A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



LARENTIDAE {continued) 



Cidaria sufFumata, SchiiF. Gen. dist. in lanes and 

 the margins of woods 



— silaceata, SchifF. In all woods where Epilobium 



flourishes 



— prunata, Linn. Generally in gardens and 



hedges among currant and blackthorn 



— dotata, Linn., associata, St. C. Exeter and 



Stoke Wood; Plymouth ; Dartmoor; Sidmouth. 

 Among currant 

 • — fulvata, Forst. Among wild rose 



— pyraliata, Bkh., dotata, St. C. Gen dist. in 



lanes, woods, and gardens, especially among 

 cleavers 



— populata, Linn. Stoke ; Bickleigh ; Cann 



Wood ; Btidestovie ; Lynton ; Martinhoe ; 

 Barnstaple. Among whortleberry 



— testata, Linn, llfracombe ; Barnstaple; Morthoe; 



Exeter and Plymouth districts ; Sidmouth. 



Among sallow and on heaths 

 Pelurga comitata, Linn. Found on Dartmoor by 



Major Still among Chenopodium 

 Scotosia undulata, Linn. Exeter; Horrahridge ; 



Bickleigh Vale, and other parts of Dartmoor ; 



Cann Wood ; Lynton. Scarce 



— dubitata, Linn. Exeter; Seaton ; llfracombe; 



Morthoe ; Lynton. Not common 



— certata, Hb. Alphington ; Sidmouth; Lynton. 



Scarce. Among Berberis 

 Camptogramma fluviata, Hb. Exeter ; Sidmouth ; 

 Torquay ; Dartmouth ; Plymouth — where in 

 1857 it was almost common — Exmouth ; 

 Croyde ; Braunton Burrows. Always a scarce 

 insect, but more frequent here than in other 

 parts of England 



— lignata, Hb. Starcross ; Topsham ; Dartmouth 



district. In marshy meadows common 



— tersata, SchifF. Recorded at Torquay by Mr. 



Parfitt 

 Thera firmata, Hb. Exeter; Dartmoor; Topsham; 

 Torquay ; Insiow. Among Scotch fir 

 * — variata, SchifF. Among fir 



— juniperata, Linn. A single specimen recorded 



by Mr. Mathew at Barnstaple 

 Hypsipetes ruberata, Frey. Stoke Wood ; Honiton ; 

 Barnstaple; Lynton. Scarce 



— impluviata, SchifF. Plymouth ; Plymbridge ; 



Plympton ; Exeter; Sidmouth; Barnstaple 

 ** — elutata, SchifF. As in more northern districts 

 it is found that specimens reared in Vacci- 

 nium are smaller and more brightly coloured 

 than those fed in sallow 

 *Aporabia dilutata, SchifF. In woods and lanes 

 Cheimatobia boreata, Hb. Exeter. Males have 

 been attracted by Mr. Studd's illuminated 

 moth-trap 

 •• — brumata, Linn. 



§ Lobophora lobulata, Hb. Exeter ; Seaton ; Cann 

 Wood zndi Quarry ; Dartmoor; Lynton 



— hexapterata, SchifF. ^A'^/^r district ; Topsham; 



Sidmouth. Very local, among aspen 



— sexalata, Hb. Exeter district ; Honiton ; Sid- 



mouth. Among sallows 



— viretata, Hb. Plymouth; Plymbridge; Cann 



Wood; Dartmouth; Torquay; Starcross; 

 Exeter ; Barnstaple 



— polycommata, SchifF. Recorded at Sidmouth by 



Mr. Majendie 



LARENTIDAE {continued) 



§ Chesias spartiata, SchifF. Dunsford; Plymbridge indi 

 Marsh Mills, nr. Plymouth 



— bbliquaria, SchifF. Dartmoor. Also taken by 



Mr. Studd at Exeter by means of light 

 •Anaitis plagiata, Linn. Particularly in rocky places 

 Mesotype lineolata, SchifF. Exmouth and Dawlish 

 IVarrens ; Woodbury, nr. Starcross. Always 

 in coast-sands 

 •Eubolia palumbaria, SchifF. On heaths and cliffi 

 ** — bipunctaria, SchifF. Exeter; Bovisand; Crab- 

 tree and elsewhere in the Plymouth district ; 

 Sidmouth ; Dartmouth ; Babbacombe ; Barn- 

 staple ; llfracombe 



— cervinata, SchifF. Efford ; Stoke ; Milehouse, 



and elsewhere in the Plymouth and Exeter 

 districts. Also occasionally nr. Barnstaple 

 *• — mensuraria, SchifF. 



Eupithecia togata,. Hb. Taken nr. Exeter by 

 Mr. E. F. C. Studd 



— venosata. Fab. Exeter; Plymouth ; Seaton; 



Salcombe ; Barnstaple; Instovi. Among Silene 



— consignata, Bkh. Taken at Seaton by Maj. Still 



— pulchellata, Steph. Exeter ; Dunsford; Ply- 



mouth ; Dartmouth ; Barnstaple ; Instow ; 

 Morthoe; Lynton. Among foxglove 



— linariata, SchifF. Gen. dist. among Linaria 



vulgaris 

 • — centaureata, SchifF. In gardens 



— succenturiata, Linn. Exeter. Among Artemisia 



vulgaris 



— subfulvata, Haw. Exeter ; Exmouth; Torquay; 



Dartmoor ; Barnstaple ; Morthoe. Among 

 ragwort 



— subumbrata, SchifF. Stoke Wood; Tiverton. 



Scarce 

 § — irriguata, Hb. Boringdon Wood; Exeter district ; 

 Tiverton 



— pusillata, SchifF. Exeter; Plymouth. Among 



spruce fir 

 * — nanata, Hb. On all heaths 



— indigata, Hb. Exeter. Among fir trees 



— constrictata, Gn. Barnstaple. Among thyme 



— lariciata, Frr. Exeter; Plymouth district ; llfi'a- 



combe ; Lynton; Heddon ; Dartmoor. Among 



larch 

 • — castigata. Haw. 

 * — virgaureata, Dbld. Barnstaple ; Tiverton ; 



Seaton ; Sidmouth ; Plymouth 



— albipunctata, Haw. Exeter ; Babbacombe ; Plym- 



bridge ; Plymouth; Bickleigh Vale. Among 

 Heracleum 



— pimpinellata, Hb. ^A'lf/'^r district 



— plumbeolata. Haw. Exeter district ; Barn- 



staple ; Lynton. Among Melampyrum pra- 

 tense 



— isogrammata, H. S. Exeter; Newton; Torquay; 



Morthoe. About clematis 



— pygmaeata, Hb. Barnstaple. Among stitchwort 



— trisignata, H. S. Bickleigh Vale. Among 



Angelica 



— valerianata, Hb. Exeter district. Among 



Valeriana officinalis 



— fraxinata, Crewe. Exeter. On ash trees, and 



at light 



— innotata, Hb. Larvae beaten from mugwort 



by the Rev. J. Hellins, nr. Exeter, proved to 

 be of this rare species 



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