264 LEPID0PTKR4 nOUND KXETER, 



took them, to tell with certainty, to what species of bird they belonged. I 

 have several of this character in my collection, which would sadly perplex the 

 most experienced oologist in his attempts to assign them 



"A local habitation and a name." 

 BrigUhatnpton, July 2nd., 1853. 



SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LEPIDOPTERA ROUND EXETER. 



BV MR. E. PARFITT. 

 (Continued from poffc 2t53.) 



Orthosia lan'osa is not a common insect, and it is very rarely to be taken 

 in good condition, the specimens are generally rubbed or the wings torn; 

 this species should have been placed before the Copper Underwing; Scoto- 

 phila Tracjopoginis, (the Mouse,) is a rare moth, I have only seen one specimen; 

 Ncenia typica is also very scarce, only two or three have been taken that I 

 am aware of. XtjUna rhyzolitha is rather a common insect; Xylophasia 

 charaderea is a scarce moth; I reared four from chrysalides found in my 

 garden in 1851, and I have not heard or seen any since. Jl. lithoxylea, 

 (Light Archis,) is also rare, at least only one or two have come under 

 my notice. X. pohjodon : several specimens of this moth are to be taken 

 during the summer months. Apamea didyma is a common species about this 

 neighbourhood; Mamcstm oleracea is much too common, or at least the cater- 

 pillars are; and M. Brassiere is another much too plentiful. Xylocampa 

 Lithorhiza is a rare moth, I have only taken one specimen, and have only heard 

 of another being taken hereabouts; the Li/chnis has been taken here by Mr. 

 G. Norcorabe, but I have not met with it myself; Polia flavicincta is a scarce 

 insect, I have only taken one specimen in 1849. The beautiful little moth, 

 the Peach Blossom, has just been captured here at Parker's Well House, by 

 the gardener, Mr. Bicknell: he brushed it out of a currant bush in the garden. 

 I believe it to be the first which has been taken in this neighbourhood, but 

 I hope it will not be the last. Another beautiful and rare moth I took 

 myself at Coaver, July, 1851. The Coronet, (Acronycta Ligustri.) — I have 

 not heard of another specimen of this beautiful species having been taken 

 here. Acronycta Bumicis, (Knot Grass,) is not very common, though many 

 specimens are to be taken during a season. 



Another very .beautiful species, the Marbled Green, (^Bryophila glandifera,) 

 is rather plentiful on the Topsham road. I have found many of them sitting 

 on the wall early in the morning near Exeter. What do the caterpillars of 

 this insect feed on? is it mosses or lichens, or what? The Dun-bar, {Euperia 

 trapezina,) is about equal in its appearance to the Marbled Green. Xanthia 

 citrago is not a common insect, though I have taken several specimens, but 

 mostly on the west side of Exeter in meadows, or at least by the side of 

 hedges between St. Thomas and Foxhays. The Herald is particularly plen- 



