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 A HISTORY OF STAFFORDSHIRE GEOMETRAE (continued) LARENTIIDAE (continued) Eupithecia exiguata, Hb. Common sobrinata, Hb. Local, Madeley ; Burton (B. L.) pumilata, Hb. Not common rectangulata, L. General, Madeley, Cheadle, Rugeley ; Handsviorth (C. J. W.) ;Burton (B. L.) debiliata, Hb. Common nr. Cheadle and where bilberry grows Lobophora halterata, Hufn. Burnt Woods ; Hen- hurst nr. Burton (B. L.) viretata, Hb. Burnt Woods ; Bishop's Woods, Parson's Brake (B. L.) carpinata, Bork. Stvynnerton ; Burnt Woods ; Hcnhurst, Hopwas Wood (B. L.) Thera variata, Schiff. j Common in pine woods, - firmata, Hb. J general Hysipetes ruberata, Frr. Chorlton Moss, Cheadle, Rugeley, Warslow trifasciata, Bork. Local, Burnt Woods, Cannock Ckase ; Netvborough, Oakedge, Burton (B. L.) sordidata, Fb. Common throughout the county, and very variable in colour and markings Melanthia bicolorata, Hufn. Knightley and Oak- edge Park (B. L.) ; Chorlton, Cannock Chase ocellata, L. General -- albicillata, L. Not uncommon Melanippe hastata, L. Fairly common some years, CraddtcVi Moss, Bishop's and Burnt Woods, Hanchurch, Rugeley - tristata, L. Not common, Chartley, Leek ; common, Rugeley (B. L.) procellata, Fb. Very rare, two at Trtntham in two successive years - rivata, Hb. Rare, Burnt Woods - sociata, Bork. > y - montanata, Bork. J - galiata, Hb. Local and rare, Dovedale, Cheadle fluctuata, L. Common Anticlea badiata, Hb. Not uncommon - nigrof.isciaria, Goze. Fairly common Coremia munitata, Hb. Very rare, one Trentkam - designata, Hufn. ferrugata, Clerck. unidentaria, Haw. Camptogramma bilineata, Lj - fluviata, Hb. One at gas light, Trent Vale Phibalapteryx vittata, Bork. Stoke-on-Trent, Mar- ket Drayton ; Burton (B. L.) Triphosa dubitata, L. Not common, Madeley, In limestone caves, Gnndon and Dovedale ; Burnt Woods at sallow, Rugeley ; Burton district (B. L.) Eucosmia certata, Hb. Market Drayton, Rugelfy ; Burton (B.L.) undulata, L. Stvynnerton, Maer, Cheadle, Bishop's and Burnt Woods; Cannock Chase (B. L.) Scotosia rhamnata, Schiff. Rare, Dovedale Cidaria siderata, Hufn. One near Market Drayton miata, L. Dovedale (B. L.) corylata, Thnb. Common in woods truncata, Hufn. Common in pine woods immanata, Haw. . Very common common Common GEOMETRAE (continued) LARENTIIDAE (continued) Cidaria suffumata, Hb. General, Chorlton Moss, Bishop's and Burnt Woods; Stone, Leek; Burton (B. L.) var. piceata, St. Stone, Trentham, Tixall (E. D. B.) silaceata, Hb. Not common, Madeley, Dove- dale; Henhurst and Knightley Park ; Burton (B. L.) prunata, L. Bishop's Woods, Cheadle, Rugeley, Market Drayton, Burton, Colwlch (B. L.) testata, L. "j populata, L. I Common fulvata, Forst. J dotata, L. Fairly common asiociata, Bork. Common Pelurga comitata, L. Market Drayton; Burton, Shobnall (B.L.) EuBOLIIDAE Eubolia cervinata, Schiff. Local, Madeley, Market Drayton ; Burton (B. L.) limitata, Scop. Common plumbaria, Fb. Common on heaths bipunctaria, Schiff. Common on the limestone in the north of the county Carsia paludata, Thnb. Rare, C hartley ; sparingly in Dovedale (B. L.) Anaitis plagiata, L. Fairly common on the lime- stone in the north of the county ; Cannock Chase Chesias spartiata, Fues. Chorlton, Pipe Gate, Stone ; Burton (E. B.) ; Handsviorth (C. J. W.) rufata, Fb. Rare, Chorlton, Market Drayton ; one at light, Burton (B. L.) SlONIDAE Tanagra atrata, L. Common, especially in dales in the north of the county PYRALIDES PYRALIDIIDAE Aglossa pinguinalis, L. General, Madeley, Rugeley, Burton, &c. Pyralis glaucinalis, L. Burnt Woods, Burton (B. L.) farinalis, L. Common throughout the county Scoparia ambigualis, Tr. Common cembrae, Haw. Fairly common, Cannock Chase dubitalis, Hb. Common, Dovedale, Cannock Chase murana, Curt. Burton, Cannock (B. L.) [ ingratella, Zell. ? Parson's Brake (B. L.)] mercurella, L. Burton (E. B.) ulmella, Dale. Wood near Uttoxeter (B. L.) ; Cannock Chase crataegella, Hb. Rugeley - truncicolella,Sta. Common in woods. Nomophila noctuella, Schiff. Madeley, Burton (B.L.) Pyrausta aurata, Scop. Dovedale purpurales, L. Not common, Craddock's Moss, Dovedale, Cannock Chase, Knightley Park (E. B.) 1 06