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Euchoeca nebulata (Scop.) Dingy Shell
11 Riddles Wood, 2, 1986 (RWA).
Abraxas sylvata (Scop.) Clouded Magpie
90 Bradwell, 1985-86 (AJD); Ol Fingringhoe Wick NR,
1986 (MEA, PS); 13 Stour Wood NR, 2, 1986 (MEA).
Semiothisa alternaria (Hb.) Sharp-angled Peacock
70 Danbury Ridge, 1985 (SW); 92 Friday Wood, 2, 1985
(BG); 11 St Osyth, 2, 1986 (RWA); 13 Stour Wood NR,
1985 (MEA). The first two are the only Essex records
away from the coastal fringe, although neither locality
is far from an estuary.
Boarmia roboraria (D. & S.) Great Oak Beauty
Prior to the following there had been only two post-
war records, of singletons. 49 Epping Forest (a
traditional pre-war locality), 8, 1985 (TWG); 70
Danbury Ridge, 1986 (SW), the first record for E-central
Essex.
Ematurga atomaria (Linn.) Common Heath
49 Epping Forest, "very large" colony, 1985 (TWG).
Since 1951 there had been only two records, of
singletons, one of them from Epping Forest in 1973
(see LMBE). It is a matter for speculation whether
this colony was recently formed or had existed undetected
for many years.
NOTODONTIDAE
Peridea anceps (Goeze) Great Prominent
11 Riddles Wood, 2, 1986 (RWA).
Drymonia dodonaea (D. & S.) Marbled Brown
50 Ongar, 1986 (JB, BW); 60 Galleywood, 1986 (TP);
70 Danbury Ridge, 1986 (SW), the first record for
E-central Essex; 11 Riddles Wood, established (RWA).