^^'^^ LIST (.)F YOHKSHIEE LEPIDOPTEKA, Ql- ENTOMOLOGICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE YORKSHIRE NATLRALISTS' UNION. VOL. 2. LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTEEA GEORGE T: PORiaTT, F.L.S., F.E.8.. Ex-Presidext of the Yorkshire XATURA>*^'^^^piiii«x)''w* SECOND EDITIOX. LONDON: A. BROWN & SONS, Ltd., r., Fakkixgdox Avexue, E.G. Januakv 19(14. BIBLIOGIIAPHY OF THE VOLUME. 1904 Jani ARY. — Slieet of Title and Preface, in Part 30 of Trans. V.X.U. 1S83 April.— Sheet A, in Part 5 of Trans. Y.N.U. 18S3 Ji LY.^Sheets B, C, D, E, F, consliliitcd Part 6 of Trans. Y.N.U. 1SS4 May.— .Sheets G, H, I, K, in Part 7 of Trans. Y.X.I'. 1886 March.— Sheets L, M, in Part 9 of Trans. Y.X.U. 1903 December. — Sheets X\ O, P, Q, R, constituted Part 30 of Trans. Y.X.U. LIST OF YOEKSHIEE LEPIDOrTERA. PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION. As twenty years have elapsed since the publication of the " List of Yorkshire Lepidoptera," it seems desirable that a Supplement to that List should now be published. Such Supplement, it appears to me, should consist of (1) a list with the necessary particulars of the additional species ; (II) a list of the additional localities of the hitherto known but more or less local species ; (III) remarks on that local variation in which so much interest has, from its extraordinary character, been taken by our students of the Lepidoptera during- the past fifteen years or more. That our county had been well worked is proved by the fact that the twenty years have only added fifty-three species to the former list, including- one, Scoparia higratalis, which is now, with good reason, only regarded as a variety of the common S. pyralalis ; and another, Erastria fuscula, which I can only as yet regard as a very doubtful Yorkshire species. For obvious reasons the same arrangement, nomenclature, and abbreviations are adopted as in the former list. The new species then, denoted by a * in the Supplement List, stand as follows : — Sphinx pinastri, Ennomos autumnaria, Boletobia fuliginaria, Fidonia pinetaria, Eupithecia isogrammata, Thera juniperata, jMelanippe unaniJ^ulata, Xylophasia zollikoferi, Laphygma exig-ua, Heliothis peltigera, Erastria fuscula, Spilodes palealis, Scoparia ingratalis, Crambus sylvellus, Crambus uliginosellus, Ephestia kiihniella, Tortrix diversana, Peronea maccana, Penthina ochromelana, Spilonota rosascolana, Sciaphila sinuana, Phoxopteryx siculana, Phoxopteryx diminutana, Ephippiphora tetragonana, Semasia janthinana, Coccyx cosmophorana, Coccyx nanana, Retinia turionana, Dicrorampha saturnalia, Dicrorampha acuminatana, Lobesia servillana, Eupoecilia dubitana, Eupcecilia vectisana, Psyche opacella, Nemotois fasciellus, Depressaria weirella, Gelechia tetragonella, Gelechia sangiella, Butalis grandipennis, Roslerstammia erxlebenella, Gracilaria omissella, Trans. Y.X.U. Series D, Vol. :;. Dec. 1903. Coleophora bicolorella, Laverna raschkiella, Laverna phragmitella, Elachista pallidum, Lithocolletis cavella, Lithocolletis sorbi, Lithocolletis cerasicolella, Lithocolletis torminella, Bucculatrix frangiilella. Nepticula serella, Pterophorus punctidactylus, Pterophorus pallidum. Of these fifty-three the great majority, as might be expected, belong to the Micro-lepidoptera ; only eleven belong to the "macros," and of them, seven at least, .S". piiiasfri, E. autunm- (H'ia, B. Juligiiiaria, F. pinefariii, X. zoUikoferi, L. cxigiia, and E. fitsciila, cannot be regarded as anything more than "casuals." Of the "micros," the discovery of several not only added them to the Yorkshire, but to the British List ; one of them, indeed, G. tetragoncUa^ was new to science, and another, X. serella, was practically so. Against the new additions, there were ten species in- cluded in the original list, which on further investigation and experience, I am now convinced ought never to have been included, as follows : — Acidalia interjectaria, Nonagria cannae, Cledeobia angustalis, Stenia punctalis, Phycis ornatella, Ebulea verbascalis, OrthotEenia antiquana, Retinia resinana, Conchylis gigantana, Pterophorus phaeodactylus. Besides these, the following species had better be regarded as recorded in error, until confirmed by further undoubted specimens : — Sesia apiformis, Nola strigula, Emmelesia taeniata, Phibalapteryx polygrammata, Hadena genista?. Deleting these fifteen species will leave a net addition of thirty-eight to the original list, or a total of 1379 for Yorkshire. The new localities have largely increased our knowledge of the distribution of many species in our county; and the "light" traps used so systematically at Everingham b}' Mr. J. Sumner have also proved that many species which we formerly considered to be rare, are in reality quite common. This method of capture had never been much worked io Yorkshire until Mr. Sumner adopted it, and as it immediately proved an irresistible attraction to many species which were formerly comparatively seldom taken, the inference is, that the same method of work would be equally successful in other districts. When it is seen that such species as Litliosia coiuphnnila, Paxilocanipa popiili, Notodonta dicffcoidcs, Liipei'iiui ci'spifis, Tccnioca7npa opima, Cirnedia xcraDipcUuu^ Petasia cassi'nea, Pericallia syriiigaria^ Eniwmos dugularia, Nyssia hispidaria^ Amphydasis prodromaria, Timandra oma- taria, Melanippc unangidata^ and many others, were taken in abundance in the traps by Mr, Sumner, it will be at once realised what a valuable adjunct this method of capture may be made. Perhaps it is fortunate too that nearly all the specimens taken at "light" are males, as the females are thus left to deposit their eggs, and to perpetuate their species. Why the females should fail to be attracted, except in comparatively rare instances, is not easily accounted for, but such is the case. Trans. V.N.U. Series I), Vol. z- Dec. 1903. Through the work too of Messrs. T. Ashton LofthoLise, F. Elgee, W, Sachse, and others, we have learned a good deal about the species occurring in Cleve- land, an important area of our county, in which, except in one or two localities, but little had been done at the time of the publication of the former list. Mr. B. Morley too, has done splendid work at Skelmanthorpe, an outlying part of the Huddersfield district, but in many respects different in character to the parts uf that district which had for many years been worked so assiduously and well. It is not surprising, therefore, that Mr. Morley turned up a number of species which were rare, and some which were altogether absent, even only several miles away, notably Xanthia aurago and Eiiperia fiilvago, though as the latter is evidently rapidly extending its range, it is likely enough that it has only very recentl}- reached Skelman- thorpe. The micro-lepidoptera have had two excellent workers in the Rev. C. D. Ash and Mr. H. H. Corbett, but unfortu- nately these gentlemen appear to be the only lepidopterists who have done any systematic work in the group. They have, however, had a good coadjutor in Mr. J. Sumner, who, although not specially interested in micros himself, took the trouble to set and get named such species as came into his moth traps, and thereby did much valuable service. By one or another, many old and single records have been confirmed by captures in new localities ; but in the group there is still very much to be done, and there is no doubt whatever, that with more workers, many additional species would still be added to our list ; and it is not too much to expect they would include some new to Britain, and possibly new to science. Perhaps no subject in connection with Lepidoptera lias proved of greater interest to Yorkshire lepidopterists, and especially to those of the Western division, than Melanism. Towards twenty years ago, it began to be noticed that various species of which a black or nearly black specimen iliad occasionally been taken, were producing these dark forms in increasing numbers, several of them rather rapidly. Long- before then, indeed, a perfectly black form of Ainpliy- dasis betiilaria was well known, but at that time was so comparatively seldom taken as to be regarded as a rarity. Now it has not only become the dominant form, but in probably most of the South West Riding area has practically altogether ousted the original pale ordinary form. In the Huddersfield district, I have only seen one pale specimen during the past eight or nine years, and a typical specimen is quite a rarity now compared with what the black form was even in the time of my collecting- experience. Other -species which are going rapidly in the same direction are, Pliigalia pilosaria^ Boarmia repaiidata^ Tephrosia biiindidaria^ Hybemiia progeinmaria^ Oporabici dilutata, Larcntia miilti- slrigaria, Them variaia, Acronycta rumicis^ Polia c/u\ Hydroca>iipa iiyinphcealis, and Diiiriiea fagella, and in some of these indeed in the South Western division, the black .specimens seem already to preponderate. Besides these there are several species which, although comparatively pale in most counties in Britain, have been darker in Yorkshire, so far as we know, ever since any interest was taken in lepidoptera. Among- them may be mentioned Boarmia rhomboidaria , Scodiona belgiaria, Mclanippc tristata^ Cidaria fesfata, Notodonta cainelina, Notodonta dromedarius^ Notodonta dodomca, Acronycta leporina^ Apaniea oculea (in the South West), Miana strigilis, Epunda vitninalis, etc., and whether they too were originally pale with us, we are now unable to determine. The species in our county in which Melanism has become so strongly developed that in various districts Trans. Y.N. I'. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. black, or nearly black specimens are now regularly obtained, are : — Odontopera bidentata, Phigalia pilosaria, Amphydasis betularia, Boarmia repandata, Tephrosia biundularia, Venusia cambricaria, Hybernia progemmaria, Oporabia dilutata, Larentia multistrigaria, Eupithecia castigata, Eupilhecia albipunctata, Hypsipetes impluviata, Hypsipetes elutata, Cidaria russata, Cidaria immanata, Acronycta megacephala, Acronycta ligustri, Acronycta rumicis, Acronycta menyanthidis, Xylophasia polyodon, Apamea oculea, Miana strigilis, Epunda viminalis, Hydrocampa nympha^alis, Scoparia mercuralis, Tortrix pyrastrana, Sciaphila virgaureana, Sciaphila octomaculana, Diurnea fagella. Other species of which specimens so much darker than the typical forms are so frequently taken as to indicate that they too are gradually being influenced towards the same end, include : — Hepialus hectus (the female), Arctia fuliginosa, Arctia mendica, Arctia lubricipeda, Bombyx quercus (var. calluna?), Ennomos fuscantaria, Fidonia atomaria, Abraxas ulmata, Hybernia aurantiaria, Hybernia defoliaria, Eubolia palumbaria, Cymatophora diluta, Xylophasia rurea, Ag-rotis segetum, Ag-rotis tritici, Polia flavocincta, Agriopis aprilina, Aplecta nebulosa, Hadena dentina, Cloantha solidaginis, Scoparia cembrse, and probably many of the micro-lepidoptera. As has already been stated this melanism is in Yorkshire far more prevalent in the South West than in other parts, and except in similar districts in Lancashire occurs but little anywhere else in Britain. Many theories have been ad- vanced to account for it, but none of which seem to be thoroughly satisfactory. As, however, it has been clearly shown that melanism prevails far more in the manufacturing- districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire, and consequently where the atmosphere is largely polluted with smoke, than elsewhere, my own inclination leans to the theory that this smoke, along with damp, is the most probable cause. The trees, walls, moorlands, etc., in these districts become so Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. z. Dec. 1903. blackened by the soot which sticks to them throug-h the rain and damp, that the pale forms which rest on trunks of trees, walls, and the dark herbage of the moors, are by the now generally accepted theory of the "survival of the fittest," gradually eliminated, and only the dark forms left. But that this theory is far from proved is evidenced by exceptions so marked, as sufficient no doubt to cause its rejection by many. As an instance, the form of Acro)iycta menyiniiliidis which occurs right in the area of melanism in our smoky South West district, and where it is common, is almost invariably of the palest form we know, and a black specimen is never seen; whereas on the heaths near York and Selby, where there is practically no smoke, the black form is abundant, and Mr. Samuel Walker informs me that at York no specimen is ever seen so pale as the West Yorkshire moth. The same applies to Abraxas ahnata at Sledmere, the ordinary pale form only occurring in South West York- shire. Melanism is also developed in several other North and East Yorkshire species, but as it is in species which do not occur in the southern districts, the same comparisons cannot be made. Moreover, there are at least two species common in South West Yorkshire which are distinctly paler than in most of the southern counties. The yellow colour in the male Fidonia piniaria, so prevalent all over the south of England, is replaced in all our northern counties by pure white ; and the Dover district is the only known locality where Cidan'a siiffumata occurs as pale as it is in South Yorkshire. York- shire Strenia clathrata too have a pure white ground colour as against a yellow ground colour in the southern counties; and the York Lithosia helvcola are paler than elsewhere. It is satisfactory to note that the scientific importance of melanism is so great, that the Royal Society has appointed a Committee to, if possible, thoroughly investigate its causes. A considerable amount of information has been forwarded from our own county, and with Professor Bateson at the head of the Committee, we may hope with confidence that some satisfactory solution may be forthcoming-. It now remains for me to thank most sincerely all the numerous lepidopterists, whose names are appended, in addition to some of those whose names appear in the original list, who have so willingly furnished the localities and information which have enabled me to place on record, I think with tolerable accuracy, what we know of the lepidopterous fauna of our county at this time. It is a satisfaction to know too, as will be judged from the list of helpers, that the devotees of this fascinating branch of natural history science, show no sign of diminishing^ numbers. Angel, Arthur, 2, Waverley St., Groves, York. y Ash, Rev. Cyril D., B.A., '^ Skipwith Vicarage, near Selby. Barker, Reginald H., Grosvenor Bank, Scarborough. Beanland, J., 7, Oulton Terrace, Keighley. Booth, F., Alexandra Square, Saltaire . Boult, J. W., 50, Washington Street, Hull. ... / Brady, L. S., 68, Hunter House Road, Sheffield. Broadley, A., Keighley Cauldwell, C, i. Park Avenue, Hull Clutten, W. G., 10, Hallowell Street, Burnley... Corbett, H. H., M.R.C.S., 9, Priory Road, Doncaster. Dennis, George C. (the late), York Elgee, F., 23, Kensington Road, Middlesbrough. Emsley, F., i, Victoria Terrace, Belle Vue Road, Leeds. F.K. Fieldhouse, T., 24, Washington Street, Girlington, Bradford. T. Fieldhouse. Trans. Y.N.L'. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. A. A. C.D.A. R.H.B. J.B. F.B. J.W.B. L.S.B. A.B. C.C. W.G.C. H.H.C. G.C.D. F.E. Gibson-Robertshaw, A., Ellenroyde, Midgley, Luddenden Foot. A. G-R, Hall, A. E., F.E.S., Norbury, Pitsmoor, Sheffield. A.E.H. Halliday, E., Salisbury Place, Akroydon, Halifax. E. Halliday. Hawkins, J., Tower Street, York J. Hawkins. Hewett, William, 12, Howard Street, York. ... W.H. Jackson, George (the late), York G.J. Johnson, W., 4, St. John Street, Beverley. ... W.J. Lowther, J. R., Crane Hill, Beverley J.R.L. Lofthouse, T. Ashton, F.E.S., The Croft, Linthorpe, Middlesbrough. T.A.L.. Mansbridge, W., 27, Elenbank Road, Sefton Park, Liverpool. W.M, Meldrum, T., Ripon. T.M. Morley, B., Wind Mill, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield. B.M. Pickering, W.J. ... W.J. P. /■ Porter, J., 60, Tadman Street, / Hessle Road, Hull. J. Porter. Sachse, W., 17, Kensington Road, Middlesbrough. W. S. Sumner, J., St. Andrews, Ilketshall, Bungay, Suffolk. J. Sumner. Thompson, Ben Blaydes, 6, Benson Road, Forest Hill, London, S.E. B.B.T. Tunstall, Wilmot, F.E.S., Brook House, Meltham, near Huddersfield. W. Tunstall. Walker, Samuel, Queen Anne's Road, York.... S.\\'. Whitaker, Arthur, Saville House, Worsborough, near Barnsley. A.W. Wigin, J., Methley, near Leeds J-W. Wright, Albert E., 60, Tentre Street, Burnley. A.E.W. Yorkshire Naturalists' L'nion ^'.X.U. Young, J. N. (the late), Rotherham J-N-Y. I have also to express my indebtedness to my friend Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, F.L.S., for valuable sus-g-estions and XVI PREPACK. assistance during- the passing- of the " Supplement" through the press. In the preface to the original list it was stated that probably our four best localities for general collecting were Askham Bogs, Edlington Wood, Bishop's Wood, and Thorne Waste. To these may now be added Everingham, Sandburn, Sledmere, and Wheatley Wood. It may be ex- plained too that this last locality — Wheatley Wood — is the same wood, near Doncaster, which in the original list was designated as the Green Farm Wood. It is now almost universal!