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 A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE CARADRINID^E (continued) to ' sugar." Mr. Boyd however finds it scarce round Cheshunt Orthosia fulvago, L.(cerago, F.). BricketWood (Cottam, Lewis, A. E.G.); St. Albans (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Oxhey Wood (Cutts) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Wat- ford (Spencer, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Ches- hunt (Boyd) Common at ' sugar ' and ' light ' gilvago, Esp. St. Albans, Bricket Wood, Wheathampstead (A.. E. G.) ; Hailey- bury (Bowyer) ; East &mirf(Gillum)t Oxhey Wood and Nascot Wood (Cutts); Watford (Spencer, Cottam) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Waltham Cross (Boyd) circellaris, Hufn. (ferruginea, Esp.). St.Albans,Wheathampstead (A. E. G.); Bricket Wood (Cottam, A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- rant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Watford (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Tring (Elli- man) ; Bishop Stortford (Mellows) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) litura,L. St. Albans (larvae), and Wheat- hampstead (A. E. G.) ; Bricket Wood (Cottam, A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Ste- phens) ; Bushey and Hare Spring Wood, Aldenham (Cutts) ; Watford (Spencer, Wiggs) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud); Oxhey (H. Rowland- Brown) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) ; East Barnet (Dymond) Common at 'sugar,' ivy and 'light' helvola, L. (rufina, L.). Bricket Wood (A. Lewis, Cottam, A. E. G.) ; Sand- ridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bow- yer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; Oxhey Wood (Cutts) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland- Brown) ; Watford (Spencer, Wigg); Tring (Elliman) ; East Barnet (Gillum) pistacina, F. St. Albans (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Dur- rant); Haileybury (Bowyer); Hertford (Stephens) ; Oxhey Wood (Cutts) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown) ; Bushey (Cutts) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Watford (Spencer, Wigg) ; Bricket Wood (Cottam) ; East Barnet CARADRINIDJE (continued) (Gillum) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Ches- hunt (Boyd) An abundant and variable species Orthosia macilenta, Hb. Bricket Wood (Cot- tam, A. Lewis, A. E. G.) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Oxhey Wood (Cutts) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland-Brown); Watford (Spencer, Wigg) lota, Cl. St. Albans (A. E. G.); Bricket Wood (Cottam, A.E. G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Ste- phens) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Oxhey Wood (Cutts) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland- Brown) ; Watford (Spencer, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Tring (Elli- man) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) ypsilon, Bkh. Hertford (Stephens) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) Although Mr. Boyd finds O. ypsilon to be common round Ches- hunt, it is far from abundant in other parts of the county, only having been recorded from four stations suspecta, Hb. Bushey Heath (Barraud) Mr. Barraud has taken three specimens of this local moth at in- door ' light,' two being captured in 1899 and one in 1900 satellitia, L. Bricket Wood (A. Lewis, Cutts, A. E. G.); Sandridge (Griffith); Knebworth (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Nascot Wood, Oxhey Wood and Bushey (Cutts) ; Oxhey (H. Row- land-Brown) ; Watford (Spencer, Wigg) ; Tring (Le Quesne, Elli- man) ; East Barnet (Gillum) Both the yellow and the white spotted varieties are common at ' sugar ' at Bricket Wood. The larvae are very abundant Conistra erythrocephala, F. St. Albans (Knaggs, Entomologists' Annual, 1866, P- 139) ligula, Esp. (spadicea, Hw.). Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Nascot Wood, Oxhey Wood, and Bushey (Cutts) ; Bricket Wood (Cottam) ; Oxhey (H. Rowland- Brown) ; Watford (Spencer, Wigg) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) vaccinii, L. St. Albans (A. E. G.) ; Bricket Wood (A. Lewis, Cottam, A. E. G.) ; Hemel Hempstead (B. Piffard); Haileybury (Bowyer); Hert- ford (Stephens) ; Nascot Wood, Oxhey 118