A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE Nola cucullatella, L. Fairly common, Water- works, Worcester, June 29, 1896 ; Foregate Street, Worcester, July 1 8, 1898, July 13, 1899 ; rare (E. & T. P-35) Uraba (Nola) strigula, Schiff. Rare (E. & T. P- 35) Sarrothripus undulana, Hb. Ribhesford, Sept. 21, i860 (T.W.N.C. p. 62); Monk Wood, July 25, 1900 ; singly in woods (Fletcher) Hylophila bicolorana, Fuesl. Rather common (E. & T. p. 36) ; Crown East Wood (W. H . Edwards) ; Monk Wood, July 1 1 , 1895 ; Bransford, larvx, June 2, 1899, on oaks (Fletcher) ; Elm Hill and Temple Laughern Halias prasinana, L. Monk Wood, Trench Woods, St or ridge Woods, Perry and Nunnery Woods (A. Edmunds, T.M.N.F.C. p. 1 84) ; rather common (E. & T. p. 36) ; Wyre Forest Tyria (Euchelia) jacobaese, L. Common Utetheisa (Deiopeia) pulchella, L. One, Madresfield (W. Edwards, 1886 ; E. &T. p. II) Coscinia (Eulepia) cribrum, L. Very local (A. Edmunds, T.M.N.F.C. p. 178); a very local insect, Bewdley Forest (I.N.H.W. p. 142) Phragmatobia fuliginosa, L. Bredon, June 3, 1897 ; Wyre Forest, June 10, 1899 ; Old Storridge, not common. May (T.M.N.F.C. p. 178) ; Malvern Link and Newland Common, etc. (E. & T. p. 1 1) ; Trench Woods (I.N.H.W. p. 142) ; Tibberton (W. H. Edwards) ; Odclinglcy, larva (Fletcher) ; Holly-bush Hill (G. D. Hancock) Diacrisia (Spilosoma) mendica, CI. Monk Wood, Trench Woods, Wyre Forest, Ockeridge — urtica;, Esp. Rare (I.N.H.W. p. 142) — menthastri, Esp. "1 ^ 1 u • ■ J T f Common — lubncipeda, L. J — russula, L. Wyre Forest, June, 1896, 1899, 1900 (W. Edwards,T.M.N.F.C. p. 178); near the obelisk, Eastnor (W. E., E. & T. p. II); Craycombe (I.N.H.W. p. 141) Arctia plantaginis, L. Bredon, June 3, 1897 ; Malvern Hills, Randan Woods, Bil- berry Hills, etc., June, not common (T.M.N.F.C. p. 178); Nunnery Wood (I.N.H.W. p. 141) ; one specimen (Fletcher) — villica, L. Uncommon (T.M.N.F.C. p. 178); Perry Wood (I.N.H.W. p. 141)? — caja, L. Common 2. CARADRINID^ Sub-Fam. i. Poliades Cucullia chamomillas, SchifF. (W. Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 182); at rest; more plentiful than usual 1897 (W.E., E. & T. p. 22) ; Castle Morton, scarce (Rev. E. C. Dobr^e Fox) — umbratica, L. Common — asteris, SchifF. Of rare occurrence (W. Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 182) — scrophularias. Cap. Larva, Hanley Castle, 1897 (W.E.) ; rare (E. & T. p. 22, I.N.H.W. p. 144) — verbasci, L. Common Polia exoleta, L. Worcester (St. p. 282) ; larva, Temeside, Powick, June 21, 1896 ; Bredon (W. H. Edwards) ; in gardens (Fletcher) ; Monk Wood (G. D. Han- cock) — vetusta, Hb. (W. Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 182) — semibrunnea, Hw. /^orcw/^-r (St. p. 283) ; Boughton Park, October, 1899 (J. Peed, W. H.Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 182); Castle Morton (Rev. E. C. Dobree Fox) ; one at sallow and one at ivy bloom (Fletcher) — socia, Rett. Worcester (St. p. 283) ; Henwick, Worcester, October 17, 1899 ; Boughton (W. H. Edwards, W. Ed- wards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 182); one on railings (Fletcher) ; Grimley, 1896 (G. D. Hancock) ; Wyre Forest (J. Peed) — ornithopus, Rott. Worcester (St. p. 283, I.N.H.W. ,p. 144) ; Monk Wood (J. Peed and W, H. Edwards) ; larvae. Monk Wood — areola, Esp. Worcester (St. p. 280) ; Wyre Forest, April 3, 1897, April 21, 1898; Crown East and Bransford (W. H. Edwards) ; Trench Woods (J. Peed) ; Grimley (G. D. Hancock) — viminalis, F. Worcester (St. p. 266) ; Monk Wood, July 11, 1895; Perry Wood (W. H. Edwards) ; Middleyards, larvae. May 28, 1900 ; generally dis- tributed — lichenea, Hb. Rather common (E. & T. p. 21) — protea, Bkh. Bransford, Madresfield and Grimley (W. H. Edwards) ; common — aprilina, L. Common, Nunnery Wood, Monk Wood, Grimley, Ketch — chi, L. Malvern, July 12, 1895 ; at rest on rocks and walls, rather common (E. & T. p. 21) — flavicincta, F. Worcester (St. p. 264, W. Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 181); at rest on walls, rather common (E. & T.
