A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



TRIFIDAE {continued) 



tHadena suasa, Bkh., dissimilis, St. C. Exeter ; Star- 

 cross; Dawlish Warren ; Topsham ; -Wins lade 



— pisi, Linn. Gen. dist. ; common on the slopes 



of the tors of Dartmoor 

 * * — oleracea, Linn. In gardens 



— genistae, Stcph. Seaton ; Barnstaple ; Instotv. 



Rather scarce 

 * — dentina, Esp. E xeterdhtrict ; Tiverton ; Instotv ; 



Morthoe 

 t — chenopodii, Fab. ; tripolii, St. C. Alphing- 



ton ; Millbrook; Barnstaple 



— glauca, Hb. Recorded by Mr. Parfitt at 



Alphington, Exeter ; but probably in error. 

 It is distinctly a northern insect 

 Mamestra albicolon, Hb. Taken by Mr. G. F. 

 Mathew, R.N., on the coast nr. Barnstaple 

 ** — brassicae, Linn. 



— persicariae, Linn. Gen. dist. 



Hecatera serena, Fab. Exeter; Plymouth ; Salcombe ; 



Teignmouth; Torquay; Dartmoor; Morthoe 

 Dianthecia carpophaga, Bkh. Frequent on the 



coast 



— cucubali, Fues. Gen. dist. on the coast and 



inland 

 § — capsincola, Hb. Gen. dist. 

 t — albimacula, Bkh. Taken at Seaton by the late 



Major Still 



— conspersa, Esp. Torquay ; Bolt Head ; Dart- 



mouth ; Seaton; Teignmouth; Barnstaple; 

 Morthoe. Sometimes not scarce 



— luteago, Hb. A single specimen taken nr. 



Ilfi-acombe by Mr. W. C. Boyd, July, 1879. 

 This was the first specimen known to have 

 been taken in England, those previously 

 known having occurred in Ireland and Wales ; 

 since then a few have been found in Corn- 

 wall 



Ulochlaena hispida, Tr. Plymouth ; Dartmouth ; 

 Exmouth ; Teignmouth ; Babbacombe ; Torquay. 

 Confined to the cliffs of the south coast 



Aporophyla lutulenta, Bkh. Alphington; Stoke; 

 Dartmouth; Brixham ; Plymouth; Morthoe. 

 Rather scarce 



— nigra, Haw. Frequent all along the south 



coast ; also nr. Exeter, on Dartmoor, and at 

 Newton Abbot. In the north only recorded 

 at Morthoe 



— australis, Bdv. Formerly abundant at Torquay ; 



also found at Teignmouth, Dartmouth, and 

 Bolt Head; always on the coast cliiFs 

 Epunda lichenea, Hb. Gen. dist. on both coasts 

 Dasypolia templi. Thumb. Exeter; Plymouth; 

 Teignmouth ; Torquay ; Sidmouth. Usually at 

 gas-lamps at night 

 * Folia flavicincta. Fab. Exeter; Egg Buckland ; 

 Dartmouth ; Plymouth ; Teignmouth ; Tor- 

 quay 



— xanthomystas, Hb. ; nigrocmcta, Tr. Several 



specimens were taken at Morthoe by Dr. 

 Riding in 1883 and it has since been found 

 there and near llfracombe by Dr. Longstaff 

 and Prof Dixey. Otherwise it seems almost 

 confined to the Isle of Man 



— chi, Linn. Dartmoor; Plymouth; Avonwick ; 



and common nr. Dartmouth. Usually a 

 northern insect 

 'Dryobota protea, Bkh. Among oaks 



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TRIFIDAE {continued) 



Clcoccris viminalis, Fab. Sparsely distributed in 

 woody districts (E. Parfitt). Mr. W. H. 

 Basden-Smith records it at Plymouth 

 Chariptera aprilina, Linn. Gen. dist. among oak 

 •Miselia oxyacanthae, Linn. In late autumn 

 **Luperina testacea, Hb. 

 §Cerigo cytherea, Fab., matura, St. C. Alphington ; 

 Berry Pomeroy ; Wembury ; Torquay; Brix- 

 ham ; Morthoe 

 Hama abjecta, Hb. Taken at Dawlish Warren by 

 Mr. E. F. Studd 



— anceps, Hb. ; sordida, St. C. Widely dist. but 



scarce 



— furva, Hb. Recorded nr. Honiton by Dr. Riding ; 



also once taken at Keyham ; Devonport 

 •Xylophasia lithoxylea. Fab. 



— sublustris, Esp. Sidmouth; Harford Bridge; 



Dartmoor 

 ** — polyodon, Linn., monoglypha, St. C. 

 * — rurea. Fab. 



— hepatica, Hb. In all woods 



— scolopacina, Esp. Exeter, rare ; Plymouth dis- 



trict ; Barnstaple; near llfracombe. Very 



local 

 *Apamea basilinea, Fab. 

 § — gemina, Hb. Widely dist. 



— unanimis, Fr. Exeter; Torquay; llfracombe. 



Not at all common 

 ** — oculea, Gn., didyma, St. C. 



Miana literosa. Haw. Gen. dist. 

 •*— strigilis, CI. 

 § — fasciuncula. Haw. Exeter; Plymouth; Babba- 

 combe; Barnstaple; Morthoe 

 * — furuncula, Tr. On both coasts and in great 

 variety 

 Eremobia ochroleuca, Esp. Recorded by Mr. H. 

 Jenner Fust, but without locality 

 tDipterygia pinastri, Linn. Stoke Wood, nr. Exeter ; 

 Torquay ; Bickleigh Vale 

 Trachaea atriplicis, Linn. Bred &om larvae taken 

 nr. Plymouth by Mr. H. S. Bishop (E. Par- 

 fitt). Probably some error occurred ; this 

 species is mainly confined to the eastern 

 counties, and is rare there 

 Euplesia lucipara, Linn. Exeter ; Plymouth ; Horra- 

 bridge ; Stoke ; Barnstaple ; Morthoe ; Instote. 

 Common in S. Devon 

 **Phloyoptera meticulosa, Linn. 



Hydraecia nictitans, Bkh. Exeter and various parts 

 of the south coast to Sidmouth; also Dart- 

 moor and Morthoe 



— micacea, Esp. Plymouth ; Dartmoor and Bride- 



stowe ; Morthoe ; Exeter ; Paignton. Scarce 

 Gortyna flavago, Esp. Gen. dist., the larvae feed- 

 ing usually in the stem of the foxglove 

 Nonagria cannae, Ochs. Mr. Parfitt records this 

 species from Torquay and Teignmouth 



— sparganii, Esp. This, which has not been 



known as British until comparatively recent 

 years, and is probably an immigrant, has now 

 been found by Mr. G. T. Porritt nr. Dart- 

 mouth 



— typhae, Esp. Exeter; Starcross ; Torquay; 



Barnstaple. Local 

 Coenobia rufa, Haw. ; despecta, Tr. Recorded in 

 Devon hy Mr. H. Jenner Fust, but without 

 locality. A marsh insect 