}^ known as Wheatley Wood, it has therefore been thought best to call it by that name in the " Supplement." HUDDERSFIELD, J I at December^ ^9^3' V.X.U. Series D, Vol. .:. Dec. 1903. ENTOMOLOGICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. VOL. 2. LIST YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA V GEORGE T. PORRITT, F.L.S., Iember of the Entomological Society of London ; President of the Entomological Section of the Yorkshike Naturalists' Union. LEEDS : PRINTED FOR TH^YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION BY TAYLOR BROTHERS. 1883. A LIST OF THE LEPIDOPTERA KNOWN TO OCCUR IN YORKSHIRE. By G. T. PORRITT, F.L.S., President, Etttoiiiological Section, Yorkshire Naturalists'' Union. For four years, except when the state of my health has pre- vented it, I have been carefully collecting all the information I could respecting the lepidopterous fauna of our large county. And as a good portion of the county has been fairly well worked for many years, the result is a highly satisfactory list. I have to thank most sincerely kind friends all over the county for sending me the results of their investigations ; and I have also culled largely from nearly all the available entomological literature. Specially must I acknowledge my great indebtedness to Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, the energetic secretary of our union, who for many years has assiduously collected together as published, nearly all the information relating to the entire fauna of York- shire. His collected records of the lepidoptera would of them- selves have made a fair county catalogue, and he unreservedly placed them all in my hands for incorporation in the present list. Many species and localities given in some of the older works, and indeed in some of the more recent records, I have been compelled to omit, the evidence in such cases not appearing to me to be sufficiently conclusive to warrant them a place. In most cases I have thought it advisable to give an authority for the species, though in a great many instances the species and localities are also vouched for by several other lepidopterists 2 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Generally the name of the town is given as sufficiently indicating the locality of the species, but in such well-known and favourite collecting grounds as Askham Bog, Edlington Wood, Bishop's Wood, Thorne Waste, etc., these are given in preference for such species as are known to occur there, though frequently they will also be found all round the adjoining city and towns of York, Doncaster, Selby, and Goole, respectively. I consider the four localities just alluded to about the best in our county for general collecting, we know at present. Of Askham Bog, Mr. W. Brest says he " never met with a place more prolific in insect life." And Mr. William Warren, of Cambridge, who collected at Don- caster from 1866 to 1876, says he knows "no place so rich in species, for so small a compass, as a small wood, one-and-a-half miles out of the town of Doncaster." Probably in the future, however, other at present comparatively unexplored spots will prove to be equally productive. The mOst unproductive parts are undoubtedly the cold, clayey districts of the South West Riding, and the paucity of lepidopterous life in them is certainly very discouraging to an enthusiastic student. Mr. N. F. Dobree's " Beverley " must often be understood to include the district of Holderness generally ; while Mr. A. Doncaster's " Sheffield " takes in a considerable radius round that town, in order to include several favourite localities of the old Sheffield collectors, some miles distant. For the sake of brevity I have generally given the initials of the person who vouches for the locality of a species, the lepidop- terists thus represented being as follows : — Allis, T. H. (the late), of York T.H.A. Birchall, Edwin, F.L.S., Derby Square, Douglas, Isle of Man, formerly of Leeds. ... E.B. Butterfield, E. P. P., Wilsden, Bingley E.P.P.B. Carrington, J. T., F.L.S., Royal Aquarium, Westminster, London. J.T.C. Carter, J. W., 24, Valley Street, Valley Road, Bradford. J.W.C. Trans.V.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. INTRODUCTION. 3 Clarke, Wm. Eagle, F.L.S., 5, East View, Hyde Park Road, Leeds. W.E.C Cook, Robert, 30, Collier Gate, York R.C. Dobree, N. R, The New Walk, Beverley N.F.D. Doncaster, Arthur, 36, Strand, London, W.C., formerly of Sheffield. A.D. Dunning, J. W., M.A., F.L.S., 12, Old Square, Lincoln's Inn, London, W.C. J.W.D. Foster, Thomas, 6, Wren Lane, Selby T.F. Grassham, John, 11, Meanwood Street, Leeds. ... J.G. Harris, Rev. G. P., M.A., Hawes Vicarage, Bedale, formerly of Richmond. G.P.H. Harrison, John, 7, Victoria Bridge, Barnsley. ... J.H. Hartley, Bernard, Park View, Pontefract B.H. Hawley, J., 55, Hall Gate, Doncaster J. Hawley. Hebson, R., Selby R.H. Horton, Rev. E., Wick, Worcester E.H. Inchbald, Peter, F. L.S., Fulwith Grange, Harrogate, formerly of Huddersfield. P.L Lawson, Major, High Street, Bridlington M.L. -Lawton, P. W., Easington, Hull P.W.L. Madden, Rev. G. C. B., B.A., Armitage Bridge Vicarage, Huddersfield. G.C.B.M. Morris, Rev. F. O., Nunburnholme Rectory, York. F.O.M. Mosley, S. L., Beaumont Park, Huddersfield. ... S.L.M. Pickles, James, Woodhouse Hill, Hunslet, Leeds. J. P. Porritt, G. T., F.L.S., Huddersfield G.TP. Prest, William, 13, Holuate Road, York W.P. Richardson, C. W., St. John's Grove, Wakefield. C.W.R. Rockett, Miss Kate, Snaith Hall, Selby K.R. Roebuck, Wm. Denison, Sunny Bank, Leeds. ... W.D.R. Rowntree, J. H., West wood, Scarborough J.H.R. Sang, John, 6, Chestnut Street, Darlington. ... J. Sang. Smethurst, Charles, 25, Chatham Street, Leeds. ... C.S. Smith, John, Bramham J.Sm. Talbot, William (thelate). Mount Pleasant, Wakefield. W.T. 4 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Taylor, John W., Potternewton Lodge, Leeds. ... J.W.T. Taylor, W. H., of London, formerly of Leeds. ... W.H.T. Tyers, George, 68, Belle Vue Road, Leeds. ... G.T. Varley, James (the late), Almondbury Bank, Huddersfield. ... J.V. Warren, William, 51, Bridge Street, Cambridge, formerly of Doncaster. W.W. Wilkinson, Thomas (the late), Scarborough. ... T.W. Wilson, Thomas, Holgate, York. .'. T.Wilson. I have also availed myself of information contained in the following works and journals : — Entomologist. Series. Entomologist's Annual. 1855 to 1873. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. Series. Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer. 1856 to 1861. Hobkirk's " Huddersfield, its History and Natural History." 1868. Morris's "British Butterflies and Moths." Naturalist. Old and New Series. Newman's " British Butterflies." 1871. Stainton's " Manual of British Butterflies and Moths." 1857. Transactions of Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. 1877 to 1S80. Young Naturalist. 1879 to 1S82. Yorkshire Naturalist's Recorder. 1872-3. Zoologist. Series. The arrangement followed is that of M. Guenee, as com- piled by the late Mr. Henry Doubleday in his " Synonymic List of British Lepidoptera," that arrangement being the one adopted in my own collection, and probably in most others in our county. I believe that so far as the macro-lepidoptera are concerned, the list will be as nearly accurate as it is possible to make it ; and I have no hope that many more additions will be made to the number of species. Of the micro-lepidoptera I cannot speak with as much certainty, as I know but little about the Tortrices, and still less about the Tineina, and have consequently had to rely Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. INTRODUCTION. 5 almost entirely on the lists supplied and on published informa- tion, without being able to give them the thoroughly sifting process applied to the raacro-lepidoptera. The group has been but very imperfectly worked, and although the list is probably a nearly accurate one of what is known, the next few years will doubtless add considerably to it. An analysis of the entire list shews that we have T343 known Yorkshire species out of 2031 British species, made u]) as follows : — Yorkshire. British Diurni 48 out of 64 Nocturni 80 112 GeometrcC ... 207 278 Drepanulfe 3 6 Pseudo-Bombyces ... ... 19 27 Noctuse 225 309 Deltoides 8 14 Aventiae I „ I Pyralides ... 46 75 Crambites 39 80 Tortrices ... 201 , 334 Tineina 447 700 Pterophorina 18 31 Alucitina .. I ,, I 1343 2031 The abbreviations used by Mr. Stainton, in his " Manual," thus : — ! signifying common, !! signifying abundant, as being those to which we are most accustomed, are adopted. But it must not be supposed for localities where these signs do not appear, that the species in them is necessarily not "common" or " abundant," for in many, indeed in most, lists sent in, there was no indication whatever given as to the relative scarcity or abundance of species. 0 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRF: LEPIDOPTERA. I purposely avoid saying anything about the geology or botany of our county, as, although they have of course interest- ing relationship to, and close connection with, the lepidopterous fauna, they have already been fully dealt with by other members of our Union, in other portions of our " Transactions," or in separate works which treat of the respective branches of science. LEPIDOPTEHA. DIURNI. Papilio Machaon L. There is satisfactory evidence that this fine species formerly occurred with us, aUhough it has long been extinct. At jiage 27 of Haworth's " Lepidoptera Britannica" (1803) we read "I know Machaon,\\\^ common swallow-tailed Papilio^ breeds near Beverley yet, and my brother-in-law, R. Scales, of Walworth, near London, possesses a specimen of it which was taken there seven years since." Leucophasia sinapis /.. Rare. Once near Doncaster in 1837 (Morris BiiL Butt., p. 29): Huddersfield, one (/'./); Sheffield {A.D.) Pieris brassicse L. Abundant everywhere. Pieris rapae Z. Abundant everywhere. Pieris napi L. Abundant everywhere. Anthocharis cardamines L. Gentrallycommon throughout the county, but less so in some parts of the West Riding. Gonepteryx rhamni L. Of general occurrence (except in the coal districts of the West Riding, where it is rare), but scarcely so common as the last. The variety Cleopatra occurred at Thrybergh Park, near Rotherham, June 27th, i860 {Rev. H. A. Fickard, Ent. IF. Int., viii. 17 1-2, Sep. i860). Colias Edusa Fab. This species is of very irregular appear- ance, but has occurred in all parts of the county. In 1877 it was especially plentiful, and probably there was scarcely a district unvisited by it. Some of the localities given are as follows : — Arthington, several in 1877 {C.S.) ; Askern {W. Nelson); Barnsley (/.Z?^.) ; Batley ((9^r(?r Wildsmith); 8 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Bingley {E.P.P.B.) ; Bolton Abbey (G. Roberts) ; Bradford {J.W.C.); Bramham ^J.Sni.); Bridlington {M.L.); Flamborough Head, about a score on June 27th 1877 ( ^• £. Turner) ; Goole {H. F. Parsons) ; Huddersfield, one in my own collection, taken at Shepley in 1870 {G.T.P.); a few previously and several in 1877 {Ilobkirk's History of Huddersfield, G.T.P. and S.L.M); Hull (/ Yomig) ; WW&j {B.H); Lartington (/ 6^(?/y///.) ; Spurn Head, occasionally ( JV.E. C.) ; Wakefield, quite common in 1877 ( ff^ 7^) j Wath-upon-Dearne {H. Payne); York{JV.P.) The variety Helice has occurred at Richmond {/. Sang) ; two at Wakefield, in 1877 (H. Lunih) ; and two at York, in 1877 {Messrs. Hind.) Colias Hyale L. Very rare, but has occurred at Heslington Field, near York, eight specimens in 1842 (i?.C, Zool., 1847, v. 1844), also Sept. 3rd, 1842 {T. H. Aliis, in New- man's Entoni., Dec, 1842) ; Horningsea ( W. JV.) ; Selby {R.H. and T.F.); and York {Mr. Robinson in Stainton's Manual). Argynnis Paphia L. Distributed, but not by any means common. Bishop's Wood (/.a) ; Edhngton Wo()d(/.^.); Huddersfield, very rare {P.P.) ; Maltby, Sheffield {yJ.D.) ; Pontefract (^.j^.) ; Richmond {/. Sang); Scarborough {J.H.R.); Wakefield, rare {W.T.); York {R. C, Entom., Feb., 1842). Argynnis Aglaia L. Perhaps still rarer than the last. Flamborough Head {E.H.); Maltby, Sheffield {A.D.) ; Pontefract {B.H.); Scarborough {J.H.R.) ; Selby(^.^ and r.A'); Wakt-field, rare ( ^Z); Whitby! ( W.E. C.) ; York ( W.P., Entom., x. 130). Trans. Y.N. I'. Scries D, Vol. :i. Argynnis Adippe Fab. Bishop's Wood (IV.E.C); Scar- borough {T.U:); Sheffield {A.£>.); Pontefract (^.ZT.) ; York {R. C. and Staintonh Manual ). Argynnis Lathonia L. Two specimens of this very rare species are recorded. One on Oliver's Mount, Scar- borough, in September, i2>6?> { J. B.I\.) ; the other near York {E.B., New/nan's " Buttef-Jlies" p. 35). Argynnis Euphrosyne Z. Occurs in many places, but is not often common. Askham Bog {W.F.) ; Bishop's Wood !!(/(?.) ; Bramham ! {J.S.) ; Castle Howard ( W.P., Nat. v. 176) ; Doncaster {J.H.) ; Goole {H. Hall) ; Huddersfield, very rare {J.V.); Richmond (/. Sang); Roche Abbey {W. H. Smith, Ent. W. Int., iv. 85) ; Scarborough {J.H.R.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield, rare ( W. T.) ; York ( W.F., Ent. JV. Lit., 1858,/. 123). Argynnis Selene Fab. Askham Bog( W.F.); Bawtry {J.B.); Bishop's Wood {/.G.) ; Bramham Park {W.H.T.) ; Edlington Wood [F. O. Morris, Brit. Butt., i860, /. 108); Sandbeck Park {John Beppenstali)\ Scar- borough (/^.i?.) ; Sheffield (^.Z?.); Pontefract (^.^); Tadcaster; York {W.F., Ent. IV. Int., iv. 123). Melitaea Artemis Fab. Askham Bog {JKF.); Leeds (E.B.) ; Hunslet, one in Middleton Wood {J.F.) ; Sand- beck Park, Lord Scarborough's {John Heppenstall, New- man's Entoni., Aug., 1842); Selby. {R.H. and T.F.); Sheffield {A.D.); York {IV.F.) Vanessa C-album L. Distributed, but only common in a few localities. Has occurred at Add Blackmoor, near Leeds {IV.H.T.); Askham Bog, " in the rough field adjoining the middle bog" {IV. R); Bishop's Wood {JG.); regularly at Uoncaster {J. Haioley) ; Green Hammerton, lO PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. sometimes abundant {John ffarrisou, of Wihtrop Hall ) ; Halifax {E.B., Nezamati's " Butterflies" p. 151); Helms- ley, abundant on September 5th, 1872 {F. Raine, Entom., vi. 236) ; Pocklington {A. W. Griggen, Ent. IV. Int., 1858,/. 179); Pontefract (^.Z^) ; Rotherham, abundant in 1856 {W. Thomas, Ent. W. Lit., i. 180, 1856) ; Scar- borough !! ( T. W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield ( W. T.) ; ^N\^\\hy\{W.E.C.) Vanessa urticae L. More or less common all over the county. Mr. John Grassham took the variety No. 3 of New- man's " Butterflies," at Bishop's Wood ; and Mr. S. L. Mosley records a peculiarly dark variety at Bradford, in 1877. Vanessa polychloros L. Not uncommon, but not often taken in numbers. Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bishop's Wood {J.G.) ; Bradford, rare {/. W.C.) ; Doncaster {J. Hatvley); Halifax {Neiv- man's " Butterflies ") ; Huddersfield {G.T.P.) ; Horbury {G. T.P.) ; Leeds (/ G.) ; Scarborough {T. IV.) ; Sheffield [A.D.) ; Wakefield {W.T.); York ( W.F.) Vanessa Antiopa L. This fine and rare species has at different times been taken in almost every part of the county. In 1872 it occurred in numbers all over England, and in our own county was almost common, being observed or taken at the following places : — Barnsley, six specimens {J.H.) ; two of these are in my own cabinet {G.T.P.) ; Beverley, in numbers {F. Boyes); Bradford {J W.C); Cleckheaton {J. Firth); Driffield ( JV. H. Jennings) ; Helmsley, two {F. Raine) ; Hornsea {F. Boyes); Huddersfield, several {G.T.P. and S.L.M.); Hull; Keighley (/ T Calvert); Leeds, several {J.G.) ; Malton, seven {W.P.) ; Richmond {G.P.H.) ; Saltburn ; Scarborough, two {J.H.R.); York, rrans.Y.N.U. Series O, Vol. 2. DIURNI. II four (IF. I".) ; Wakefield (IKT.); and in many other places. Other records include in 1858, Brough (Z!^.^.) Huddersfield — and another in March, 1859 {J.V.) Ossett {W. Ullyatt)- Pocklington {A. IF. Griggen) Redcar {E. J. Martin); Whitby, several (IFE.C). At Edlington Wood, Doncaster, in 1875 {J-H.) Kirkstall, in 1875 (C W. Liversedge) ; P'iley, in 1876 {G. D. Armitage) ; Bramham, in 1879 {/-S'H-) ; Bradford, two in 1880; York, two in 1880; Barden Tower, in Wharfedale, 1 88 1 {E. P.P. B. ) ; Doncaster {J.G.); ^i^oxi, \.\NO {R. Blakebomugh); Selby(C-5.); Sheffield {A.D.) ; and Tadcaster {H. Wright). Vanessa lo L. Not so abundant as in many counties, but occurs in greater or less numbers at Askham Bog ( IF. P.) ; Barnsley (/i^); Bishop's Wood {/.G.); Bradford!! {/.U\C.); Bramham ! {J.Sm.); Bridlington (ALL.); Huddersfield (6\ 7:/^.); Hunslet (/.i'.); Knaresborough ! {IF.D.R.); Leeds (^.