, June 17, 24, 1899 



— advena, F. Foregate Street, JVorcester, 



June II, 1896, June 8, 1897 (Rev. 

 E. C. Dobree Fox, E. & T. p. 21) ; 

 Wyre Forest and Monk Wood (W. H. 

 Edwards) ; Laughern Bank (G. D. 

 Hancock) 



— nebulosa, Hufn 



— brassicae, L. 



— persicariae, L. 



Common 



Worcester (St. p. 209, 

 T.M.N.F.C. p. 181, R.F.T., E. &T. 

 p. 16); once bred from pupae dug at 

 St. "Johns (W. H. Edwards) ; one speci- 

 men, Castle Morton (Rev. E. C. Dobree 

 Fox) ; Wyre Forest, 1899 (J. Peed) 



albicolon, Hb. (Goodyear and W.E., 

 E. & T. p. 16) 



myrtilli, L. Wyre Forest, June 11, 

 1898, June 12, 17, July 9, 1899 ; 

 woods, rare (W. Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. 

 p. 182) 



Sub-Fam. 3. Caradrinides 



Wyre Forest, June 6, 1897, June 27, Agrotis corticea, Hb. Worcester (St. p. 225) ; 



1898, June 17-19, i«99 



— glauca, Hb. Worcester (N. p. 415, W. 



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



— conspicillaris, L. Worcester (St. p. 202) ; 



Monk Wood, May 25, 1899 ; St. Johns 

 (W. H. Edwards) ; one specimen, plum 

 blossom, Castle Morton (Rev. E. C. 

 Dobree Fox) ; on tree trunks (Fletcher) 

 var. melaleuca (W.E., E. & T. p. 15) 



— contigua, Vill. Foregate Street, Worcester, 



June 4, 1896 ; Wyre Forest, June 

 18-24, 1899 



— genistas, Bkh. Worcester (N. p. 423) ; 



Foregate Street, Worcester, May 16, I g, 

 26, 30, 1896, June 2, 3, 4, 1896 ; 

 Wyre Forest, June 21, 1898 ; Trench 



Wyre Forest, June 17-19, 1899 ; 

 Bransford (W. H. Edwards) ; two or 

 three at ' light ' (Fletcher) ; Laughern 

 Bank (G. D. Hancock) 



— segetum, SchifF. Wyre Forest, June 



17-19, 1899 ; generally common 



— ypsilon, Rott. Worcester (J. Peed, 



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

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

 (G. D. Hancock) 



— lunigera, Stph. (T.M.N.F.C. p. i8i) ; 



rare (E. & T. p. 17); Lowesmoor 

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



— exclamationis, L. Common 



— nigricans, L. Rather rare (E. & T. p. 



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



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