THE YOUNG 



NATURALIST. 



207 



THE LEPIDOPTERA OF 

 DERBY AND 

 NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



By G. Pullen. 



(Continued from page 164 .) 



Tethea subtusa. Scarce. 



„ retusa. Scarce. 

 Cosmia trapezina. Common. 

 „ diffinis. 

 „ qffinis. 

 Bianthcecia carpophaga. Scarce. 

 „ capsophila. 

 „ capsincola. Common. 

 „ oucubali. Scarce. 

 Polia c7ii. Very common. 



,. flavicincta. Not uncommon. 

 Epunda viminalis. Occasionally. 

 Miselia oxyacanthce. Common. 

 Agriopis april'ma. Occasionally at sugar. 

 Plilogoplwra meticulosa. Abundant. 

 Euplexia lucipara. Common. 

 Aplecta herbida. Not infrequent. 

 „ occulta. Scarce. 

 „ nebulosa. Common. 

 Badcna protect. Of occasional occurrence 

 „ chenopodii. Occasionally. 

 „ oleracea. Very abundant. 

 „ pisi. Not uncommon. 



„ tlialassina. Common. 

 Cloantha solidaginis. Rare. 

 Calocampa vetusta. Not frequent. 



„ exoleta. Scarce. 

 Cucullici verbasci. Occasionally in abun- 

 dance. 



Heliothis dipsacea. Rare. 



Anarta myrtilli. Common on the moor 



at Little Eaton, 

 Beliodes arbuti. Occasionally. 

 Brephos partlienias. Scarce. 

 Habrostola urticce. Common. 



„ triplaaia. Common. 

 Plmia chrysitis, Abundant. 

 „ festuccd. Occasionally, 



Plusia iota. Frequent. 



„ V-aureum. Not quite so common 



as the preceding. 

 „ gamma. Very common. 



Gonoptera libatrix. Common. 

 Amphipyra pyramidea. Occasionally. 



„ tragopogonis. Common. 

 Mania typica Abundant. 



„ maura. Common. 

 Stilbia anomala. Scarce. 

 Catocala nupta. Occasionally. 

 Phytometra cenea. Not uncommon on the 

 moor at Little Eaton 



DELTOIDS. 



Hypena proboscidalis. Common everywhere. 

 Hypenodes costcetrigalis. Occasionally. 

 Uerminea barbalis. Common. 



,, tarsipemialis. Common. 



„ grisealis. Common. 



PYRALIDES. 



Pyralis farinalis. Common. 



„ glaucinalis In abundance a few 

 years ago. 



A glossa povjiiinallis. Occasionally. 

 Pyrausta punicealis. Little Eaton. Scarce. 



,, purpuralis. Little Eaton. 

 Herlula cespitalis. Occasionally. 

 Cataclysta lemnalis. Brookside at Little 

 Eaton. 



Paraponyx stratiotalis Repton. 

 Hydrocampa nymplicealis Canal side Little 

 Eaton. 



11 stagnalis. Canal side Little 

 Eaton. 



Acentropus niveus. 



Botys veriicalis. Common. 



Botys fuscalis Common. 



urticalis Common everywhere. 



Ebulea sambucalis Occasionally. 

 Pioneaforficalis Common, 

 S copula lutealis Common. 



,, olivalis Very abundant. 



prunalis Very abundant. 



,, ferrugalis Scarce. 

 Stenopteryx hybridalis Occasionally, 