^.); Market Weighton ( /KP.) ; Otley ( JF.D.R.) ; Ovenden {/ohn^ Hirst) ; Pannal ( JF.n.R.) ; Pontefract (R.H.) ; Raskelf ((?. T.) ; Rich- mond(/. Sang); Rigton {G.T.) ; Scarborough! {/.H.R.); Saltburn {/.P.); Sheffield {A.B.); Thirsk(/a); Wake- field ( JF.T.) ; Whitby ( JF.E.C.) Vanessa Atalanta L. Generally common throughout the county. Vanessa cardui L. Occurs periodically all over the county, and was very common everywhere in 1879. Arge Galathea L. At one time a well-known Yorkshire butterfly, but now probably extinct. " Near Beverley formerly, but probably extinct there" (JV.F.n.). " I have taken A. Galathea at Marr, near Don- caster, and on Buttercrambe Moor, near Stamford Bridge " {F. O. Morris, ''British Butterflies^' 1860,/. 34). "For- merly near Doncaster, but not found there now" {A. Ecroyd, 12 PORRITT: LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Newman^ s " British Butterflies'"). " Maltby Wood, eighty in one day " ( William Laycock, Ent. W. Intelligencer., 1858, /. 133). Taken at Maltby by Mr. A. Doncaster and others. Mr. W. H. Taylor mentions a specimen taken at Bramham Park many years ago. " Formerly abounded in the woods near Stamford Bridge, but has not been seen for some years " {E.B., Entoni. v. p. 392). Said to have occurred frequently in a quarry near Tad- caster, York i^R. C, Nennnan's " British Butterflies^' p. 80, and Entom., 1842). Formerly at Scarborough {E.B., Newman's " British Butterflies.") Erebia Biandina Fab. This northern species has long been known to occur in plenty at Grassington, in Upper Wharfe- dale, and on the occasion of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union's visit there, on August 7th, 1882, was found to be as abundant as ever on the grassy slopes in the Grass High Wood ; I took a beautiful series in splendid condition, as also did everyone else who wanted it {G.T.F.) Mr. Henry Denny also reports it from Whernside in Craven {Mag. of Zoology and Botany, 1837, i. 491), but there are no recent records of its occurrence there, possibly however because it has not been looked for. Satyrus >£geria L. Bramham (J.S/n.); Edlington Wood {J.H.); Huddersfield, formerly {J.V.); Ledsham ! i/.lV.T.); Pontefract {B.H.) ; Scarborough (T.JV.); Sheffield (A.I).) ; Wakefield ( JF.T.) ; Wentbridge(/. JV.T. and G.T.) ; York (F.C., Entom. 1842). Satyrus Megaera I. Bishop's Wood {J.G.); Doncaster {J.II); Flamborough Head ! (JF.E.C); Goole (G. Mobbs) ; Huddersfield, formerly {B.I) ; Hunslet, rather scarce (y^T'.) ; Leeds, formerly at Gledhow {W-H.T.)\ Pannal {W.D.R.); Pontefract (B.H.); Scalby Mills {G.T.); Scarborough {J.H.R.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wake- field ( JV. T.) ; Whitby ! ( IV. E. C.) ; York {R. C, Entom. 1842). Tranti.V.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. Satyrus Semele L. Abundant on the Castle Hill at Scar- borough {G.T.F.) ; common at Great Almes Cliff {/.P.) Formerly at Nafiferton on the heath on the road to Pockthorpe {F.O.M., " British Butterflies, 1860,/. 42). Satyrus Janira L. Generally distributed ; abundant in the East Riding, but less common in the West Riding. At Huddersfield it seems to be extinct, for although I saw it in abundance in a field at Almondbury many years ago, I have never seen a specimen there since. Satyrus Tithonus L. Very common in the lanes, &c., on the east coast, but less plentiful in other districts. Askham Bog ( IV.F.) ; Bishop's Wood {J.G.); Bram- ham {/.Sm.)- Bridlington ! {M.L.) ■ Filey {G.T.F.)- Hunslet ! {/.F.) ; Methley ! {/.F.) ; Raskelf !! {G.T.) ; Redcar (/ Sang); Scarborough ! (/.^/?.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Thorner {J.W.T.) ; Wakefield (IF.T.) ; Whitby!! (JV.F.C.) Satyrus Hyperanthus X. Bishop's Wood !! (/.G.); Bram- ham ! {/.Sm.) ; Edlington Wood I {G.T.F); Huddersfield, formerly (/. V.) ; Ledsham (/ IV.T.) ; Maltby Woods, near Sheffield!! {IV. Laycocli) ; Pontefract {B.H.); Raskelf (6-'. 7:) ; Richmond (6^. /^.t^.) ; Scarborough! {J.H.R.) ; Wakefield ( W.T) Chortobius Davus Fab. Abundant nearly every year on Thorne Waste, near QfOo\& {G.T.F.) ; Cottingham, near Hull (/. C. Dale, Zoologist) ; Hatfield Fens {E.B., New- mati's "•British Butterflies,''' p. 100); not uncommon at Havves, Wensleydale {G.F.H.) ; and Mr. W. E. Clarke took a specimen about 1870, on Adel Moor, near Leeds, where it had probably been turned down. Chortobius Pamphilus L. Distributed all over the county, but rare in some parts of the West Riding. 14 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Thecia rubi L. Askham Bog ( ^KP.); Barden Moors, rare {E.F.F.B.); Pickering Valley {J.H.R.); Pontefract {B.H.)\ Sheffield {A.D.) ThecIa quercus L. Askham Bog ( /K Z'. ) ; Bishop's Wood (/6-\) ; Bramham I {J.Siii.) ; Doncaster ( IF. IF.) ; Leeds (E.B.); Pontefract {B.H.)\ Scarborough {T.JF); Sheffield {A.£>.); Wakefield { IF T.) ; Whilhy II (JFK C.) ThecIa W-album ///I'g. Abundant in Edlington Wood, Doncaster, and adjoining lanes and field sides (6^. J'./'.) ; Roche Abbey ! ( JF H. Smith, Ent. W. Int., iv. 85) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {Staintoifs Manual). Polyommatus phlseas L. Commonly distributed through- out the county. The white variety, Schmidtii, occasionally occurs ; one in my own cabinet was taken at Huddersfield in 187 i ; another was in Mr. J. Varley's collection ; and one is recorded by Mr. W. Clark, from Doncaster. Lycaena >Egon Bork. Rather scarce. Scarborough (T. IF) ; Selby {F./I. and T.F.)\ Sheffield, in old list {A.D.); near York {JV.F., Ent. IF. Int., 1858,/. 123). Lycaena Agestis IV.F. Also an uncommon species. Boston Spa {Ent. JF. Int., 1856,/. 173) ; Ledsham {J.IF.T.)) Richmond (/ Sang); Scarborough {G.T.) ; York {R.C., Entom., 1842). Mr. John Sang informs us that the Richmond speci- mens are of the form Salmacis Stcph. Lycaena Alexis Hub. Generally distributed, but very scarce in some parts of the West Riding. Lycaena Alsus Fab. Boston Spa; Bramham !(/. .5";;/. ) ; Scarborough!! {T.W.); Sheffield, in old list {A.D.); Sutton-under-Whitstone Cliff {J.G.) ; Wakefield ( JF. T.) ; ten miles from York {R.C., Entom., 1842). Iraiis.Y.N.U. Seiies 1), Vol. i. DIURNI. 15 [Lycaena Acis JV.V. This rare species, although it has never yet been found in Yorkshire, has occurred so near the county boundary that it deserves mention here. It used to be taken at Epworth, near Bawtry — in Lincolnshire — and if looked for would perhaps be found there still. " Several near Epworth, Bawtry" (Samuel Hudson, Ent. IF. Int., i860, viii. 139). " In meadows (grass) at Epwoith, between the loth and 25th July, just before the grass is ready for the mower" {Samuel Hudson, ZooL, 1864).] Lycaena Argiolus Z. Usually not uncommon where the holly grows freely. Huddersfield {/.V.); Ledsham {/.G.) \ Leeds, {E.B.); Richmond {/.Sang); Ripon ((?. T.) ; Rother- ham(/.7y.); Scarborough (/^i?.) ; Sheffield (.J. /^.) ; Wakefield {IV.T.); York {Stai?iio/i's Manual ). Nemeobius Lucina L. Local, but generally plentiful where it occurs. Bramham \{/.Sm.); Doncaster {Alfred Ackroyd); Maltby {JH.) ; Pickering !! {JH.R.) ; Roche Abbey !1 ( W. H Smith) ; Sandbeck Park, 'Pickhill {F.O.M.) ; Scar- borough {E.B.) ; Sheffield {A.D.). Syricthus Alveolus Hiib. Bramham Park {F. Dates); Led- stone (C.^.); Pontefract (BH.) ; Roche Abbey ( [F. ZT. SmM) ; Selby {BH. and T.F.) ; Sheffield {A.F>.) ; W ake- field ( IV. T.) ; near York ( JV.F.). Thanaos Tages L. Askham Bog ( U\F.y; Barnsley (/.//.); Bishop's Wood (G.T.) ; Bramham {J.Sm.); Hudders- field, formerly common, but now apparently extinct {J. V. and others) ; Pannal (/. IF. T.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Ras- kelf {G.T.); Richmond (/. Sang) ; Roche Abbey ( W. H Smith); Scarborough !(/^^.); Sheffield (^.Z?.); Wake- field (JFZ.). 1 6 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTER A. Hesperia Sylvan us /v?/^ Askham Bog ( JF:/'.) ; Bishop's Wood i/.G.); Bramham ! (f.Sm.); Edlington Wood {J.H.); Ledstone {C.S.); Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ; Scarborough ! {J.H.R.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Thorne Waste {/.H.) ; Wakefield {W.T.). Hesperia comma L. Not common. Bishop's Wood {/.G.); " Scarborough and York " {E.B., Ne%i.iman'!s '■'•British Butterflies,''' p. 173). Hesperia linea Fab. Fairly common. Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Bishop's Wood (/.G.) ; Bram- ham {J.Sm.); Filey {G.T.) ■ Raskelf ! (6^.7:); Scar- borough ! {J.H.R.) ; Sheffield (A.D.) ; Thorner {/.G.); Wakefield, where a bone-coloured variety has also occa- sionally been taken ( JV.T.). NOCTURNI. Smerinthus OCellatUS L. Askern {S.D.B.); Askham Bog {W.P.)] Barnsley(/i7:); Bishop's Wood (6^. 7^) ; Bram- ham ! {J.Sm.) ; Horsforth {/.B.) ; Huddersfield, rare {G.T.P.) ; Pannal ( IV.D.R.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Rich- mond (/. Sang-) ; Scarborough {T. IF.) ; Sheffield {A.B.) ; Wakefield {JV.T.). Smerinthus populi Z. Common all over the county. Smerinthus tiliae Z. " Once near York" ( JF. C. Hewitson, " Stephens' Illustrations''^). Acherontia Atropos Z. Occurs now and then in all parts of the county, and in the potato growing districts of the east and south east is sometimes very plentiful in the larva state. Trans.V.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. NOCTURXI. 17 Barnsley (y.//;) ; Beverley (C Ullliainsoii); Boston Spa (/. Blackburn) ■ Bradford (/ JV.C.) ; Brantingham, abundant in 1865 {/. C. Kingston) ; Bridlington {ALL.); Brockholes, in 1882 (/Z-^); Cawood {C.S.) ; Driffield {F.O.M.); Easingwold ((9.7:); Yil&y {J. Bell) ; Goole {G. Mobbs) ; Guisborough ( JV. Jeffrey) ; Hackfall (/. G.) ; Halifax {D. Baxcndalc); Hebden Bridge (.S. Gibson); Hessle-on-Humber {G. Burton) ; Holderness, some- times common {N.F.D. and P. JJ\L.) : Huddersfield, occasionally {G.T.F.) ; Hull, sometimes common, as in 1865 {A. Wright) ; Ilkley ( Vincent Taylor); Leeds {E.B.) ; Malton {F.O.M. and IV. Heist? ip) ; Marsden {G.T.F.) ; Pateley Bridge {IV. Storey); Pontefract {B.H.); Rastrick {JV.Kaye); Richmond {G.F.JT. and G.T.F); Rother- ham {JV. Fodders): Scarborough, common {J.H.F.); Selby, sometimes common, as in 1878 (T'.T';) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Tadcaster {Walter Raine); Thirsk {G.T.)\ Wakefield {W.T.); Wetherby {W.B.F.) \ Yeadon {W.D.F.); York (C. D. Wolstenholme). Sphinx convolvuli L. About equally distributed, but appar- ently a rather commoner species than the last. Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bedale ( W. Culverwell ) ; Bradford {J. W.C.) ; Brantingham, near Brough, in i860 {Ent. Ann.. 1861,/. 93) ; Bridlington, frequently taken off the sails of shipping out at sea, also three in the town {M.L.) ; Don- caster (/ Heppenstall and W. Clark) ; Driffield {F.O.M.) ; Halifax, in 1881 (/. Ogden) ; Harrogate, in 1875 (^. Denny); Hessle-upon-Humber {G. Burton) ; Hudders- field, several {G.T.F.) ; Hull {N-.F.D.) ; Leeds {E.B.) ; Leyburn {/. Sang); Masham {/. Carter, Entom., 1868); Pontefract {B.H.): Redcar {T. S. Rudd, Zool., 1846); Richmond {G.F.H.) ; Rothwell, in 1877 (C.6;); Scar- borough {T.W.); Selby, abundant {R.H. and T.F.) ; Sheffield (y^.Z^.); Spurn, sometimes very plentiful (/". W.L.); 1 8 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Wakefield {JV.T. and others); Yarm, i860 {Eut. Ann., 1861); York, in 1877 {W.P.). Sphinx ligustri L. A rare species in Yorkshire, but is re- ported from Bridlington {M.L.) ; formerly near Castleford {C.S.); Hull (/. Young, Ent. W. Int.) ; Scarborough {Stainton's Manual); StXhy {R.JI. s^nd T.F.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield ( IV.T.) ; York, two larvte in 1877 (/. Ripley). Deilephila euphorbise Z. Stainton's Manual gives Scar- borough as a locality for this species, but the record needs confirmation. Deilephila galii JV.V. A great rarity, but has occurred as follows : — Bishop's Wood (/.G.); Bradford, two. one in 1878 (/.JF.C); Huddersfield, several i^John Armitage and P.I.); Hull, in 1859 (/. Young, Ent. IV. Int., p. 5) ; Scarborough, three (r.TK); Sheffield (^.Z>.) ; Spurn, a larva in 1877 (P. W.L.) ; Wakefield (IV.T.) ; York (Stam- ton's Manual). Deilephila lineata Ea/>. As great a rarity as the last. Barnsley (Stainton's Manual) ; Birstall, one by Mr. Isaac Binns, on July 23rd, 1867 or 1868 (G.T.P.) ; Heb- den Bridge in 1865 (S. Gibson, Ent. Ann., 1866,/. 151) ; Huddersfield, a very fine specimen on July 9th, 1859 (E. Carter, Ent. JV Int., 1859,/. 42); Middleton, Sept. 26th, i868, by Mr. Thorp (Science Gossip). Chserocampa celerio L. Another great rarity. Brantingham Thorp, George Norman (Zool. 1847); also at Brantingham in 1865 (/. H. C. Kingston, Science Gossip, 1^6^) ; Doncaster (Stainton's Jllanuai) ; Hudders- field, several, one in a street in the town, in 1868 (G. T.P.); Middlesborough (]V. Jagger, Ent. Mo. Mag., Jan., 1870) ; Wakefield, " one in 1849, one of my first captures " (J. Trans.V.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2 NOCTURNI. 19 Sc7f/g) ; one on Sep. 27th, i860 (i?;//. JJ^. /;;/., ix. 3) ; also recorded by Mr. W. Talbot ; a specimen taken at Handsworth, near Sheffield, by Mr. W. Frost, in October, 1865 {E7itom., 1866, /. 71); York, one by Mr. Dosser in a cottage at Heworth Moor, October 2nd, 1868 ( W.P.^ Eiit. Mo. Mag.) ; also one on September 28th, 1862. Chaerocampa porcellus Z. Perhaps not uncommon in the eastern division of the county, but apparently very rare elsewhere. Huddersfield, one {/. V.) ; near Hull {/. Young, Ent. W. Int., 1859,/. 5); Scarborough (T.IV.); Spurn, abundant {F.W.L.) ; near York {IV.F., Ent. W. Int., 1858,/. 123). Chaerocampa elpenor I. More distributed than the last. Askham Bog, comes to sugar (TV. P.); Beverley (Davison) ; Bishop's Wood (C.S.) ; Rossington ( IV. W.) ; Scarborough I (T.IV.); Sheffield (^.Z?.) ; Wakefield ( IV. T.); York (T. Wilson). Chaerocampa nerii I. Of this, one of the very rarest of British lepidoptera, a poor specimen was caught in the bar-room of a public-house in Sheffield, September 14th, iS6t (A.D.). Probably this is the same specimen as the one recorded by Mr. W. Hydes (Ent. Ann., 186S,/. 112). Macroglossa stellatarum I. Distributed and not un- common, but uncertain in appearance. Barnsley (/H.); Bradford (/.JVC); Bramham (J Sni.) ; Brantingham !I in 1865 (/. II. C. Kingston) ; Bridlington (M.I.) ; Flamborough Head (E.H.) ; Hud- dersfield (G. T.F.) ; Hull 1! in 1865 (G. Norman); Hunslet! (J. P.) ; Leeds (E.B.) ; Pannal, in 1868 (W.D.R.) ; Pon- tefract (^.^); Redcar (/.P.) ; Richmond (G.P.II); Saltburn (J.P.): Scarborough !! (6^. r.P.) ; Selby (T.F. andi?.//.); Sheffield (^.Z?.); Spofforth, in 1865 (T. ^/C-^^); Wakefield ( W.T.) ; Weeton (/.P.) ; York ( IV.P.). 20 PORRITT: list of YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. In the hot summer of 1865 this species occurred in many parts of the country (G.T.F.). Macroglossa fuciformis Z. Selby (7?.//. and T.F.). Macroglossa bombyliformis Esp. Huddersfield, formerly (/ v.); Sheffield {A.D.); York ( JV.R). Sesia myopaeformis Bork. Sheffield {A.D.). Sesia culiciformis Z. Doncaster (/. IVragg, Ent. W. Int., June 9, i860) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York, in 1880 ( W.P.). Sesia form icasform is ^i;/-. Several among osiers at York, in i860 (/. T. Canington, Ent. J J'. Int., 1860,/. 115). Sesia ichneumoniformis W. V. Only on the east coast. Flamborough Head {E.H.) ; Scarborough, "in Cor- nelian Bay" {T.W.). Sesia cynipiformis Och. Bishop's Wood (C 5.) .; Doncaster, scarce ( ]V. IF.). Sesia tipuliformis Z. Common among currant bushes in gardens. Barnsley {/.ff.}; Bradford {/.IV.C); Goole {G. Mohbs); Hahfax {G.T.P.) ■ Huddersfield!! {G.T.F.) ; Hunskt !! {/.P.)\ Leeds {E.B.); Pontefract (B.B.) ; Richmond (G.B.If.) ; Pickering (/.ZT.;^.) ; Scarborough {J.H.R.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Thirsk {G.T.) ; Wakefield {W.T.); York(i?.C.). Sesia sphegiformis W. V. " A specimen taken at York was in Mr. R. Cook's collection, but he said the locality (Langwith) was now destroyed." " Has occurred at York " {Stdinton's Manual ). Sesia bembeciformis Hiib. Widely distributed and generally common. Adel, near Leeds {W.H.T.) ; Bradford {/.IV.C.) Bramley Fall Wood, Leeds {C.S.) \ Halifax {G.T.J'.) Harrogate (/. Sang) ; Huddersfield !! in poplars { G. T.F.) Trr.m.V.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. Pontefract (^.^) ; Richmond {G.F.JI.} ; Rotherham !! ( IK Thomas) ; Scarborough {J.H.R.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield {IV. T.) ; York {T. IVtlsofi). Sesia apiformis L. Not common. Scarborough {T.IV.). The Rev. F. O. Morris also gives Rawmarsh, near Rotherham, and Sheffield as locali- ties. Zeuzera aesculi L. This species, very common in the south, is seldom seen vs^ith us. Barnsley {J-H.) ; Huddersfield, I have only seen one specimen, taken by Mr. J. Varley in 1876 ; very curiously Mr. S. L. Mosley two days before the capture found an empty pupa-case, evidently of this species, in the same neighbourhood {G.T.P.) ; Rawmarsh, near Rother- ham {F.O.AL, Neville JJ'ood's Ahit., Jui/e i%2,l) ; Selby {T.F. andi?.^.) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield, one ( ^r:7:); York, in 1880 {JV.P.). Cossus ligniperda Fab. Not generally common, but of more frequent occurrence than the last. Askern {S.D.B.) ; Askham Bog, " a row of balsam poplars on the gutter side which separated the two rough fields between Chandler's Whin and the Bog, have all been destroyed by the larvae of this species " ( IV.F. ) ; Barnsley, in 1880 (iV^r/. vi. 44) ; Hull {/.Jl'.T.); Leeds (£.