INSECTS 



ACIDALIIDAE [continued) 



Ephyra pendularia, Linn. Exeter, taken at light ; 



Starcross. Scarce 

 Acidalia scutulata, SchiiF. Gen. dist. in hedges 

 * — bisetata, Bkh. In woods 



— trigeminata, Haw. This has, I think, been 



recorded in error in some cases for a variety 

 of the last species ; but the Rev. C. T. 

 Cruttwell assures me of its occurrence be- 

 tween Lyntcn and Poiiock on the county 

 border 



— rusticata, SchiiF. Said to have been taken at 



Rame Head; but quite recently Mr. C. 

 Grenville Clutterbuck has taken several 

 specimens at Torquay 



— dilutaria, Hb., interjectaria, Bdv. Gen. dist. 

 * — incanaria, Hb. 



* — promutata, Gn., marginepunctata, Stn. c. 

 north and south coasts, and found on the 

 hills oi Dartmoor 



— straminata, Tr. Taken by the late Major 



Still on Dartmoor 



— subsericeata, Hw. Exeter ; Honiton ; Dart- 



mouth. Abundant at Sidmouth. Its smaller 

 variety is recorded in Mr. Parfitt's lists under 

 the names of pinguidenata and mancuniata 



— ornata, Scop. Recorded here in Stephen's 



Illustrations 



— immutata, Linn. Cann Wood; Bickleigh Vale. 



In moist and marshy spots 

 * — remutata, Hb. 

 * — aversata, Linn. 



— fumata, Steph. Found by Mr. W. H. Basden- 



Smith, on Dartmoor 



— inornata. Haw. Said by Mr. Parfitt to have 



been taken in Stoke Wood. Not confirmed 

 •Timandra imitaria, Hb. Both coasts 



Bradyepetes amataria, Linn. Exeter ; Pl-jmouth ; 

 Barnstaple. Sometimes rather common in 

 lanes 



Ania emarginata, Linn. Exeter; Extvick ; Star- 

 cross; Shaldon; Topsham; Barnstaple. Rather 

 local 



LARENTIDAE 



Melanippe tristata, Linn. Crabtree ; Blackdown, 

 nr. Kingsbridge ; Lynmouth ; Chagford, and 

 other borders of Dartmoor. Usually a 

 northern mountain-frequenting species 

 *• — rivata. Haw., sociata, St. C. 



— galiata, SchifF. Widely dist. ; especially c. up- 



on the coast 



Melanthia rubiginata, SchiiF. \^jj, jj^^^ 



— ocellata, Linn. ) 



— albicillata, Linn. Stoke Wood, nr. Exeter; 



Honiton; Dartmoor; Barnstaple; Lynton. 

 Rather local 



— procellata, SchiiF. Sidmouth ; Torquay ; Dart- 



mouth; Plymouth; Exeter. Usually found 



in chalky districts 

 unangulata, Haw. Gen. dist. in woods and 



lanes 

 Anticlea sinuata, SchiiF. Exeter; Egg Buckland ; 



Buckfastleigh ; Bickleigh Bridge ; Slapton Ley ; 



Totnes ; Dartmoor ; Dartmouth; Plymbridge. 



Usually a very scarce species. Among 



Galium verum 



LARENTIDAE {continued) 



Anticlea rubidata, SchifF. Widely dist. in S. Devon, 

 especially on the coast 



— badiata, SchifF. Widely dist. 



— derivata, SchifF. Exeter district ; Cann Quarry ; 



Laira ; Mutley, and elsewhere nr. Plymouth ; 

 Barnstaple. In borders of woods 

 **Coremia montanata, SchiiF. 



— fluctuata, Linn. 



— propugnata, SchifF. Gen. dist. in woods 

 *• — ferrugata, Linn. 



— unidentaria. Haw. Gen. dist., but less com- 



mon than the last 



— pectinitaria, Feussl., viridaria, St. C. Gen. 



dist. in woods and woody heaths 



— salicata, Hb. Taken by Mr. A. Chandler in a 



sand pit on Exmoor 



— didymata, Linn. 



— multistrigaria. Haw. Stokenham Quarry ; Exeter ; 



Plymouth district ; Instota. Very local 

 Larentia olivata, SchifF. Exeter ; Starcross ; Honi- 

 ton ; Topsham; Sidmouth; Barnstaple; Hart- 

 land; Lynton. Sometimes plentiful 

 Asthena luteata, SchiiF. Exeter ; Honiton ; Barn- 

 staple ; Bickleigh; Plymouth. Gen. dist. (E. 

 Parfitt) 

 * — candidata, SchiiF. In the open portions and 

 margins ot woods 



— sylvata, Schiff. Stoke Wood; Exeter; Plym- 



bridge ; Cann Quarry ; Bickleigh ; Dartmoor ; 

 High Bickington ; Dartmouth ; Barnstaple ; 

 Morthoe. Local in woods 



— blomeri, Curt. Recorded by Mr. Parfitt at 



Teignmottth, and by Major Still at Tiverton 

 Eupisteria leparata, SchiiF. Gen. dist. among 



alder 

 Sterrha sacraria, Linn. The fourth recorded 

 British specimen was taken on a gas lamp at 

 Plymouth in September, 1 8 5 7, by Mr. Charles 

 Rogers. Two years later one was obtained 

 at Barnstaple. Specimens since taken at 

 Mount Batten; Devonport ; Exmouth ; Al- 

 phingtm ; Babbacombe. Still a very rare 

 species in the United Kingdom 

 Emmelesia afiinitata, Steph. Widely dist. in lanes 

 and at the edges of woods among Lychnis 

 dioica. 

 * — alchemillata, Linn. In similar places among 

 Galiopsis tetrahit 



— albulata, SchiiF. Generally in pastures among 



yellow rattle 



— decolorata, Hb. Widely dist. in lanes among 



Lychnis vespertina 



— unifasciata. Haw. Exeter; Honiton; Dart- 



moor; Lynton; Hartland. Among Bartsia 

 adontites 

 Cidaria psittacata, SchiiF. Gen. dist. Frequenting 

 ivy-bloom in the autumn 



— miata, Linn. Widely dist., but much less com- 



mon, having similar habits 



— corylata, Thumb. In all woods ; often com- 



mon 



— picata, Hb. Exeter; Starcross; Honiton; Bick- 



leigh ; Plymouth district ; Topsham ; Sidmouth ; 

 Barnstaple ; Tiverton ; Martinhoe. On the 

 borders of woods 

 ** — russata, SchiiF., truncata, St. C. 



— immanata, Haw. Widely dist. in woods 



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