A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



TRIFIDAE (j:oniimed) 



Calymnia affinis, Linn. Exeter; Honiton ; Barn- 

 staple ; Dartmouth ; Torquay ; Paignton ; Sid- 

 mouth. Commoner than the last named ; 

 also among elms 



Tethea subtusa, Schiff. Exeter; Plymouth; Dart- 

 mouth; Teignmouth; Bolt Head; Torquay. Scarce 



— retusa, Linn. Plymbridge ; Cann Wood ; Dart- 



mouth ; Exeter; Bndgerule. Very local, 



among willow 

 *Orthosia rufina, Linn. In woods 

 ** — ferruginea, Schiff. 

 ** — pistacina, Schiff. 



— litura, Linn. Stoke Wood, nr. Exeter ; Totnes. 



Rather rare here 



— lunosa, Haw. Exeter; Egg Buckland ; Dart- 



moor ; Plymouth ; Teignmouth ; Barnstaple ; 

 Morthoe. Sometimes abundant at ivy- 

 bloom, often found on gas lamps 

 ** — lota, Linn. 

 * — macilenta, Hb . In woods and at ivy-bloom 

 Cirraedia xerampelina, Hb. Torquay; Bickleigk 



Vale ; Clovelly. About ash trees 

 Xanthia citrago, Linn. Torquay and Bahbacomle ; 

 Exeter ; Plymouth ; Barnstaple. Among lime 



— cerago, Schiff., fulvago, St. C. Exeter; Ply- 



mouth; Dartmoor; Barnstaple ; Morthoe 



— silago, Hb., flavago, St. C. Plymouth; Egg 



Buckland; Plymbridge. Rare at Exeter; 

 Dartmoor ; Barnstaple ; Morthoe 



— aurago, Schiff. Exeter ; Plymouth ; Honiton ; 



Teignmouth. Scarce. 

 §Hoporina croceago, Schiff. Exeter; Plymouth; 

 Bickleigh Vale; Dartmoor; Egg Buckland; 

 Dartmouth; Paignton; Barnstaple 

 Dasycampa rubiginea, Schiff. Topsham ; Torquay ; 

 Paignton ; Dartmouth ; Plymouth ; Honiton ; 

 Exeter ; Alphington ; Stoke Wood ; Barnstaple. 

 The south of this county is always the most 

 reliable district in England for obtaining 

 this scarce moth 

 JCerastis erythrocephala, Schiff. One specimen 

 taken at Ivybridge, and one at Honiton 

 ** — vaccinii, Linn. In woods 



— ligula, Esq., spadicea, Stn. Teignmouth ; Hon- 



iton ; Plymouth; Egg Buckland; Dartmoor; 

 Barnstaple. A fine variety having a yellow 

 subterminal line is found about Topsham 

 *Scopelosoma satellitia, Linn. In woods m autumn 

 Xylinai semibrunnea. Haw. Exeter ; Dartmouth ; 

 Teignmouth ; Torquay. At ivy- bloom in autumn 



— petrificata, Schiff. Gen. dist. 



— rhizolitha. Fab., ornithopus, St. C. Gen. in 



woods 

 Xylocampa lithoriza, Bkh., areola, St. C. Rather 



common nr. Exeter, and widely dist. 

 Calocampa exoleta, Linn. Alphington ; Stoke Wood; 



Plymouth ; Dartmoor ; Barnstaple ; Morthoe. 



Sometimes plentiful 

 * — vetusta, Hb. Exeter ; Plymouth. In woods in 



S. Devon 

 CucuUia verbasci, Linn. Plentiful about mullein 



— lychnitis, Ramb. Recorded nr. Exeter by Mr. 



E. S. Norcombe 



— absynthii, Linn. Exeter ; Alphington ; Wem- 



bury ; Slapton Ley; Teignmouth; High Bick- 

 ington ; Dartmouth ; Clinnicott, nr. Yealmpton ; 

 Morthoe. Among wormwood 



TRIFIDAE {continue^ 



tCucuUia abrotani. Fab., artemesiae, St. C. The 

 capture of two specimens at Starcross, August, 

 1885, recorded by Mr. W. Brooks 



— chamomillae, Schiff. Plymouth ; Devonport-; 



Dartmoor; Dartmouth. Frequent in waste 

 places along the south coast among Pyrethrum 

 inodorum, and P. maritimum 



— umbratica, Linn. Gen. dist., but only common 



in the Exeter district 

 Plusia chryson, Esq., orichalcea, Hn. The cap- 

 ture of two specimens at Plymouth is recorded 

 by Mr. Parfitt. 

 * — chrysitis, Linn. Gen. dist. 



— festucae, Linn. Alphington; Exeter; Dart- 



mouth ; Plymouth district. Rather scarce 

 * — pulchrina. Haw., v-aureum, Gn. Bickleigh 

 Vale; Plymouth; Dartmoor ; Sidmouth; Honi- 

 ton ; Martinhoe 



— icta, Linn. Gen. dist. 



** — gamma, Linn. Gen. dist. 



X — ni, Hb. The only specimen known to have 

 been taken in this county — which also was 

 the first captured in the British Isles — was 

 taken at flower of red valerian at Alphingfm, 

 Exeter, by Mr. H. D'Orville, in 1 868 



— interrogationis, Linn. Mr. Parfitt states that 

 two specimens of this northern species have 

 been captured, one at Torquay, the other 

 at Cann Quarry, Plymouth 



§Halrostola urticae, Hb., tripartita, St. C. Gen. 

 dist. 



— triplasia, Linn. Widely dist. and not scarce 

 Chariclea marginata. Fab., umbra, St. C. Dart- 

 mouth ; Torquay ; Sidmouth; Instoto. Very 

 local 



Heliothis armigera, Hb. A rare species here, but 

 has been taken, usually singly, at Exeter; 

 Dartmouth ; Torquay ; Babbacombe ; Sidmouth ; 

 Barnstaple, and Westward Ho 



— peltigera, Schiff. Mr. Parfitt says that it is 



found from Plymouth Hoe to Exmouth Warren, 

 its larva feeding on Ononis and Hyoscyamus ; 

 it has also been taken at Exeter and Morthoe ; 

 probably more frequent in this county than 

 anywhere else in the United Kingdom 

 t — scutosa, Schiff. A single specimen was cap- 

 tured nr. Dartmouth, September, 1900, by 

 Mr. F. Capel Hanbury 



Heliodes arbuti, Fab. Honiton; Wonfird ; Stoke; 

 Dartmoor, and Barnstaple. Flying among 

 flowers in sunshine 



Acontia luctuosa, Esp. Torquay ; Babbacombe ; Sid- 

 mouth ; Dawlish ; Exmouth ; High Bickington ; 

 Dartmouth. Sometimes common, but very 

 local 



Hydrelia uncana, Linn. Only known in one 

 locality — a bog nr. Great Mis Tor, Dartmoor. 



Thalpochares ostrina, Hb. The first specimen 

 recorded in the British Isles was captured 

 in June, 1825, nr. Bidefird by Captain 

 Blomer. More than thirty years after a 

 specimen was secured by Miss Battersby on 

 the coast nr. Torquay. This led to a search, 

 when several more were found by Dr. Bat- 

 tersby and his family. No more seem to 

 have occurred in this county, and very few 

 in others 



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