A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE 



Selenia lunaria, SchifF. Bransford, July 29, 

 1895 ; Foregate Street, June 1 1, 1 896 ; 

 JVyre Forest and St. John's (W. H. 

 Edwards); Grimley (G. D. Hancock) 



— tetralunaria, Hufn. Monk Wood, July 24, 



1900 ; around Af«/i;cr« (T.M.N. F.C. 



p. 183); Wyre Forest (J. Peed); 



Laughern Bank (G. D. Hancock) 

 Hygrochroa (Pericallia) syringaria, L. Monk 



Wood, June 20, 1895, July 15, 1898 ; 



Wyre Forest, July 11, 1898 ; Boughton 



and Bransford (W. H. Edwards) ; a 



few by mothing (Fletcher) 

 Cepphis (Epione) advenaria, Hb. Croft Wood, 



June 8, 22, 1899, June 3, 15, 1900 ; 



Wyre Forest once only (W. H. Edwards) 

 Colotois (Himera) pennaria, L. Foregate Street, 



November 10, 1895 ; i/^-^zw/V/f at 'light' 



and larvae Monk Wood (W. H. Edwards) 

 Ennomos erosaria, Bkh. Bransford, July 29, 



1900 ; Monk Wood (G. D. Hancock) 



— fuscantaria, Hw. Perry Wood, August 16, 



1895 ; Foregate Street, July 30, 1897, 

 August 6, 1899, September 5, 1899; 

 Oldhury Road (Fletcher) 



— alniaria, L. Rare (E. & T. p. 25) ; 



St. John's, Henwick (W. H. Edwards) ; 

 Grimley (G. D. Hancock) 



— quercinaria, Hufn. Rather common 



(E. & T. p. 25) ; St. John's (W. H. 

 Edwards) 

 Gonodontis (Odontopera) bidentata, CI. 

 Bransford, Crown East, Monk Wood 

 (W. H. Edwards) ; Ockeridge (J. 

 Peed) 



— (Crocallis) elinguaria, L. Perry Wood, 



July 22, 1895; Bransford, July 29, 

 1895 ; Foregate Street, July 25, 30, 

 1897 



6. POLYPLOCID^ 



Habrosyne (Thyatira) derasa, L. Worcester 

 (St. p. 173); Foregate Street, July 25, 



1898 ; JVyre Forest, June 19, 21, 

 July 8, 1899; Middleyards, July 18, 



1899 ; Sheriff's Lench, July 24, 1 899 ; 

 Crown East and Monk Wood (W. H. 

 Edwards) ; two by mothing (Fletcher) 



Thyatira batis, L. Worcester (St. p. 174); 

 Wyre Forest, June 17, 19, 1899; 

 Crown East, Monk Wood and Middle- 

 yards (W. H. Edwards) ; by 'sugaring' 

 in woods (Fletcher) 



Palimpsestis (Cymatophora) fluctuosa, Hb. 

 Worcester (St. p. 175); Wyre Forest, 

 June 6, 1 897, June 26, 1898, June 11, 



13, 17, 19, July 8, 1899 



— duplaris, L. JForcester (St. p. 174) ; 



Wyre Forest, June 7, 1897, June 25, 

 1898 



Palimpsestis or, F. Worcester (St. p. 175); 

 Wyre Forest, June 6, 1897, J""^ ll> 

 25, 1898 



— octogesima, Hb. Worcester (St. p. 175) ; 



Wyre Forest, June 18, 1 899 ; Perry 

 Wood, June 7, 1895 ; Cotheridge 

 (Fletcher) 

 Polyploca (Asphalia) diluta, F. Worcester 

 (St. p. 175); Bransford, August 30, 

 1895, etc.; Ockeridge (G. D. Hancock) 



— flavicornis, L. Larvae, Monk Wood, 



May 25, June 5, 1899 ; Wyre Forest, 

 June 16, 1900 ; Malvern Hills (Rev. 

 E. C. Dobr^e Fox) ; Trench Woods 

 (W. H. Edwards) 



— ridens, F. JForcester (St. p. 176, 



T.M.N.F.C. p. 180) ; from pupas dug 

 recently (W.H.Edwards) ; ElmHilland 

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



7. SPHINGID^ 

 Hemaris (Macroglossa) bombyliformis, Esp. 

 JVyre Forest, June 6, 1897, June 11, 

 1898; field near Trench JVoods ; one 

 Cowleigh Park (W. Edwards, 1869, 

 T.M.N.F.C. p. 177); Broadheath 

 (Fletcher) 



— fuciformis, L. Dry banks and woods 



(W. E.) ; rare (E. & T. p. 7). 

 Macroglossa stellatarum, L. 34, Foregate 

 Street, August 3, 1899 ; common in 



1899 and 1900 



Deilephila porcellus, L. Foregate Street, 

 June 16, July 21, 1898 ; Bredon and 

 St. John's (W. H. Edwards) 



— elpenor, L. JVyre Forest, May 24, 1896 ; 



larva, Rushwick, August 13, 1900 ; in 

 gardens, larvae on vines (Fletcher) 



— celerio, L. Very rare (T.M.N.F.C. p. 



177) ; Link End House, 1 867 or 1 868 

 (R.F.T., E. & T. p. 7) ; very rare 

 (I.N.H.W. p. 140) 



— lineata, F. Near JVorcester, rare 



(T.M.N.F.C. p. 177); Malvern Link 

 Common, 1874 (W.E., E. & T. p. 7) ; 

 near JVorcester but rare (I.N.H.W. p. 

 140) ; at rest on a garden wall at 

 Offenham near Evesham, April 29, 



1900 (L. S. Smith ^Science Gossip,' 

 September, 1900) 



— galii, Rott. (T.M.N.F.C. p. 177); one 



JV or field House, Malvern, 1 8 70 

 (R.F.T.) ; larva, Old Hills (Dr. C. F. 

 Grindrod in ' Malvern^ E. & T. p. 6) 

 Sphinx ligustri, L. Foregate Street, June 6, 

 1895, June 3, 1896, June 5, 1899; 

 common 



— convolvuli, L. St. John's, fourteen speci- 



mens, 1887 (W. H. Edwards) ; JVorces- 

 /('r(Bibbs), 1899 ; Malvern Pound, JVor- 



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