Lcpidoptera of Devon and Cornwall. 
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107. turca, Zin, 
Pha NoUua iurca, lAu. Sys. Nat. ii. 8i7. 
Mylhimna West. & Plum. Brit. Moth. i. lil, pi. 20, fig. 1-2. 
Lentxinia turca, Staiut. Man. i. 187. 
Not generally distributed. Inhabits woody places. Is captured 
by " sugaring/' 
App. — June. 
Loc. — Kingsbridge ; Wellington Park ; — Torquay, E. B. 11. ; 
Alphington, H, D. 
168. litharg-yria, Esp. 
Noctua lythargyna, Esp. Selimett. Europ. iv. 341. 
Mythimna Lythargyria, West. & Hum, Brit. Moth. 
Leucania lilhargyria, Staint. Man. i. 1 88. 
An abundant species throughout both counties. 
169. I«. putrescens, Huh. 
Noctua putrescens Hiib. Noct. pi. lo6, fig. 730. 
Lucania putrescens, Ent. Ann. p. 130, 1850; Eut. Ann. pi. fig. 2. 1852. 
Abundant but local. 
App. — July and x\ugust. 
Loc. — Torquay, Dr.B. ; Teignmouth, Dr. J. 
This addition to the British Fauna was made in 1859, through 
the exertions of the Lepidopterists of Torquay, and was recorded 
in the Entomologist's Intelligencer of that year, page 174. 
Dr. Battersby and Mr. Stewart both mention that this insect was 
attracted by bramble blossom. Since its discovery, it has appeai'ed 
every year, and been captured in great numbers by several collectors 
of Lepidoptera. 
L. putrescens in England is strictly Devonian, and on the 
continent of Europe has not a large geographical distribution, 
being a known inhabitant only of the south and west provinces of 
France. 