^.) ; Market Weighton ( IV.F.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond {G.F.H.) ; Scarborough {T. IV.) ; Selby {K.R.) ; Sheffield {A.F.); Wakefield {IVT.). Hepialus hectus L. Abundant in all the wooded parts of the county. Hepialus lupulinus L. Very abundant all over the county. Hepialus sylvinus L. Generally distributed and plentiful. Askham Bog (IV.F.); Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bradford {J. JVC.) ; Bramham, rare {J.Svi.)\ Harrogate {/. Sang) ; 2 2 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Horsforth ! {J.F.) ; Huddersfield !! (G.T.F.); Hunslet ! (/.P.); Leeds (KB.) ; Pateley Bridge ( JV. Storey) ; Pon- tefract {B.H.); Richmond {G.F.H.) ; Scarborough! {J.H.R.); Sheffield {A.D.). Hepialus velleda Esp. Very abundant in the West Riding ; and the variety earn US Steph., or Gallicus Led., often ahnost as common as the type. Adel (IV.ff.T.); Barden-in-Wharfedale {W.D.R.) ; Barnsley {J-H.) ; Blubberhouses {Lord Walsingham) ; Bradford (/.W.C.); Huddersfield !! {G.T.F.) ; Ilkley {A. Denny) ; Leeds (E.B.) ; Pateley Bridge ( W. Storey) ; Richmond {G.F.H.) ; Scarborough {T.W.); Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield {IV. T.); York {W. C. Hewitsou). Hepialus humuli L. Very abundant everywhere. A form taken by Mr. Thomas Eedle, whilst collecting for Lord Walsingham, at Blubberhouses, near Otley, in 1882, " approached the ' Shetland variety ' in the decidedly pinkish tint of the hind wings " {Lord Walsingham in litt., August lof/i, 1882). Procris statices L. Rare in the West Riding, common in the eastern division. Barnsley, in 1883 ( fF. E. Brady); Doncaster ( JV. JV); Huddersfield, formerly {/. V.) ; Kilnsey Crag in Wharfe- dale {C.S.) ; Leeds, once ( JV.H.T.) ; Martin Beck, Baw- iry {J.H.); Sheffield (.4.Z).) ; ^nzCxih {N.F.D.) ; Wake- field {JJ^.T.); near York {JJ^.F., Ent. JV. Lit., 1858, /. 123). Procris geryon Liilb. Beverley (^;//. ^z-/;/., 1864,/. 122) ; Muker {G. Brook, F.L.S., or S.L.M.); Richmond {G.F.H. and/. Sang) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Thorne, near Goole {R. Creigliton, Nat., vii. 55); York {Ent. Ann., 1864, />. 122). Zygsena trifolii Esp. Not common, and I think is often confounded with Z lonicerce. Traiis.V.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. NOCTURNI. 23 Edlington, near Doncaster ( JV. IV.) ; Sheffield ; York {R.C. and T.H.A., Enfoi/i., October, 1842). Zygaena lonicerae Esp. In profusion on the east coast, but local inland. Askham Bog ( U'.P.) ; Barnsley {/.H.) ; Boston Spa (A^af., JV. S., vi. 16) ; Filey !! {G.T.F.); Flamborough Head {S.L.Af.) ■ Huddersfield, formerly (/. V.) ; Pontefract {B.H.); Royston {/.W.T.) ■ Scarborough !! {T.W.); Sheffield (A.D.) ; Thorparch (£. JVilson, jii/i., in Lou- do/i's Mag. Nat. Hist.., Oct. 1834, /. 534) ; Wakefield {W.T.). Zygaena filipendulae L. Askham Bog {W.P.); Barnsley U-H.); Bramham {J.Svi.); Edlington Wood {J.H.) ; Filey {/.IV.T.); Flamborough Head (S.L.M.) ; Goole {G.T.F.); Horsforth, now extinct ( C. 5. ) ; Huddersfield {/.v.); Ledsham {C.S.) ; Leeds (E.B.) ; now extinct (JKIf.T.); Pontefract (B.JI.) ; Redcar (/. Sa;ig); Rich- mond (/ Sang) ■ Selby {K.R.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wake- field {W.T.). Syntomis phegea L. The following note on this species occurs in the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, Jan., 1873, i-"^- 199 • — " Several years ago my late friend T. H. AUis sent me a specimen of this insect for examination, which he found in the possession of a collector in the north of England, who assured him he captured it in Yorkshire, but I do not recollect the exact locality. It had evidently been on the wing some time before it was captured, and it is not very probable that such a worn specimen would have been sent as a type from the con- tinent.— Henry Doubleday, Epping, Dec. 13th, 1872." Nola cucullatella L. Probably generally distributed. Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Bramham ! {J.Sm.) ; Brough {G.T.P.); Edlington Wood {G.T.P.) \ Huddersfield 24 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. (/. V.) ; Leeds (G.T.) ; Sheffield (A.D.) ■ Thirsk {G.T.) ; Wakefield {JV.T.). Nola confusalis ii^5.=cristulalis Hiib. Not common. Edlington, Doncaster {J.H.) ; Richmond {/. Sang) ; ?>caxhoxongh{T.W.); Sheffield {^. /?.) ; Wakefield ( fK 7: ); York {T.H.A.). Nola Strigula W. V. Only recorded from one locality. Scarborough (T.IV.). Nudaria senex Hiil'. Occurs at Askham Bog ( JF.P.) ; and Scarborough (T. JV.). Nudaria mundana Z. Generally distributed and plentiful. Askham Bog ( JF.J^.) ; Askrigg ( W.D.R.) ; Barden {W.D.R.); Barnsley {/.JI.) ; Bingley !! {E.F.P.B.); Bradford! (/. JV.C); Bramham (/.Sm.); Halifax {G.T.P.); Huddersfield ! {G.T.F.) ; Leeds {W.ff.T.) ; Pannal ! {W.D.R.) ■ Pontefract (^.ZT) ; Richmond (/. Sang); Scarborough !! {T.W.); Sheffield {A.B.); Wakefield {W.T.). Calligenia miniata Forsf. Doncaster] {IF. J F.) ; Edlington {J.H.); Pontefract {B.H.)\ Scarborough {Staintoii's Manual); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York ! {Sfainton's Manual). Lithosia mesomella Z. Very local. Thorne, near Goole {/.H.) ; York {E.B., R.C., and IFF.). Lithosia aureola HHIk York {R.C., Ncionian's Entom., Feb., 1842). Lithosia helveola Odi. Only at York. "The specimens are much larger than south of England examples, and the female is bright yellow : it is a well marked variety, possibly a distinct species" {E.B.; also recorded by J.T.C. and W.F.). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2, NOCTURNI. 25 Lithosia complanula ^, Vol. 2. jNucruKNi. 27 Arctia lubricipeda L. Abundant in gardens and cultivated ]jlaces everywhere. The varieties radiata and zatima Cmm., the latter having the dots replaced by transverse lines on the fore wings, are occasionally reared. Arctia menthastri U\V. Quite as plentiful as the pre- ceding, but more partial to lanes and field-sides. The variety Walker! O///., in which " the spots are united to form longitudinal streaks," is bred not unfre- quently. Liparis chrysorrhea L. Hunslet ! {J. P.); Scarborough {H. Marsh) ; Sheffield {A.D. and others) ; Wakefield {Air. Hawkins, Yorkshire Naturalists Circular, Nov., 1872, /. 89) ; Whitby !! ( JV.E.C.) ; York {R.C., Entom., Feb., T842). Liparis auriflua Fab. Abundant in the eastern division, and common in many parts of the western division. Apparently very rare in the Bradford, Halifax, and Hud- dersfield districts ; indeed I have only taken it once at Huddersfield, and then from a hawthorn hedge in my own garden. Liparis salicis L. Huddersfield, formerly (P./.) ; Hunslet (/.P.); Leeds (/.(?.); "^^^^^^on {F.O.M., Brit. Moths, 1871,1. 71); Selby {E.H., Nat., 1S64) ; Wakefield ( ^rr.) ; York [R.C., Ncw)nau''s Eiitovi., Feb., 1842, i. 259). Liparis monacha Z. Barnsley (/.Z^) ; Doncaster (ZICJ/!, Brif. Moths. 187 1, i. 73); near Riccall, Selby, and I think also at Bishop's Wood {G.T.F.) ; Sheffield, in old lists {A.D.). Orgyia pudibunda L. Fairly distributed but not generally common. Askham Bog {JV.F.) ; Barnsley (/.Z^) ; Bishop's Wood {A. Denny) ; Bramham ! {/.Sni.) ; Huddersfield, 25 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE L?:PlDOPTERA. rare (/'./.); Pontefract {B.H.); Scarborough!! (T.W.)\ Sheffield {A.D.) : Wakefield ( W. T.). Orgyia fascelina Z. Very local. Bramham {/.S//i.); Richmond {G.F.H. andy. Sa/ig); Spurn!! the larvae feed there on bedstraw ( ^F!^. C. and F.W.L.); York {W.F., Ent. W. Int., 1860,/. 44, and R.C., Efitcvii., Feb., 1842). Orgyia gonostigma L. Also a very local species. Askham Bog {IV.F. and G.T.F); Bishop's Wood and Selby {J.W.T. and others); Doncaster {Staintofi's Manual); Rossington ( W. W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.). Orgyia antiqua Z. Is distributed all over the county, but much more commonly in .the eastern than in the western division. Demas coryli Z. Not generally common, although Mr. J. Smith used to find the larvae freely on beech trunks at Bramham at the end of September. After a high wind he has taken about a score in a few minutes. Other localities are : Filey {F.O.M., Brit. Moths, 187 1, i. 77) ; Hudders- field (P.Z); Pontefract {B.H.) ; Scarborough (r. ff^) ; Sheffield {A.D.)\ Wakefield {IV. T.). Trichiura crataegi Z. Not common. Bramham, larvae not uncommon at end of July {/.Sm.); Richmond, larvae always on ling (G.F.H.); Sheffield (A.D.); Thirsk (G.T.); Wakefield {W.T.); York (T. IVilsofi). Paecilocampa populi Z. Not often common, but well dis- tributed. Askham Bog ( W.F.) ; Bishop's Wood {/.G.) ; Bram- ham, on birch trunks in November {/.S/n.); Edlington Wood (T: JVi/son) ; Harrogate (/. &«^) ; Huddersfield (/.v.); Leeds (E.B. and JV.E.C.) ; Pontefract (B./f.) ; Trans. V.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. NOCTURNI. 29 Richmond (/. Scr//^) ; Ripon (/. JVaife) ; Scarborough ! (T.JV.); Sheffield {A.£>.); Thirsk (J.G.); Wakefield (JV.T.). Eriogaster lanestris Z. Askern (S.L.Af.) ; Bramham i/.S/n.); Easingwold (G. T.) ; Huddersfield, very rare (F./.); Ilkley {E.B., Zoo/., 1866); Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond {G.P.H.)\ Scarborough (T. fK) ; Sheffield, in old lists {A.D.); Thirsk!! {J.G)\ Wakefield (IV.T.); Wilstrop (ff'^.C.) : York(r. JFiVsof!). Bombyx neustria Z. A very scarce species, although so abundant in more southern counties. Pontefract (B.H.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York, rare {R.C). Bombyx rub! Z. Well distributed and usually common in suitable localities. Askham Bog ( JV.F.) ; Barnsley i/.H.) ; Beamsley Moors (fK^. 2:); Bradford !! (/.W:C.),; Cottingham, near Hull {IT. Wilkinson) ; Huddersfield, formerly, but now apparently extinct (y. F.); Keighley !! (y. T. Calvert); Leeds {E.B.) : Pontefract (B.If.) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Scarborough ! {J.H.R.) ; Selby (7:z: and R.H.) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Thorne Waste {W.P.); Wakefield {IV.T.); Weeton \ {/.P.). Bombyx quercus Z. Plentiful on heaths, moorlands, and other suitable places all over the county. The specimens found in the West Riding, and probably inland speci- mens generally, are the form known as callunae Pahne?; but I believe the purely coast specimens are the true quercus. A single larva I picked up on Crosland Moor, Huddersfield, produced on July ist, 1873, a beauti- ful variety of the male, in which the usual yellow band was replaced by rich olive. It was, I believe, the first record of this form having occurred in Britain, but two or three 30 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Others have since been bred. Mr. J. Varley used to breed a form having transparent wings from larvae found in the Huddersfield district. Odonestis potatoria L. Generally distributed throughout the county, and in many places very abundant. Lasiocampa quercifolia L. I can only find records of three specimens : one believed by Mr. Prest to have been taken at Askhan^ Bog ; one near Sheffield {Rev. F. W. Hope, " Stephens' Illustratio7is ") ; and one at Wakefield {Mr. Marson, Nat., IV. S., iii. yi:). Lasiocampa ilicifolia Z. The moors near Sheffield and Ripon were formerly well-known localities for this scarce species, but it has not been taken there (nor anywhere else) now for some years. Lord Walsingham informs me that his collector, Mr. Thomas Eedle, believes he saw it on his moors at Blubberhouses in 1882, but failed to secure it. His lordship says he has long thought the locality a most likely one for the species, so perhaps it may yet turn up there. Mr. A. Doncaster records the species from Sheffield, and Messrs. W. Prest, Lickley, and Meldrum from Ripon [Entom., xi. 104, Ent. JV. Int., viii. 51, and Ent. IV. Int.,Jicne 8, 1861, v. 75). Saturnia carpini Boik. Abundant on all the heaths through- out the county. Bradford !! (/. W.C.) ; Halifax !! {G. T.P.) ; Horton-in- Ribblesdale {W.E.C.); Huddersfield!! {G.T.F.); Ilkley {A. Denny); Leeds {E.£.) ; Otley Chevin {J.W.T.); Pateley Bridge !! ( W.D.R.) ; Penistone (/.H); Richmond {G.P.H. and/. Sang); Ripon {T. Meldrum); Scar- borough!! {J.H.R.); Selby {T.F. ^ndR.H.); Sheffield {A.D.); Strensall Common! (W.E.C); Thorne {H. F. Farsons) ; Wakefield ( W.T.) ; Whitby !! ( W.E.C). Tmns.V.N.U. Series D, Vol 2. GEOMETRY. 31 GEOMETR.^. Ourapteryx sambucata L. Common and generally dis- tributed. Epione vespertaria L. Sandbum, about six miles from York, is now the only British habitat for this pretty species, but it occurs there in great abundance, the larvje feeding on the dwarf sallow. A very beautiful variety, figured in the Entomologist, 1878, p. 169, sometimes occurs, and in 1878 Mr. Prest took a hermaphrodite specimen. Mr. McEnnes, in the Naturalist, April, 1882, p. 149, records it as having occurred at Ilunstey, near Beverley, twenty-four years ago. Epione apiciaria W.V. Distributed but not very common, x^skham Bog, not uncommon ( W.P.) ; Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bishop's Wood {C..S.) ; Boroughbridge (6-. Tli'.); Bramham (/.Sui.): Hunslet near Leeds, one {J. P.) ; Ponte- fract (B.H.) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ■ Scarborough {T. IK) ; Sheffield {A.D.)- Wakefield (JKT.); Wortley near Leeds {T. Benn). Epione advenaria Hiib. Very local. Edlington Wood, near Doncaster, not uncommon {G.T.F.); Maltby Wood, near Rotherham ( IV B. Fryer, Ent. W. Int., June 8///, 186 1). Rumia cratsegata L. Very abundant everywhere Venilia maculata Z. iVot common. Bradford, in 1880 (/ W.C); Malham Cove (/ W.T.); Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Weldon Wood, near Castleford {C.S.); York {Stainion^s Manual). Angerona prunaria L. Bishop's Wood (C.^".) ; Edlington Wood (F.O.Af., British Moths, 187 1, i. 99); Sheffield {A.D.)\ York ! {Stainton's Manual). c 32 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Metrocampa margaritata L. Generally distributed and common. Ellopia fasciaria L. In fir woods, but not generally common. Bramham {J.Siii.)\ Harrogate {/. Sang); Hudders- field, rare {/.V.); Hunslet {/.P.); Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond (/ Sang); Scarborough! {T.W.); Sheffield {A.n.); York ! {IV.F.). Eurymenedolabraria Z. Bishop's Wood ((9.7'./'.); Edling- ton, Doncaster (y;^!';); Richmond {/. Sang); Scarborough {T. JV.) ; York {U:F. and T. JH/son). Pericallia syringaria Z. Askham Bog (JF.F.) ; Barnsley iyJ.H.); Bishop's Wood {C.S.); Bradford, frequent {/. W.C.) ; Edlington Wood {J.H.) ; Huddersfield {P.I) ; Leyburn (/ Sang) ; Sheffield {A.D) ; Wakefield ( W.T.); York ( W.P.). Selenia illunaria Hi'ib. Common and generally distributed. Selenia lunaria W.V. Seldom common, but not unfre- quently taken. Barnsley ( W. E. Brady) ; Bradford (/ W.C.) ; Bram- ham, rare {J.Sm.) ; Huddersfield (/. V.) ; Leeds {E.B.) ; Muker in Swaledale {S.L.M.); Richmond (/ Sang); Scarborough ! {T.IV.); Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield (IV.T.); York(i?.C.). Odontopera bidentata Z. Generally distributed and abundant, no doubt everywhere. Crocallis elinguaria Z. Plentiful in all the wooded parts of the county. Ennomos ainiaria Zro {/. W. C.) ; Edlington Wood {G.T.F.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Scarborough (Sfam- ton's Manual); Wakefield ( W.T) ; York {C.S.). Himera pennaria Z. Generally common. Askham Bog (JKF.) ; Bishop's Wood {G.T.F); Bradford (/ IV.C); Bramham {/.Sm.); Doncaster (/.Z^.); Huddersfield {G.T.F.); Meanwood !! ( W.H.T.) ; ■ Ponte- fract (^.Z^) ; Richmond (/ Sang); Ripon (/. Waite) ; Scarborough !(7: IV.); Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield ( W.T.). Phigalia pilosaria W.V. Common in woods, &c., every- where. Along with the ordinary type an olive variety is found at Bradford, not uncommon (y. fFiC); at Bramham, not uncommon {/.Sm.); and at Harrogate {II. Sims); whilst Mr. J. W. Carter also takes a still darker form, nearly black, at Bradford ; and Mr. C. Smethurst records a dark brown unicolorous form as having been taken not un- commonly at Leeds in 1880. Nyssia hispidaria JV.V. On the boles of oaks, &c., early in March. Bishop's Wood {G.T.F.) ; Bramham {/.Sin.) ; Don- caster ( IV. JV.) ; Huddersfield, was common in Storthes Hall Woods many years ago, and has been taken rarely in other woods since {G.T.F.); Scarborough {Staintonh Manual); Sheffield {A.D. and/. Batty); Wakefield {W.T); near York (/'./.). 34 PORRITT ; LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Biston hirtaria L. Very rare., Scarborough {T. JV.); one at Knavesmire, York (C.S.); York {R.C., Neut/naii's Entom., Apr., 1842). Amphydasis prodromaria JV.V. Never common, but frequently taken in woods. On the Yorkshire side of Barnard Castle {/. Sang) ; Barnsley(/.Z^); Bishop's Wood (C. 6".) ; Bramham(/.6'w.); Doncaster ( IV. IV.) ; Edlington Wood (S.jD.B.) ■ Helms- ley {G.T.); Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond {G.F.H.); Scarborough (T: W.); Sheffield {A.D.)