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 A HISTORY OF HERTFORDSHIRE NOTODONTID.S (continued) hamsted, larvae (Rev. H. Harpur Crewe, Zoologist, x. 3,625) ; Tring (Le Quesne) This species has been taken once at ' light ' at Haileybury. The Rev. H. Harpur Crewe records in Zoologist, xi. 4,037, 'two larvae beaten off oak in July, Herts ' Drymonia trimacula, Esp. (dodonaea, Hb.). Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) Taken occasionally at Haileybury chaonia, Hb. Sandridge (Griffith) ; Haileybury (Bowyer), ' once on Heath,' School List ; Bushey (Cottam) Rev. H. Harpur Crewe says : 'Two larvae beaten from oak in July, Herts ' (Zoologist, xi. 4,037) Stauropus fagi, L. Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Watford (Cottam) ; Tring Park (Hon. L. Walter Rothschild) ; Base Hill, Broxbourne Woods (Boyd) The Haileybury School List says that S. fagi has been taken twice on the Heath ; Mr. Stockley records it twice in 1899. Mr. Cottam says: 'On July 6th [1899] a fine fresh male flew into my dressing-room, attracted by the incandescent gas light. The following night another came to the window, which happened to be shut, and before I could open it the insect flew off* (Entomologist, xxxii. 237). The Hon. L. Walter Rothschild reports that he has had plenty of larvas of S. fagi off beech trees in the park, but has never suc- ceeded in rearing them. Mr. Boyd has taken one specimen at Base Hill Pterostoma palpina, L. St. Allans (A. Lewis, A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Grif- fith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Hailey- bury (Bowyer) ; Hertford (Stephens) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Watford (Cutts, Spencer, Cottam) ; near Berkhamsted, larvas (Rev. H. Harpur Crewe, Zoologist, x. 3,625) ; Tring (Le Quesne) ; Wilstone reservoir (Elliman) ; Bishop Stanford (Taylor) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) The Rev. H. Harpur Crewe also records rearing ' three from larvae on poplar, Herts ' (Zoologist, xi. 4,037). Generally a scarce species, but Mr. Taylor finds it to be common at Bishop Stortford Odontosia camelina, L. Bricket Wood (Spencer, A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitcbin (Durrant) ; NOTODONTID;E (continued) Haileybury (Bowyer) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Nascot Wood and Bushey (Cutts) ; Watford (Cottam, Spencer, Wigg) ; Bushey Heath (Barraud) ; Tring (Elliman, Goodson) ; Bishop Stortford (Taylor) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) Mr. Elliman reports that this species is very abundant in the beech woods, and the Rev. H. Harpur Crewe, who worked in the same district, found the larvas to be very plentiful (Zoologist, x. 3,625). Taking the county generally it cannot be described as an abundant species, though Mr. Barraud has taken seven specimens at ' light ' at Bushey Heath. Mr. Spencer bred it from ova found at Bricket Wood. It is described by Mr. Boyd as being scarce round Cheshunt Odontosia cuculla, Esp. (cucullina, Hb.). Tring, larvae (Greene, Entomologists' Annual, 1857, p. 114) Cerura vinula, L. St. Albans and Har- penden, larvae (A. E. G.) ; Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Totteridge (S. C. Curtis, Entomologist, xi. 252) ; East Barnet (Gillum) ; Watford (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; Bricket Wood (Cottam) ; Tring (Elliman) ; Stevenage (Matthews) ; Bishop Stort- ford (Taylor, Mellows) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) Generally plentiful bifida, Hb. Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury (Bowyer) ; Watford (Spencer, Heaton) ; Wilstone, Miswell and Tring, empty pupa cases (Elliman) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) Scarce. Mr. Spencer reared C. bifida from ova found on aspen. Taken once at Haileybury furcula, L. Sandridge (Griffith) ; Hitchin (Durrant, Latchmore) ; Haileybury (Bowyer), ' Heath,' School List ; Hertford (Stephens) ; Watford (Spencer, Heaton, Wigg) ; Wilstone (Elliman); Tring, at 'light' (Hon. L. Walter Rothschild) ; Cheshunt (Boyd) Scarce Phalera bucephala, L. Common every- where SATURNIAD/E Saturnia pavonia, L. (carpini, Schiff.). St. Albans (A. Lewis, A. E. G.) ; Hitchin (Durrant) ; Haileybury 146