Lepidoptera of Devon and Cornwall. 116 
Bombyx merttkastri, Schiff.-Mull. Wem, Verz. 64. — Wood. lud. Ent. t. 
7, fig. 73. 
Pkalcsna luh'icepeda, Lin. Sys. Nat. ii. 829. 
Spilosoma menthrastri, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 91, pi. 18, fig. 12-14.— 
Staint. Man. i. 147. 
Not uncommon. 
App. — May and June. 
Loc. — Plymouth ; Plymstock ; Kingsbridge ; Cornwood ; Tavis- 
tock ; Cotehele ; Liskeard ; — Torquay, R. B. R. ; Exeter, E. P. ; 
Barnstaple, G. F. M. ; Falmouth, Faun. Fal. 
128. S. lubricepeda, lAn. 
Phalcena lubricepeda, Lin. Sys. Nat. i. 505, ed. 10th. — Wood. Ind. Ent. 
pi. 5, fig. 76. 
Spilosoma lubricepeda. West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 92, pi. 18, fig. 17-19. 
—Staint. Man. i. 148. 
Abundant. 
App. — June and July. 
A very common insect in almost every garden throughout Devon 
and Cornwall ; where, during the later summer months, the larvae are 
great pests to the cultivators of plants. 
Gen. DZAPKORA, Steph. 
129. D. mendica, Lin. 
Phalcena mendAca, Lin. Faun. Suec. 1127. — Wood. Ind. Ent. pi. 7, fig. 
77-78. 
Cycnia mendica, West. & Hum. Brit. Moth. i. 92, pi. 18, fig. 20-22. 
Diapjhora mendica, Staint. Man. i. 148. 
Not common. 
App. — May. 
Loc. — Lipson ; Catte-down ; Crabtree ; Plympton ; Bovisand ; 
Whitsand Cliffs ; Saltash ;— Torquay, Dr. B. ; Exeter, E. P. ; 
Barnstaple, G. F. M. 
A marked characteristic of this species is that of the male being 
black and the female white. It is not so plentiful in the vicinity of 
Plymouth as it has been in past years. 
Gen. CAZiZiZMOZtPKA, Lat. 
130. C. Jacobseae, Lin. 