\ Wakefield ( W.T.) ; York {T. IVilson). Amphydasis betularia L. Commonly distributed through- out the county. At Bradford {/.JVC); Huddersfield (G.T.F.); Leeds {W.H.T.) ; and other parts of the West Riding, the black variety, Doubledayaria Mil!., is almost as common as the ordinary pale type. This form is also taken at Richmond {G.P.H.), and elsewhere in the other Ridings. Hemerophila abruptaria Thun. Not a common species. Bramham, rare {/.Sin.) ; Pontefract {B.ff.); Sandal Beat, Doncaster {F.O.M.) ; Scarborough {T. IV.) ; Wake- field {IV.T.) ; York ! {T.H.A. and G.T.). Cleora lichenaria W.V. Rather scarce. Askham Bog {W.P.) ; Flamborough Head {E.H.) \ Richmond (G.P.ff.) ; Scarborough {T. IV.). Boarmia repandata Z. Plentiful in woods and lanes every- where. Boarmia rhomboidaria IV. V. Abundant everywhere, but more partial to gardens than woods. The West Riding form, and perhaps that of the county generally, is the variety perfumaria Newman. Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. GEOMETRY. 35 Boarmia roboraria IV. F. This fine species is some seasons not uncommon at Bishop's Wood, near Selby {T.J^. and C.S.). It has not been recorded from elsewhere in the county. Tephrosia consonaria Jln/^. Mr. John Jones, of Hull, in- forms me that he took a female specimen at Beverley, on May 29th, 1882, but being worn he threw it away. I am inclined to think the specimen was wrongly named (see Naturalist, N. S.,Ji/Iy, 1S82). Tephrosia crepuscularia W. V. Is recorded from four localities, but I believe is often confounded with T. biiindii- laria. Bishop's Wood {C.S.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Scar- borough (r. IV.) ; Sheffield {A.D.). Tephrosia biundularia Esp. Of general occurrence. Barnsley (///".) ; Bishop's Wood ! {G.T.F.); Bram- ham, on fir trunks {/.Sm.) ; Blubberhouses {Lord IVal- stngham) ; Doncaster {/.H.) ; Huddersfield, rare {/. V.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) \ Richmond (_/. Sang) ; Scarborough {T.Jr.); Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield {W.T.) ■ Went- bridge, a very dark variety {G.T.) ; York ( JF.B.). Tephrosia punctulata JV.F. Local. Bishop's Wood (C.S.) ; Pontefract {B.H.); Scar- borough {Stainton's iWanual) ; Sheffield, in old list, not seen of late years {A.D.) ; York ! ( FF.P.). The larva feeds on birch. Gnophos obscurata Jl'.F. Plentiful on the east coast, but does not occur elsewhere. Filey {G.T.P.); Flamborough Head !! {E.B.) ; Scar- borough {G.T.F.). Pseudopterpna cytisaria W.F. Pontefract (i?.i^) ; Rich- mond {G.F.H.) ; Scarborough {2\IF.); York, not un- common ( IV. P.). 36 PORRITT: LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Geometra papilionaria Z. Widely distributed and not un- common. Askham Bog and Sandburn, York, amongst alders and birches ( ^P.); Barnsley {J.H.); Bingley {E.P.RB.); Bishop's Wood {C.S.) ; Bradford, sometimes common (/. IV. C); Doncaster ! ( IV. IV.) ; Huddersfield (G.T.F.) ; Pontefract {B.H.)\ Raskelf near Easingwold {G.T.); Richmond (/.Sang); Scarborough {T.W.); Sheffield {A.n.); Wakefield (?J^7:). lodis lactearia L. Widely distributed and generally com- mon. Phorodesma bajularia IV. V. This pretty and local species is recorded from Bishop's Wood {C.S.) ; Edlington Wood, Doncaster {G.T.F.) ; Sheffield {A.B.) ; York {IVF.). Hemithea thymiaria Z. Also reported from but few locali- ties. Brough {C.S); Pontefract {B.H); Raskelf near Easingwold !! {G.T) ; Thorne near Goole ( W.P.) ; York ! {R.C.). Ephyra porata Z. Recorded from near York by Wx. W, Helstrip {Ent. W. Int., Nov. 12, 1859,/. 53). Ephyra punctaria Z. Distributed but not very common. Askham Bog {W.P.); Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bishop's Wood (/. W.T.); Bramham {J.Sm.) ; Doncaster ( W. JV.) ; Pontefract (^.^); Sheffield (^.Z?.) ; Woodlesford (/./'.). Ephyra trilinearia Bark. Not common. Edlington, Doncaster (/^ and IV. JV); Micklefield {C.S.) ; Pontefract {B.H.); Scarborough {Staiiifoii's Manual ) ; Wakefield {IV.T.). Ephyra omicronaria IV.V. Not uncommon in woods where the maple grows freely. Edlington Wood ! {/.II. and IV. IV.) ; Leeds, at Bur- ley {C.S.); Sheffield {A.B.) ; York {Stainton's Manual). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. GEOMETRY. 37 Ephyra pendularia L. Very local. Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Pontefract {B.H.). Hyria auroraria Gn. This beautiful little species occurs freely on Thorne Waste, near Goole, but has not been noticed elsewhere in the county {G.T.F.). The red form is the type at Thorne, whereas in the Cambridgeshire fens the yellow form is the prevalent one ( JV. W.). Asthena luteata JV.V. Distributed and fairly common. Adel near Leeds {C.S.) ; Bishop's Wood {G.T.F.) ; Bradford (/. W.C.) ; Bramham (/ Sm.) ; Doncaster {/.If. and W.IV.); Huddersfield (/. F.) ; Pontefract (^.Z^) ; Scarborough (T. IV.); Sheffield (A.D.); Wakefield ( JV.T.); York ! {Stai?iton^s lifamial ). Asthena candidata W. V. Bradford ! (/ W.C.) ; Bramham! {J.Sm.); Doncaster {/.H. and W.IV.) ■ Huddersfield, rare {/. V.) ; Meanwood near Leeds {A. Denny) ; Ponte- fract {B.H.) ; Richmond {/. Sang) ; Scarborough {Stain- ton's Manual); Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield (IF.T.) ; York (B.C.). Asthena sylvata IV. V. Very local but often abundant where it occurs. Barnsley, at New Park Spring Wood {J.H.) ; Edling- ton Wood, Doncaster, where in some seasons it perfectly swarms, and as many as twenty may be counted sitting on the trunk of a single tree in June {J.H., W.P., and G.T.F.); Huddersfield, very rare {F.I.) ; Richmond !! {G.F.H. and J. Sang); Scarborough {T.W.); Sheffield (^.Z?.); Wake- field {W.T.); York {Siainton's Manual). Asthena Blomeraria Dbl. Scarce and very local. Feeds on wych elm. Helmsley {G. F. Dutton, Naturalist, 1875); Nun- burnholme {F.O.M., Morris' Nat., viii. 188, June 26, 1858); Pickering {F.O.M., British Moths, 1871, i. 152); Scarborough {G.T.F. and T. IV). 3S PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Eupisteria heparata JV.V. Not uncommon among alder in damp places. Adel near Leeds (G.T.); Askham Bog {IV. F.) ; Barnsley {/.H.); Bishop's Wood {G.T.P.) ; Blubber- houses {Lo/d JValsmgham) ; Bradford ! {/. JF.C.) ; Bram- ham !! {/.Sm.); Huddersfield {F.I.) ■ Pontefract {F.H.) ; Scarborough {T.W.); Sheffield {A.D.); Thorne ! ( W. IV.) ; Wakefield (fF.7:). Venusia cambricaria Gn. Local but widely distributed, and usually plentiful where it occurs. Barnsley !! (///.) ; Bingley !! {E.F.F.B.) ; Bradford!! {/.IV.C); Hebden Bridge!! {G.T.F.); Richmond! {G.F.H.) ; Scarborough ! {T. IV.) ; Sheffield {A.F>.) ; Sow- erby Bridge {C.S.) ; Wharncliffe {/.H.). Mr. W. H. Tugwell, of Greenwich, possesses several specimens of a very distinct and dark variety which he informs me were sent to him from Rotherham. Acidalia rubricata JV.V. The only claim this species has to appear in our county list is based upon the following records : — " A specimen was taken at Stockton-in-the- Forest by Mr. Baines, and I had another specimen taken by Mr. Baines" {T. H. Allis, Ent. W. Int., 1859); "a specimen was taken by Mr. Birks near York, July 15th, 1859" {Ent. IV. Int.,\i. 130, and Ent. Ann., 1860,/. 141). Acidalia scutulata JV.V. Askham Bog ( fF.P.) ; Barnsley {J.H.); Bishop's Wood {C.S.); Bradford (/. A. Butter- field) ; Bramham ! {J.Sni.) ; Flamborough Head ! {E.H.); Huddersfield, I have not seen it for some years {G.T.F.) ; Redcar (/. Sang) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Scarborough {T. W.) ; Sheffield {A.£>.) ; Wakefield ( JJ'.T.). Acidalia bisetata Bark. Widely distributed and generally common. Askham Bog {JJ^.F.) ; Barnsley {JV. E. Brady); Boroughbridge ( JV.F.) ; Bradford ! (/ JKC) ; Bramham ! Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. GEOMETR.B. 39 {/.Sm.); Edlington Wood ! {G.T.P.); Huddersfield {G.T.F.); Leeds ! {IV.ff.T.); Pontefract {B.H.) ; Ras- kc\i{G.T.); Redcar {J.Sa?ig); Richmond {/.Sang); Sheffield (A.D.) ; Wakefield ( JKT.). Acidalia interjectaria IV. V. Recorded from Huddersfield, but I have never seen it there {G.T.F.). Acidalia incanaria Hiib. Barnsley {J.H.); Bradford {J.W.C); Bramham ! {J.Sm.); Huddersfield {P.I.) Leeds ! (^.^.); Otley {J.W.T.)-, Pannal {W.D.R.) Redcar (/. Sang) ; Richmond {G.RH.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) Wakefield ( Jf-^ r.) ; York (7^ llllson). Acidalia straminata Tr. This interesting species was taken not uncommonly, and in fine condition, on the Thorne side of Thorne Waste by various members on the occasion of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union's visit there on July 9th, i88i {G.T.F. and W.P.). Acidalia immutata L. Not common. Askham Bog {JV.P) ; Bramham U{/.^;//.) ; Harro- gate (y. Sang) ; Leeds (y. JV. T.) ; Scarborough {Staintoi's Manual) ; Sheffield, in old list {A.D.) ; York (2: Wilson). Acidalia remutata Hiib. Common. Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Bishop's Wood {C.S.) ; Brad- ford ! {/.W.C); Bramham ! {/.Sm.); Doncaster {/.JI.) Huddersfield! {G.T.P.); Meanwood, Leeds {IV. If. T.) Pontefract {B.H.); Scarborough! {Stainton's Manual) Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield {W.T). Acidalia fumata Steph. Rather common. Bingley {E.P.P.B.) ; Blubberhouses {lord IJals/ng- hani) ; Bradford {J. W.C.) ; Huddersfield, in woods having an undergrowth of ling and bilberry {G.T.P.) ; Richmond (/. Sang); Scarborough {G.T.P.) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield {W.T.); York {W.P). Acidalia imitaria Hub. Not generally common. 40 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Askham Bog {W.P.); Bramham (/.Sm.) ; Pontefract (B.H.) ; Raskelf, common on ragwort flowers (G.T.); Redcar (/. Sang) ; Scarborough {Stainton's Manual ) ; Sheffield {A.D.). Acidalia aversata L. Abundant everywhere. The banded form, variety lividata Gn., is common at Huddersfield, and no doubt equally so elsewhere. Acidalia inornata Jlatci. Askham Bog {JV.F.}; Bingley {E.P.P.B.) ; Huddersfield, abundant in woods that have an undergrowth of ling, on which the larva feeds, but not found on the open moors (G.T.F.) ; Meanwood, Leeds ( W.R.T.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ■ York {E.B.). Acidalia emarginata Z. Not a common species. Hornsea (MF.D., Nat., N.S., vi. 195); Pontefract {B.H); York(lV.F. and G.T.). Timandra amataria Z. Scarce in the West Riding, but fairly common elsewhere. Askhant Bog ( JF.F.) ; Bishop's Wood (G.T.) ; Don- caster (G.T.B.) ; Fairburn {C.S.) ; Goole (/. Harrison) ; Ledsham ! {C.S.); Micklefield (C.S.) ; Sheffield (A.D.). Cabera pusaria Z. Abundant everywhere. Cabera rotundaria H77a. Only recorded from two locali- ties, but is probably often passed over as C. pusaria, of which species it is by many considered only a variety. Richmond (G.F.H) ; Scarborough {T. JV.). Cabera exanthemaria Scop. Generally distributed and rather common among sallow. Askham Bog (JV.F.) ; Barnsley {/.H.) ; Bishop's Wood (G.T.) ; Bluhherhouses (Lord JVaising/iam) ; Bram- ham ! (/.Sm.) ; Goole Moors (/. Harrison) ; Harrogate (/. Sang) ; Huddersfield (G.T.B.) ; Leeds (C.S); Pon- tefract (B.H.) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ; Saltaire (/. Terry) ; Wakefield (IV.T). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. L>, GEOMETRY. 41 Corycia temerata JF. V. Not common. Bishop's Wood {C.S.); Edlington, Doncaster {J.H.); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {Stainton's Manual). Corycia taminata W. V. Recorded from Wakefield ( W.T.) ; and York {Staintoii's Manual) ; but I have never seen it in the county. Macaria liturata L. Not uncommon in fir woods. Bingley (/. A. Buttcrfield) \ Blubberhouses {Lord Wahingham) ; Bradford (/. IF.C.) ; Bramham ! (/. Sm.) ; Doncaster ( IF. IF.) ; Harrogate (/. Sang) : Huddersfield, rare (G.T.F.) ■ Pontefract {B.II.) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Scarborough {T. IF.) ; Sheffield {A.B.) ; Thorne ( IFF.) ; Wakefield ( IF. T.) ; York ( IFF.). Haiia wavaria L. Abundant in all gardens containing cur- rant bushes. Strenia clathrata L. The east coast specimens are large, and have the ground colour generally much whiter than it is in southern examples. Bramham ! {/.S/n.) ; Flamborough Head ! {E.H.) ; Pontefract {B.II.); Richmond {/. Sang); Scarborough !! {G.T.F) ; Wakefield ( IF. T.) ; Weldon Wood near Ponte- fract {C.S.); York! {F.C.). Panagra petraria IliilK Adel, Leeds ! (/. IF.T.); Barnsley {/.H.) ; Bradford ! (/ IF.C.) ; Bramham ! {/.Snt.) ; Don- caster ( W. JF.) ; Harrogate (/ Sang) ; Mirfield, abundant among bracken in the Hagg Wood {G.T.F.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond {G.F.H.) ; Scarborough {J.H.R) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield ! {C. JF. Richardson); York ! {Stainton^s Manual ). Numeria pulveraria L. Of wide distribution but seldom common anywhere. Bishop's Wood {C.S.); Bradford (/. W. C); Bramham {/.Sm.) ; Edlington, Doncaster {/.II. and /K IF.); Hud- 42 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. dersfield(/. K); Pontefract (^.^); Richmond (/.Sa/ig) ; Scarborough {/.U.K.); Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield (JV.T.) ; York ! {Stainton's Manual). Scodiona belgiaria Hiib. Generally common on heaths. In the Thorne Moor specimens the males are darker and have a more irony appearance than south West Riding examples. Adel, Leeds! {C.S. and/. JV.T.); Wmg\ey\ {E.F.F.B.); Bradford (/ IV.C.) ; Halifax !! {G.T.F.) ; Huddersfield ! {G.T.P.); Ilkley {A. Detiny); Scarborough! (T.JV.); Sheffield (A.D.) ; Thorne Waste near Goole ! (G.T.F.). Fidonia carbonaria Z. The following note appears in the Entomologists' Weekly Intelligencer of May loth, 1856, i. 44 : — " April 24th, ascended Engleborough, on the Lancashire side^ behind Ingleton ; when about half way up took the first Eupisteria cai-bonaria I ever saw alive ! C. S. Gregson, Edge Lane, Old Swan, Liverpool, May 3rd, 1856." The record needs confirmation. Fidonia atomaria L. Apparently abundant on heaths throughout the county. In the West Riding (and probably elsewhere) the males are much smaller and darker, but the females paler, than southern specimens. Fidonia piniaria Hub. Widely distributed and generally abundant in fir woods. In the males the ground colour is pure white, whereas in southern specimens it is yellow. Adel {W.H.T.); Barden ! {E.F.F.B.) ; Barnsley {J.ff.) ; Bingley ! {E.F.F.B.) ; Blubberhouses {Lord JFal- singham); Bradford { J. IV.C); Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Doncaster {IV. IV.) ; Halifax !! {G.T.F.); Harrogate {IV.E.C); Horsforth, Leeds {C.S.) ; Huddersfield (G.T.F.); Pontefract (B.H.); Richmond ((^./^.ZT. and /. Sang); Scarborough (J.H.R.); Sheffield (A.D.); Wakefield ( W.T); \Veldon Wood (C.S.); York !! (E.B.). Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. GEOMETRY. 43 Lythria purpuraria L. The following notice on this species is published in the Entomologists' Monthly Afagazi?ic for March 1870, vi. 238 : — " I have two specimens of this rare insect taken in Stockton Forest, four miles from here, by Henry Baines. These are set with short household pins, were taken at the same place, and by the same captor as my old Acidalia rubricata, which species has since been taken in the same locality. T. H. Allis, Osbaldwick, near York, February, 1870." Aspilates strigillaria Hiib. Not so common as one would expect to find it. Huddersfield, very rare {F.I.) ; Ilkley Moors {C.S.) ; Scarborough {J.H.R.) ; Strensall near York {E.B. and A. Dcnfiy). Abraxas grossulariata L. Abundant everywhere. The variety Varleyata Porn'tt, having a very deep black border, has been bred in some numbers at Bradford, Huddersfield, and elsewhere ; and Mr. Prest says it also occurs at York. In 1878 Mr. J. Firth bred two nearly white specimens from larvae collected near Bradford. Abraxas ulmata Fab. Distributed throughout the county and generally abundant. A peculiar lead-coloured form sometimes occurs, and many other beautiful varieties have been taken. Edlington Wood is noted for aberrations in this species. Barnsley {/.ff.) ; Bishop's Wood : (G.F.F.) ; Bolton Woods {JF.F.C); Bradford !! (/.JV.C); Bramham ! i/.Sni.); Edlington Wood !! (G.T.F.) ; Flamborough Head (E.H.) ; Grassington ( IV.B.R.) ; Harewood {C.S.) ; Huddersfield {G.F.F); Leeds {E.B.); Otley Chevin !! {IV.D.F); Pontefract (^'.ZT.) ; Richmond (/. Sang); Scarborough ! {Stainto7Cs Manual); Sheffield {A.D); Wakefield {W.F.); Wentbridge {J.W.F.); York {F. Wilson). 44 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Ligdia adustata JV. V. Not uncommon among spindle. Bishop's Wood (A. Denny); Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Boncaster (JV.JV.); Edlington Wood (/.^) ; Pontefract (B.JI.); Raske\{(G.T.); Scarborough (T. ?l^); Sheffield (A.D.) ; Wakefield ( JF.T.) ; York {Stainton's Manual). Lomaspilis marginata Z. Common. Pretty varieties some- times occur. Askham Bog {W.P.); Barnsley {J.H.)\ Bishop's Wood {J.W.T.); Bradford (/ W. C. ) ; Bramham ! (/ Sm. ) ; Edlington Wood \{G.T.F.); Goole Moors (/ Harrison); Huddersfield {G.T.P.); Pontefract {B.H.); Raskelf {G.T.)', Richmond (/ Sang); Scarborough !! (/.H.P.) ; Sheffield (A. D) ; Wakefield (IV.T.). Hybernia rupicapraria IF.V. Askham Bog ( TK P.) ; Barns- ley (/.H.) ; Bishop's Wood {C.S.); Bradford (/. JF.C); Bramham ! (/.S/n.) ; Huddersfield (PI.); Leeds ! (KB.) ; Pontefract (B.H.); Richmond (J. Sang); Scarborough (T. JV.) ; Sheffield (A.B>.) ; Wakefield ( IV.T.). Hybernia leucophsearia IV. V. Askham Bog (W.F.); Barnsley (J.H.) ; Bishop's Wood (C.S.) ; Bradford !! (J.W.C.); Bramham ! (_/^w.) ; Doncaster, "especially dark forms "( ?F: JK) ; Huddersfield (Z'.Z) ; Leeds (^.