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 A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE ARCTIADJE (continued) Diacrisia mendica, CI. Bricket Wood (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Oxhey Wood (Cults) ; East Barnet (Gillum); Watford (Spencer); Stub- bing! Wood, Tring (Le Quesne) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) This is not an abundant insect in Hertfordshire urticae, Esp. (papyratia, Marsh). Hailey- bury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gil- lum) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) menthastri, Esp. Very common throughout the county lubricipeda, L. Almost as abundant as the preceding species Arctia villica, L. Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Stevenage (Matthews) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) ; Railway bank, Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) According to the Haileybury School List this insect is only occasionally observed. Both Mr. Matthews and Mr. Boyd report it to be scarce. I have not seen it in the St. Albans district caja, L. The larvae of this abundant species are locally called ' woolly bears.' The perfect insects occa- sionally come to 'light' Callimorpha dominula, L. Hitchin (Dur- rant) CARADRINID.S: Cucullia chamomillae, Schiff. St. Albans (A. E. G.); Haileybury (Bowyer); East Barnet (Gillum) ; Nascot Wood (Cutts) ; Watford (Cottzm) Occasionally found at rest on palings, etc. umbratica, L. Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bow- yer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Colney Heath (Pilbrow) ; Watford (Spencer, Cottam) ; Tring (Le Quesne) ; Bishop Stanford (Taylor, Mellows) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) This species was taken rather plentifully flying round the flowers of the jasmine by Mr. Mellows. It is occasionally taken at ' light ' and at rest scrophularias, Cap. Ickleford (Latch- more) The late Mr. Frank Latchmore of Hitchin used to find the larvae of this species abundant on the water betony at Ickleford and other places in the north of the county CARADRINID.S: (continued) Cucullia verbasci, L. St. Albans (A. E. G.) ; Welwyn (G. Buller) ; Hitchin (Dur- rant, Latchmore, Gatward) ; Sand- ridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bow- yer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Bishop Stortford (Taylor) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) Mr. E. G. Elliman reports that at Tring the larvae of this species are scarce some years, plentiful others. They were specially abundant in 1900 at St. Albans and neighbourhood Folia exoleta, L. St. Albans (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Oxhey Wood (Cutts) ; Hitchin (Gatward) ; Had- ley Woods (Bowden) ; Bricket Wood (Cottam) ; Tring, at ivy (Le Quesne), and at sallows (Elliman) ; Stevenage (Matthews) ; Cheshunt Marsh (Boyd) vetusta, Hb. Berkhamsted (Griffith); Nascot Wood (Cutts) ; Bricket Wood (Cottam) ; Stevenage (Matthews) ornithopus, Rott. (rhizolitha, F.). Hailey- bury (Bowyer), ' at " light," ' School List ; Hertford (Stephens) ; Tring (Elliman) areola, Esp. (lithorhiza, Bkh.). St. Albans (A. E. G.) ; Bricket Wood (A. Lewis, A. E. G.) ; Hemel Hemp- stead^. Piffard); Sandridge (Griffith); Hitchin (Durrant) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Watford (Spencer, Wigg) ; East Barnet (Gil- lum) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Eastbury (H. Rowland - Brown) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) This moth is generally distributed throughout the county, occurring at 4 light,' at sallows and on palings in March and April viminalis, F. Bricket Wood and Bam- ville Wood Farm, Harpenden Common, larvae (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; East Barnet (Gillum); Watford (Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Hemel Hempstead (B. Piffard) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Bishop Stortford (Mellows) ; Cheshunt Marsh (Boyd) protea, Bkh. Bricket Wood and St. Albans (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer), ' Terrace field,' School List ; Hertford (Stephens) ; Oxhey Wood (Cutts) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Watford (Heaton, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Waltham Cross, sometimes common (Boyd) 116