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 INSECTS LYCJENID.S: (continued) 'Lycaena icarus, Rott. bellargus, Rott. Sulham ; Pangbourne ; Streatley ; and The Downs ; a recent arrival, not known in this district until about 1894 or 1895 corydon, Fabr. Common and general on the chalk, frequently in great abun- dance t argiolus, Linn. minima, Fues. Streatley Hill and The Downs; very plentiful in places ERYCINID./E Nemeobius lucina, Linn. Mor- timer ; Burghfield (Bird) ; Sulham, Newbury (Mrs. Chorley). Common at Tubney and Bagley Woods HESPERIID^E tSyrichthus malvae, Linn. var. taras, Meig. once near Wokingham, 1896 Nisoniades tages, Linn. Well distributed in grassy places and at edges of woods. Sometimes very common. In 1888 in extreme abun- dance Hesperia thaumas, Hufn. Local, but in many damp places near woods through- out the county t comma, Linn. HETEROCERA SPHINGES SPHINGIDJE Acherontia atropos, Linn. Generally distributed, but uncertain in num- bers Sphinx convolvuli, Linn. Oc- curs everywhere, but irre- gular in numbers and only occasionally fairly com- mon Deilephila galii, Schiff. Several specimens bred from larvae found 10 September,l888, feeding on Clarkia in a garden at Reading (W. Barnes) livornica, Esp. Reading (Prof. Poulton) ; Abing- don, one taken 15 July, 1883, by F. Walker SPHINCIDJE (continued) Chcerocampa celerio, Linn. A specimen taken flying to flowers in his garden at Reading by Mr. G. Phil- brick on 3 August, 1888. This specimen is in the Reading Museum. One found by a lady in a green- house I October, 1884, at West Hanney, near Wan- tage (Slade) porcellus, Linn. Widely distributed and common, particularly plentiful on the chalk ' populi, Linn. plentiful in the Thames and Kennet valleys, where the larvae feed principally on the elm. Macroglossa stellatarum, Linn. Generally distributed, but only occasionally com- mon t fuciformis, Linn. Local in wooded places, but generally common where it occurs bombyliformis, Och. Local. Maidenhead (A. H. Clarke) ; Well. Coll. ; Sul- ham ; Bagley Wood SZSIIDJC Trochilium apiformis, Clerck. Generally distributed among poplar crabroniformis, Lewin. Rath- er local among willow and osier. Wokingham ; Bul- mershe Park and Battle Farm, Reading ; Burgh- field ; Aldermaston Park ; Englefield (Young) Sesia sphegiformis, Fabr. Not uncommon in the alder beds at Burghfield and Mortimer ; Ufton (]. Clarke) asiliformis, Rott. Bulmershe Park, Reading ; garden of Greyfriars House, Reading (F. W. Andrewes) ; Burgh- field (Bird); Tubney Wood ; Bagley Wood myopiformis, Bork. Gener- ally common in gardens and orchards among apple trees culiciformis, Linn. Bul- mershe Park, Reading 101 SESIID.SE (continued) Sesia formiciformis, Esp. Com- mon in osier beds by the Thames near Reading Ino statices, Linn. Local. Sandhurst (Mochler- Ferryman); Well. Coll. (Wells) ; near Woking- ham ; Tilehurst ; Bradfield (Young) ; Newbury (Mrs. Chorley); Bagley (Gel- dart) geryon, Hubn. On the downs about Unwell Wood (W. Barnes) tZygsna trifolii, Esp. Local, but plentiful in many marshy spots BOMBYCES NYCTEOLID* Sarothripus undulanus, Hubn. General in woods Earias chlorana, Linn. Burgh- field, by G. W. Railway ; Midgham Common everywhere in woods, particularly the beech woods t bicolorana, Fues. Well dis- tributed in oak woods NOLIDJE strigula, Schiff. Mortimer and Padtvorth (Mrs. Ba- zett) confusalis, H.-S. Well dis- tributed in oak woods, but not common albulalis, Hubn. Boar's Hill (Pogson-Smith) LITHOSIID.S: Nudaria senex, Hubn. Woking- ham ; Bulmershe Park, Reading ; Burghfield ; Midgham ; Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) mundana, Linn. Maidenhead (A. H. Clarke). In lanes about Reading, sparingly tCalligenia miniata, Forst. tLithosia mesomella, Linn. sororcula, Hufn. Generally distributed in woods. Par- ticularly common in the beech woods t griseola, Hubn. var. flava, Haw. occasionally with this type.
 * sylvanus, Esp.
 * ligustri, Linn.
 * elpenor, Linn.
 * Smerinthus ocellatus, Linn.
 * tiliae, Linn. Particularly
 * tipuliformis, Clerck.
 * filipendulae, Linn.
 * Hylophila prasinana, Linn.
 * Nola cucullatella, Linn.