Lppidoptera of Devon and Cornwall. 
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App. — October and November, and again in early spring, usually 
during February and March. 
Loc. — Plymouth ; Bickleigh-vale ; Tavistock ; Ivybridge ; Wem- 
bury ;— Torquay, B. B. R. ; Teignmouth, Dr. J. ; Exeter, E. P. ; 
Alphington, if. D. ; Barnstaple, G. F. M. 
273. C. spadicea, Schiff. 
Noctua spadicea, SchifF. Wien. Verz. 86. 
Gl(Ba suhnigra, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 149, pi. 30, fig. 7-8. 
Cerastis spadicea, Staint. Man. i. 249. 
Not so common as C. Vaccinii. 
The species, in this district of England, affords the usual com- 
plement of varieties. 
274. C. erythroceplialaf Schiff. 
Noctua erythrocephala, Schiff. Wien. Verz. 77. 
Cerastis erythrocephala, Staint. Man. i. 240. 
Very rare. ( Unique in Devon and Cornwall.) 
App, — November (the 5th). 
Loc. — Ivybridge (at " sugar.") 
Few local catalogues of Lepidoptera contain the three Cerastes. 
The Devonian and Cornish Fauna is, therefore, in this respect, 
rich. The smaller species ( C, Vaccinii and C. spadicea ) are both 
common moths ; and the rare C. erythrocephala was added to the 
list of local insects in 1856, when one was obtained at Ivybridge: 
no other, since that time, has been observed either in Devon or 
Cornwall. 
This moth was discovered to be British in 1847, when one 
example only was procured, which remained unique during nine 
years, until the second specimen was captured in Devonshire. 
Gen. SCOPS3:.OSOMA, Curt. 
275. S- satellitia, Lin. 
Pha-Noctua satellitia, Lin. Sys. Nat. ii. 855. 
Mecoptera satellitia, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 150, i^l. 30, fig. 9. 
Scopelosoma satellitia, Staint. Men. i. 250. 
Frequent, but not common. 
