A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



TINEINA {continued) 



Mount Pleasant ; 



Exeter. Blotching 



Exeter 

 Chudleigh 



Phyllocnistis sufFusella, Zell. 

 Exeter ; Exmouth Warren 



— saligna, Zell. Stoke Wood; Exeter 

 Cemiostoma laburnella, Hayd. 



laburnum leaves 

 § — scitella, Zell. Stoke Wood 

 tOpostega crepusculella, Fisch 

 Bucculatrix cidarella, Tisch. 



— ulmella, Mann. 



— crataegi, Dup. Nr. Exeter 



— maritima, Stn. Barnstaple. In salt marshes 



— frangulella, Goe. Exeter. Among Rhamnus 

 Nepticula atrlcapitella, Haw. 



— ruficapitella, Haw. Exeter. Among oak 



— anomalella, Geo. ' Coaver Garden ; Exeter 



— viscerella, Dgl. ") 



— subbimaculella, Haw. S 



— salicis, Stn. \ 



— microtheriella, Wing. I 



— ignobilella, Stn. ( 



— plagicolella, Stn. 



— prunetorum, Stn. 



— tityrella, Dgl. 



Exeter 



All taken in the Exeter 

 district 



TINEINA {continued) 



Nepticula angulifasciella, Stn. Teignmouth 



— marginicolella, Stn. Exeter; Haldon. Among elm 



— alnetella, Stn. Exeter district. About alder 

 • — aurella, Fab. Among bramble 



MICROPTERYGIDAE 



Eriocephala calthella, Linn. Fordlands Wood ; Ide ; 

 Heddon, In flowers of Caltha 



— seppella, Fab. Fordlands; Chudleigh; Lynton. 



In flowers of Veronica chamaedrys 



— aruncella, Scop. Taken in N. Devon by Mr. 



R. South 



— mansuetella, Zell. Exteick 



— allionella, Fab. Chudleigh ; Lynton 



— thunbergella, Fab. Stoke Wood; Exeter ; Chud- 



leigh ; Lynton 

 Micropteryx purpurella, Steph. Fordlands. On 

 birch twigs 



— semipurpurella, Steph. Exeter district 



— sparmanella, Bore. Fordlands. In a meadow 



— subpurpnrella. Haw. Abundant at Stoke Wood, 



and taken at Exeter at light. 



DIPTERA 



Flies 



The following list contains the names of some five hundred species, or roughly one-sixth of the 

 total number of Diptera recorded up to the present time as occurring in the British Islands. Unless 

 otherwise stated, the specimens upon which the list is based are in the British Museum, and have 

 been collected in South Devonshire by Lieut.-Colonel J. W. Yerbury, and determined by the 

 present writer.^ 



The names and particulars of the species of Tipulidae {sens, lat.) distinguished with a cross (X) 

 have kindly been furnished by Mr. G. C. Bignell, by whom they have been collected and 

 determined. The Psychodidae have been collected, determined, and presented to the British 

 Museum by the Rev. A, E. Eaton. 



Colonel Yerbury, to whose exertions our knowledge, such as it is, of the Dipterous fauna of 

 Devonshire is mainly due, has kindly supplied the following field-notes : — ' As a collecting-ground 

 for Diptera Devonshire is without doubt one of the richest districts in the British Isles. For, in 

 addition to the rich valleys running down from Dartmoor, the county possesses a considerable coast 

 line. My own collecting has been done entirely in South Devonshire, where I have found the 

 valleys of the Erme, Walkham, Plym, Tavy, etc., especially productive. Dartmoor itself, however, 

 always proved a failure, but many a sheltered valley lying under its shoulder, e.g. Holne, turned out 

 most remunerative. The following are some of the many interesting captures made in the county : — 

 Microdon mutabilis, Ivybridge ; Eristalis cryptarum, Ivybridge and Shaugh ; Theria muscaria, Ivy- 

 bridge ; Spilographa abrotani, Ivybridge ; Chaetostoma curvinervis, Bickleigh ; etc., etc. On the other 

 hand many Families, as for instance the Stratiomyidae are badly represented ; in fact, speaking 

 generally, none of the marsh-loving insects are at all common. Similarly, the lack (in South Devon- 

 shire at any rate) of sandhills may account for the absence of such insects as Phthiria pulicaria, and 

 the sand-loving Anthomyinae. So far as my own experience went, the sandhills at the mouth of 

 both the Exe and the Avon turned out unproductive ; still I am inclined to think that Bantham (in 

 spite of the dearth of good insects in the Avon Valley) will prove to be a rich district, for, in addi- 

 tion to the sandhills, there is a large marsh close at hand. Collecting in Devonshire has a great 

 charm, for, apart from the presence of a rich insect faun, there is the additional attraction of 

 beautiful scenery ; whilst one's zoological interests may be varied by watching a fox or an otter, 

 a dipper or a curlew. Certainly the naturalist will find no lack of subjects for study, though 

 he will encounter one drawback in the hosts of biting flies, such as Haematopota, Simulium, Stomoxys, 

 and others of their kin.' 



' Other collectors or writers are indicated by their initials, as follows : — G. H. V., G. H. Verrall ; 

 C. J. W., C. J. Wainwright ; C. M., Coryndon Matthews ; C. P., C. Pratt ; G. C. B., G. C. Bignell ; 

 A. E. E., Rev. A. E. Eaton. 



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