A HISTORY OF WORCESTERSHIRE Selenia lunaria, SchifF. Bransford, July 29, 1895 ; Foregate Street, June 1 1, 1 896 ; JVyre Forest and St. John's (W. H. Edwards); Grimley (G. D. Hancock) — tetralunaria, Hufn. Monk Wood, July 24, 1900 ; around Af«/i;cr« (T.M.N. F.C. p. 183); Wyre Forest (J. Peed); Laughern Bank (G. D. Hancock) Hygrochroa (Pericallia) syringaria, L. Monk Wood, June 20, 1895, July 15, 1898 ; Wyre Forest, July 11, 1898 ; Boughton and Bransford (W. H. Edwards) ; a few by mothing (Fletcher) Cepphis (Epione) advenaria, Hb. Croft Wood, June 8, 22, 1899, June 3, 15, 1900 ; Wyre Forest once only (W. H. Edwards) Colotois (Himera) pennaria, L. Foregate Street, November 10, 1895 ; i/^-^zw/V/f at 'light' and larvae Monk Wood (W. H. Edwards) Ennomos erosaria, Bkh. Bransford, July 29, 1900 ; Monk Wood (G. D. Hancock) — fuscantaria, Hw. Perry Wood, August 16, 1895 ; Foregate Street, July 30, 1897, August 6, 1899, September 5, 1899; Oldhury Road (Fletcher) — alniaria, L. Rare (E. & T. p. 25) ; St. John's, Henwick (W. H. Edwards) ; Grimley (G. D. Hancock) — quercinaria, Hufn. Rather common (E. & T. p. 25) ; St. John's (W. H. Edwards) Gonodontis (Odontopera) bidentata, CI. Bransford, Crown East, Monk Wood (W. H. Edwards) ; Ockeridge (J. Peed) — (Crocallis) elinguaria, L. Perry Wood, July 22, 1895; Bransford, July 29, 1895 ; Foregate Street, July 25, 30, 1897 6. POLYPLOCID^ Habrosyne (Thyatira) derasa, L. Worcester (St. p. 173); Foregate Street, July 25, 1898 ; JVyre Forest, June 19, 21, July 8, 1899; Middleyards, July 18, 1899 ; Sheriff's Lench, July 24, 1 899 ; Crown East and Monk Wood (W. H. Edwards) ; two by mothing (Fletcher) Thyatira batis, L. Worcester (St. p. 174); Wyre Forest, June 17, 19, 1899; Crown East, Monk Wood and Middle- yards (W. H. Edwards) ; by 'sugaring' in woods (Fletcher) Palimpsestis (Cymatophora) fluctuosa, Hb. Worcester (St. p. 175); Wyre Forest, June 6, 1 897, June 26, 1898, June 11, 13, 17, 19, July 8, 1899 — duplaris, L. JForcester (St. p. 174) ; Wyre Forest, June 7, 1897, June 25, 1898 Palimpsestis or, F. Worcester (St. p. 175); Wyre Forest, June 6, 1897, J""^ ll> 25, 1898 — octogesima, Hb. Worcester (St. p. 175) ; Wyre Forest, June 18, 1 899 ; Perry Wood, June 7, 1895 ; Cotheridge (Fletcher) Polyploca (Asphalia) diluta, F. Worcester (St. p. 175); Bransford, August 30, 1895, etc.; Ockeridge (G. D. Hancock) — flavicornis, L. Larvae, Monk Wood, May 25, June 5, 1899 ; Wyre Forest, June 16, 1900 ; Malvern Hills (Rev. E. C. Dobr^e Fox) ; Trench Woods (W. H. Edwards) — ridens, F. JForcester (St. p. 176, T.M.N.F.C. p. 180) ; from pupas dug recently (W.H.Edwards) ; ElmHilland Ockeridge (J. Peed and G. D. Hancock) 7. SPHINGID^ Hemaris (Macroglossa) bombyliformis, Esp. JVyre Forest, June 6, 1897, June 11, 1898; field near Trench JVoods ; one Cowleigh Park (W. Edwards, 1869, T.M.N.F.C. p. 177); Broadheath (Fletcher) — fuciformis, L. Dry banks and woods (W. E.) ; rare (E. & T. p. 7). Macroglossa stellatarum, L. 34, Foregate Street, August 3, 1899 ; common in 1899 and 1900 Deilephila porcellus, L. Foregate Street, June 16, July 21, 1898 ; Bredon and St. John's (W. H. Edwards) — elpenor, L. JVyre Forest, May 24, 1896 ; larva, Rushwick, August 13, 1900 ; in gardens, larvae on vines (Fletcher) — celerio, L. Very rare (T.M.N.F.C. p. 177) ; Link End House, 1 867 or 1 868 (R.F.T., E. & T. p. 7) ; very rare (I.N.H.W. p. 140) — lineata, F. Near JVorcester, rare (T.M.N.F.C. p. 177); Malvern Link Common, 1874 (W.E., E. & T. p. 7) ; near JVorcester but rare (I.N.H.W. p. 140) ; at rest on a garden wall at Offenham near Evesham, April 29, 1900 (L. S. Smith ^Science Gossip,' September, 1900) — galii, Rott. (T.M.N.F.C. p. 177); one JV or field House, Malvern, 1 8 70 (R.F.T.) ; larva, Old Hills (Dr. C. F. Grindrod in ' Malvern^ E. & T. p. 6) Sphinx ligustri, L. Foregate Street, June 6, 1895, June 3, 1896, June 5, 1899; common — convolvuli, L. St. John's, fourteen speci- mens, 1887 (W. H. Edwards) ; JVorces- /('r(Bibbs), 1899 ; Malvern Pound, JVor- 14
