80
THE LEPIDOPTERA OF ESSEX.
(Fitch ; Ent. xix. 278). One, Maldon, Sept. 10th, 1889 (Fitch;
E.N. iii. 122). One, Little Cornard, autumn, 1836 (W. D. King;
F.S.J., Dec, 1838). One, male, Kedington, 1835 (W. Gaze ; Ent. i.
278; Z. iii. 803). Three near Sudbury, Aug. 20th-Sept. 7th, 1843
(Gaze ; Z. ii. 485). Two, Sudbury and Foxearth; three, Great Cornard;
eight, near Sudbury, 1844 (Gaze ; Z. iii. 803). Several near Chelms-
ford, 1844 (A. Greenwood ; Z. iii. 803). Two, Walton-on-Naze, 1844
(J. Taylor ; Z. iii. 1198). Walton-on-Naze, 1875 (Harwood ; Ent.
viii. 198). One, Walton-on-Naze, Aug. 29th, 1889 (B. G. Cole ; E.N.
iii. 93). Common at Clacton to Sept. 28th, 1877 (H. Miller, jun. ;
Ent. xi. 56). One female, Clacton, Sept. 9th, 1881 (Harwood ; Ent.
xiv. 232). Wrabness, Oct. 24th, 1877 ; abundant near Harwich, 1877
(F. Kerry ; Ent. x. 286; xi. 55). One male, Harwich, Aug. 18th,
1878 (Kerry ; Ent. xi. 269). Six, Colchester, 1857 (Harwood ; E.W.I.
ii. 195). Colchester, June, 1858 (Harwood ; E.W.I. iv. 107). Ching-
ford, June 6th, 1877 (R. L. Rolph ; Ent. x. 189). Loughton and
Chingford, upwards of forty seen on one day ; Hackney Marshes,
several, 1877 (T. Eedle ; Ent. x. 189). Lea Bridge, June 17th, 1877
(G. Pearson ; Ent. x. 189). Abundant, Woodford Bridge, 1877
(W. Cole ; E.N. ii. 170). Two males, Wanstead Flats, Sept., 1884
(J. A. Cooper ; Ent. xvii. 251). One, Chingford, Aug., 1886 (W.
Cole ; E.N. ii. 170). One male, Woodford Green, Sept. 7th, 1888
(W.S. Argent; E.N. ii. 170). One male, Chalk End, Roxwell,
Sept. 22nd, 1882 ; a pair near Writtle, Oct. 1st, 1882 (F. W. Christy;
T.E.F.C. iii. lxxxvi ; Ent. xvi. 41). Grays, 1858 (Button ; E.W.I.
iv. 183). Clamp Field, Little Wakering, Sept. 1st, 1826; Little
Thorpe [South Shoebury], Oct. 13th, 1826 (C. Parsons, MS. Journal).
Five, Southend, Sept., 1861 (H. Vaughan ; E.W.I. x, 202). "Common
in some seasons," Leigh (Vaughan ; E.N. iii. 125). Four, Rainham,
Aug. 20th, 1886 (G. A. Lewcock ; Ent. xx. 40). Several, south-east
Essex, Aug. and Sept., 1889 (J. T. Carrington ; Ent. xx. 256). One,
Hole Haven, Canvey, Sept. 4th, 1889 (B. G. Cole ; E.N. iii. 93).
Saffron Walden (Cat. S.W.M. 49). Two, Newport, Oct. 6th, 1886
(Waldegrave ; Ent. xx. 64). Felsted (Pep. F.S.N.H.S. ii. 44).
The white variety of female (Helice, Haw.) was taken in many
localities in the county in 1877 ; it was so common that Mr. H. A.
Cole took sixteen in one day at Woodford Bridge. It has been
recorded from :—
One, Colchester, Aug. 24th, 1858 (Harwood ; E.W.I. iv. 194).
One, Walthamstow, Sept. 15th, 1877 (B. Cooper ; Ent. xi. 55).