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J. J. Reading's Catalogue of the 
170. llttoralis, Curt. 
Lucania littoralis, Curt. Brit. Ent. iv. pi. 157. — Staint. Man. i. 188. 
Not unfrequent, but very local. An inhabitant of the regions 
of " blown sands," on coasts. 
App. — July. 
Log. — Slapton sands ; Whitsands ; — Instow, O. F. M, 
Both Mr. Mathew and Mr. J. S. Dell have bred this insect from 
larva found on sandhills. 
171. commai Ldn. 
Pha-Noctua comma, Lin. Sys. Nat. ii. 850. 
Lucania comma, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 216, pi. 47, fig. 2.— Staint. 
Man. i. 189. 
App.— 
Log, — Wembury ; St. Germans ; — Barnstaple, G. F. M. (abun- 
dant) ; Bickleigh, J. S. D. 
172. I*, impura, Hub. 
Noctua impura, Hiib. Europ. Schmett. pi. 85, 396. 
Lucania impura, West. «& Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 216, pi. 47, fig. 3-4. 
Common. 
App. — June, July, and August. 
Log. — Jenny-cliff ; Wembury ; Whitsands ; St. Germans. — 
Barnstaple, G. F. M. ; Torquay, Dr. B. ; Exeter, E. P. ; Teign- 
mouth, Dr. J. 
173. I«. pallens, Lin. 
Pha-Noctua pallens, Lin. Sys. Nat. ii. 838. 
Leucania pallens, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 217, pi. 47, fig. 7-8.— Staint. 
Man. i. 190. 
The commonest of the genus. 
App.— June — September. 
Log. — Wherever coarse grasses abound. . . 
