INSECTS 



TRIFIDAE 



tDiphthera orion, Esp. Bickleigh Vale and other 



woods on the borders oi Dartmoor; Wembury ; 



Great Torr'mgton ; Shaugh 

 Acronycta leporina, Linn. Mr. Parfitt says not 



uncommon round Plymouth — at Greenbank ; 



North Hill; Milehouse ; and Devonport — also 



taken on Dartmoor ; Egg Buckland ; Haldon ; 



Torquay ; and Teignmouth 

 t — aceris, Linn. Mount Etlgcumbe ; Saltram Woods ; 



Sidmouth ; and Torquay. 

 § — megacephala, SchifF. Plymouth; Seaton; Torquay; 



Barnstaple; Stoke; Instow 



— alni, Linn. Plymouth; Avonwkk ; Axminster ; 



Bickleigh Vale ; Seaton ; Honiton ; the Exeter 

 district; Barnstaple; Tavistock. Always rare, 

 and usually only found as a larva 



t — tridens, Schiff. Plymouth district ; Dartmoor; 

 Barnstaple. 



* — psi, Linn. 



* — rumicis, Linn. In woods 



— ligustri, SchifF. Exeter; Stoke; Honiton; Ply- 



mouth; Plymbridge ; Cann Wood; Dartmoor; 

 Paignton; Barnstaple; Lynton ; Morthoe. 

 Among ash trees 

 Agrotis valligera, Hb. On all the sandhills of the 

 north and south coasts 



— sufFusa, Hb. Widely dist. ; often common at 



ivy-bloom in autumn 

 ** — segetum, SchifF. Most mischievous in the larval 

 state 

 • — corticea, Hb. Plymouth; Teignmouth; Dart- 

 mouth ; Torquay ; Topsham ; and Instow 



— puta, Hb. Gen. dist. ; usually taken at light 

 "Agrotis exclamationis, Linn. 



— lunigera, Steph. Cliffs at Torquay ; Bolt Head ; 



Seaton ; and Morthoe. A specimen flew into 

 Mr. Basden Smith's house at Hillsborough, 

 Plymouth, in 1888 



— ripae, Hb. On coast sands below Exeter, and 



at Instow and Bideford 



— cursoria, Bkh. On the sands at Dawlish 



Warren and at Morthoe 

 § — nigricans, Linn. Exeter; Plymouth; Bickleigh 

 Vale; Torquay; Morthoe 



— tritici, Linn. Exeter ; Plymouth ; Dawlish War- 



ren ; Morthoe. Most frequent on the coast 

 t — aquilina, SchifF. Plymouth ; Cann Wood; Tor- 

 quay ; Ilfracombe ; Braunton 



— obelisca, Hb. On coast clifFs. Mount Edge- 



cumbe ; Stonehouse ; Teignmouth; Torquay; 



and Dr. LongstafF reports three specimens 



at Morthoe in 1 904 

 t — agathina, Dup. Alphington ; Cann Wood; 



Honiton ; Lynton ; Morthoe. On heaths 

 * — porphyrea, Hb. On heaths 



— praecox, Linn. Coast below Exeter ; Dawlish 



Warren; Braunton Burrows. Only on, sea 

 sandhills 



— saucia, Hb. Very irregular ; usually not com- 



mon, but in some seasons abundant all over 

 the county 



— pyrophila, Fab. The capture of a specimen at 



Morthoe is reported by Dr. LongstafF 



— ravida, Hb. Alphington and Torquay 



— lucernea, Linn. Torquay ; Dartmouth ; Stonehouse, 



and elsewhere on the south coast, among 

 rocks ; also at Lynton 



TRIFIDAE {continued) 



•Axylia putris, Linn. 

 Triphaena fimbria, Linn. Exeter ; Stoke ; Plymouth ; 

 Dartmouth, and elsewhere on the south coast ; 

 also at Ilfracombe ; Lynton ; Morthoe ; and on 

 Dartmoor 



— janthina, Esp. Gen. dist. 



§ — interjecta, Hb. Plymouth; Torquay; Sidmouth; 

 Morthoe ; widely dist. 



* — orbona. Fab. 

 ** — pronuba, Linn. 



§Noctua glareosa, Esp. Plymouth ; Ivybridge ; Daw- 

 lish ; Dartmouth; Bolt Head; Torquay; Ug- 

 borough Beacon ; Ilfracombe ; Morthoe. Some 

 specimens are flanked with beautiful pink 

 colouring 



— augur. Fab. Taken nr. Exeter at light ; also rarely 



in both the north and south of the county 

 ** — plecta, Linn. 



t — depuncta, Linn. Exeter; Tealmpton; Alphing- 

 ton; Harford Bridge ; Bridgerule. Usually a 

 northern species 



§ — triangulum, Tr. Exeter ; Plymouth ; Plym- 

 bridge ; Dartmoor; Teignmouth; Sidmouth; 

 Torquay ; Instow 



* — c-nigrum, Linn. Gen. dist. 



t — ditrapezium, Bkh. Devonport; Plymbridge ; 

 Bickleigh ; Torquay ; Barnstaple 



§ — brunnea. Fab. Gen. dist. 



§ — dahlii, Hb. Stoke Wood ; Exeter ; Shaugh Woods ; 

 Plymbridge ; Torquay ; Barnstaple ; Morthoe 



— festiva, Hb. N 



— baja. Fab. I Gen. dist. in woods and 



— rubi. View. ( usually common 



— umbrosa, Hb. / 



** — xanthographa, Fab. In woods 

 § — neglecta, Hb. Exeter; Honiton; Dartmoor; 

 Plymouth ; Teignmouth 

 Eurois herbida, Hb. Plymouth district and Dart- 

 moor Woods, about Lynton. Mr. Parfitt says 

 that it is scarce in the county and rare at 

 Exeter ; also that it flies in Aug. and Sept. 

 This is singular since it is plentiful in woods 

 in many parts of the south of England in 

 June and July 



— occulta, Linn. A single specimen secured on 



the south coast nr. Dartmouth in 1900 by 

 Mr. G. T. Porritt 



— adusta, Esp. Gen. dist. in woods 



§ — Charaeas graminis, Linn. Devonport; Hills- 

 borough ; Starcross ; Exeter ; Honiton ; Morthoe 

 Heliophobus popularis, Fab. Gen. dist. and often 

 common 



§ — cespitis. Fab. Exeter; Exmouth ; Darmouth ; 

 Plymouth ; Honiton ; Barnstaple ; Morthoe. In 

 some years in plenty on Dartmoor 



§Neuria saponariae, Bkh. Exeter ; Seaton ; Crab- 

 tree ; Plymouth district ; Slapton ; Torquay ; 

 Chagford 

 Aplecta advena, Fab. Plymouth district ; Topsham ; 

 Barnstaple. Rather scarce 



— tincta, Hb. Once taken at Egg Buckland by 



Mr. F. J. Briggs ; in the Plymouth district 



(E. Parfitt) 

 § — nebulosa, Hufn. Exeter ; Plymouth ; Sidmouth ; 



Dartmoor ; Barnstaple ; Lynton 

 tHadena contigua, Vill. Exeter district 

 § — thalassina, Rott. Gen. dist. in woods 



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