William Noye of Paul
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William Noye
(1814-1872) was born at Paul
near Penzance
, Cornwall
and died in Australia
. He was an amateur entomologist and his paper on insects found in the Land’s End district was the first published account of the Cornish Lepidoptera
.
Noyes
Noyes, a surname and place name, may refer to:Norreys may refer to various members of, or estates belonging to, a landed family chiefly seated in the English counties of Berkshire and Lancashire....
(1814-1872) was born at Paul
Paul, Cornwall
Paul is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated two miles south of Penzance and one mile south of Newlyn.The village of Paul is represented on Penzance Town Council...
near Penzance
Penzance
Penzance is a town, civil parish, and port in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is approximately 75 miles west of Plymouth and 300 miles west-southwest of London...
, Cornwall
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
and died in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. He was an amateur entomologist and his paper on insects found in the Land’s End district was the first published account of the Cornish Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera
Lepidoptera is a large order of insects that includes moths and butterflies . It is one of the most widespread and widely recognizable insect orders in the world, encompassing moths and the three superfamilies of butterflies, skipper butterflies, and moth-butterflies...
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List of publications
- Noye, W. (1846) "List of Insects (Lepidoptera) found in the district of the Land's End". Trans. Penzance Nat. Hist. Antiq. Soc. 1: 90-94.
- Noye, W. (1846) "Observations on the Death's-head Moth (Acherontia atropos)". Trans. Penzance Nat. Hist. Antiq. Soc. 1: 122.
- Noye, W. (1846) "Capture of Acherontia atroposAcherontia atroposAcherontia atropos is the most widely-known of the three species of Death's-head Hawk moth. Acherontia species are notorious mainly for a vaguely skull-shaped pattern on the thorax.-Appearance:...
at Land's End 28.4.1846". Zoologist 4: 1345. - Noye, W. (1847) "Lists of Insects (Lepidoptera) found in the district of the Land's End". Trans. Penzance Nat. Hist. Antiq. Soc. 1: 164-168.
- Noye, W. (1848) "Lists of Insects (Lepidoptera) found in the district of the Land's End". Trans. Penzance Nat. Hist. Antiq. Soc. 1: 203-210.