INSECTS 



Acronycta strigosa, F. At rest on apple trees 

 (W.E.); rare (E. & T. p. 14); three 

 specimens taken at Castle Morton ; it 

 has not occurred lately ; probably more 

 common before Longdon Marsh was 

 drained (Rev. E. C. Dobree Fox) 



— tridens, SchifF. Worcester (St. p. 1 80, 



T.M.N.F.C. p. 1 80); rather rare (E. 

 & T. p. 13) ; larvae not rare on haw- 

 thorn (Fletcher) 



— psi, L. Common 



— megacephala, F. Generally distributed 



— ligustri, F. Worcester (St. p. 182) ; 



Middleyards, June 16, 1896 ; Wyre 

 Forest, Monk Wood (W. H. Edwards) 



— rumicis, L. Common 



— menyanthidis, View. (W. Edwards, 



T.M.N.F.C. p. 180) 



3. PLUSIADiE 

 Sub-Fam. i. Hypenides 



Boletobia fuliginaria, L, Worcester (N. p. 69, 



M. p. 147) 

 ^thia tarsipennalis, Tr. (Rev. E. C. Dobree 



Fox, E. & T. p. 34) ; Wyre Forest 



(W. H. Edwards) 



— nemoralis, F. Nunnery Wood, May 31, 



189s ; Monk Wood, May 26, 1895 ; 

 Crown East, Bransford and Wyre Forest 

 (W. H. Edwards) 



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



p. 34). Wants confirmation (J. Peed 



aiid G. D. Hancock) 

 Herminia barbalis, CI. Worcester (St. vol. ii. 



p. 131) ; common 

 Hypenodes costistrigalis, Stph. Monk Wood 



(Fletcher) 



— albistrigalis, Hw. Bransford, JwXy 1%,1^()<) 

 Hypena rostralis, L. Worcester (St. vol. ii. 



p. 128, W. Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. 

 p. 182) ; Crown East, Bransford and 

 Wyre Forest (W. H. Edwards) 



— proboscidalis, L. Common 

 Colobochyla (Madopa) salicalis, Schiff. (W. 



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

 & T. p. 33) 

 Aventia flexula, Schiff. (Rev. E. C. Dobrde 

 Fox ; E. & T. p. 28) ; Tiddesley Wood, 

 Tibberton, by mothing (Fletcher) 



Sub-Fam. 2. Plusiades 

 Ophiusa pastinum, Tr. (W. Edwards, 

 T.M.N.F.C. p. 182) ; taken by Rev. 

 Day (R. F. Towndrow), July 12, 1900 

 Scoliopteryx libatrix, L. Generally distri- 

 buted, but not common 

 Plusia chrysitis, L. Common 



— orichalcea, F. Rare (W. Edwards, 



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



Plusia bractea, F. Worcester (N. p. 453, 

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

 Dudley Castle Hill and near Bromsgrove 

 (I.N.H.W. p. 145) 



— festucae, L. Worcester (St. p. 307) • 



Foregate Street, June 2, 1896 ; about 

 the pool in Nunnery Wood, also in 

 Bewdley Forest (I.N.H.W. p. 145) 



— iota, L. Common 



— pulchrina, Hw. Worcester (St. p. 308) ; 



Wyre Forest, 1 899 (J. Peed) ; at 

 flowers of lychnis (Fletcher) 



— gamma, L. Common 



— tripartita, Hufn. Worcester (St. p. 305) ; 



Foregate Street, July 22, August 21, 

 1895 ; Boughton and Bransford (W. 

 H. Edwards) 



— triplasia, L. Worcester (St. p. 305) ; 



Bransford, June 3, 1895 ; Foregate 

 Street, July 25, 1898 

 Catocala nupta, L. Worcester (St. p. 313) ; 

 Perry Wood, August 20, 1898 ; Brans- 

 ford, Powick, Ombersley, etc. 



Euclidia mi, CI. 



Common 



— glyphica, L.J 

 Erastria fasciana, L. Worcester (St. p. 299) ; 



Middleyards, May 29, 1895 ; Nunnery 

 Wood, May 27, 1896 ; Monk Wood, 

 June 4, 1899; Wyre Forest, Monk 

 Wood (Fletcher) ; Ockeridge Wood (J. 

 Peed) 

 Eustrotia uncula, CI. Rather rare (E. & T. 

 P- 23) 



— luctuosa, Esp. Sheriff's Lench, July 5, 



1900 ; Bredon (W. H. Edwards), July 

 22, 1900 

 Rivula sericealis, So. Nunnery Wood, August 

 4, 1898 ; Monk Wood, July 12, 1899 ; 

 Shrawley (Fletcher) 



4. OCNERIADiE 



Orgyia gonostigma, L. Wyre Forest, larva, 

 July 23, 1897 ; common, August 

 (T.M.N.F.C. p. 179) 



— antiqua, L. Common 



Dasychira fascelina, L. Woody places rare 

 (T.M.N.F.C. p. 179, A, Edmunds 

 p. 184); Trench Woods but rare 

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



— pudibunda, L. Common 



Colocasia (Demas) coryli, L. Wyre Forest, 

 June 17, 1900 ; Malvern Woods among 

 hazel (T.M.N.F.C. p. 180); Beivdley 

 Forest (I.N.H.W. p. 141); Trench 

 Woods, Ockeridge Wood 



Porthesia similis, Fuesl. Common 



Euproctis chrysorrhoea, L. Not uncommon 

 (A. Edmunds, T.M.N.F.C. p. 179) 



Stilpnotia salicis, L. Common 

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