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native of the south-east of England, and in 1855 was found to in- 
habit Whitsand-cliffs ; since which time, it has been taken in 
several other places in Devon and Cornwall. 
It possesses the habit, common to some other Noctua, of flying 
from flower to flower, in sunshine. 
App.— 
Loc. — Whitsand-cliffs ; Bovisand ; — Torquay, Mr. J. Buckton. 
Gen. TRZPHJSNA, Och. 
234. T. Zanthlna, Schiff. 
Noctua ianthina, Schiff. Wien. Verz. 78. 
TripJuena ianthina, West. & Hum. Brit. Motli. i. 109, pi. 31, fig. 9.— Staint. 
Wan. i. 229. 
Common throughout the two counties. 
App. — August. 
235. T. fimbria, Lin. 
Pha-Nociua fimbria, Lin. Sys. Nat. ii. 842. 
TriphcBna fimbria, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth i. 108, pi. 21, fig. 6, 7, 13.— Staint. 
Man. i. 229. 
Common in the south and south-western portions of Devon ; 
rare in the north of the county ; but not yet observed in west 
Cornwall. 
App. — June and September. 
Loc. — Woodside, Plymouth; Plymbridge; Ivybridge; Totnes; — 
Torquay, Dr. B. ; Exeter, E. P. ; Barnstaple, G. F. M. ; Teign- 
mouth. Dr. J. 
236. T. Interjecta, Huh. 
Noctua interjecta, Hiib. Noct. pi. 23, fig. 107. 
Triphcena interjecta, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 109, pL 21, fig. 8.— Staint. 
Man. i. 230. 
Not uncommon in some localities. 
App, — 
Loc. — Plymouth; Wembury ; Millbrook; Liskeard; Tavistock; — 
Barnstaple, G. F. M. ; Torquay, Mr. Buckton; Exeter, E. P. ; 
Teignmouth, Dr. J. 
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