MoscEY : Ma€ro-Lepidoptera at Sherwood Forest. 117 



Vaueissa Antiopa. Several liave been taken, . 

 V. Atalanta. Not uncommon. 



Satyrus Megoera. One worn specimen near. Budbj. 

 Chortobius Pamphilus. Abundant. 



Thecla quercus. Laiv^e not uncommon on oaks, ^liiefly in the broad 

 drive wbich leads from the " major." * 



Polyommatus phlseas. Abundant ; the white variety has occurred, 

 and I have a curious dark one I took there in 1878. 



Lycoena Alexis. Near Budby. Argiolus ought to occur, there are 

 plenty of hollies. 



Acherontia Atropos. The larva is frequently founid in the potato 

 fields. 



Chserocampa porcellus. I have taken one at sugar. 

 Hepialus velleda. Not rare. 



Nola cucullatella. Larvae common on the hawthorn bushes. 



Euchelia jacobe^. " Common. 



Chelonia caja. I have frequently found the larvse. 



Liparis auriflua. Larv^ a nuisance on all the hedges. 



Orgyia pudibunda. Larvae by beating oak and birch. 



0. antiqua. I have taken a few. 



Paecilocampa populi. Mr. Porritt has taken the larva. 

 Bonibyx quercus, var. callunge. On heath and bramble. 



B. rubi. LarVee swarm on the open grassy space below the 

 major." 



Eurymene dolabraria. A sing le specimen bred from larva? taken 

 in 1872. 



Selenia illunaria. Common. 



Ennomos erosaria. One specimen on the " major," 



Phigalia pilosaria. Not common. 



Amphydasis betularia. Common. 



Tephrosia punctulata. One. 



lodes lactearia. A few. 



Phorodesma bajularia. One bred. 



Ephyra omicronaria and pendularia. — A few bred. 



Cabera pusaria. Common. 



Panagra petraria. Common. 



Fidonia atomjiiia common ; and piniaria common in a wood near 

 Worksop, on the Edwinstowe road. 



Abraxas grossulariata. Common. 



