J. J. Reading s Catalofjue of the 
App. — August and September. 
Loc. — Moors, Ivybridge ; Ugborough beacon ; Shaugh-downs ; 
St. Cleer downs; Whitsand-heights ; — Torquay, R B. R.; Exeter, 
E. P. 
253. N. xanthog-rapha, Schiff. 
Noctua xanthographa, SchifF. Wien. Verz. 83. 
Segetia xanthographa, West. & Hum. Brit. Motli. i. 143, pi. 29, fig. 9. 
• Noctua xanthographa, Staint. Man. i. 238. 
One of the commonest of British Noctuce, occurring in all the 
districts throughout both Devon and Cornwall. 
Family.— OETHOSID^, Gn. 
Gen. TRACKSA, Gii. 
254. T. piniperda. Esp. 
Noctua piniperda, Esp. Noct. 
Achatia spreta,, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 184, pi. 39, fig. 3-4. 
Trachea piniperda, Staint. Man. i. 250. 
Not common. Frequents sallow blossom in spring. 
Loc. — Bickleigh-vale ; Anthony ; — Devonport, J. S. D. ; Tor- 
quay, Dr. B. ; Haldon, H. D. ; near Dawlish, Dr. J. ; Exeter, 
E. P. 
Gen. THINZOCAIKIPA, Gn. 
255. T. G-otblca, Lin. 
Pha-Noctua gothica, Lin. Sys. Nat. ii. 851. 
Semiophora gothica, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 134, pi. 27, fig. 1. 
Tceniocampa gothica, Staint. Man. i. 242. 
Common in almost all the districts of both Devon and Cornwall. 
Often found in gas-lamps and obtained freely from the catkins of 
sallows. 
App. — Spring. 
Loc. — Gardens and lanes around Plymouth ; Bickleigh-vale ; — 
Torquay, R. B. R. ; Teignmouth, Dr. J. ; Exeter, E. P. ; Alphing- 
ton, H. D. ; Barnstaple, O. F. M. 
