THE YOUNG 



NATURALIST. 



163 



THE LEPIDOPTERA OF 

 DERBY AND 



NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



By G. Pullen. 



(Continued from page 105.) 



Cidaria russata. 

 „ immanata. 



„ silaceata. 

 „ prunata 

 „ testata. 



„ populata. 



„ fulvata. 



„ pyraliata. 



,, dotata 

 Pelurga comitata. 

 Eubolia cervinaria. 



„ mensuraria. 



Anaitis plagiata. 

 Chesias spartiata, 

 Panagra chceropTiyllat 



Common. 



Not uncommon. 

 Repton Woods. 

 Rather scarce. 

 Very abundant at 



Little Eaton. 

 Common. 

 Common. 

 Rare. 



By no means rare. 

 Occurs at Willington. 

 Common. 

 Dovedale 



Not of frequent occur- 



rance. 

 Willington. Not un- 

 common. 

 a. Local. 



DREPANULIDiE. 

 Plaiypteryx falcula. Scarce. 



Cilix spinula. 



Common. 



PSEUDO-BOMBYCES. 



Dicranura bicuspus. Rare. 



„ bifida. 



,. vinula. 

 Pygcera bticephala. 

 Notodonta camelina. 



dicteea, 



Not uncommon. 

 Very common. 

 Of frequent occur- 

 rence. 

 I have taken this 

 species on lamps 

 near the town, 

 Scarce, 



dromedarius. Scarce. 



„ ziczac. Of frequent occur- 

 rence. 



„ cliaonia. Very rare. 

 BUobat cceruleocephala. Common. 



NOCTURE. 

 Thyatira derasa. Common. 



,, batis. Common. 

 Cymatophora dilu*a. Of frequent occur- 

 rence. 



„ fiavicornis. Of frequent occur- 

 rence at Little Eaton 



Pyrophila perla . 



Dipltthera orion. 

 Acronycta tridens 

 „ psi. 



leporina. 



alni. 



„ rumicis. 

 Zeucania lithargyria. Common. 



„ comma. Common. 



„ impura. Common. 



„ pollens. Common. 

 JVonagria detpecta (? ) 



Very common on the 

 walls around Derby 

 Very rare. 



Very common. 

 I have taken the larvae 

 of this species while 

 beating with Mr. J. 

 Hill, at Little Eaton 

 Rare. 



Not uncommon. 

 I know of several in- 

 stances of this rare 

 species having been 

 taken here. 

 Common. 



„ fulva. 

 „ typha. 



Gortyna fiavaga. 

 Hydraecia nictitans. 



„ micacea. 

 Axylia putris. 

 Xylophasia rurea. 



„ lithoxylea. 



„ poly don. 



Not uncommon. 



Abundant at Willing- 

 ton, near here. 



Occasionally taken. 



Common at Little 

 Eaton, on the flow- 

 ers of ragwort. 



Common. 

 Common. 

 Common. 

 Common. I have taken 

 one specimen of the 

 black variety. 



