A HISTORY OF HEREFORDSHIRE GEOMETRAE {continued) Ephyra porata, L. E. punctaria, L. E. trilinearia, Boric. E. omicronaria, Schiff. E. pendularia, L. Hyria auroraria, Gn.; taken many years ago at Ross by Mr. A. Purchas Acidalia scutulata, SchifF. A. bisetata, Bork. A. trigeminata, Haw.; not uncommon. A. dilu- taria, Hb. ; Tarrington, common. A. incanaria, Hb. A. subsericeata, Haw.; Woolhope, com- mon. A. remutaria, Hb. A. aversata, L. A. inornata, Haw. Bradyepetes amataria, L. Ania emarginata, L. Melanippe hastata, L. Common in birch woods. M. tristata, L.; Leominster, rare ; Black Mountain district, common. M. rivata, Hb.; common in Woolhofe district. M. subsistrata. Haw. M. galiata, SchifF.; Leominster, scarce in Here- fordshire. Melanthia rubiginata, SchifF. M. ocellata, L. M. albicillata, L. M. procellata, SchifF.; Wool- hope, common on the limestone, scarce else- where. M. unangulata, Hw. ; Leominster occa- sionally, Kentchurcb (Rev. S. C. Watkins) Anticlea rubidata, SchifF. A. badiata, SchifF. A. derivata, SchifF. Coremia montanata, SchifF. C. fluctuata, L. C. propugnata, SchifF. C. ferrugata, L. C. uni- dentaria, Haw.; not uncommon. C. quadri- fasciaria, L.; once at Whitfield in 1872 (F. E. Harman). C. pectinaria, Fuessl. C. multis- trigaria, Haw. C. didymata, L. Larentia caesiata, SchifF.; Black Mountain, abundant. A. olivata, SchifF.; Howard, not uncommon ; Woolhope, scarce. Asthena luteata, SchifF. A. candidata, SchifF. A. sylvata, SchifF.; scarce. A. Blomeri, Curt. ; Woolhope, confined to one or two places, where it is fairly common. Eupisteria heparata, SchifF. Minoa euphorbiata, Schiff. Very common in woods Sterrha sacraria, L. One was taken in 1867 at Grantifield, near Leominster (Mrs. Hutchinson). Emmelesia afEnitata, Steph. E. alchemillata, L. More common in the county than affinitata. E. albulata, Schiff. E. decolorata, Hb. E. unifasciata, Haw ; Woolhope, common some years in the larval state Cidaria psittacata, Schiff.; common. C. miata, L. ; common. C. corylata, Thumb. C. picata, Hb.; Woolhope, rather scarce. C. russata, Schiff. C. immanata. Haw. C. suffumata, Schiff. C. silaceata, Schiff. C. prunata, L. C. dotata, L. C. fulvata, Forst. C. pyraliata, Bork. C. populata, L.; Black Mountain, very common. C. testata, L. Scotosia vetulata, Schiff. ; local, but widely distributed. S. rhamnata, Schiff.; very local and scarce, Mordiford. S. undulata, L. S. dubitata, L. S. certata, Hb.; Tarrington, common Camptogramma bilineata, L. Phibalapteryx fluviata, Hb.; Whitfield (Harman), Leo- minster. P. lignata, Hb.; Tarrington, rather scarce. P. vitalbata, Schiff.; common on the limestone, Woolhope and Doward. P. tersata, Schiff.; not so restricted in its habitat as vitalbata GEOMETRAE {continued) Thera firmata, Hb. T. variata, Schiff. Hypsipetes ruberata, Freyer. H. impluviata, Schiff. H. elutata, Schiff.; on the Black Mountain a very small form occurs of a rich brown colour much mottled by the breaking up of the usual lines and bands Oporabia dilutata, Schiff. Cheimatobia boreata. Hub. ; common. C. brumata, L. Lobophora lobulata, Hb. L. hexapterata, Schiff.; common in woods among aspen. L. sexalisata, Hb.; scarce. L. viretata, Hb. ; Hereford (Dr. Chapman), Woolhope. L. polycommata, Schiff. ; Ledbury ; the larvae not uncommon in some of the lanes, feeding upon hedgerow privet Chesias spartiata, Fb. C. obliquaria, Schiff.; Wool- hope, not common Anaitis plagiata, L. Eubolia palumbaria, Schiff. E. bipunctaria, Schiff.; Woolhope and Doward, on the limestone. E. cervinata, Schiff. E. mensuraria, Schiff. Eupithecia venosata, Fb. E. consignata, Bkh.; Leo- minster, Woolhope. Since 1874, when ^ fertile female was captured at Leominster, Mrs. Hutchinson and latterly Miss Hutchinson have succeeded in rearing the moth from year to year to the present time (1906), without the race suffering in size, beauty, or fertility, the only noticealale change being in the disposition of the perfect insect, which no longer resents interference, and allows itself to be handled freely without attempting to fly. Once only has fresh blood been introduced, namely, in 1888, when a cross was obtained with a male bred from a wild larva taken the previous year, from which a few fertile eggs were ob- tained, but were not kept separate from those laid at the same time by the inbred moths. E. pulchellata, Steph. E. linariata, Schiff.; Ledbury, very local. E. centaurcata, Schiff. E. succenturiata, L. E. subfulvata, Haw.; taken only at Leominster. E. irriguata, Hb.; rather scarce. E. indigata, Hb. E. lariciata, For. E. castigata. Haw. E. virgaureata, Newman ; Woolhope once, Leominster. E. albipunctata. Haw. E. pimpinellata, Hb.; local, Hereford (Dr. Chapman), Ledbury, Wool- hope. E. satyrata, Hb.; Woolhope, common. E. plumbeolata. Haw, E. isogrammata, H.-S. E. trisignata, H.-S.; Wcolhope, larva common. E. valerianata, Hb.; Woolhope, and probably elsewhere. E. fraxinata, Crewe ; the larva has a special fondness for the little twigs that sprout from the trunks of pollarded ash. E. subnotata, Hb. E. campanulata, H.-S.; Led- bury and Woolhope, the larva common. E. vulgata. Haw. E. expallidata, Gn.; common. E. absinthiata, L. E. minutata, Hb.; Eastnor, probably overlooked elsewhere. E. assimilata, Dbld. E. tenuiata, Hb. E. subciliata, Gn. E. dodonaeata, Gn.; scarce. E. abbreviata, Steph. E. exiguata, Hb. E. sobrinata, Hb. E. coronata, Hb. E. rectangulata, L. E. pumilata, Hb. Tanagra chaerophyllata, L. ; Black Mountain district, common ; Eastnor, scarce 90
