A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE 
Hesperia linea, Fab., thaumas, St.C. Bed- 
ford, Luton ; in marshy places 
— lineola, Ochs. This species, of recent 
discovery as British, has been found by 
Dr. Nash and Rev. O. W. Harries in 
woods and lanes near Bedford 
— sylvanus, Esp. Generally common 
Cyclopides paniscus, Fab., palemon, St. C. 
Recorded by the late Professor West- 
wood at Clapham Park Woods and near 
Luton i 
Nisoniades tages, Linn. Bedford, Luton ; on 
hillsides and railway banks 
HETEROCERA 
Smerinthus ocellatus, Linn. (Eyed Hawk 
Moth) Bedford, Potton, common at 
Woburn 
— populi, Linn. (Poplar Hawk) 
distributed, on poplars 
— tilia, Linn. (Lime Hawk) Widely dis- 
tributed, about limes and elms 
Acherontia atropos, Linn. (Death’s Head) 
Occasionally found; larva in potato 
fields 
Sphinx convolvuli, Linn. 
an occasional visitor 
— ligustri, Linn. (Privet Hawk) Generally 
distributed ; larva on privet hedges 
Cherocampa celerio, Linn. Dr. Nash re- 
ports : ‘ A specimen is said to have been 
taken in Bedford twenty years ago’ 
Generally 
Bedford, Potton ; 
— elpenor, Linn. (Elephant Hawk) Bed- 
ford, Woburn 
— porcellus, Linn. (Small Elephant)  Bed- 
ford, Potton ; among ladies’ bedstraw 
Macroglossa stellatarum, Linn. (Humming- 
bird Hawk) Generally distributed ; 
to be seen occasionally in gardens, 
hovering at tubular flowers 
— fuciformis, Linn. (Broad-bordered Bee 
Hawk) Dr. Nash records this species 
in woods near Bedford 
— bombyliformis, Esp. (Narrow-bordered 
Bee Hawk) Dr. Nash also records this 
species in woods near Bedford 
Sesia tipuliformis, Linn. Generally common 
about currant bushes 
~- myopzformis, Bkh. ‘Taken by Mr. W. 
Bond-Smith at Potton 
-—— cynipiformis, Esp. Recorded by West- 
wood in Clapham Park Woods 
Sphzcia bembeciformis, Hb. Bedford 
— apiformis, Linn. (Hornet Clearwing) 
Bedford, Woburn ; on poplars 
Procris statices, Linn. Luton 
Zygena trifolii, Esp. (Five-spot Burnet) 
Found by Mr. H.Studman near Woburn 
— filipendule, Linn. (Six-spot Burnet) Bed- 
ford, Luton, Potton ; common 
Zeuzera zsculi, Linn., pyrina, St. C. (Wood 
Leopard) Bedford, Woburn, Potton ; 
not plentiful 
Cossus ligniperda, Fab. (Goat Moth) Gener- 
ally distributed 
Hepialus hectus, Ochs. Bedford, Luton; in 
woods 
— lupulinus, Linn. Generally abundant in 
meadows 
— sylvinus, Linn, Bedford, Luton 
— velleda, Esp. oy 
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Generally common 
humuli, Linn. (Ghost) 
Halias prasinana, Linn. ; 
P ae Taken in woods 
— quercana, Schiff. 
Earias chlorana, Hb. around agian, 
Sarrothripa revayana, W. V. Found by Mr. 
J. Sharpin near Bedford 
Nola cucullatella, Linn. Bedford, Luton ; 
among fruit trees 
Calligenia miniata, Forst. Bedford, Luton 
Lithosia complana, Linn. Taken near Potton 
by Mr. W. Bond-Smith 
— complanula, Bdv., lurideola, St. C. Taken 
at lamps near Bedford and Luton 
— griseola, Hb. Bedford 
Euchelia jacobez, Linn. (Cinnabar) Gener- 
ally common among ragwort and 
groundsel 
Deiopeia pulchella, Linn. One specimen 
taken near County School by Dr. Nash, 
July 1894 
Arctia caia, Linn. (Common Tiger) 
where common 
— villica, Linn. (Cream-Spot Tiger) Re- 
ported by Mr. W. Bond-Smith at Potton 
Phragmatobia fuliginosa, Linn. Bedford, Potton 
Spilosoma mendica, Linn. (Muslin) Bedford, 
Potton 
— lubricepeda, Linn. 
— menthastri, Schiff. + - 
Porthesia chrysorrhea, Linn. Reported at 
Bedford by the Rev. W. O. Harries, 
and at Woburn by Mr. H. Studman 
— auriflua, Fab., similis, St. C. Generally 
common on hawthorn hedges 
Liparis salicis, Linn.. Bedford, Potton ; about 
willow or poplar 
Dasychira pudibunda, Linn. Bedford, Potton 
— fascelina, Linn. Taken near Bedford by 
Dr. W. G. Nash 
Orgyia antiqua, Linn. (Vapourer) Common 
everywhere, and conspicuous in the 
autumn by its lively dancing flight, 
about roads and shrubberies, in the 
sunshine 
Every- 
Common everywhere 
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