^.); Meanwood (W.H.T) ; Pontefract (B.H.); Richmond (G.P.H.) ; Sheffield (A.D.) ; Wakefield ( W.T.). The variety marmorinaria Esp., is plentiful in some localities. Hybernia aurantiaria Hub. Generally common. Askham Bog (JV.P); Barnsley (J.H); Bishop's Wood (J.W.T.); Bradford !! (/.JVC); Bramham! (/.Sm.) ; Harewood (Henry Lupton); Huddersfield (G.T.P.); Meanwood ! (JJ'.H.T.); Pontefract (B.H.); Richmond (/. Sang) ; Ripon (/. JVaite) ; Scarborough (Stainton's Manual); Sheffield (A.D.) ; Wakefield ( IV T.). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. GEOMETRiE. 45 Hybernia progemmaria Hiib. Abundant everywhere. The dark, almost black, form of both male and female, variety fuscata Mosley, is common at Huddersfield {G.T.F.); and at Wakefield {C. IV. Richardson); also probably throughout the south West Riding. Hybernia defoliaria L. Distributed throughout the county and usually abundant. Askham Bog {^W.P.) ; Barnsley {J.H.); Bishop's Wood {G.T.); Bradford !! (/ W.C.) ; Bramham ! {/.Sm.); Bro\ig\-i{lV.D.R.); Huddersfield (6^. 7^ P.); Leeds!(^.^.); Pateley Bridge {G.T.F.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond (/. Sang); Ripon (/. IVai'tc) ; Scarborough (T. JV.) ; Sheffield (A.D.) ; Thirsk {G.T.) ; Wakefield (JJ'T.). Also very variable ; a nearly black unicolorous form occurs occasionally at Shipley Glen, Bradford (/. IV.C). Anisopteryx aescularia JV.V. Common. Adel {G.T.); Arthington!! {H. Mars/i) ; Askham Bog {IV.F.); Barnsley (/.^) ; Bradford (/. ^F.C.) ; Bram- ham ! {J.Sni.); Huddersfield {G.T.F.) ; Leeds ! {A. Denny); Masham (C.^.) ; Pontefract (^.i^.) ; Raskelf {G.T.) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ; Sheffield (A.F>.) ; Wake- field ( JKT.) ; Weldon Wood (C.S.). Cheimatobia brumata Z. Abundant everywhere. Cheimatobia boreata Ifnb. Probably common wherever there is any extent of birch. Barnsley (/.-ff.) ; Bradford !! (/. JF.C.) ; Bramham ! i/.Sni.) ; Doncaster ! (Ji: IV.) ; Huddersfield ! (G.T.F.) Meanwood, Leeds {W.H.T.); Richmond (/. Sang) Scarborough (r.^f-:); Sheffield (^.Z>.); Wakefield ( JP: 7!) York !! ( W.F.). Oporabia dilutata W.V. Abundant everywhere. The dark-brown variety, obscurata Stand., is as common or more so in the south West Riding as the type. 46 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. The variety autumnaria Gn. occurs at Hudders- field {G.T.P.); at Richmond (G.F.H.) ; and doubtless elsewhere. This latter variety is by some considered a distinct species, and my own experience is that it is a con- siderably earlier insect in appearance on the wing. Oporabia filigrammaria H.S. Adel, Leeds {C.S.) ; Bram- ham {/.Sm.); Halifax {G.T.F.); Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Rombald's Moor (/. IV. C. and C.S.); Richmond (/ Sang); Ripon (/. Waite); Scarborough (T. [F.). Larentia didymata L. Abundant everywhere. Very dark forms are common in the south West Riding. Larentia xx\\x\X\sXr\ga.v\a. JIazu. Of general occurrence and in many districts plentiful. Mr. Butterfield has taken a peculiar dark form near Bingley. Askhaiai Bog {W.P.) ; Barnsley (/Z/'.) ; Bradford! (/ IV.C); Huddersfield!! (a r./'.); Meanwood!(/ W.T.); Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond {/.Sang); Scarborough {T. W.) ; Sheffield (A.D.) ; Wakefield ( JF.T.). Larentia caesiata W. V. Very abundant on all the high moors in the West Riding, and many beautiful dark varieties occur. Barden and Burnsall Moors!! {W.D.R.); Blubber- houses ! {Lord Wahingham) ; Bradford !! {J.W.C.) ; Halifax \{G.T.P.)\ Harrogate {/ Sang) ; Huddersfield !! {G.T.P.) ; Ilkley ( IV.E.C.) ; Pateley Bridge {G.Jackson) ; Richmond (/. Sang); Scarborough {T.W.); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York, one specimen in 1877 ( W.P.). Larentia ruficinctata Gn. Mr. J. W. Carter sent me for determination a specimen of this species taken on Mal- ham Moor, August, 1876. It had previously been reported from Huddersfield, but in that instance I am not sure that a variety of Z. ccesiata was not mistaken for it. Trans.V.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. GEOMETR.«. 47 Larentia salicata Hilb. Occurs in widely separated locali- ties, but only in one or two of them does it appear to be very common. The Bingley specimens are darker and have the markings much less clear and distinct than any Scotch specimens I have noticed. Bingley !! {E.P.F.B.) ; " in 1879, extremely abundant along an old wall bordering the west part of Bingley Wood " (/ A. Butterfield) ; Huddersfield (S.L.M.) ; Richmond (/. Sang); Saltaire {/.W.C); Scarborough {T.W.) ; Wakefield (?K 2: ). Larentia olivata W.V. Bradford !(/ [KC) ; Hudders- field {/.v.); Pateley Bridge {G. Jackson); Redcar (/. Sang); Richmond {G.F.H.); Scarborough (T.JK); Sheffield (A.Z).) ; Wakefield ( ?K 2:). Larentia pectin itaria -Fuess. Common and distributed. Askham Bog (^Ki^.); Bavns\ey (/.//.) ; Bradford (/.JV.C); Bramham ! (/.Sm.) ; Goole {/.Harrison); Grassington {G.T.P.) ; Huddersfield ! {G.T.P.) ; Leeds !! {E.B) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Raskelf {G.T.) ; Richmond {J. Sang); Scarborough {G.T.) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Thorne near Goole ( W.P.) ; Wakefield ( W.T.). Emmelesia affmitata Steph. Not generally common. Bradford ! (/. W.C) ; Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond (/. Sang) ; Scarborough {T. IV.) ; Sheffield (A.I).) ; York {Stai?iton''s Manual ). Emmelesia alchemillata Z. Much commoner than the last. Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Balby near Doncaster (WW.); Bradford (/ ?F:C); Bramham ! (/.6'ot.) ; Flamborough Head {E.H.) ; Huddersfield {/.V.) ; Pontefract {B-If.) ; Richmond {J. Sang) ; Rotherham !! {IV. Rodgers) ; Scar- borough {T. W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Thorne near Goole {G. T.P.) ; Wakefield ( W.T.). 48 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Emmelesia albulata IF.V. Fairly common in meadows where Rhina7tthus crista-galli grows. Balby near Doncaster ( W. W.) ; Blubberhouses {Lord Walsingham) ; Bradford {J.W.C); Bramham (yi^w.) ; Huddersfield, formerly very abundant, but scarce of late years (G.T.F.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond {/. Sang); Scarborough {Stainton's Manual); near Selby {C.S.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield {W.T.) ; York ! {Stainton's Manual). Emmelesia decolorata Hiib. Generally common amongst Lycluiis. Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Balby near Doncaster ( W. W.); Barnsley {J.H); Beverley {J. Harrison); Bradford {J.W.C.); Bramham ! {J.Sm.) ; Hambleton {G.T.) ; Hornsea (N.KB.) ; Huddersfield !! (G.T.F.) ; Leeds (E.B.) ; Pateley Bridge ( IV.D.R.) ; Pontefract (B.H.) ; Richmond {G.F.B.); Scarborough! (T.IV.); Sheffield (A.I).); Wakefield ( JV. T.) ; Wentbridge {G.T.). Emmelesia taeniata Stcph. We have only one locality for this local species. Scarborough (J:rF.). Eupithecia venosata Fab. Not uncommon amongst Silene inflata. Barnsley {J.H); Bradford (/.JV.C); Bramham! {J.Sm.); Huddersfield (a r. P.); Leeds (C^. and/ W.T.); Leyburn {/. Sang) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond {G.F.H.) ; Scarborough {T. IV.) ; Sheffield (^.Z>.) ; Wake- field (f^T.); York {T. Wilson). Eupithecia linariata JV.V. Generally common amongst toadflax, but seldom seen in the image state. The larvae used to feed in profusion in the flowers and seed-capsules of Linaria valgaris growing in my garden and adjoining fields, but I never saw more than one or two moths on the wing there, although I often looked for them. Trans.V.N.U. Series D. Vol. 2. GEOMETRY. 49 Barnsley (y:^) ; Bramham! (/6'w.) ; Huddersfield!! (G.T.F.) ; Kirkstall (/ IV. T.) ■ Leeds {C.S.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Sheffield (A.n.) ■ Wakefield ( JKT.). Eupithecia pulchellata Stcph. Not uncommon amongst' foxglove. Barnsley (/ZT.) ; Bishop's Wood (G.T.); Bradford (/. IF.C.) ; Harrogate {Staintoti's Manual) ; Huddersfield (G.T.F.) ; Leeds (£.B.) ; Scarborough {T. IV.) ; Sheffield {A.D. and IV. IV.) ; York {J.T.C.). Eupithecia centaureata W.V. Flamborough Head (^.75^); Huddersfield {G.T.F.) ; Leeds {£.£.) ; Pontefract (B.H.); Scarborough {F.I.); Sheffield {A.D.); York {J.TC). Eupithecia succenturiata L. Pontefract {B.H.); Scar- borough {Stai/!to/i's Manual) ; York {Stainton's Manual). Eupithecia subfulvata Hazv. Barnsley {J.H.); Flam- borough Head {E.H.) ; Richmond, also the variety oxy- data Tr. {G.F.H.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield ( W.T.) ; York ( W.F.). Eupithecia subumbrata W.V. Not common. Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {Stainton's Manual). Eupithecia plumbeolata Haw. Adel near Leeds {G.T) ; Huddersfield (P./.) ; Scarborough {Slainlon's Manual); Sheffield {A.D.). Eupithecia pygmaeata Hilb. We have several localities for this day-flying species. Bolton Woods; Bramham(/6V;/.); Richmond ((7.P./f. andyT Sang); between Royston and Wakefield {J.H.); Scarborough {T IV.) ; Wharncliffe, one in 1881 {F. Fills) ; York {Slalnlon's Manual). Eupithecia satyrata Hul'. Bramham (y; 6'///.) ; Richmond {G.F.H. andy. Sang); Scarborough {Stainton^s Manual). Eupithecia castigata Haw. Common, probably everywhere. Askham Bog ( IV.F.) ; Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bingley {E.F.F.B.); Bramham (y:^';/^) ; Huddersfield {G.T.F.); 50 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Richmond {J. Sang) ; Scarborough {F.O.M.) ; Sheffield (A.D.); York !! (JF.P.). • Eupithecia trisignata If.S. Bishop's Wood !! {IV.F.) ; Harrogate (/. Sang) ; Sharlston near Wakefield (G.T.F.) ; Scarborough (T. W.) ; York ( IV.P.). Eupithecia lariciata Ff-ey. Generally common wherever larch grows in any quantity. Adel near Leeds (6^.7:); B'mgley (F.F.F.B.); Bishop's Wood (G.T.F); Blubberhouses (Lord Wahingham) ; Brantingham near Brough !! {G.T.F.); Edlington near Doncaster (/.ZT.) ; Huddlestone (C.^.) ; Richmond (/ Satig); Scarborough (T. IV.) ; Sheffield {A.F>.); Went- bridge (G.T.) ; York {W.F.). Eupithecia virgaureata F)hl. Harrogate {/. Sajig) ; Hud- dersfield {F.I.) ; Scarborough {T. IF.). Eupithecia albipunctata Fra7c>. Local, but not uncommon in some localities amongst Angelica sylvestris, on the flowers and seeds of which the larva feeds. Mr. W. Prest breeds a black form from the larvae he collects at Bishop's Wood, which the Rev. H. Harpur Crewe, M.A., has described as variety angel icata. Askham Bog {W.F.) ; Bishop's Wood !!(/.(?. and W.F.); Bramham (/^w.); Harrogate (/. Sang) Rich- mond {G.F.H.) ; Scarborough {T. JV.) ; Sheffield (A.D.) ; York ( IV.F.). Eupithecia valerianata Jin/'. Larvae in flowers of Valeriaiia officinalis at Askham Bog ( IV.F.). Eupithecia pimpinellata Hiib. Askham Bog( IV.F.) ; Brad- ford (/. W.C.) ; York !! ( IV.F.). Eupithecia fraxinata Crewe. Seldom seen in the image state, but probably only wants looking for to be found much commoner. I find the larvae freely on ash, where they Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. GEOMETR/E. 5 1 shew a great partiality for the leaves on the young shoots, which often spring from the trunk near the ground. Askham Bog ( IV.F.) ; Halifax {Stainton's Manual ) ; Huddersfield ! (ar.P.)^ Sheffield {A.D.) ; York (T.' Wilson). Eupithecia extensaria Frey. Our county has produced the only two specimens of this species which have yet been taken in Britain. Mr. W. Brest detected a specimen in the boxes of Mr. Buck, who took it on Artemisia at Spurn about 1870. The other specimen was taken on waste ground near Hull in June 1873 by Mr. Saw7er, and is now I believe in the collection of Mr. Bhilip B. Mason, F.L.S., of Burton-on-Trent. Eupithecia indigata Hilb. Adel near Leeds {W.H.T.) ; Bramham {/.Sni.); Richmond { J. Satig) ; Scarborough {Stainton's Manual ) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield ( IV. T.); York !! ( JKF). Eupithecia constrictata Gn. Very local. Bramham {/.S/ii.) ; Richmond ! {G.P.H.). Eupithecia nanata Hiib. Apparently abundant on all heaths. Adel Moors ( W.H.T.) ; Askham Bog ( IV.F.) ; Barns- ley {J.H.) ; Blubberhouses {Lord Walsingham) ; Bradford {J.W.C); Halifax!! {G.T.F.); Harrogate (/. Sa7ig) ■ Huddersfield W {G.T.F.) \ Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond {J. Sang); Saddleworth (G.T.F.); Scarborough (G^.T.) ; Sheffield (A.n.) ; Thorne Waste ( JVF). Eupithecia subnotata Unb. Askham Bog( JV.F.) ; Bradford (/ IVC.) ; Bramham (/.Sm.) ; Huddersfield !! (G.T.F.) ; Leeds {E.B.) ; Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond {G.F.H.) ; Sheffield {A.D.). Eupithecia vulgata Ha7c>. Abundant no doubt everywhere. Adel near Leeds {C.S.) ; Askham Bog ( 11 :F.) ; Barns- ley i/./I.) ; Bramham ! (/.S^n.) ; Huddersfield !! (G.T.F.) ; 52 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Pontefract {B.H.) ; Redcar (/. Sang) ; Richmond (/ Sang); Scarborough ! {Stainton's Manual)', Shefifield {A.D.); Wakefield (^F.T:). Eupithecia absynthiata L. Askham Bog (JF:/'.); Hud- dersfield {G.T.P.) ; Richmond {G.P.H.) ; Scarborough ! {Stainto7i's Mufiual ) ; Sheffield I^A.D. ) ; Wakefield ( W. T.). Eupithecia minutata Hub. Adel near Leeds (6^. 7".) ; Bing- ley {E.F.F.B.); Blubberhouses {Lord Walsingham) ; Huddersfield, abundant in woods having an undergrowth of Callujia vulgaris, but not on the open heaths or moors {G.T.F.); Richmond (G.F.H.); Sheffield (^.Z>.); Thorne Waste (JKi'.); York {T. Wilson). Eupithecia assimilata Dbl. Common; the larva feeds on hop, and in gardens on currant-bushes. Askham Bog ( W.F.) ; Bradford (/ JV.C.) ; Hudders- field !! (G.TF.); Richmond {G.F.H.) ; Sheffield {A.B.). Eupithecia tenuiata Hiib. Larvae in sallow catkins. Askham Bog ( IV.F.) ; Bramham {/.Sm.) ; Richmond {G.F.H.); Scarborough {T. IF.) ; Sheffield (A.F>.). Eupithecia subciliata Gn. This local species was taken not uncommonly about maples, on the flowers of which the larva feeds, in the Copgrove Woods, by various mem- bers on a joint excursion of several Yorkshire Naturalists' Societies to Boroughbridge on the August Bank HoUday, 1876. The first specimen was secured by Mr. C. Smeth- hurst of Leeds (G.T.F). Eupithecia dodoneata Gn. Another scarce species. Scarborough {T. W.) ; Sheffield ( W. Thomas, Ent. W. Int., May nth, 1861) ; York {T. IVilson). Eupithecia abbreviata SteJ^h. Askham Bog (JKF); Bram- ham ! (/.Sm.) ; Castle Howard {JV.F.); Doncaster {W.W.); Pontefract (B.H.) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Scar- borough !! (T. IV.); Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield {IV.T.). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. '->. GEOMETRY. 53 Eupithecia exiguata Hilb. Askham Bog (JV.F.) ; Bishop's \Yood{G.T.F.); Doncaster(JV.lV.); Huddersfield (/'./.); Richmond (/^-./z/^^); Sheffield (^.i9.) ; Wakefield ( ^KT^). Eupithecia sobrinata JI//d. York, out of juniper (T. Wilson, Eiitoiiologists' Montlily Magazine, xiv. 212). Eupithecia togata Hilb. Mr. J. Sang of Darlington assures me that a specimen of this species was taken at Richmond; and this is further confirmed by the Rev. G. P. Harris, formerly of Richmond, who says the specimen was taken by Mr. Groves. Eupithecia pumilata Hiib. Huddersfield, one in 1871 by Mr. S. L. Mosley {G.T.F.) ■ Leeds {EB.) ; Scarborough ! i^Stainton^s Manual ). Eupithecia coronata Hilb. Scarborough (6'/«/;//<:w'jryI/a«;/^/). Eupithecia rectangulata Z. Not uncommon. Askham Bog ( /^r'/'.) ; Bramham ! (y.6'w.) ; Edlington Wood (G.T.F.) ; Huddersfield (/. V.) ; Pannal ( IV.D.R.); Richmond {G.F.H.) ; Scarborough {Stainton's Manual) ; Sheffield {A.D) ■ Wakefield ( IV.T.). Collix sparsata Hilb. Some seasons common in Askham Bog, York, which is one of the few British localities of the species. The larvae feed on Lysiinachia vulgaris ( JV.F.). Lobophora sexalata Hilb. Rare. Askham Bog ( IV.F.) ; Scarborough (T. IV.). Lobophora hexapterata W. V. Found amongst aspen, but not very common. Bramham!(/6'w.); EdlingtonWood(/.Zr) ; Rother- ham {Win. Rodgers); Scarborough (G.T.F.) ■ Sheffield {A.I).). Lobophora viretata Hilb. A scarce species with us. Richmond ( G. F.H and/. Sang) ; Scarborough ( T. W. ). 54 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Lobophora lobulata Hilb. The commonest of the genus. Adel near Leeds {C.S.) \ Askham Bog {W.P.) Bishop's Wood {C.S.) ; Bramham, on alder trunks in March {J.Sm.