A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



SATURNIDAE 



Saturnia carpini, Schiff., pavonia, Linn. Fre- 

 quently on heaths and hills. Stoke ; Haugh ; 

 Robonugh Down ; fVoodbury Common ; Barn- 

 staple ; Haldon ; Tes Tor and other parts of 

 Dartmoor; Torquay; Sidmouth ; Exmouth ; Bkk- 

 leigh Vale; Plymouth. Mr. G. C. Bignell found 

 a colony of half-grown larvae feeding on a 

 most unusual plant, for them — Rhamnus fran- 

 gula 



DREPANULIDAE 



Drepana falcataria, Linn. Plymouth ; B'tckleigh 

 Vale ; Exeter ; Barnstaple. Among birch 



— hamula, Schiff., binaria, St. C. Stoke Wood 

 and Fordlands, nr. Exeter; Honiton ; Ax- 

 minster ; Torquay. Among oak 

 § — unguicula, Hb., cultraria, St. C. Bickle'tgh 

 Vale ; Greenbank, nr. Plymouth ; Dartmouth ; 

 Exeter ; Honiton. Among beech 



Platypteryx lacertinaria, Linn. Exeter; Axminster; 

 Torquay; Bickleigh Vale. Scarce 



Cilix spinula, Schiff. Gen. dist. in lanes and about 

 hawthorn edges 



NOTODONTIDAE 



Cerura bicuspis, Bkh. Three larvae of this rare 

 species were found feeding on alder in 

 Walkham Valley, nr. Plymouth, Aug. 1894, 

 by Mr. H. W. Basden Smith ; and of these 

 one was reared 



— furcula, Linn. Plymouth district ; Dartmouth 



Torquay ; Dartmoor ; Landulph ; Sidmouth 

 Barnstaple; llfracombe ; and Stoke Wood 

 Exeter. About sallows 



— bifida, Hb. Frequent among poplars. Nr. 



Exeter ; Plymouth ; Dartmouth ; Torquay ; 

 Sidmouth ; Dartmoor ; and Barnstaple 



— vinula, Linn. Gen. dist. among poplar 

 tStauropus fagi, Linn. Mount Edgecumbe ; Antony 



Park, Plymouth; Ivybridge ; Bickleigh Vale; 

 Exeter; Sidmouth; Barnstaple 

 Notodonta dictoea, Linn. ; Plymouth ; Dartmouth ; 

 Seaton ; Teignmoiith; Torquay; Sidmouth; 

 Stoke Wood, nr. Exeter ; Barnstaple. Among 

 poplars 



— dictaeoides, Esp. Plymouth; Egg Buckland; 



twice taken at Oxton ; Exeter ; Plymouth ; 

 Seaton. Scarce among birch 

 § — ziczac, Linn. Exeter ; Plymouth ; Seaton ; Tor- 

 quay ; Sidmouth ; Barnstaple ; Instow 



NOTODONTIDAE {continued) 



tNotodonta tritophus, Fab. A larva was beaten out 

 of alder nr. Exeter, by the Rev. J. Hellins, 

 Aug. 1870, but, unfortunately, was not 

 reared. No other record seems to exist here, 

 and not more than five or six in the United 

 Kingdom. 



— trepida, Esp. Killerton Park and elsewhere in 



the Exetet district ; Seaton ; Plymouth; Dart- 

 mouth ; Bickleigh Vale ; Dartmoor ; Barnstaple ; 

 Instow. Scarce ; among large oaks 



§ dromedarius, Linn. Exeter; Plymouth; Bickleigh 

 Wood; Seaton; Sidmouth; Axminster; Tavi- 

 stock; Tiverton; Dartmoor; Barnstaple. Among 

 oak 

 — : bicolora, Hb. A single specimen captured in 

 the Exeter district (1880) is recorded by the 

 late Maj. J. N. Still in the Entomolo^sfs 

 Monthly Magazine, May, 1892 

 Drymonia chaonia, Hb. Exeter; Plymouth; Bick- 

 leigh Vale; Dartmoor; Seaton; Topsham ; 

 Dartmouth; Torquay. Scarce among oaks, 

 but very strongly attracted by a bright 

 light 

 — dodonaea, Schift. ; trimacula, St. C. Exeter ; 

 Honiton ; Bickleigh Vale ; Plymouth ; Seaton ; 

 Dartmouth. Among oak ; scarce 



*Lophopteryx camelina, Linn. Gen. dist. about 

 woodlands, but not plentiful 



— cucullina, Schiff. In 1857 the Rev. E. Horton 



recorded the capture by himself of seven 

 larvae in July, at Martinhoe, near Lynton. A 

 single specimen also was taken nr. Exeter by 

 the Rev. J. Hellins 

 § Pterostoma palpina, Linn. Gen. dist. among 

 poplars 



Ptilophora plumigera, Esp. Torquay. Formerly 

 not rare in some seasons ; may be met with 

 on the gas-lamps in the public grounds 

 (E. Parfitt) 



Fetasia cassinea, Schiff. Widely dist., but not very 

 common. Mr. Parfitt says that it may be 

 found sticking on old ports and sails, re- 

 sembling in colour the greyish lichens which 

 grow on them. It is more frequently cap- 

 tured at gas-lamps. In 1896 Mr. Studd 

 found it in plenty at light at Oxten, one 

 specimen having a male antenna on the right 

 side, female on the left 



*Pygaera bucephala, Linn. Its larvae sometimes 

 partially defoliating various trees 



Diloba coeruleocephala, Linn. Exeter; Plymouth; 

 Teignmouth ; Honiton ; Barnstaple. Not very 

 local 



NOCTUINA 



CYMATOPORIDAE 



Gonophora derasa, Linn. Gen. dist. m woods 

 Thyatira batis, Linn. Also widely dist. in woods 

 Cymatophora duplaris,Linn. Exeter; Plymouth; Dart- 

 moor; Barnstaple. Probably in most large woods 

 — or, Schiff. Recorded in Stephens's Illustrations 

 Asphalia diluta, Schiff. Mr. Parfitt says also in 

 woods all over the county, but more fre- 

 quent in those of the northern portion 



CYMATOPORIDAE {continued) 



Asphelia flavicornis, Lmn. Fordlands, nr. Exeter; 

 Wembury, nr. Plymouth; Stoke; Instow. On 

 birch bushes 



— ridens. Fab. Stoke Wood; Exeter; Bickleigh 

 Vale; Plymouth; Plymbridge; Honiton; Dart- 

 moor; ExwickWood; GreatTorrington. Usually 

 scarce ; said to have, at one time, been 

 common at Camborne 



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