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examined by Mr. Barrett, and its determination is confirmed by 
him. It is a moth which one hardly expected to find in Herts, as 
it is a west-country hill-frequenting species. 
3. Agrotis aquilina , Hb. Hitchin. A. H. Foster. 
In addition to a specimen captured at light by Mr. Foster, he 
reports the presence of two in the collection of Mr. Grellett, of 
Hitchin, which were taken last season. 
4. Noctua glareosa , Esp. Ashridge. A. T. Goodson. 
Mr. Goodson reports the capture during the past season of a good 
series of Noctua glareosa at Ashridge. They were found by 
searching the heather-bloom on the Common at night with a lantern. 
5. P icy cla do, L. St. Albans. Miss Alice Dickinson. 
This very local species was taken at sugar on an apple-tree in 
the garden at New Farm, St. Albans, on 15th July, 1903, between 
9 and 10 p.m., by Miss Dickinson. It is a welcome addition to 
the county list, and I hope it has come to stay. It is essentially 
a south-country insect, though its range extends northwards to 
Suffolk, Hunts, and Northamptonshire, and it is recorded from the 
adjoining county of Essex. The New Forest appears to be its 
headquarters. 
6. Folia chi , L. Hitchin. A. H. Foster. 
This was bred in 1902 from a larva found feeding on monkshood, 
when Mr. Foster was searching for pupae of Plusia moneta. The 
specimen, which he was good enough to show me, is a remarkably 
light-coloured variety. Mr. C. G. Barrett informs me that P. chi , 
which has generally been regarded as a northern insect, has been 
working south lately. 
7. Asthena sylvata , Hb. Hitchin. A. H. Foster. 
Taken at light in 1902. This is a Geometer which should be 
searched for, as it ought to occur in various parts of Hertfordshire. 
8. Pyrausta aurata , Scop. Tring. A. T. Goodson. 
Two specimens of this beautiful little Pyralid were taken after 
diligent search by Mr. Goodson on the Lucina-% round at Dancer’s 
End on the Bucks border. P. aurata may be looked for on grassy 
banks in May, July, and August. The larvae feed under a web 
in May and September on various species of Mentha and other 
Labiate plants. This species we might have looked for from Tring, 
for it is essentially a lover of Chalk downs, and is common in some 
south-country localities. 
9. Eriopsela fractifasciana, Haw. Aldbury. P. J. Barraud. 
This, the only addition to our list of Hertfordshire Tor trices 
during 1903, was taken at Aldbury on May 25th by Mr. Barraud, 
when he obtained two specimens by beating a hedge on the Downs. 
An interesting result of the work of local lepidopterists during 
the last few seasons has been the confirmation of several records 
made by Stephens in the early years of the nineteenth century, 
thus re-establishing in our list species which it was feared had 
disappeared from the county. James Francis Stephens, who may 
