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 A HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE HETEROCERA (continued) SPHINGIDAE (continued) Sphinx convolvuli, L. Many casual records through- out the county, probably occurs every year ligustri, L. r., recorded from Quorn, Loughborough, Gumley, Leicester, Blaby Deilephila galii, Schiff. Casual visitors recorded from Loughborough and Gumley livornica, Esp. Stainton and Morris both record ; there is a recent record from Leicester, doubtless emigrants Choerocampa celerio, L. Recorded by Stainton and Morris, Leicester, 1885 (F. R. Rowley) - porcellus, L. Buddon at rhododendrons, Market Bostcorth at honeysuckle, Gumley, Bar Jon - elpenor, L. Loughborough, larvae on willow-herb, Quern, Gumley, Lelcest, r, Syston, Lvwtsby Smerinthus ocellatus, L. Gen. dist. Market Bostvorth, Leicester, Croft, Bradgate, Brooksby, Loughborough, Aylestone populi, L. Gen. dist. - tiliae, L. r., Loughborough, Gumley, Blaby SESIIDAE Trochilium apiformis, Clerck. Wigston, Gumley, r. - craboniformis, Lewin. Osier beds nr. Loughborough, Cavendish Bridge, Leicester years ago Macroglossa stellatarum, L. Gen. dist. - fuciformis, L. Bardon Hill at honeysuckle, Otuston Wood at ragged robin (Bouskell) - bombyliformis, Och. An old record from Earl Shilton Sesia tipuliformis, Clerck. In gardens on currant trees, Quorn, Market Bostcorth, Knighton, Carl- ton, &c. asiliformis, Rott. Bradgate on ragwort, Buddon on oak trunk (Bouskell) - culiciformis, L. Seal Wood (J. T. Harris) formiciformis. Loughborough, Groby ZYGAENIDAE Ino statices, L. Oaiston Wood, abundant but confined to a small area, Gumley Zygaena trifolii, Esp. Recorded by Stainton (Rev. J. H. Hind) - lonicerae, Esp. Quorn, probably occurs at Charnwood Forest filipendulae, L. Anstey, Aylestone, Quorn, Padding- ton, Omton, Shenton, Tilton, Rearsby, but very local BOMBYCES NYCTEOLIDAE Hylophila prasinana, L. Quorn, Bardon, Sutton Ambien bicolorana, Fuchs. Quom, Market Bosteorth, r. NoLIDAE Nola cucullatella, L. Gen. dist. strigula, SchifF. Gumley, Quorn confusalis, H.S. Bred from larva off oak, Knifbton (C. B. Headly) 80 BOMBYCES (continued) LlTHOSIIDAE Nudaria senex, Hb. Gumley mundana, L. Gumley, Quorn, Bradgate, Market Bosworth Lithosia mesomella, L. Gumley (Rev. A. Matthews) griseola, Hb. Market Harborough, Loughborough, Kibworth var. stramineola, Dbl. Knighton (Bouskell) ; Gumley (Matthews) lurideola, Zinck. Knighton, Oadby, Gumley, Lough- borough, Kibworth Gnophria quadra, L. One record from Gumley (Matthews) Deiopeia pulchella, L. One specimen of this migrant was taken near Loughborough (J. Weildt) EuCHELIIDAE Euchelia jacobaeae, L. Common on ragwort at Charnwood Forest, occasionally on groundsel CHELONIIDAE Nemeophila russula, L. Gumley plantaginis, L. Quorn, Ulverscroft, Bardon Hill, (J. T. Harris) ; no recent record Arctia caia, L. Gen. dist. Spilosoma fuliginosa. Bardon Hill, Gumley, Quorn lubricepeda, Esp. Gen. dist. manthastri, Esp. Gen. dist. urticae, Esp. Knighton, also Burton-on-Trent district HEPIALIDAE Hepialus humuli, L. Gen. dist. and destructive to herbaceous plants larvae feeding on roots sylvanus, L. Gen. dist. velleda, Hb. Charnwood Forest, c. ; Knighton, Market Bostcorth, Loughborough, Gumley, very variable lupulinus, L. Gen. dist. hectus, L. Market Bosworth, Omton Wood, Chant- wood, Gumley, usually in woods on the wing before dusk COSSIDAE Cossus ligniperda, Fb. Gen. dist., destructive to timber, especially willows, in the Loughborough district Zeuzera pyrina, L. Gen. dist., not so common as preceding insect LIPARIDAE Porthesia chrysorrhoea, L. Local near Leicester, Loughborough, Gumiey similis, Fues. c. and gen. dist. Leucoma salicis, L. Leicester, Loughborough, Gumley, Anstey Lane Ocneria dispar, L. An old record from Earl Shilton many years ago, now undoubtedly extinct Psilura monacha, L. Quorn, Buddon Wood Dasychira fascelina, L. Gumley pudibunda, L. Local, Quorn, Loughborough, Market Harborough ; larvae, nr. Leicester Orgyia gonostigma, Fb. Loughborough, bred from larvae ; Gumley, r. antiqua, L. c. and gen. dist.