of which the larva feeds, in Scotland, the New Forest, Hants, and elsewhere
Eupithecia venosata, Fab. Halton, Chesham, Buckingham, Taplow ; among Silene inflate
consignata, Bkh. ; insigniata, St.C. This scarce species has been taken at Chalfont St. Peter by the Rev. J. S. St. John
pulchellata, Steph. Halton ; the larva in the flowers of foxglove
centaureata, Schiff. ; oblongata, St.C. Generally distributed in gardens and lanes
succenturiata, Linn. Halton, Marlow ; among mugwort, not common
subfulvata, Haw. Chalfont St. Peter, Halton, Chesham ; among ragwort and yarrow
subumbrata, Schiff. ; scabiosata, St.C. Only taken at Halton and Wendover
pusillata, Schiff. Halton ; among spruce fir
indigata, Hb. Halton and Chesham ; among fir
constrictata, Gn. The larva was found near Drayton Beauchamp, feeding on flowers of thyme, by the Rev. H. H. Crewe, forty years since
castigata, Haw. Chesham, Chalfont St. Peter ; common at Halton and Amersham
lariciata, Frr. Taken at Chesham among larch by Dr. Churchill
albipunctata, Haw. The larva was found at Drayton Beauchamp and near Tring at the border of this county, on Angelica and Heracleum, by the late Rev. H. H. Crewe. The moth is rarely captured
helveticata, Bdv., and its variety arceuthata, Frr. Beaten out of junipers on rough chalky hillsides near Halton, by the Rev. J. Greene, and towards Tring by the Rev. H. H. Crewe ; and the larvæ taken in plenty from the same bushes. The Rev. J. Greene, who happily still lives, and has assisted in drawing up this paper, says : ' My friend the late Rev. H. H. Crewe, M.A., was then devoting himself to the discovery of the larvæ of this interesting genus (Eupithecia), and with such success that, aided by friends, he discovered and described all the larvæ unknown in Stainton's Manual, and also succeeded in adding not a few to the British fauna. I hope that I may be permitted to say that I never met, nor heard of, such a larva hunter ; he was a first-rate botanist, both as regards wild flowers and cultivated ; had a marvellously quick eye ; and never gave in '
Eupithecia satyrata, Hb. Amersham, Halton The Rev. J. Greene says : ' In the Beech Wood was a small meadow surrounded on three sides by fine beeches ; out of these I beat, in the daytime, this moth in great profusion, but found that they differed from the ordinary form, and this variety was named by Mr. Stainton, callunaria. Mr. Crewe found that it fed as a larva on Gentiana campestris.' It is curious that this variety should so closely coincide with that which is so abundant among heather in Scotland
plumbeolata, Haw. Halton ; larvae found in the flowers of Melampyrum
trisignata, H.S. Drayton Beauchamp and elsewhere towards Tring ; the larva feeding on blossoms of Angelica sylvestris
valerianata, Hb. ; viminata, Dbld. Halton ; larvæ on flowers of Valeriana officinalis
fraxinata. Halton. The Rev. J. Greene found the pupa under moss on ash, on the leaves of which the larva feeds
subnotata, Hb. Chesham ; among Chenopodium
campanulata, H.S. Chesham, Drayton Beauchamp. This is one of the novelties discovered by the Rev. H. H. Crewe, who found its larva feeding in the blossoms of Campanula trachelium
vulgata, Haw. Common everywhere, especially in gardens
absynthiata, Linn. Chalfont St. Peter, common at Halton ; larva on various composite flowers
minutata, Hb. Taken at Chesham by Dr. Churchill
assimillata, Dbld. Drayton Beauchamp, common at Halton and Chesham ; in gardens about currant and hop
tenuiata, Hb. Halton ; reared from sallow catkins
subciliata, Gn. Halton ; among maples
dodonaeata, Gn. Halton ; scarce
abbreviata, Steph. Halton ; among oak
exiguata, Hb. Chesham, Halton, Chalfont St. Peter, Buckingham, Wendover ; among hawthorn
sobrinata, Hb. Halton, the Chilterns ; among juniper
debiliata, Hb. Reared by the Rev. H. H. Crewe from larvæ found near Drayton Beauchamp. Its usual food is whortleberry
coronata, Hb. Chesham, Leckhampstead
rectangulata, Linn. Generally distributed ; too common in orchards, the larva devouring the stamens of the apple-blossom, and destroying the promise of fruit
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