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J. J. Reading's Catalogue of the 
199. M. Brassicae, Lin. 
Pha-Noctua BroBsicce, Lin. Sys. Nat. ii. 853. 
Mamestra Brassica, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 174, pi. 36, fig. 8-9.— Staint. 
Man. i. 208. 
One of our commonest moths. The caterpillar is very destructive 
to cabbages. It also feeds on the floral leaves and foliage of many 
dissimilar plants. 
App. — May — July. 
200. IMZ. PersicarlSB, Lin. 
Pha-Noctua Persicarm, Lin. Sys. Nat. ii. 847. 
Mamestra Persicaria, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 175, fig. 11-12.— Staint. 
Man. i. 209. 
Abundant in North Devon and not uncommon in the South of 
the county. 
App. — June and July. 
Loc. — Crabtree ; Bickleigh ; North Buckland ; Anthony ; Lis- 
keard ;— Barnstaple, G, F. M. ; Torquay, Dr. B. ; Exeter, E. P. ; 
Teignmouth, Dr. J. 
Gen. APAMBA, On, 
201. A. baslllnea, Schiff. 
Noctua basilinea, Wien. Verz. 78. 
Hama basilinea, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 170, pi. 36, fig. 7-8. 
Apamea basilinea, Staint. Man. i. 210. 
A generally distributed and common species. 
App. — June, 
Loc. — In all the urban and suburban sylvan places around Ply- 
mouth ; — Barnstaple, G. F. M. abundant ") ; Torquay, Dr. B. ; 
Exeter, E. P. ; Teignmouth, Dr. J. 
202. A. ^emlna, Och. 
Hadena gemina, Och. Schmett. Europ. iv. 72. 
Hadena remissa, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 162, pi. 33, fig. 2. 
Apamea gemina, Staint. Man. i. 210. 
The same oeconomy as A. basilinea. 