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond {G-RH.) Scarborough !! {T.W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York !! ( W.F.) Lobophora si mu lata Hiib. Very rare, I have never seen it Huddersfield (P./.); York {R.C.). Thera variata IV. V. Not uncommon in fir woods. Adel {G.T.); Bishop's Wood {C.S.); Bramham! (/.Sm.); Harrogate (/ Sang); Huddersfield (/.K); Leeds (C.S.); Pontefract (B.JI.) ; Richmond {G.P.H. and / Sang) ; Sandburn near York ( W.F.) ; Sheffield {A. D.) ; Wakefield ( W. T.). Thera firmata Hiib. Local, but common in some places. Bramham {/.Sm.); Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond (/. Sang) ; Scarborough {Stainton's Manual ) ; Wakefield {W.T.); York !! {W.P.). Hypsipetesruberataivr)'. Askham Bog (fKP.); Richmond (/. Sang) ; Scarborough {T. W) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {T. Wilson). Hypsipetes impluviata W.V. Fairly common amongst alders. Adel near Leeds (/. fi^T.) ; Askham Bog {W.F); Bishop's Wood {C.S.) ; Bradford {/. W. C.) ; Bramham {/.S/n.); Halifax {G.T.F.); Huddersfield (.); Wakefield (/?:/:); York ! {T.H.A.). Anticlea berberata W. V. Mr. A. Doncaster assures me this species " used to occur on a barberry hedge at Marr, near Doncaster, but the hedge is now replaced by a stone wall, and probably the species is extinct there " ; Richmond {G.P.H.). Coremia munitata Hilb. A local species. Rotherham (IF. Rodgers) ; Scarborough (T. JF.) ; Sheffield, not scarce {A.D.). Coremia propugnata IF.V. Bradford (/. TKC) ; Blubber- houses {Lord WalsingJia III) ; Doncaster {J.H.) ; Harrogate {/.Sang); Huddersfield (i'./.) ; Leeds (ii.^.) ; Muker {S.L.M.); Pontefract (^.i^.) ; Richmond (/. ^z/i--) ; Scar- borough {Stainton's Manual) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wake- field {IF.T.); York {Stainton's Manual). Coremia ferrugata Z. Askham Bog ( TK P.); Blubberhouses, a variety {Lord JFalsingliam) ; Bradford {/. W C.) ; Bram- ham ! (/.^///.)- Doncaster (/.^); Huddersfield (6^.r./^.); Leeds {E.B.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield {W.T.). Coremia unidentaria i7(?7i/. Askham Bog (fKP.); Bishop's Wood {G.T.); Boroughbridge {G.T.L^.); Bramham (/ Sm. ) ; Harrogate {/. Sang); Leeds {E.B.); also recorded as having occurred at Huddersfield, but I have never seen it there. Camptogramma bilineata Z. Abundant almost every- where, but less so in the south West Riding than elsewhere. 58 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Camptogramma fluviata Hi':b. x\ specimen of this rarity was taken at York by Mr. W. Prest, on May 22nd, i860, and another on July 4th, 1868, by Mr. J. T. Carrington {Ent. IV. Int., Oct. 20///, i860, and Ent. Ann. 1869, /. 141, respectively). Phibalapteryx lignata Hiib. Partial to marshy ground. Askham Bog {W.P.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Scar- borough {T.W.). Phibalapteryx polygrammata Bork. Very rare. Scarborough ( T. W.). Scotosia dubitata L. Moderately common. Askham Bog (IV.P.) ; Barnsley (/.If.); Bradford i/.lV.C.); Bramham (/6"/;/.) ; Huddersfield (6^. r.i'.) ; Ilkley ! (E.B.) ; Pontefract (B.H.) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Sheffield (A.D.) ; Wakefield (IF.T.). Scotosia vetulata IV. V. Not a common species. Askham Bog (JV.B.) ; Doncaster (G^.T^P. and IV.B.). Scotosia rhamnata IV. V. Is recorded from one locality only. Askham Bog ( JV.F.). Scotosia certata Hiib. Bedale {JV. Culverivcll) ; Ponte- fract {B.H.). Scotosia undulata L. A pretty but uncommon species. Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Bishop's Wood {C.S.) ; Leeds {E.B.). Cidaria psittacata W. V. Local. Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond {G.F.H. and/ Sang); Scarborough {T.IV.) ; Wentbridge {C.S.); near York iJ.T.C). Cidaria miata I. Fairly common. Barnsley {J.II.) ; Huddersfield {G.T.F.); Leeds {A. Denny) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond {G.T.F. and / Sang); Scarborough {J.H.R.); Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield ( W.T.) ; York (R.C). Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2, GEOMETRY. 59 Cidaria corylata Thunb. Askham Bog ( Tf-^/'.) ; Barnsley {J.H.); Bishop's Wood {C.S.)\ Bradford {/.IV.C.) ; Bramham ! (/^"w) ; Edlington Wood (C. 7:7^.) ; Hud- dersfield {G.T.F.) ; Ingleton (CS.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond (/. Sa?!g) ■ Sheffield [A.D.) ; Wakefield ( W. T.). Cidaria russata TV. V. Common everywhere and very variable. Dark forms, including the variety perfuscata Haw., are plentiful, much more so than in the southern counties. In Butternab Wood, Huddersfield, I have more than once taken a variety I do not remember to have seen elsewhere : it is darker even than perfuscata and quite different in colour ; the central band is black on a very dark reddish-brown ground, and with no trace of the usual slaty grey. A figure of the variety, as well as of the Yorkshire form of perfus- cata, is given in Part xi. of Mosley's Illustrations of Varieties of British Lepidoptera. Varieties centum-notata Fab. and comma-notata Haw., I believe both occur, but I think not nearly so commonly as the dark forms. Cidaria immanata Haw. Also apparently common through- out the county, and like C. russata is very variable, but the tendency of the variation is much paler generally than in that species. Variety marmorata Haw. may perhaps be taken as a central type of the variation. Cidaria suffumata W.V. Generally distributed and often abundant. The dark rich brown form piceata Steph., sometimes occurs ; and in the south West Riding a very beautiful variety with black median band and basal blotch on a pure white ground has been several times taken. The best I have ever seen is in my own cabinet, and was taken at Huddersfield in May 187 1. The specimen is figured in the Entomologist of May, 1878, and also in Mosley's Illustrations of Varieties of British Lepidoptera, Part xi. 6o PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Askham Bog {IV.F.) ; Barnsley {J.H); Bishop's Wood !! ( G. T.P.); Bradford (/ W. C); Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Easingwold ! (G.T.) ; Huddersfield ! (G.T.F.) ; Leeds (^.^.); Pontefract(^.^); Richmond (/ 6"^/;^) ; Sheffield (A.B.); Wakefield (IV.T.); Wentbridge (G.T.); York (IKJ^.). Cidaria silaceata IV.F. Not uncommon. Bishop's Wood ! {G.T.P.); Bramham (/ 6';;/.) ; Hud- dersfield, rare {/.V.) ; Richmond {G.P.H. andy. Sang); Scarborough ! (T.JV.); Sheffield (A.P>.) ; Wakefield ( IV.T.) ; York {Staititon's Manual). Cidaria prunata Z. Found in gardens among currant bushes. Bingley {E.P.F.B.) ; Bramham {J.Si/i.) ; Grassington {C.S.); Huddersfield (G.T.P.); Leeds {£.P.) ; Ponte- fract (B.H.); Raskelf (G.T.); Richmond (G.P/f.); Sheffield (A.P>.) ; Wakefield ( JV.T.) ; York (F. C). Cidaria testata Z. Apparently abundant on all heaths, and in woods having an undergrowth of Calluna vulgaris, throughout the county. Cidaria populata Bork. Abounds on all the moors and wherever bilberry grows freely in the West Riding. Barden ( W.D.R.) ; Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bishop's Wood {C.S.) ; Bradford ! (/ W.C.) ; Halifax !! {G.T.P.) ; Harro- gate (/. Sang); Huddersfield !! (6^.7:7'.) ; Ilkley {A. Denny); Leeds {W.H.T.); Marsden !! {G.T.P.) ; Pateley Br'xdgQ {G. Jackson) ; Pontefract (^.Z^) ; Richmond (/ Sang); Sheffield (A.D.) ; Wakefield {JV.T); York! (Sfainlon's Manual ). Cidaria fulvata Forst. Common among rose, probably everywhere. Askham Bog { W.P.) ; Barnsley {J.H.) ; Borough- bridge {G.T.P.); Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Filey {G.T); Goole (/. Harrison); Huddersfield !! {G.T.P.); Leeds Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. GEOMETRY. 6l {E.B.); Micklefield (C^.); Pannal !! ( r^Z*.^.) i Ponte- fract {B.H.); Raskelf {G.T.); Redcar (/. Sang); Rich- mond (/ &;/^) ; Shaiiston {G.T.F.); Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield {IV. T.). Cidaria pyraliata Bork. Askham Bog ( Jf^/'.) ; Barnsley {/.H.); Bishop's Wood {G.T.) ; Bradford {J.W.C); Bramham {/.Sm.) ; Edlington Wood ! {G. T.P.); Hudders- field (/. V.) ; Leeds ( W.H.T.) ; Pontefract {B.ff.) ; Red- car (/. Sang) ; Richmond {/. Sang) ; Sheffield (A.Z>.) ; Wakefield {JKT.). Cidaria dotata Z. Askham Bog ( IV.F.) ; Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond {G.P.H.) ; Wakefield (JV.T.). Pelurga comitata Z. Widely distributed and common. Askham Bog ( JKR) ; Balby near Doncaster ( W. IV.); Barnsley (JK IV); Bradford (/. IV. C); Bramham [(/.^-w.); Goole {John Harrison) ; Huddersfield ! {G. T.P.) ; Leeds {E.B.); Otley {CS); Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond {G.P.H.) ; Scarborough (T:?!^); Sheffield (yi.Z'.); Wake- field (/P:Z.). Eubolia cervinaria W. V. Brigg near Selby {C.S.) ; Brough {G.T.P.); Huddersfield {G.T.P.); Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond {G.P.H); Scarborough ! {/.HP.) ; Sheffield {A.P>.); Wakefield {IV.T.) ; Wetherby {C.S.) ; York {/.T.C.). Eubolia mensuraria IV.V. Plentiful almost everywhere, scarce only in some parts of the south West Riding. Eubolia maeniata IV. V. A very fine specimen of this species, of which only one or two others are known to have occurred in Britain, was taken by Mr, W. Brest among broom near York, on August 19th, 1866 (Z'///. Ann., 1867, /• 157)- Eubolia paiumbaria W.V. Not uncommon on heaths, &c. Adel near Leeds ( W.H.T.) ; Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Barnsley {J.H.); Bradford ! (/. W.C); Bramham {J.Sm.) ; 02 PORRITT: list of YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Huddersfield {G.T.P.) ; Pontefract {B.H); Richmond {J. Sang); Scarborough ! {Sfaifitoii's Manual) ; Shefifield \a.D.); Whitby {IV.E.C). Eubolia bipunctaria IV.V. Common on the cliffs on the coast. Filey {G. T.) ; Flamborough Head !! (E.H.) ; K\ch- moud {G.F.H.) ; Scarborough ! (6^. 7: P.) ; York {Stain- ton's Mamml). Carsia imbutata Hilh. Common on Thorne Waste, near Goole, which is its only Yorkshire locality {G.T.F., IV.F., S.D.B., and JV. IV.). Anaitis plagiata L. Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bishop's Wood {C.S.); Bramham (/ IV.T.) ; Huddersfield (SL.Hf. and /.v.); Ledstone(C.^.); Micklefield (C^".) ; Scarborough {J.H.R.); Sheffield (^.Z?.); Wakefield ( ff^ 71). Chesias spartiata Fab. Pontefract (B.H.) ; Rastrick near Huddersfield, a specimen brought to me to name in 1878 (G.T.F.) ; Scarborough {T. IV.) ; Sheffield (A.n.) ; Wakefield {G. Wilson, Naturalist, May, 1882,/. 161); York {W.F., Ent. W. hit., 1860,/. 44). Tanagra chaerophyllata L. Widely distributed and often abundant. Barnsley {J.H) ; Blubberhouses ! {Lord Walsing- Iiani) ; Bradford (/. IV.C.) ; Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Dews- bury (G.T.F); Driffield {L.B.Foss); Edlington near Doncaster (J.H.); Harrogate (/. Sang); Huddersfield !! {G.T.F.); Leeds {E.B.); Pateley Bridge {JV. Storey) ; Pontefract {B.H.); Redcar (/ Sang); Richmond (/ Sang) ; Scarborough !! {J.H.R.); Settle {H. F. Farsons); Sheffield {A.D.)\ Wakefield {IV.T); York {Stainton's Manual ). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol 2. DREPANULyE AND PSEUDO-BOMBYCES. 63 DREPANUL^. Platypteryx lacertula Hiib. Pontefract {B.H.)\ Scar- borough ! (r. W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; WharncUffe Woods ( IF. H. Smith) ; York {Stainton's Manual ). Platypteryx falcula W.V. Add near Leeds ( ^r.Z^ 7: ) ; Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bishop's Wood {C.S.); Bradford ! (/. IV-C.) ; Bramham ! {J.Sm.) ; Don- caster ! ( U: ir.) ■ Huddersfield {F.I) ; Pontefract {B.H.); Scarborough {T.IV.); Sheffield {A.D.); Thorne near Goole ( IV.F.) ; Wakefield ( IV. T.) ; York ! ( IV.F.). Cilix spinula JV.V. Generally common among hawthorn. Askham Bog ( JV.F.) ; Barnsley {/.ff.) ; Bishop's Wood {IV.F.) ; Bradford (/ JVC); Bramham ! {/.S>n.) ; Huddersfield ! (C?.7: P.) ; Leeds ! (^.^.) : Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond (/ San,ir) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wake- field {JVT.). FSE U DO-BOMB YCES. Dicranura bicuspis Bork. The late Mr. T. Wilkinson sent me this rare species from Scarborough, where he used to take it in some numbers. Records for other localities are as follows : — ■ Goathland near Whitby {F.O.M., British Moths, 187 1, ii. 47) ; Guisborough, several {IV. Jeffrey, En t. W. Int., Sep. II, 1858); Middlesbrough {Zool. 1857, xv. 5S25) ; Ripon {T. MeIdriim,Ent. IV. Int., ix. 107) ; Yarm, empty cocoons ( W. Lister, Entom., 1869, iv. 231) ; York, one by Mr. Robert Cook in 1859 {Ent. Ann., 1S60,/. 139) ; and in i860 {T. H. A His, Ent. JV. Int., viii. 51). 64 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Dicranura furcula Z. Bramham! (yi^w.) ; Headingley near Leeds, one, 1847 (A. Shipley^ Zool. 1848, vi. 2236); Pon- tefract {B.H.); Richmond {G.F.H., G.T.F., ^nd/.Sang); Scarborough, not uncommon (T. IV.) ; Selby {R.H.); Sheffield {A.B.) ; Whitby ! ( W.E.C.). Dicranura bifida Hiib. Of wider distribution than the last. Askham Bog ( W.F.) ; Barnsley {/.If.) ; Bramham ! {J.Sm.) ; Doncaster ( IV. IV.) ; Huddersfield (F./.) ; Pon- tefract {B.H.) ; Richmond {G.F.H. and /. Sang); Scar- borough! (T. JV); Selby (i?.i^); Sheffield {A.D.); Thome ( W. IV.) ; Wakefield ( JVT.) ; York ! (T. Wilson). Dicranura vinula L. Plentiful probably everywhere. Askham Bog (JV.F.); Barnsley (/.i^) ; Bishop's Wood (C.S.) ; Bradford ! (/. JVC.) ; Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Bridlington (M.Z.) ; Goole (/. Harrison); Huddersfield ! {G.T.F.); Ilkley {A. Denny) ; Leeds ! ( W.H.T.) ; Pon- tefract(^.^.); Richmond (/. Sang); Scarborough !!(/'./); Sheffield (y^.Z>.); Wakefield (JVT.); Washburn-dale ( JV.E.C.) ; Whitby !! ( JV.E.C.) ; York {T. JVilson). Stauropus fagi L. A great rarity with us. Taken by Mr. Wm. Bowers near Selby in 1864 (R. Hebson, Naturalist, Old Series, 1864, i. 255). Petasia cassinea Fab. Bishop's Wood (C 5.) ; Bramham, common on birch trunks early in November {/.Sm.) ; Doncaster ! (JV.Jp:); Edlington {J.H.); Richmond {G.F.H.) ; Scarborough! ( 7: JV.) ; Sheffield {A.D.); York {JJ^.F). Pygsera bucephaia L. Askham Bog ( Jf^Z'.) ; Barnsley {J.H.); Bishop's Wood (C^".); Boroughbridge (/C?.) j Bradford {/.JVC); Bramham ! {/.Sm.); Bridlington {M.Z.) ; Goole Moors (/. Harrison) ; Harrogate (/. JV. Speck) ; Huddersfield {G.T.F.) ; Ilkley ( JJ'.E.C); Leeds Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. PSEUDO-BOMBYCES. 65 {E.B.); V?inn?i\ {IV.D.R.); Pontefiact (^.^); Richmond {/.Sang); Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield ( IV.T.); Wetherby !! {IV.D.E.). Clostera curtula L. Only recorded from York (i?. C, Enhvn., Feb. 1842 ; W.F., Ent. Mo. Mag., vii. 256). Clostera reclusa W.V. Also apparently confined to the York district. Askham Bog ( TK/'.) ; Strensall Common, the larvae feed on sallow {P. I.). Ptilodontis palpina L. Askham Bog {JV.F.); Bishop's Wood {C.S.) ; Bramham West Woods {C.S.); Richmond {G.P.H.) ; Scarborough {T. IV.) ; Sheffield {A.B.) ; Wake- field (TV.T.); York (JV.F.). Notodonta camelina Z. Generally common. Askham Bog {JV.F.); Barnsley {/.II) ; Bishop's Wood {IV.E.C); Blubberhouses {Lord lVaIsi/igha7/i) ; Bradford (/. W. C. ) ; Bramham ! (/ Sm. ) ; Edlington Wood ! {G.T.F.); Grassington(/.7^i?.)- Halifax (6^.7: /*.); Hud- dersfield, not uncommon {G.T.F.); Hunslet {J.F.); Meanwood near Leeds {W.H.T.); Market Weighton ( W.F.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Scar- borough {G.T.); Sheffield {A.D.)\ Wakefield {W.T.); Wharncliffe Woods {G.T.F.). Notodonta dictesa Z. Askham Bog {JV.F.); Bramham ! {/.S>n.); Huddersfield {/,J'.)\ Leeds {A. Denny and C.S.); Pontefract {B.H.); Rawmarsh near Rotherham {F.O.M., JJ^ooiVs Naturalist, June, 1837, ii. 166-7); Rich- mond {G.F.H. and/. Sang); Scarborough 1! {T.JJ'.) ; Selby {R.H.); Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield {JJ'.T.); Whitby ! ( IV.E.C.) ; York ( JVF). Notodonta dictaeoides Es/>. Barnsley {J.H.); Bingley {J. A. Butterfield); Bramham {JJ\H.T.); Huddersfield {F.T.); Pontefract {B.H.); Rotherham ( JK TJwmas) ; 66 porritt: list of Yorkshire lepidoptera. Scarborough 1! {T. W.) ; Selby {R.ff. and T.F.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ■ Wakefield {G.T.F. and C. IV.F.) ; York ( JV.P.). Notodonta dromedarius L. Common and widely dis- tributed. The larvae feed on birch and alder. Adel Moor {G.T.); Askham Bog ( IV. F.) ; Barnsley i/.B-.) ■ Bishop's Wood {C.S.) ; Bradford ( W. H. Cooper) ; Edlington Wood(G'.7:i'.); Halifax ((?.r. P.) ; Hudders- field ! {G.T.F.) • Hunslet ! {J.F.) ■ Pannal ( IV.D.R.) ; Richmond (/ Sang); Scarborough !! (7! f^F.) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield! (a T: P. and C.IV.R.); Wharncliffe . ^N oods {G.T.F.). Notodonta ziczac Z. Askham Bog {W.F.) ; Barnsley {J.H.) ; Blubberhouses {Lord IValsifighatn) ; Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Hunslet {/.F.) ; Ponte- fract {B.H.); Richmond (/ Sang) ; Scarborough !! {T. IV.); Selby {F.I/.) ; Sheffield {A.F.) ; Wakefield ( JV.T). Notodonta trepida Fa/>. Rare. Bishop's Wood {F.H. and C.S.) ; York ( IV.F.) ; also, according to F. O. Morris, at Doncaster. Notodonta chaonia JV.V. I have bred this rather scarce species from larv^ I found crawling down the oak trunks in Edlington Wood ( (9.7". Z*.). Other reported localities are Bishop's Wood; Pontefract {B.H.); Scarborough \\{T. Ji:) ; Sheffield {A.D.); York {Staiiitofi's Mamial). Notodonta dodonaea W.V. Bishop's Wood (C 6".); Scar- borough \\{T. JV.) ; Sheffield {A.F>.) ; York ( IV.F.). Diloba caeruleocephala Z. Widely distributed and often common ; scarce in some parts of the south West Riding. Askham Bog {IVF) ; Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bishop's Wood (6^.7:); Bramham! (/ 6";//.); \^xowg\^ {G.T.F.) ; Goole (/. W.C); Leeds {C.S.); Pontefract {B.H); Ras- Ve\i{G.T.) