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One of our commonest NoctucB, occurring commonly, and fre- 
quently in profusion, in every district. It is seen during the day 
hovering over all kinds of flowers ; at night, darting at every kind 
of light, and paying visits to the "sugar" lure of the Lepidopterist. 
The caterpillar makes its diet off a large number of very dissimilar 
plants, and is found everywhere, 
Ayp. — May — November. 
350. P. interrog>ationls, TAn. 
Pha-Noctua intenogationis, Faun. Suec. — Sys. Nat. ii. 844. 
Plusia interrogationis, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 235, pi. 51, fig. 6. — Staint. 
Man. i. 308. 
This is included in the list of the NoctucB of Devon and Corn- 
wall, on the authority of two Lepidopterists : — Lieut. R. B. Reed, 
12th Regt., who gives Torquay as the locality of his capture ; and 
Mr. J. S. Dell, of Devonport, who reports having taken a specimen 
near Cann Quarry, Bickleigh-vale. 
The occurrence of P. interrogationis in the south-west of Eng- 
land will probably cause some surprise to general, as well as 
to some local Lepidopterists, as it has been hitherto considered 
exclusively a north of England species. It is admitted into this 
Catalogue, as two entomologists have recorded its capture; and 
thus the distrust, that would inevitably have arisen had the 
insect been noticed by one only, is to a great extent removed. 
Family— GONOPTEEIDiE, Gn. 
Gen. GONOPTERA, Lat. 
351. a. liibatrix, Lin. 
Pha-Bombyx Libatrix, Lin. Sys. Nat. ii. 831. 
Gonoptcra Libatrix, Staint. Man. i. 309. 
Common in and about gardens and outhouses. 
App. — August and September; and hybernates till spring, and 
continues until the end of May. LarvcB found on willow and 
poplar. 
Loc. — Throughout DjQvon and Cornwall. 
