INSECTS COSMIIDJE (continued) Dicycla oo, Linn. Local and scarce generally, but oc- casionally more plentiful. Well. Coll.; Finchamp- stead ; Wokingham ; Read- ing (Hawkins) ; Burgh- field "Calymnia trapezina, Linn. pyralina, View. Rather scarce among elm. Sand- hurst (Mochler-Ferryman); Wokingham ; Lanes about Reading ; Burghfield (Bird) ; Tilehurst t diffinis, Linn.
- affinis, Linn.
HADENID.S: Eremobia ochroleuca, Esp- Maidenhead, always asleep in flower heads of knap- weed in the daytime (A. H.Clarke); Streatley Dianthoecia nana, Rott. Appar- ently uncommon. Lower Basildon ; Newbury (Mrs. Chorley)
- capsincola, Hubn.
f cucubali, Fues. carpophaga, Bork. Rather common on the chalk hills tHecatera chrysozona, Bork. t serena, Fabr. Common on the chalk hills. Often on flowers in the daytime Polia chi, Linn. In the northern part of the county only. Rather scarce. Boar's Hill, and roads near
- flavicincta, Fabr.
tAporophyla lutulenta, Bork. nigra, Haw. Rare. Sand- hurst (Mochler - Ferry- man) Cleoceris viminalis, Fabr. Ir- regular. Not common usually, but only in certain seasons. Well. Coll. (Wells) ; Wokingham ; Bul- mershe Park, Reading ; Burghfield (Bird); Mor- timer (J. Clarke) ; Midg- ham ; Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) Miselia oxyacanthae, Linn. Var. capucina, Mill. Not un- common Agriopis aprilina, Linn. Very common in oak woods tEuplexia lucipara, Linn.
- Phlogophora meticulosa, Linn.
tAplecta prasina, Fabr. occulta, Linn. Rare. Well. Coll. (Wells); Bulmershe Park, Reading HADENID^E (continued) 'Aplecta nebulosa, Hufn. Com- mon on the heath lands everywhere tincta, Brahm. In the birch plantations chiefly, occa- sionally abundant. Wok- ingham; Bulmershe Park, Reading ; Burghfield ; Pad- worth ; Aldermaston Park advena, Fabr. Not common. Maidenhead (A. H.Clarke); Bulmershe Park, Reading ; Burghfield ; Padworth ; Aldermaston Park ; New- bury (Mrs. Chorley) Hadena porphyrea, Esp. Once near Reading ; Burghfield (received from the Rev. C. S. Bird by the late Mr. S. Stevens) adusta, Esp. Maidenhead (A. H. Clarke) ; Bulmershe Park, Reading ; Burgh- field ; Newbury (Mrs. Chorley)
- protea, Bork.
glauca, Hubn. Englefield (Young)
- dentina, Esp.
t trifolii, Rott. dissimilis, Knoch. Not com- mon. Bulmershe Park, and lanes about Reading ; Burghfield ; Tilehurst ; Boar's Hill (A. Sidgwick)
- oleracea, Linn.
t pisi, Linn. t thalassina, Rott. contigua, Vill. Rare. Wok- ingham ; Burghfield (Bird) t genistae, Bork. XYLINIDJE 'Xylocampa areola, Esp. Calocampa vetusta, Hubn. Scarce. Wokingham ; Burghfield (J. Clarke) ; Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) t exoleta, Linn. tXylina ornithopus, Rott. t semibrunnea, Haw. socia, Rott. Frequent near Maidenhead (A. H. Clarke) ; Henwood fAsteroscopus sphinx, Hufn. tCucullia verbasci, Linn. lychnitis, Rbr. Near Maid- enhead (Harwood) asteris, Schiff. Bradfield (Bird) t chamomillae, Schiff.
- umbratica, Linn.
GONOPTERID^
- Gonoptera libatrix, Linn.
105 PLUSIID.S tHabrostola tripartita, Hufn. t triplasia, Linn. Plusia moneta, Fabr. Near Bulmershe Park, Reading, 2 July, 1890, E.M.M. v. 26, p. 255 ; at light, Read- ing; Ascot (M. J. Mans- field, Entont. v. 28, p. 18) ; fairly common now at Ascot (E. A. Bowles, Ent. Rec. v. 8, p. 185) ; toler- ably common now at Sandhurst (Mochler-Ferry- man) ; Well. Coll. (Wells) chryson, Esp. Near New- bury, ... in plenty by Mr. Dale (Steph.); Bradfield (Bird)
- chrysitis, Linn.
festucae, Linn. Rare. G.W. Railway bank, Reading ; Burghfield (Bird) ; New- bury (Mrs. Chorley) ; Hungerford (Beales) t iota, Linn. t pulchrina, Haw.
- gamma, Linn.
HELIOTHID^ tAnarta myrtilli, Linn. tHeliaca tenebrata, Scop. Heliothis dipsacea, Linn. Well. Coll., flying in the sun- shine (Wells) ; Burghfield (Bird) peltigera, Schiff. Rare. Maidenhead (Raynor) ; Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) armigera, Hubn. Rare. Reading at light Chariclea umbra, Hufn. Some- times common on the chalk hills delphinii, Linn. " In that of the British Museum, and in my own collection, are specimens from the neighbourhood of Wind- sor, caught about 15 years since, in June " (Steph. Illus. v. 3, p. 92) ACONTIID.K Acontia luctuosa, Esp. New- bury (Mrs. Chorley) ERASTRIID.S Erastria fasciana, Linn. Fre- quent on the heath land Hydrelia uncula, Clerck. Well. Coll, fairly plentiful (Wells) ; Boar's Hill (Pogson- Smith) POAPHILID* Phytometra viridaria, Clerck.
