INSECTS 



cester, September ; scarce (T.M.N.F.C. 

 p. 177); Worcester, 1900 (G. D. Han- 

 cock) ; by mothing in gardens (Fletcher) 



Acherontia atropos, L. Worcestershire, fairly 

 common, 1899 and 1900 ; larvse in 

 potato fields (Fletcher) 



Smerinthus populi, L. '\ 



— ocellatus, L. > Common 

 Dilina tiliae, L. ) 



8. NOTODONTIDiE 

 Pygasra pigra, Hufn. Seddon from pupa and 

 one at Malvern (W.E., E. & T. p. 9) ; 

 Trench Woods (Fletcher) 



— curtula, L. Monk Wood (G. D. Hancock) ; 



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

 poplars in lanes, etc. (I.N.H.W. p. 141) ; 

 Seddon from pupae (E. & T. p. 9) 

 Notodonta ziczac, L. Foregate Street, August 

 18, 1895 ; Monk Wood, July 31, 1899 ; 

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



— dromedarius, L. Foregate Street, June i o, 



1896; Monk Wood, 1900 ; Wyre 

 Forest (Fletcher) 

 Drymonia dictaeoides, Esp. Foregate Street, 

 May 18, June 10, 1896 ; one at 

 Might' (Fletcher); Wyre Forest (J. 

 Peed) 



— tremula, CI. Perry Wood, August 16, 



1895 ; Foregate Street, June 2, 8, 

 1896; Grimley, near Old Hills, not 

 common (W. H, Edwards) 



— trepida,Esp. Scarce (T.M.N.F.C. p. 180); 



Cowleigh{W.'E.,^. &T. p. 9, I.N.H.W. 

 p. 141) 



— trimacula, Esp. Wyre Forest, two (W. H. 



Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 180) ; of 

 rare occurrence (E. & T. p. 9) ; pupa 

 dug, Grimley (G. D. Hancock) 



— chaonia, Hb. One pupa by digging 



(Fletcher) 



Stauropus fagi, L. Wyre Forest, June, 1899, 



June, 1900 ; Monk Wood, uncommon 



(T.M.N.F.C. p. 179) ; Nunnery Wood, 



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



Pterostoma palpina, L. Generally distributed 



Odontosia camelina, L. Wyre Forest, June 26, 



1898 ; Monk Wood, larva, October 8, 



1900 ; Leigh Sinton (W. H. Edwards) 



— cuculla, Esp. Blackmore Park (W.E., 



E. & T. p. 9) 

 Cerura vinula, L. Common 



— bifida, Hb. Foregate Street, May 30, 



1897; Henwick, lamps, May 30, 1896 

 (T.M.N.F.C. p. 179); \arv3£, St. John's 

 (W. H. Edwards) ; one larva, Wyre 

 Forest (Fletcher) 



— furcula, L. (T.M.N.F.C. p. 179) ; very 



rare (E. & T. p. 8) ; Bewdley Forest 

 (I.N.H.W. p. 141) ; larvs, St. John's 



(W. H. Edwards) ; two larvas, Peg- 

 House Wood (Fletcher) 



Cerura bicuspis, Bkh. Pupae cases on alder 

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



Phalera bucephala, L. Common 



9. SATURNIADiE 

 Saturnia pavonia, L. Larvas, Wyre Forest, 

 June 5, 1897 ; Worcester, W. Wood's 

 garden. May, 1900 ; Bilberry Hills, 

 Broadheath ; abundant in the larva 

 state near Malvern, 1869 (W. Edwards, 

 T.M.N.F.C. p. 179); Perry Woods and 

 other woods near Worcester (A. Ed- 

 munds, T.M.N.F.C. p. 184) ; Cowleigh 

 Park and Quest Hills (E. & T. p. 12) 



III. LASIOCAMPINA 



I. DREPANIDiE 



Cilix glaucata, Sc. Common 



Falcaria lacertinaria, L . Wyre Forest, June 1 3, 



1898, June 10, 12, 17, 19, 26, 1899; 



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



— falcataria, L. Common 



Drepana binaria, Hufn. Bransford, May 11, 

 14, 1895 ; Perry Wood, May 21, 

 1895; Monk Wood, May 17, 1896, 

 and Trench Woods 



— cultraria, F. Malvern, not uncommon 



(T.M.N.F.C. p. 179, Rev. E. C. 

 Dobr^e Fox, E. & T. p. 12) 



2. ENDROMIDIDiE 

 Endromis versicolor, L. Wyre Forest, April 3, 



1897, April 21, 1898, April 16, 23, 

 1900 



3. LASIOCAMPIDiE 

 Lasiocampa quercus, L. Common 

 Eriogaster populi, L. Generally distributed, 



larvae and pupae secured, images at 

 ' light ' 



— lanestris, L. Larvae in webs often ob- 



served, imago occasionally ; Bransford, 

 Grimley, Trench Woods and Wyre Forest 



— rubi, L. Hartlebury Common, June 9, 



1898 ; Wyre Forest, 1897 ; Craycombe 

 Banks, 1898 ; Bransford Bridge, 1 900 ; 

 Lathe Hill, Broadheath 



— cratagi, L. Middleyards (T.M.N.F.C. 



p. 179, I.N.H.W. p. 141) ; Wyre 

 Forest, 1898 (W. H. Edwards); larva 

 on hawthorn (Fletcher) 



Clisiocampa neustria L. | Common 



Odonestis potatoria, L. J 



Gastropacha quercifolia, L. Larvae, Worces- 

 ter, 1895 ; Hartlebury Common, ]\x\y 13, 

 1900 ; Tiddesley Wood, fairly common ; 

 Sinton Green (Fletcher) 



