INSECTS Cheimatobia brumata,* L. Generally far too abundant — boreata, Hb. Common Oporabia dilutata. Generally common Larentia didymata, Bork. Locally common. Dartford, Talding^ etc. — multistrigaria, Haw. Dartford — olivata, Bork. Darenth, IVateringhury — pectinitaria, Fues. Generally common Emmelesia affinitata, St. Deal^ Abbey Wood, JVateringbury, Yalding — alchemillata, L. Dartford, West Wickham, Wateringbury, Yalding ; scarce — albulata, SchifF. Bexley, Lee, Chattenden, Water'tngbury, Folkestone — decolorata, Hb. Eltham, Erith, Dart- ford, Wateringbury, Yalding, Folkestone — unifasciata, Haw. Beckenham, Chattenden Eupithecia venosata, Fb. Darenth, Erith, Wateringbury, Folkestone — linariata, Fb. Lee, Sidcup, Eltham, Yald- ing, Folkestone — pulchellata, St. Darenth, Wateringbury, Yalding, Dungeness Beach — centaureata, Fb. Generally common — succenturiata, L. Lee, Eltham, Dartford, Yalding — subfulvata, Haw. Lee, Eltham, Dartford, Yalding, Folkestone — plumbeolata, Haw. Lee, Chattenden, Folke- stone — isogrammata, H.S. Cliffe, Deal, Folke- stone, Dartford — satyrata, Hb. Chattenden, Folkestone — castigata, Hb. Eltham, Bexley, Chatten- den, Folkestone — trisignata, H.S. Otford, Sevenoaks — lariciata, Frr. Deal, Dartford — albipunctata, Haw. Lee, Eltham — pusillata, Fb. West Wickham — pimpinellata, Hb. Folkestone — fraxinata, Crewe. Lee, Canterbury, Lewis- ham, Chattenden, Bexley, Folkestone — indigata, Hb. Abbey Wood, Plumstead, Yalding, Sevenoaks — nanata, Hb. Dartford ; common on heaths — subnotata, Hb, Generally common — campanulata, H.S. Darenth — vulgata, Haw. Generally common — expallidata, Gn. Darenth, Greenhithe, Yalding, Folkestone — absynthiata, Clerck. Generally common — minutata, Gn. Yalding, Chislehurst, Dart- ford ' This is one of the most injurious insects. The larvae periodically cause immense damage to fruit trees, sometimes completely stripping them of leaves.— H. G. Eupithecia assimillata, Gn. Lee, Eltham, Yalding, Folkestone — tenuiata, Hb. Chattenden — dodoneata, Gn. Lee, Eltham — subciliata, Gn. Hythe, Folkestone — abbreviata, St. Generally distributed — exiguata, Hb. Lee, Eltham, Folkestone — sobrinata, Hb. Blackheath, Watering- bury — pumilata, Hb. Generally common — coronata, Hb. Dartford, Farningham, Wateringbury, Yalding, Erith, Folke- stone — rectangulata, L. Generally abundant Collix sparsata, Hb. Sandwich Lobophora sexalata, Vill. Eltham, Sidcup ; scarce — hexapterata, Schiff. Bexley, Eltham, West Wickham, Sandwich — viretata, Hb. Eltham, Wateringbury, Folkestone, etc. ; scarce — lobulata, Hb. Sidcup, Wateringbury, Folke- stone ; not common — polycommata, Hb. Formerly at Green- hithe, Folkestone Thera juniperata, L. Dover, Wateringbury ; common on the chalk — variata, SchifF. Generally common — firmata, Hb. West Wickham Hypsipetes ruberata, Frr. Dartford ; scarce — impluviata, Hb. Bexley, Sidcup, Eltham, West Wickham, Peinbury — elutata, Hb. Generally abundant Melanthia rubiginata, Fb. Lee, Eltham, Deal, Dartford — ocellata, L. Generally distributed — albicillata, L. Eltham, Bexley, Dartford, Wateringbury, Tenterden, Folkestone Melanippe hastata, L. Dartford, Blean Woods, Tenterden, Folkestone — procellata, Fb. Common on the chalk in some places — rivata, Hb. Common on the chalk — subtristata, Haw. Generally common — montanata, Bork. Generally abundant — galiata, Hb. Deal, Dover, Folkestone — fluctuata, L. Generally abundant Anticlea rubidata, Fb. Lee, Eltham, Yalding, Deal, Pembury, Tenterden — badiata, Hb. Generally common — derivata, Bork. Lee, Eltham, Bromley, Dartford, Wateringbury, Folkestone Coremia propugnata, Fb. Erith, Eltham, getting scarce ; Wateringbury, very common ; West Wickham — ferrugata, Clerck. Generally common — unidentaria, Haw. „ „ — quadrifasciaria, Clerck. Erith, Bexley, Dartford, Wateringbury, West JVick- ham ; rare 191
