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 INSECTS BOMBYCES (continued) CYMATOPHORIDAE Thyatira derasa, L. Not common Macteley, Burnt Woods, Dovedale, Leek ; Burton (B. L.) batis, L. General, but not plentiful; Cheadle, Madeley, Rugeley, Leek, Burnt Woods ; Bur- ton (B. L.) Cymatophora duplaris, L. Not uncommon, Can- nock Chase, MaJeley, Burnt Woods, Cheadle ; Henhurst near Burton (E. B.) Asphalia diluta, Fb. Rare, Burnt Woods; Hen- hurst near Burton (E. B.) flavicornis, L. Common, Swynnerton, Cannock Chase, Cheadle ; Burton once (B. L.) ridens, Fb. Rare, Staynnerton, Trentham NOCTUAE BRYOPHILIDAE Bryophila perla, Fb. Common on walls, the larvae feeding on lichens BoMBYCOIDAE Demas coryli, L. Rare, larvae on birch and oak at Staynnerton and Dtmmingsdale near Cheadle; Dovedale (B. L.) Acronycta tridens, Schift'. Fairly common at Bur- ton (B. L.), Rugeley psi, L. Common throughout the county leporina, L. General, but not common, Leek, Chorlton, Cheadle, Barlaston, Burnt Woods, Cannock Chase, Chartlcy ; Burton (B. L.) - megacephala, Fb. Not common, Bishop's and Burnt Woods, Cannock Chase - alni, L. General, and reported from most parts of the county - rumicis, L. Common, and variety ' salicis ' not uncommon menyanthidis, View. Rare, Craddock's Moss, Chorlton, War slow, Chartlcy, Leek Diloba caeruleocephala, L. Common throughout the middle and south of the county LEUCANIIDAE Leucania conigera, Fb. Rugeley ; Burton (B. L.) lithargyria, Esp. Common comma, L. Burnt Woods, Rugeley ; Henhurst and Burton (B. L.) impura, Hb.) ,-, T ( Common pallens, L. J Coenobia rufa, Haw. Henhurst near Burton (E. B.) Tapinostola fulva, Hb. Fairly common, Chorlton, Madeley, Betton, Cheadle, Cannock Chase ; Bagofs Park, Burton (B. L.) Nonagria arundinis, Fb. Larvae common in bul- rushes lutosa, Hb. One at light Stone ; at light Bur- ton (B.L.) APAMEIDAE Gortyna ochracea, Hb. Fairly common Hydroecia nictitans, Bork. Not common, Whit- more, Cheadle, Burnt Woods, Cannock Chase ; Henhurst, Burton, Rugeley (B. L.) NOCTUAE (continued) APAMEIDAE (continued) Hydroecia petasitis, Dbl. One at Froghall near Cheadle, and larvae in stems of Petasitis vul- garis micacea, Esp. Occasional, Swynnerton, Madeley, Oakamoor, Rugeley ; Burton (B. L.) Axylia putris, L. Fairly common Xylophasia rurea, Fb. Common with the var. combusta, Dup. lithoxylea, Fb. Common monoglypha, Hufn. Very abundant every- where with its melanic var. hepatica, L. Not common, Madeley ; Hen- Aunt, Burton (B. L.) scolopacina, Esp. Local. Cheadle; Leek; Knightley Park ; Shobnall (B. L.) ; Burnt Woods, E. D. B. Dipterygia scabriuscula, L. Rare. Swynnerton ; Madeley ; Bunt Woods Aporophyla australis, Bdv. One at light at Stoke- on-Trent Neuria reticulata, Vill. Sviyntierton ; Burnt Woods ; Henhurst, nr. Burton (E. B.) Neuronia popularis, Fb. General. Madeley ; Cheadle ; Rugeley ; Market Dray ton ; Burton (B.L.) Charaeas graminis, L. Common Cerigo matura, Hufn. Rugeley occasionally at light ; one at Branston, Sept. 1905 ; Knight- ley (E. B.) Luperina testacea, Hb. Common cespitis, Fb. General Mamestra sordida, Bork. Market Dray ton ; Burton, at sugar (B. L.) brassicae, L. Very abundant, and the larvae very destructive to plants of the cabbage tribe - persicariae, L. Local. Burton (B. L.) ; Made- ley ; Rugeley ; Handsmrth (C. J. W.) Apamea basilinea, Fb. Common, and larvae destructive gemina, Hb. Not uncommon, and the vnr. remissa, Tr. occasionally - unanimis, Tr. Not common. Clayton ; Made- ley ; Rugeley ; Burton (B. L.) - leucostigma, Hb. Occasional. Cannock Chase, Tixall didyma, Esp. Common Miana strigilis, Clerck. Abundant and very varia- ble, the black form being very common fasciuncula, Haw. Fairly common. Madeley ; Cheadle ; Rugeley ; Burnt Woods ; Burton (B.L.) literosa, Haw. Occasional. Madeley ; Burnt Woods ; Rugelet bicoloria, Vill. Rare. Chorlton Moss; Rugeley arcuosa, Haw. Not uncommon. Madeley ; Dovedale ; Cheadle ; Rugeley ; Henhurst ; Burton (E. B.) Celaena haworthii, Curt. Rare. Dane Valley CARADRINIDAE Grammesia trigrammica, Hufn. Not common. Dovedale ; Stvynnerton ; Burton (B. L.) Stilbia anomala, Haw. Not uncommon in Cannock Chase 101