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 INSECTS COSMIIDJE (continued) Dicycla oo, Linn. Local and scarce generally, but oc- casionally more plentiful. Well. Coll.; Finchamp- stead ; Wokingham ; Read- ing (Hawkins) ; Burgh- field "Calymnia trapezina, Linn. pyralina, View. Rather scarce among elm. Sand- hurst (Mochler-Ferryman); Wokingham ; Lanes about Reading ; Burghfield (Bird) ; Tilehurst t diffinis, Linn. HADENID.S: Eremobia ochroleuca, Esp- Maidenhead, always asleep in flower heads of knap- weed in the daytime (A. H.Clarke); Streatley Dianthoecia nana, Rott. Appar- ently uncommon. Lower Basildon ; Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) f cucubali, Fues. carpophaga, Bork. Rather common on the chalk hills tHecatera chrysozona, Bork. t serena, Fabr. Common on the chalk hills. Often on flowers in the daytime Polia chi, Linn. In the northern part of the county only. Rather scarce. Boar's Hill, and roads near tAporophyla lutulenta, Bork. nigra, Haw. Rare. Sand- hurst (Mochler - Ferry- man) Cleoceris viminalis, Fabr. Ir- regular. Not common usually, but only in certain seasons. Well. Coll. (Wells) ; Wokingham ; Bul- mershe Park, Reading ; Burghfield (Bird); Mor- timer (J. Clarke) ; Midg- ham ; Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) Miselia oxyacanthae, Linn. Var. capucina, Mill. Not un- common Agriopis aprilina, Linn. Very common in oak woods tEuplexia lucipara, Linn. tAplecta prasina, Fabr. occulta, Linn. Rare. Well. Coll. (Wells); Bulmershe Park, Reading HADENID^E (continued) 'Aplecta nebulosa, Hufn. Com- mon on the heath lands everywhere tincta, Brahm. In the birch plantations chiefly, occa- sionally abundant. Wok- ingham; Bulmershe Park, Reading ; Burghfield ; Pad- worth ; Aldermaston Park advena, Fabr. Not common. Maidenhead (A. H.Clarke); Bulmershe Park, Reading ; Burghfield ; Padworth ; Aldermaston Park ; New- bury (Mrs. Chorley) Hadena porphyrea, Esp. Once near Reading ; Burghfield (received from the Rev. C. S. Bird by the late Mr. S. Stevens) adusta, Esp. Maidenhead (A. H. Clarke) ; Bulmershe Park, Reading ; Burgh- field ; Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) glauca, Hubn. Englefield (Young) t trifolii, Rott. dissimilis, Knoch. Not com- mon. Bulmershe Park, and lanes about Reading ; Burghfield ; Tilehurst ; Boar's Hill (A. Sidgwick) t pisi, Linn. t thalassina, Rott. contigua, Vill. Rare. Wok- ingham ; Burghfield (Bird) t genistae, Bork. XYLINIDJE 'Xylocampa areola, Esp. Calocampa vetusta, Hubn. Scarce. Wokingham ; Burghfield (J. Clarke) ; Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) t exoleta, Linn. tXylina ornithopus, Rott. t semibrunnea, Haw. socia, Rott. Frequent near Maidenhead (A. H. Clarke) ; Henwood fAsteroscopus sphinx, Hufn. tCucullia verbasci, Linn. lychnitis, Rbr. Near Maid- enhead (Harwood) asteris, Schiff. Bradfield (Bird) t chamomillae, Schiff. GONOPTERID^ 105 PLUSIID.S tHabrostola tripartita, Hufn. t triplasia, Linn. Plusia moneta, Fabr. Near Bulmershe Park, Reading, 2 July, 1890, E.M.M. v. 26, p. 255 ; at light, Read- ing; Ascot (M. J. Mans- field, Entont. v. 28, p. 18) ; fairly common now at Ascot (E. A. Bowles, Ent. Rec. v. 8, p. 185) ; toler- ably common now at Sandhurst (Mochler-Ferry- man) ; Well. Coll. (Wells) chryson, Esp. Near New- bury, ... in plenty by Mr. Dale (Steph.); Bradfield (Bird) festucae, Linn. Rare. G.W. Railway bank, Reading ; Burghfield (Bird) ; New- bury (Mrs. Chorley) ; Hungerford (Beales) t iota, Linn. t pulchrina, Haw. HELIOTHID^ tAnarta myrtilli, Linn. tHeliaca tenebrata, Scop. Heliothis dipsacea, Linn. Well. Coll., flying in the sun- shine (Wells) ; Burghfield (Bird) peltigera, Schiff. Rare. Maidenhead (Raynor) ; Newbury (Mrs. Chorley) armigera, Hubn. Rare. Reading at light Chariclea umbra, Hufn. Some- times common on the chalk hills delphinii, Linn. " In that of the British Museum, and in my own collection, are specimens from the neighbourhood of Wind- sor, caught about 15 years since, in June " (Steph. Illus. v. 3, p. 92) ACONTIID.K Acontia luctuosa, Esp. New- bury (Mrs. Chorley) ERASTRIID.S Erastria fasciana, Linn. Fre- quent on the heath land Hydrelia uncula, Clerck. Well. Coll, fairly plentiful (Wells) ; Boar's Hill (Pogson- Smith) POAPHILID* Phytometra viridaria, Clerck.
 * affinis, Linn.
 * capsincola, Hubn.
 * flavicincta, Fabr.
 * Phlogophora meticulosa, Linn.
 * protea, Bork.
 * dentina, Esp.
 * oleracea, Linn.
 * umbratica, Linn.
 * Gonoptera libatrix, Linn.
 * chrysitis, Linn.
 * gamma, Linn.