A HISTORY OF NORFOLK Agrotis pyrophila, Sch. Reported to have been once taken at Yarmouth ; but very doubtful — ravida, Sch. Lynn, Hunstanton, Thetford ; scarce. Recorded as a Norfolk species by Haworth and Stephens Axylia putris, Linn. Widely distributed Triphaena fimbria, Linn. Generally distri- buted in woods, and rather common at Foxley — janthina, Sch. Widely distributed — interjecta, Hb. Also generally distributed ; to be seen flying along hedges in the afternoon sunshine — subsequa, Sch. Thetford, Croxton, Bran- don, occasionally ; more rarely at Tar- mouth and Lynn Noctua glareosa, Esp. Thetford, Aldeby, Croxton, Sparham, Cawston, Neatishead, Lynn, West Winch; common — augur. Fab. Widely distributed, especially in fens — trianguium, Ochs. In most woods spar- ingly, but common at Foxley — flammatra. Fab. A single example of this great rarity was obtained at ' light ' at Cromer in 1875, by Mr. W. H. Thornthwaite. It is figured in the Lepidoptera of the British Isles. One or two other British specimens are known — ditrapezium, Hb. Foxley Wood ; rare — rhomboidea,Tr. Thetford, Merton, Aldeby, Hackford, Sparham ; not common — brunnea, Sch. Widely distributed in woods, but not very common — dahlii, Hb. Aldeby, Denton, Wootton, Horning ; scarce — neglecta, Hb. Denton ; taken by the Rev. C. T. Cruttwell Eurois herbida, Sch. Very local here ; found at Cawston, Foulsham, and Neatishead, and in abundance at Foxley Wood — occulta, Linn. Very scarce, but has been taken at Yarmouth, Geldestone, Thetford, Foulsham, and near Lynn — adusta, Esp. Aldeby, Horning ; scarce ; more plentiful at Foxley Wood Charaeas graminis, Linn. Generally distri- buted, but not common Heliophobus popularis. Fab. General on grass land — cespitis, Sch. Norwich, Merton ; scarce Neuria saponariae, Esp. Widely distributed, but not common Aplecta advena, Sch. Aldeby, Thetford, Ketter- ingham, Hingham, Foxley, Cawston, Foul- sham, Lynn ; rather local. Recorded in Norfolk by the older writers under the name of nitens — nebulosa, Tr. St. Faiths, Thetford, Hocker- ing, Foxley, Cawston, Foulsham, Homing, and near Lynn ; not common Hadena thalassina, Sch. Norwich, Thetford, Aldeby, Cawston, Lynn ; not common — suasa, Sch. Norwich, Yarmouth, Aldeby, Thetford, Cawston, Lynn, Ranworth, Horning ; scarce — pisi, Linn. Generally distributed — genistas, Bkh. Horsford, Thetford, Bran- don ; scarce — chenopodii, Sch. Norwich, Lynn, Caw- ston, Thetford, Brandon ; common in the ' Breck-sand ' districts and on some parts of the coast Mamestra albicolon, Hb. Yarmouth, Hun- stanton and elsewhere on sandy coasts, and also rather commonly near Thetford and Brandon on the ' Breck-sand ' Hecatera dysodea, Sch. Norwich, Thetford, Aldeby, Cawston ; local — Serena, Sch. Generally distributed Dianthecia irregularis, Hufn. This rare species has been taken by the Rev. H. Williams and others at Croxton and else- where around Thetford — carpophaga, Bkh. Norwich, Merton, Thetford, Croxton, Foxley, Cawston, Cromer ; rather common in the ' Breck ' district — cucubali, Sch. Frequent in the fens and marshy places among Lychnis flos-cuculi — conspersa, Sch. Aldeby, Geldestone, Thet- ford, Ketteringham, Horning ; scarce Polia flavicincta, Linn. Norwich, Thetford, Kirhy Cane, Yarmouth, Lynn, Horning ; often in gardens Dryobota protea, Sch. Norwich, Thetford, Aldeby, Cawston, Lynn ; very local, occasionally common Cleoceris viminalis, Fab. Aldeby, Merton, Cawston, Ranworth, Horning, in marshy places, but not common, more plentifiil in Foxley Wood Chariptera aprilina, . Linn. Widely distri- buted in oak woods Miselia oxyacanthae, Linn. Generally com- mon Cerigo cytherea. Fab. Generally distributed Hama abjecta, Hb. Yarmouth, Horning ; rare ; more frequently on the coast near Lynn — anceps, Hb. Generally distributed Xylophasia sublustris, Esp. Yarmouth, Aldeby, Foxley, Cawston ; not common — rurea. Fab. Norwich, Merton, Aldeby, Cawston, Hingham ; rather uncommon — hepatica, Linn. Norwich, Aldeby, Hing- ham, Hockering, Cawston — scolopacina, Esp. Geldestone, Gillingham, 144
