INSECTS 



TRIFIDAE {continued) 



Thalpochares parva, Hb. A single specimen — the 

 first known in Great Britain — was caught 

 at Teignmouth in July, 1 844, by Dr. R. C. R. 

 Jordan. It has been stated that two were 

 taken at Torquay by Dr. Battersby, but 

 these were, I think, small examples of the 

 last species 



Erastria fuscula, Bkh. Cann Wood, nr. Plymouth; 

 Dartmoor ; Barnstaple. Locally common 



Bryophila glandifera, Hb. Torquay ; Sidmouth ; 

 Exeter; Stoke; Barnstaple; Hartland ; Mor- 

 thoe. Plentiful and very beautifully variable 

 at Plymouth and Starcross. On old walls 

 * — perla. Fab. On old walls 



Phytometra aenea, Hb. Gen. dist. 



Anarta myrtilli, Linn. Bickleigk Dozen; Brent 

 Hill, nr. Tavistock, and other parts of Dart- 

 moor ; Plymouth ; Honiton ; Haldon, and Tor- 

 quay. On heaths 



SARROTHRIPIDAE 



Sarrothripa revayana, Tr. Exeter; Lympston ; 

 Lynton. Among oak ; singularly variable 



GONOPTERIDAE 

 Gonoptera libatrix, Linn. Gen. dist. 



QUADRIFIDAE 



Catocala fraxini, Linn. The capture of a single 

 specimen of this magnificent species, at 

 Westward Ho, September, 1895, recorded 

 by Mr. O. F. E. Cooke 



QUADRIFIDAE {continued) 



Catocala nupta, Linn. Exeter; Alphington; Topsham ; 

 Teignmouth ; Torquay ; Sidmouth. Among 

 willows, and on walls and tree trunks 



— promissa, Esp. The Rev. J. Hellins is stated 



to have captured a specimen on the trunk 

 of an oak tree at Chagford, August, 1877 ' 

 Euclidia glyphica, Linn. Widely dist., and not 

 scarce 



— mi, CI. Gen. dist. in flowering meadows. 



DELTOIDES 



Aventia flexula, Schiff. Exeter ; Oxton, and Stoke 



Wood. Several times taken at light by Mr. 



E. F. Studd 

 Aethia emortualis, SchifF. Mr. J. F. Stephen's 



specimen was captured in Devonshire 

 Herminia barbalis, Linn. Mr. Parfitt records this 



species but without locality — it can hardly 



be absent 



— tarsipennalis, Tr. Exeter ; Barnstaple. Rather 



common ; local 



— grisealis, Hb. Gen. dist. 



Hypenodes albistrigalis. Haw. Plymouth ; Dart- 

 mouth ; Teignmouth ; Exmoulh ; Honiton ; 

 Exeter; Barnstaple. Local 

 § — costaestrigalis, Steph. Lynton; Morthoe ; Barn- 

 staple ; Dartmouth 

 Bomolocha crassalis. Fab., fontis, St. C. Spitch- 

 mck; Dunsford ; Clovelly ; Lynton; Dart- 

 moor; Topsham. Among whortleberry 

 §Hypena rostralis, Linn. Exeter district ,- Plymouth 

 * — proboscidalis, Linn. Among nettles 

 Rivula sericealis, Scop. Exeter; South Devon; 

 Barnstaple ; Martinhoe. Not scarce 



GEOMETRINA 



BOARMIIDAE 



BOARMIIDAE {continued) 



Ourapteryx sambucata, Linn. Gen. dist. 

 Angerona prunaria, Linn. Stoke Wood ; Plymouth 

 district; Dartmoor; Teignmouth; Paignton; 

 Barnstaple. In large woods and grassy 

 borders of woods 

 ••Rumia crataegata, Linn. Among hawthorn. 

 Venilia maculata, Linn. Gen. dist. in woods and 

 in heaths 

 *Cabera pusaria, Linn. Apparently rare in some 



places on the north coast 

 • — exanthemaria, Scop. 

 Bapta temerata, SchifF. To be found in all woods, 

 yet not commonly 



— taminata, SchifF. Exeter; Plymouth ; Paignton ; 



Barnstaple. In woods, but scarce 

 Aleucis pictaria. Curt. Recorded as occurring in 



Stoke Wood, by Mr. Parfitt. This is not 



confirmed, and indeed is probably a mistake 

 §Macaria alternata, SchifF. Exeter ; Plymouth ; the 



road from Plympton to Shaugh ; EggBuckland ; 



Tiverton; Honiton 



— notata, Linn. Plymouth district ; Bickleigh Vale; 



Compton, and nr. Exeter. Scarce ; among birch 



— liturata, Linn. Exeter; Cann Wood; Dart- 



moor ; Honiton. In fir woods ; very local 

 *Halia wavaria, Linn. In gardens 

 •Panagra petraria, Hb. Among bracken on heaths 



Strenia clathrata, Linn. Mr. Parfitt records this 

 species as occurring on the borders of Dart- 

 moor. It generally frequents clover fields 

 **Fidonia atomaria, Linn. On heaths 



— piniaria, Linn. Redhills, nr. Exeter; Stoke 



Wood ; Plymouth district ,• Honiton ; Paignton; 

 Barnstaple. About fir woods 



— conspicuata, SchifF. Mr. Parfitt records the 



capture of a single specimen nr. Bickleigh. 

 This, however, is so improbable that one is 

 forced to the conclusion that a variety of 

 F. atomaria has been mistaken for this eastern 

 species 

 Numeria pulveraria, Linn. Fordlands and Stoke Wood, 

 nv. Exeter ; Wattles Dotvn; Bovisand ; Bickleigh 

 Bridge ; Honiton ; Seaton ; Dartmouth ; Wood- 

 bury ; Paignton ; Sidmouth. Apparently very 

 local 

 §Aspilotes strigillaria, Hb. Haldon and heathy 

 places in Plymouth district 



— citraria, Hb. Plymouth cliffs ,• Starcross ; Dart- 



mouth ; Stoke ; Yealm ; Babhacombe ; Dartmoor; 

 Morthoe; Braunton; llfracombe. On the 

 coast 



— gilvaria, Schiff. Braunton; llfracombe. Scarce 



' This species is almost confinea to the New Forest, Hants, 

 and I doubt its occurrence in Devon. — H.G. 



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