A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



ZYGAENIDAE (continued) 



Zygaena trifolii, Esp. Bideford ; Barnstaple ; Ax- 

 minster ; Plymouth. In marshy places 



§ — lonicerae, Esp. Barnstaple ; Cattedown nr. 

 Plymouth ; Southdown ; Teignmouth ; Torquay 



* — filipendulae, Linn. Gen. dis. and often abun- 

 dant 



ZEUZERIDAE 



tZeuzera aesculi. Linn. (Wood Leopard). Ply- 

 mouth ; Fordlands Wood; Heavitree ; Sal- 

 tram ; Barnstaple 

 Cossus ligniperda, Fab. (Goat Moth). Exeter; 

 Plymouth ; Mount Edgcumbe ; Axinouth ; Top- 

 sham ; Dunsford ; Tavistock; Barnstaple. 

 Usually found in the larva state 



§Hepialus hectus, Ochs. Plymouth ; Torquay ; 

 Exeter; Stoke Wood; Cann Wood ; Ivybridge ; 

 Barnstaple ; Lynton. Among fern 



* — lupulinus, Linn. In meadows 



— sylvinus, Linn. Plymouth ; Exeter ; Braunton 



Burrows ; Instow ; Morthoe ; Lynton. 



— velleda, Esp. Dartmoor, local ; also taken 



rarely at Ivybridge and at Torquay many 

 years ago 



— humuli, Linn. Exeter; Plymouth ; Barnstaple ; 



Lynton ; Morthoe. Moving at dusk in 

 meadows 



LIMACODIDAE 



Heterogenea asella, SchifF. Recorded at Bickleigh 

 Vale by Mr. J. Basden- Smith, and in the 

 Plym Valley by Mr. F. J. Briggs 



CHLOEPHORIDAE 



Halias prasinana, Linn. Exeter ; Plymouth ; Dart- 

 moor ; Bridestovie ; Lynton ; Martinhoe. About 

 oaks ; common in the north of the county ; 

 and there the male may be heard, when flying, 

 to make a buzzing noise. This has been 

 particularly noticed by Mr. R. South, editor 

 of the Entomologist 

 t — quercana, SchifF, bicolorana, St. C. Ni. Exeter; 

 taken at light 



NOLIDAE 



Nola cucuUatella, Linn. Also taken at light at 

 Exeter and Dartmouth 



— strigula, Schiff. Topsham ; Starcross 



* — confiisalis, Hb. Tiverton. On apple trees ; 

 Exeter; Plymouth; Bickleigh Vale, on oak 

 trees ; Seaton 



— albulalis, Hb. Mr. G. T. Porritt writes in 



the Entomologist ioi January, 1902 : 'I have 

 had one or two specimens sent me for deter- 

 mination, captured near Paignton, in South 

 Devon, during the past season, but am asked 

 at present not to state the exact locality. It 

 is a fine and well-marked example.' This 

 warrants a hope that this pretty species, 

 hitherto almost confined to Kent, may now 

 be extending its range 



LITHOSIDAE 



Nudaria senex, Hb. Sixty years ago the late 

 Dr. R. C. R. Jordan used to take this species 

 in a small alder swamp at Teignmouth. This 

 locality is long since drained and ploughed. 

 A single specimen was taken in the Exminster 

 marihes by Mr. E. Parfitt 



— mundana, Linn. Plymouth ; Exminster ; Exeter; 



Lynton ; Martinhoe. About lichen-covered 



walls and rocks 

 Calligenia miniata, Forst. Exeter; Stoke; Star- 

 cross ; Plymouth; Babbacombe ; Paignton; 



Dartmouth; and elsewhere along the sea 



coast 

 Setina irrorella, Linn. Mount Edgcumbe ; Whitsand 



Bai ; Banpool; Seaton ; Babbington. Very 



scarce 

 § — mesomella, Linn. Fordlands and Stoke Wood 



nr. Exeter ; Cann Wood ; Plymouth ; Topsham; 



Torquay ; Dartmoor 

 Lithosia aureola, Hb., sororcula, St. C. Taken at 



light at Exeter ; also at Sidmouth, but scarce 



— caniola, Hb. Torquay ; Babbacombe ; Bolt 



Head. Only on the extreme south coast, 

 frequenting the clifis, especially at the brow 

 and face of a precipice 



— complana, Linn. Plymouth district ; Fordlands 



and Stoke Wood nr. Exeter; Barnstaple; 

 Morthoe. On open heaths and on the coast 

 § — complanula, Bdv., lurideola, St. C. Gen. dis. 



— griseola, Hb. Plymouth ; Mount Edgcumbe ; 



Bickleigh Vale; Exeter; Barnstaple. In 

 marshy woods 



— rubricoUis, Linn. Plymouth ; Ivybridge ; Kings- 



bridge ; Torquay ; Axminster ; Dartmoor. Un- 

 common around Exeter ; Barnstaple. Some- 

 what irregular and uncertain in appearances 

 Oenistis quadra, Linn. Exeter; Stoke Woods; Dart- 

 mouth ; Torquay ; Shaugh Bridge. Scarce 



ARCTIIDAE 



Deiopeia pulchella, Linn. Several have been taken 

 at Babbacombe ; Paignton ; Dartmouth; Slapton; 

 Kingsands, and Stonehouse ; but it is only 

 casual and very rare 



Eughelea jacobaeae, Linn. Gen. dis. among rag- 

 wort 



Callimorpha dominula, Linn. Plymouth; Bickleigh 

 Vale ; Chagford, and other valleys bordering 

 Dartmoor ; Axminster ; Torquay ; Sidmouth ; 

 also Stoke and other places round Exeter, 

 and formerly not uncommon near Barnstaple 



— hera, Linn. This magnificent species seems to 



have been quite unknown, as British, up to 

 the middle of the past century, though well 

 known in the Channel Islands and abundant 

 on many parts of the Continent. From 

 that time casual specimens, very rarely and 

 at long intervals, appeared on different parts 

 of the English south coast. One such was cap- 

 tured at Alphington nr. Exeter, August, 1871, 

 by the late Mr. D'Orville, well known as 

 the curator at the Exeter Museum. In 

 1873 two were taken at Hazelviood nr. 

 Loddiswell. By 1881 and i88z it had 

 become well established, having been taken 

 at Dawlish and at Starcross, where it ' excited 



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