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A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE Hesperia linea, Fab., thaumas, St. C. Bed- ford, Luton ; in marshy places — lineola, Ochs. This species, of recent discovery as British, has been found by Dr. Nash and Rev. O. W. Harries in woods and lanes near Bedford — sylvanus, Esp. Generally common Cyclopides paniscus, Fab., palaemon, St. C. Recorded by the late Professor West- wood at Clapham Park Woods and near Luton Nisoniades tages, Linn. Bedford, Luton ; on hillsides and railway banks HETEROCERA Smerinthus ocellatus, Linn. (Eyed Hawk Moth) Bedford, Potton, common at Woburn — populi, Linn. (Poplar Hawk) Generally distributed, on poplars — tiliae, Linn. (Lime Hawk) Widely dis- tributed, about limes and elms Acherontia atropos, Linn. (Death's Head) Occasionally found ; larva in potato fields Sphinx convolvuli, Linn. Bedford, Potton ; an occasional visitor — ligustri, Linn. (Privet Hawk) Generally distributed ; larva on privet hedges Chaerocampa celerio, Linn. Dr. Nash re- ports : ' A specimen is said to have been taken in Bedford twenty years ago ' — - elpenor, Linn. (Elephant Hawk) Bed- ford, Woburn — porcellus, Linn. (Small Elephant) Bed- ford, Potton ; among ladies' bedstraw Macroglossa stellatarum, Linn. (Humming- bird Hawk) Generally distributed ; to be seen occasionally in gardens, hovering at tubular flowers — fuciformis, Linn. (Broad-bordered Bee Hawk) Dr. Nash records this species in woods near Bedford — bombyliformis, Esp. (Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk) Dr. Nash also records this species in woods near Bedford Sesia tipuliformis, Linn. Generally common about currant bushes — myopaformis, Bkh. Taken by Mr. W. Bond-Smith at Potton — cynipiformis, Esp. Recorded by West- wood in Clapham Park Woods Sphaecia bembeciformis, Hb. Bedford — apiformis, Linn. (Hornet Clearwing) Bedford, Woburn ; on poplars Procris statices, Linn. Luton Zygaena trifolii, Esp. (Five-spot Burnet) Found by Mr. H.Studman near Woburn — filipendulse, Linn. (Six-spot Burnet) Bed- ford, Luton, Potton ; common Zcuzera ssculi, Linn., pyrina, St. C. (Wood Leopard) Bedford, Woburn, Potton ; not plentiful Cossus lignipcrda, Fab. (Goat Moth) Gener- ally distributed Hepialus hectus, Ochs. Bedford, Luton ; in woods — lupulinus, Linn. Generally abundant in meadows — sylvinus, Linn. Bedford, Luton — velleda, Esp. „ „ — humuli, Linn. (Ghost) Generally common Halias prasinana, Linn.1 „ . . . o V a- 1 aken in woods — quercana, Schitt. J- , n , r . ■v . , , ' IIU around Bedford Lanas chlorana, Hb. J ■> Sarrothripa revayana, W. V. Found by Mr. J. Sharpin near Bedford Nola cucullatella, Linn. Bedford, Luton ; among fruit trees Calligenia miniata, Forst. Bedford, Luton Lithosia complana, Linn. Taken near Potton by Mr. W. Bond-Smith — complanula, Bdv., lurideola, St. C. Taken at lamps near Bedford and Luton — griseola, Hb. Bedford Euchelia jacobseae, Linn. (Cinnabar) Gener- ally common among ragwort and groundsel Deiopeia pulchella, Linn. One specimen taken near County School by Dr. Nash, July 1894 Arctia caia, Linn. (Common Tiger) Every- where common — villica, Linn. (Cream-Spot Tiger) Re- ported by Mr. W. Bond-Smith at Potton Phragmatobia fuliginosa,Linn. Bedford, Potton Spilosoma mendica, Linn. (Muslin) Bedford, Potton — lubricepeda, Linn. Common everywhere — menthastri, Schiff. „ „ Porthesia chrysorrhaea, Linn. Reported at Bedford by the Rev. W. O. Harries, and at Woburn by Mr. H. Studman — auriflua, Fab., similis, St. C. Generally common on hawthorn hedges Liparis salicis, Linn. Bedford, Potton ; about willow or poplar Dasychira pudibunda, Linn. Bedford, Potton — fascelina, Linn. Taken near Bedford by Dr. W. G. Nash Orgyia antiqua, Linn. (Vapourer) Common everywhere, and conspicuous in the autumn by its lively dancing flight, about roads and shrubberies, in the sunshine 80