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Plentiful on moors. Found on the wing late in the afternoon. 
Log. — Harford ; Shaugh ; Ugborough-heacon ; — Exeter, E. P. ; 
Haldon, Dr. J". 
$231. A. praDCOXf Lin. 
Pha-Noctua pracox, Lin. Sys. Nat. ii. 854. 
Actebia pmcox, Steph. Haust. iii. 21. 
Agrotis pmcox, Staint. Man. i. 227. 
Local. 
Has been observed both on the north and south coasts of 
Devon ; but in the neighbourhood of Plymouth this pretty insect 
has not yet fallen to the share of any local Lepidopterist. There 
are several districts, east and west of Plymouth, that are quite 
congenial to the habits of this moth, and which will, probably, 
some day, be found to yield it. Whitsands and Slapton-sands are 
places suited to the nature of this species ; and there is little doubt 
that it roves, in all its wild glory, in both of these localities. 
App. — August. 
Loc. — Braunton Burrows, G. F. M. ; Dawlish Warren, Dr. J. 
23^. A. ravlda, Schiff. 
Noctua ravida, Schifif. Wien. Verz. 80. 
Graphiphora crassa, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 127, pi. 25, fig. 5. 
Agrotis ravida, Staint. Man. i. 227. 
The only authenticated account of this insect being either 
Devonian or Cornish, is from Mr. Dorville, who takes it at Al- 
phington. This moth is said, however, to be taken also at Torquay. 
233. A. luoernea^ Lin. 
Pha-Noctua lucernea, Lin. Sys. Nat. ii. 837. 
Graphiphora renigera, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 126, pi. 25, fig. 2-3. 
Agrotis lucernea, Staint. Man. i. 228. 
Bare. 
At one time this was considered exclusively a north country 
insect. About thirty years ago, however, it was discovered to be a 
