INSECTS Acronycta strigosa, F. At rest on apple trees (W.E.); rare (E. & T. p. 14); three specimens taken at Castle Morton ; it has not occurred lately ; probably more common before Longdon Marsh was drained (Rev. E. C. Dobree Fox) — tridens, SchifF. Worcester (St. p. 1 80, T.M.N.F.C. p. 1 80); rather rare (E. & T. p. 13) ; larvae not rare on haw- thorn (Fletcher) — psi, L. Common — megacephala, F. Generally distributed — ligustri, F. Worcester (St. p. 182) ; Middleyards, June 16, 1896 ; Wyre Forest, Monk Wood (W. H. Edwards) — rumicis, L. Common — menyanthidis, View. (W. Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 180) 3. PLUSIADiE Sub-Fam. i. Hypenides Boletobia fuliginaria, L, Worcester (N. p. 69, M. p. 147) ^thia tarsipennalis, Tr. (Rev. E. C. Dobree Fox, E. & T. p. 34) ; Wyre Forest (W. H. Edwards) — nemoralis, F. Nunnery Wood, May 31, 189s ; Monk Wood, May 26, 1895 ; Crown East, Bransford and Wyre Forest (W. H. Edwards) — derivalis, Hb. Rather common (E. & T. p. 34). Wants confirmation (J. Peed aiid G. D. Hancock) Herminia barbalis, CI. Worcester (St. vol. ii. p. 131) ; common Hypenodes costistrigalis, Stph. Monk Wood (Fletcher) — albistrigalis, Hw. Bransford, JwXy 1%,1^()<) Hypena rostralis, L. Worcester (St. vol. ii. p. 128, W. Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 182) ; Crown East, Bransford and Wyre Forest (W. H. Edwards) — proboscidalis, L. Common Colobochyla (Madopa) salicalis, Schiff. (W. Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 182, E. & T. p. 33) Aventia flexula, Schiff. (Rev. E. C. Dobrde Fox ; E. & T. p. 28) ; Tiddesley Wood, Tibberton, by mothing (Fletcher) Sub-Fam. 2. Plusiades Ophiusa pastinum, Tr. (W. Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 182) ; taken by Rev. Day (R. F. Towndrow), July 12, 1900 Scoliopteryx libatrix, L. Generally distri- buted, but not common Plusia chrysitis, L. Common — orichalcea, F. Rare (W. Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 182) Plusia bractea, F. Worcester (N. p. 453, W. Edwards, T.M.N.F.C. p. 182); Dudley Castle Hill and near Bromsgrove (I.N.H.W. p. 145) — festucae, L. Worcester (St. p. 307) • Foregate Street, June 2, 1896 ; about the pool in Nunnery Wood, also in Bewdley Forest (I.N.H.W. p. 145) — iota, L. Common — pulchrina, Hw. Worcester (St. p. 308) ; Wyre Forest, 1 899 (J. Peed) ; at flowers of lychnis (Fletcher) — gamma, L. Common — tripartita, Hufn. Worcester (St. p. 305) ; Foregate Street, July 22, August 21, 1895 ; Boughton and Bransford (W. H. Edwards) — triplasia, L. Worcester (St. p. 305) ; Bransford, June 3, 1895 ; Foregate Street, July 25, 1898 Catocala nupta, L. Worcester (St. p. 313) ; Perry Wood, August 20, 1898 ; Brans- ford, Powick, Ombersley, etc. Euclidia mi, CI. Common — glyphica, L.J Erastria fasciana, L. Worcester (St. p. 299) ; Middleyards, May 29, 1895 ; Nunnery Wood, May 27, 1896 ; Monk Wood, June 4, 1899; Wyre Forest, Monk Wood (Fletcher) ; Ockeridge Wood (J. Peed) Eustrotia uncula, CI. Rather rare (E. & T. P- 23) — luctuosa, Esp. Sheriff's Lench, July 5, 1900 ; Bredon (W. H. Edwards), July 22, 1900 Rivula sericealis, So. Nunnery Wood, August 4, 1898 ; Monk Wood, July 12, 1899 ; Shrawley (Fletcher) 4. OCNERIADiE Orgyia gonostigma, L. Wyre Forest, larva, July 23, 1897 ; common, August (T.M.N.F.C. p. 179) — antiqua, L. Common Dasychira fascelina, L. Woody places rare (T.M.N.F.C. p. 179, A, Edmunds p. 184); Trench Woods but rare (I.N.H.W. p. 141) — pudibunda, L. Common Colocasia (Demas) coryli, L. Wyre Forest, June 17, 1900 ; Malvern Woods among hazel (T.M.N.F.C. p. 180); Beivdley Forest (I.N.H.W. p. 141); Trench Woods, Ockeridge Wood Porthesia similis, Fuesl. Common Euproctis chrysorrhoea, L. Not uncommon (A. Edmunds, T.M.N.F.C. p. 179) Stilpnotia salicis, L. Common 09
