Herminia tarsipennalis (Treit.) (Zanclognatha tarsipennalis) The Fan-foot
p94. Resident, widespread and locally common.
Herminia nemoralis (Fabr.) (Zanclognatha nemoralis)
p94. Resident, widespread and locally common.
Macrochilo cribrumalis (Hb.) (Zanclognatha cribrumalis)
p94. Resident, local; locally common; southern and eastern.
Small Fan-foot
Dotted Fan-foot
Paracolax derivalis (Hb.) Clay Fan-foot
p95. Resident, very local and rare; no records 1959-74 (see Guide). 13 Stour Wood NR, six 1975,
1976 (MEA); 23 Copperas Wood NR, 1976 (MEA, PS). Not found subsequently in either
locality.
Trisateles emortualis (D. & S.) Olive Crescent
p94. Resident, very local and rare; also rare migrant. Now known to be established at low density in
woodland in north Essex (cf. Guide); locality and recorders' names still withheld.
APPENDIX
(a). Species, records of which appear in the literature, not admitted to the Systematic List
Butterflies
Parnassius apollo (Linn.) The Apollo
p131. A specimen of this alpine species taken at Epping in 1847 or 1848 must have been
released*.
Colias australis Ver. Berger's Clouded Yellow
p25. Bred specimens exhibited by Blaxhill (1950) and reported as having originated from
Tillingbourne Tillingham], Essex, were in fact from Kent ova obtained by AJD. Eagles (1948)
also misrecorded the origin of the specimens.
Strymonidia pruni (Linn.) Black Hairstreak
A statement that a colony formerly occurred in Essex (Heath et al., 1984: 56) is erroneous. The
colony in question was in Suffolk.
Lycaena dispar (Haw.) Large Copper
Indigenous race extinct. An undated record without locality (Humphreys, [1859]) cannot be
substantiated.
Lycaena hippothoe (Linn.) Purple-edged Copper
A record from Woodside, near Epping, of three males and two females c. 1815 (Dale, 1830)
cannot be fully substantiated. Barrett (1892) states: "Described as British by Haworth and other
writers, and even included by Mr Stainton in his Manual, the localities given being near Epping and
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