INSECTS 



LARENTIDAE {continued) 



Eupithecia subnotata, Hb. Seaton ; Braunton. Also 

 recorded by Mr. Parfitt, but without locality. 

 Among Chenopodium 

 • — vulgata, Haw. 



— expallidata, Gn. Exeter district. Among 



golden-rod 



— absynthiata, Linn. Exeter; Plymouth ; Wem- 



bury ; Shaldon Cliffs ; Barnstaple ; Morthoe 



— minutata, Hb. Exeter and Plymouth districts. 



On heaths among heather or ling 



— assimillata, Dbld. Alphington ; Plymouth ; Barn- 



staple ; Morthoe. In gardens among currant, 

 also about wild hops 



— jasioneata, Crewe. Morthoe ; L'jnton. Dis- 



covered in N. Devon in 1881, the larva feed- 

 ing on seeds of Jasione montana 



— tenuiata, Hb. Exeter ; Plymouth. Among 



sallows 



— subciliata, Gn. Exeter; Babbacombe. Among 



maple 



LARENTIDAE {continued) 



Eupithecia dodonaeata, Gn. Borington Wood, nr. 

 Exeter 



— abbreviata, Steph. Gen. dist. in oak woods 



— exiguata, Hb. Ivybridge ; Maker, nr. Ply- 



mouth; Exeter; Seaton; Tiverton ; Dartmouth. 

 About hawthorn 



— debiliata, Hb. Dunsfird; Plymbridge ; Dartmoor; 



Martinhoe. Among Vaccinium myrtillus 

 §— coronata, Hb. Exeter; Tiverton; Topsham ; 

 Seaton; Plymbridge; Morthoe; Lynton 

 * — rectangulata, Linn. Among apple trees 



— pumilata, Hb. Widely dist. and sometimes 



abundant 



OENOCHROMIDAE 



Tanagra chaerophyllata, Linn., atrata, St C. Ply- 

 mouth ; Cann Wood; Horrabridge. Abundant 

 on Dartmoor and at Bolt Head ; Barnstaple ; 

 Martinhoe. In damp meadows among Bunium 

 flazuosum 



PYRALIDINA 



PYRAUSTIDAE 



Odonteas dentalis, SchifF. Stephens says ' not far 



from Tavistock ' 

 Pyrausta purpuralis, Linn. Widely dist. 



— ostrinalis, Hb. Exmouth ; Dartmouth ; Dartmoor ; 



Morthoe. On sloping clifB and in pastures 



— punicealis, SchifF. Barnstaple. Usually in chalky 



places. Mr. Parfitt has evidently confused 

 this species 

 'Pyrausta cespitalis, Schiff. On wastes and cliffs 



— cingulalis, Linn. Plymouth; Bolt Head; Sal- 



combe; Stoke; Barnstaple ; Lynton; Morthoe 



— octomaculalis, Linn. Exeter district. Among 



golden-rod 



•Botys fiiscalis, SchifF. Exeter; Barnstaple. In 

 meadows among yellow-rattle 



— terrealis, Tr. Teignmouth Cliffs; Lynmouth ; 



Lynton ; Chvelly ; Martinhoe. Among 

 golden-rod ; extremely local 



— esinalis, Hb. On both north and south coasts, 



wherever Rubia peregrina is common 



— repandalis, SchifF. The only known British 



specimens were reared by the late Rev. 

 Henry Burney from larvae found by him 

 feeding in the spikes of Verbascum nigrum, 

 upon the south coast of Devon more than 

 thirty-five years ago 



— sambucalis, Schiff. Plymouth; Sidmouth ; Exeter; 



Morthoe. In gardens among alder 



— crocealis, Tr. Exeter; Sidmouth; Barnstaple. 



Among Inula dysenterica 



— ferrugalis, Hb. Very irregular, but on all 



parts of the coast, and occasionally in great 



abundance 

 • — forficalis, Linn. In gardens 

 *— lutealis. Haw. Ilfracombe ; Braunton ; Morthoe. 



Among thistles 

 •- olivalis, SchifF I j^^^j 



— prunalis, SchifF. J 



Perinephile lancealis, SchifF. Exeter; Dartmoor; 

 Colyton ; Dartmouth ; Barnstaple. In woods 

 among hemp-agrimony 



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PYRAUSTIDAE {continued) 



Spilodes striticalis, Linn. Dartmouth ; Ilfracombe; 

 Instoai. Very scarce 



— palealis, Schiff. Sidmouth. One in 1 8 57 



— cinctalis, Tr. Exeter; Dartmouth; Barnstaple. 

 In clover fields 



•• — verticalis, Schiff., ruralis, St. C. Among nettles 

 ** — urticalis, Linn. 



Margarodes unionalis, Hb. Torquay ; Dartmouth. 



One specimen each — a great rarity 

 Diasemia literalis. Scop. High Bickington ; Exeter 

 and Plymouth districts. In rough pastures 

 •'Nomophilahybridalis, Hb. In pastures ; especially 

 on coast-sands and cliffs 



PYRALIDAE 



Cledeobia angustalis, Schiff. Torquay ; Teignmouth ; 



Salcombe ; Exmouth Warren; Dartmouth; 



Exeter (at light) ; Barnstaple ; Martinhoe 

 Pyralis farivalis, Linn. Everywhere in stables and 



corn stores 



— costalis, Schiff. ) Recorded nr. Exeter by Mr. 



— glaucinalis, Linn, j Parfitt 



Aglossa pinguinalis, Linn. Everywhere about 

 stables, outhouses, and corn and meal stores 



— cuprealis, Hb. Taken rarely in the Exeter 



district (E. Parfitt) 



HYDROCAMPIDAE 



Cataclysta lemnalis, Linn. Abundant about ponds, 



ditches, and streams 

 Paraponyx stratiotalis, Linn. Exeter district. 



About water 

 'Hydrocampa nymphaealis, Linn.) About ponds and 

 — stagnalis, Don. J ditches 



Stenia punctalis, Schiff. Torquay ; Teignmouth ; 



Exmouth iVarren ; Sidmouth ; Braunton Cliffs ; 



Baggy Point. Very local 