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ; Scarborough {T IV.) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Thirsk {G.T.); Wakefield {W.T.). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. 67 NOCTU.^. Thyatira derasa L. Widely distributed and not uncommon. Askham Bog (IF.F.); Barnsley (/.If.); Bishoiys Wood (C^l) ; Boroughbridge (71. Andz-eics) ; Bramham (J.Sm.) ; Doncaster !! ( JV. W.) ; Goole Barracks (/. Har- risoti) ; in Holderness, Beverley, $iiQ..\(N.F.D.); Mean- wood near Leeds (C.S.) ; Pontefract (i?.^) ; Scarborough (T. W.) ; Sheffield (A.D.) ; Wakefield ( IV. T.); Wharncliffe Woods (S.L.M.). Thyatira bails Z. Well distributed and rather common. Askham Bog (JF.F.) ; Barnsley (J.H.); Bishop's Wood \(G.T.F.); Boroughbridge (H. Andrnus) ; Bram- ham ! (/.Sm.); Doncaster! (JF.JK); in Holderness, Beverley, &c. ! (N.F.D.) ; Huddersfield (G.T.F.) ; Leeds (W.IF.T.); Pontefract (B.II.); Richmond (G.T.F.) ; Saltaire (]Vard?nan) ; Scarborough (FIV.); Sheffield (A.D.) ■ Wakefield ( IV.T.) ; Wharnclifl-e Woods (S.L.M.). Cymatophora duplaris Z. Askham Bog ( W.F.) ; Bishop's Wood ! (G.T.F. and C.S.) ; Bramham (J.Sm.); Edling- ton Wood (J.H.) ; in Holderness, Beverley, &c. (N.F.D.) ; Huddersfield (F.I.) ; Richmond (J. Sang) ; Scarborough (T.W.); Sheffield (A.D.). Cymatophora fluctuosa ZT/V*^. Barnsley (/.ZT.) ; Rother- ham (IVm. Rodgers) ; Sheffield (A.D.); Wakefield, occasionally (H. Siffis and IV.T); Wharnclifie Woods ! (G.T.F.); York (r. Wilson); also recorded from Hud- dersfield, where I believe it has occurred, although I have never seen it (G.T.F.). Cymatophora diluta JV.V. Askham Bog ( JriZ!) ; Barnsley (J.H.) ; Doncaster ! ( \V. JV.) ; Meanwood near Leeds ! (JV.H.T); Pontefract (B.II); Scarborough (TJV); Selby (7:z:); Sheffield (A.D.) ; Wakefield (JV.T). 68 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Cymatophora or IV. V. Very local. Scarborough II (T. IV.) ; Sheffield (A.D.). Cymatophora flavicornis Z. Usually common where there is any extent of birch. Barnsley (/.H.) ; Bishop's Wood ( IV./".) ; Blubber- houses {IV.D.R.); Bradford ! {/.W.C); Bramham !! {J.S/n.); Doncaster! (JK JK); Edlington Wood (aZii^.); Huddersfield ! (G.T.P.) ; Leeds ! ( JKH. T.) ; Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond {G.P.H.) ; Scarborough (T. JV.) ; Sheffield (A.D.) ; Wakefield {W.T.) ; York {R.C.). Mr. S. L. Mosley has taken a very pale variety at Huddersfield. Cymatophora ridens Fab. Sheffield {A.D.) ; York ( IV.P). Bryophila peria JV.V. Generally common, often abundant. Barnsley (/.H.) ; Beverley! {N.F.D.) ; Bradford! {/.IV.C); Bramham! {/.Sm.) ; Goole (/. Harrison); Huddersfield {G.T.P.) ; Ilkley {A. Denny); Leeds!! ( W.H.T.) ; Pannal ( W.jD.R.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Red- car (/ Sang); Richmond {G.P.B.) ; Scarborough!! {G.T.P.) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield {W.T); York {R.C.). Acronycta t rid ens W. V. Askham Bog ( IV.P.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.D.) ; Bishop's Wood (/. W.T) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Scarborough {T W.) ; Sheffield (^.Z*.) ; York {T Wilson). Acronycta psi L. Common everywhere. Acronycta leporina Z. Not uncommon. Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bradford {/.W.C); Bramham! {/.Sm.); Edlington Wood {G.T.P.); Huddersfield {G.T.P.); Hunslet ! {/P.); Meanwood near Leeds {W.H.T); Pontefract (^.ZT.); Rotherham ( fF. Z7ww«^) ; Scarborough {T W.) ; Selby {TF.); Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield {G.T.P. and W.T). At Beverley (iV;Z:Z'.) and atYork( ?F.Z'.)the dark form, variety Bradyporina, Zr., only occurs, not the pale toim. Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2 NOCTU^. 69 Acronycta megacephala JV.V. Askham Bog {IV.F.); Bishop's Wood {T.F. and C.S.) ; Bradford {/.W.C); Bramham {J.Si/i.); Huddersfield (/. F.) ; Pontefract (B.H.) ; Richmond (/ Saug) ; Sheffield {A.D.). Acronycta alni L. This species, ahvays considered a great rarity, used to be taken not uncommonly at Scarborough by the late Mr. T. Wilkinson. It has also been taken re- peatedly some years at Edlingtpn Wood near Doncaster, and at Haw Park, near Wakefield, in both of which locali- ties as well as about York I have no doubt it might be taken every season if well worked for. The following records will shew its distribution ; — Bishop's Wood {C.S.) ; Bramham, twice on birch {/.S>/i.); Brantingham near Brough {E/it. IV. Int., viii. 195) ; Don- caster ( ]V. IV. and others) ; Edlington Wood {J-H. and others) ; I took a larva there on the upper side of an oak leaf on August 5th, 1882 {G.T.P.) ; Guisborough {IV. Jeffrey, Ent. W. Int., iv. 188) ; Huddersfield, one at sugar by Mr. J. Varley, and one by Mr. F. Dearnley at Norton- thorpe, on June 8th, 1874 ; Leeds, one in 1858 {F. Dates, Ent. W. Int., p. 203) ; Rotherham, in 1876 {/a?nes Floor) ; Scarborough, not uncommon {T. JV.) ; Selby, in 1S78 {T.F); Sheffield {A.F>.), one on June 14th, 1874 (/K Sheldon, Entom., vii. 178) ; Wakefield, not very uncommon ( W.T., C. W.R., G.T.P., and others) ; York, not uncom- mon ( W.P.). Acronycta ligustri W.V. Local. Beverley ! {N.F.D.) ; Bramham {J.Sni.) ; Bramley Fall Wood near Leeds {E.B.); Pontefract {B.H.); Scar- borough \\{T.W.); Sheffield, in old list {A.D.) ; York, not uncommon ( IV.F.). The York specimens generally are so different from southern ones that at first sight I quite failed to recognize some shewn to me by Mr. Prest. The large blotch towards 70 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. the costa instead of being white is olive-green, and indeed the upper wings are marbled all over with this olive-green. Mr. N. F. Dobree says that this variety greatly preponder- ates about Beverley {G.T.P.). Acronycta rumicis Z. Abundant everywhere. The dark variety, salicis Curt, is very common at Huddersfield, and doubtless throughout the south West Riding. It also occurs at Doncaster ( W. IV.) ; Richmond {G.P.H.) ; and Selby (T.F.) ; so is probably as widely dis- tributed as the type. Acronycta menyanthidis Esp. Generally common on heaths and moors, and sometimes in woods containing bilberry and ling, on which the larva feeds. Bradford !! (/ W.C.) ; Goole (/. Harrison) ; Halifax {G.T.F.); Huddersfield !(G^.r./'.); Ilkley (C.^:) ; Riccall Common {G.T.F.) ; Richmond (/. Sang); Ripon (7: Meldruvi); Thorne near Goole (C^. and WAV.) ; Saddle- worth {R. S. Edelston) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Strensall Com- mon, York ( W.P.). '' The York specimens" says Mr. W. Brest (Enfom., X. 129) " are nearly black." Mr. J. Harrison of Goole has also sent me this very dark form from his district. Leucania conigera IV. V. Generally common. Askham Bog {W.F.) ; Barnsley {/.H.) ; Beverley {N.F.D.); Bradford ! {/.W.C); Bramham (/.Sm.) ; De\Yshury (G.T.F); Flamborough Head (Z:.^^.) ; Hud- dersfield (G.T.F); Bontefract (B.H.); Richmond (/ Sang) ; Scarborough ! (G.T.F.); Sheffield (A.D.); Wake- field (W.T.). Leucania lithargyria Esp. Common, probably everywhere. Leucania littoral is Curt. Abundant at Spurn (N.F.D. and F. W.L.). Not recorded from elsewhere. Leucania pudorina W. V. Askham Bog ( W.F.) ; Bramham (/.Sm.) ; Bontefract (B.ll.) ; Scarborough (T. W.). Trans.Y.N.U. Series U, Vol. 2. Leucania comma L. Not uncommon. Adel {IV.H.T.); Askham Bog {JV.F.) ■ Barnsley {/.H.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.D.) ; Bishop's Wood {G. T.) ; Bramham ! {J.Sm.) ; Huddersfield {G.T.F.) ; Pontefract {B.If.); Raskelf (ar.); Redcar (/. &;/^') ; Richmond {/.Sang); Scarborough {J.H.R.); Sheffield (^.Z^.) ; Wakefield {W.T.). Leucania impura Hfib. Found probably everywhere, aud generally common. Askham Bog (JV.F.); Barnsley {J.H.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.D.) ; Bradford ! {/.IV.C); Fiamborough Head {E.ff.) ; Goole (/ Harrison) ; Hambleton {G.F.) ; Hook Moor near Aberford {J.U'.T.); Huddersfield {G.T.F.) ; Leeds ( W.H.T.) ; Pontefi-act {B.H.) ; Redcar (/ Sang) ; Richmond {J. Sang); Scarborough (y^/Zii'?.) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield {W.T.). Leucania pal lens L. Abundant everywhere. A form which I think is the variety ectypa Hub. is tolerably common. Leucania phragmitidis Hilb. Askham Bog {W.F.) ; Bever- ley ! {N.F.D.); Bramham {J.Sni.). Tapinostola elymi Tr. Common at Spurn {N.F.D. and F. W.L.). Mr. Dobre'e informs me that this species comes very freely to light. I have taken it in plenty on the Lincoln- shire coast at rest after dark on the stems of marram grass and its food plant Elyinus arenarius. Nonagria despecta Tr. Not common. Balby near Doncaster ( ]V. W.) ; Beverley {N.F.D.). Nonagria fulva Hub. Fairly common. Adel near Leeds {G.T.) ; Askham Bog {W.F.); Beverley! {N.F.D.); Bishop's Wood {C.S)\ Blubber- 72 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. houses {Lord WalsmgJiam) ; Bradford !(/. ?I^C) ; Bram- ham {J.Sni.) ; Haigh ! (G.T.P.) ; Huddersfield (G.T.F.) ; Richmond {G.P.H.) ; Scarborough ! {Stainton's Manual); Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield {W.T.). Nonagria cannae Och. Mr. P. Inchbald says this species has occurred among bulrush at Shepley Mill near Hud- dersfield, but I cannot help thinking there is some mistake in connection with it. Nonagria typhse Esp. Usually not uncommon where Typha latifolia grows freely. Askham Bog ( W.P) ; Beverley ! {N.F.D.) ; Hudders- field (/. V.) ; Pontefract (B.H.) ; Roystone near Barnsley {J.H.) ; Scarborough {T. IK) ; Sheffield (A.B.) ; Wake- field (IV.T. and C.S.) ; Woodlesford (/.P.). Nonagria lutosa 11/3. Not uncommon in the eastern division of the county, but a specimen I have in my cabinet, which I took from a gas-lamp in Huddersfield, is the only record of its occurrence in the south West Riding. Askham Bog ( IF. P.) ; Balby near Doncaster ( W. IV.); Beverley \{iV. P. £>.); Hull ! {N.F.D.); Scarborough {T. W.); Spmn{JV.P.C.). Gortyna flavago JV. V. Widely distributed and not un- common. Mr. N. F. Dobree writes of this species : " In all the specimens I have seen from the East Riding, the size is not more than two-thirds of southern specimens, and the colouring is yellow instead of orange. The differ- ence is so marked that I am surprised that it has not hither- to been noticed in print." Adel {C.S.) ; Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Barnsley {J.JI.) ; Beverley I {JV.P.P>.) ; Bishop's Wood ((:?. 7:) ; Bradford {J.W.C); Doncaster {IV. W.); Goole (/ Harrison); Huddersfield (a P.P.) ; Leeds {E.B.) ; Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond (/ Sang) ; Ripon {/. IVaite) ; Scarborough {P.IV.); Selby {G.T.P.) ; Sheffield (^.Z?.) ; Wakefield {IV.T.). Trans.V.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. NOCTURE. 73 Hydraecia nictitans L. Plentiful and often very strongly coloured. Very partial to ragwort flowers. Adel (^. Denny); Askham Bog ( ?F./'.) ; Barnsley {J.H.); Beverley {N.F.D.) ; Bishop's Wood {W.P.) ; Blubberhouses {Lord Wahinghani) ; Bradford! {/. IV.C.) ; Bramham {J.Sm.) ; Dewsbury {G.T.F.) ; Huddersfield !! {G.T.F.); im&y \{IV.E.C.); Leeds !( ?K^.r.) ; Pannal ! ( W.D.R.) ; Pontefract (B.H.) ; Redcar (/. Sang) ; Rich- mond (/ Sang) ; Scarborough ( r. W.) ; Sheffield (A.£>.); Wakefield (JF.T.). Hydraecia petasitis Di/. Beverley (JV.F.D.) ; Hudders- field (y; F.) ; Kirkstall near Leeds (C -5".) ; Scarborough (T. IV.); on the banks of the Don between Sheffield and Rotherham {A.D.) ; Thorner {C.S.) ; Wakefield ! ( IV.T., C.S., and others). Hydraecia micacea Fsp. Generally common. Askham Bog (JF-F); Barnsley {J.H.) ; Beverley {N.F.D.); Bradford (/[FC.); Bramham (/.^///.) ; Hud- dersfield ! {G.T.F.) ; Leeds !! {JKH.T.); Pontefract (B.H.) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Ripon (/. IVaite) ; Scar- borough W {Stainton's Manual) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Wake- field {W.T.). Axylia putris L. Askham ^og{W.F.); Bradford (/. ?FC.) ; Bramham {J.Sni.) ; Bridlington (M.L.) ; Goole {/. Harri- son) ; Huddersfield {G.T.F.) ; Leeds ! ( W.B. T) ; Ponte- fract {B.H.) ; Redcar (/ Sang) ; Richmond {G.F.H.) ; Scarborough !! {Stainton's Manual) ; Wakefield ( IV.T.) ; York {T.H.A.). Xylophasia rurea Fab. Abundant no doubt everywhere. In the south West Riding the variety combusta Haw. is about as plentiful as the type, and many of the specimens are exceedingly rich in colour. Mr. S. L. Mosley says the varieties alopecurus Esp. and borealis also occasionally occur at Huddersfield. 74 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Xylophasia lithoxylea JV.F. Common, probably through- out the county. Xylophasia sublustris £sj>. Not common. Askham Bog ( W.F.) ; once at Meanwood near Leeds {IV.JI.T.); Pontefract {B.H.) ■ Scarborough {T.IV.); Wakefield {W.T.). Xylophasia polyodon L. Very abundant everywhere. The black form, variety infuscata IVhite, is oi ixe- quent occurrence both east and west. Xylophasia hepatica L. Widely distributed and not un- common. Askham Bog ( IV.F.) ; Barnsley (/.JI.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.n.) ; Bradford (/. W.C.) ; Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ■ Hambleton {G. T.) ; Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Leeds {£.£.) ■ Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond {/. Sang); Saltaire (— . Wardman) ; Scarborough {2\ IV.) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield (IV.F.). Xylophasia scolopacina Esp. Not uncommon in well wooded districts. Barnsley {/.H.) ; Bishop's Wood {C.S. and G.F.); Bramham {J. Sin.) ; Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Scarborough {T.W.); Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield, very common at Haw Park some seasons {G.F.F., IF. F., and C.IV.R.); York {W.F.). Neuria saponariae Esp. Askham Bog (IV.F.); Barnsley {/.H.); Beverley ( a: 7^/?.) ; Bishop's Wood (6^.7:) ; Pon- tefract {B.H.) ; Richmond {G.F.H.) ; Scarborough ! {FIV.). Heliophobus popularis Fab. Not uncommon. Adel {C.S.) ; Askham Bog{lV.F.); Barnsley {/.H.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.F>.) ; Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Huddersfield {G.F.F.) ; Leeds ( W.H.F.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Rich- mond (/. Sang) ; Scarborougj-i {!'. J J'.) ; Sheffield, in old list {A.F.) ; Wakefield ( IV.F.). Trans-V.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. NOCTU^. 75 Charaeas gram in is /.. Of general occurrence and often abundant. Adel Moor (IV.ff.T.); Askham Bog {W.P.) ; Barns- ley (/.i^:); Beverley! (A^./^.i?.) ; Bishop's Wood (/. U:T.); Bradford {/.JV.C); Bramham {/.Sni.); Grassington {C.S.) ; Huddersfield !! {G.T.F.) ; Hunslet {/.P.); Hkley {A. Denny) ; Pateley Bridge {A. Deftny) ; Pontefract {B.H.); Redcar {J. Sang); Richmond {/.Sang); Saddleworth {R. S. Edelstou) ; Scarborough {T. IV.); Sheffield, in old list (A.D.) ; Wakefield ( JF.T.). Cerigo cytherea Pal>. Askham Bog {W.F.) ; Beverley! {N.F.D.); Bramham (/^w.); Flamborough Head (^.v^); Pontefract {B.H.); Redcar {/.Sang); Richmond (/. Sang). Luperina testacea JV.V. Very common, no doubt every- where. Some good pale varieties occur at Huddersfield. Luperina cespitis W. V. Doncaster {/ V., A\ituralist, N.S., ii. 59); Huddersfield {G.T.F.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Shefiield {IV. Thomas, Ent. W. Int., Nov. 3, i860); Wakefield ( W. T) ; York ( W.F.). Mamestra anceps Hiib. Askham Bog ( [KP.) ; Bamsley {/.H.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.D.) ; Bradford (/ W.C.) ; Bram- ham {/.Sm.) ; Huddersfield {S.L.M.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Wakefield {W.T.). Mamestra abjecta Hiib. Mr. N. F. Dobree took eleven specimens and missed several others of this local species at the mouth of the Humber in August, 1880. Also re- corded from York by Mr. J. T. Carrington {Ent. Mo. Mag., V. 77 ; also Ent. JJ\ Int., 1S60, /. 134). Mamestra albicolon Hiib. Common at Spurn {N'.F.D.). Mamestra furva JV.V. Askham Bog {JV.F.); Barnsley ( IV. E. Brady) ; Bradford, not common (/ JVC.) ; Hud- 76 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA, dersfield, rare {/.V.); Hull!! {Stephens' Illustrations); Scarborough {Staiuton's Maniial); Wakefield (JV.T.). Mamestra brassicae Z. Very abundant everywhere. Mamestra persicariae Z. Hambleton (6^. Z:) ; Hudders- field {G.T.F.) ; Goole (/. Harrison) ; Sheffield (A.D.) ; Weeton {/.P.). Apamea basilinea IV.V. Abundant, probably everywhere. I have taken some very beautiful strongly coloured specimens at Huddersfield. Apamea connexa Bork. Barnsley {J.H.); Scarborough! (r.JF.); Sutton-on-Derwent {J^a'. G. R. Read, Ent W. Int., July 20, 1861) ; Wakefield ! ( W.T.) ; York ( W.P.). Apamea gemina Hiib. Common and very variable. Askham Bog {W.F.) ; Barnsley {/.H.) ; Beverley {N.F.D.) ; Bishop's Wood {C.S.); Bradford (/ W.C.) ; Huddersfield! (6^. T.P.); Meanwood near Leeds ( W.H.T.); Redcar(/. Sang); Richmond (/ Sang); Sheffield (^.Z*.); Wakefield {W.T.). Apamea unanimis Hiib. Not uncommon. Askham Bog (JV.P); Barnsley (/.H.) ; Beeston Royds and Thorp Hall (C.S.) ; Beverley {N.F.D.) ; Brad- ford (/. W. C. ) ; Bramham ! (/. Sni. ) ; H uddersfield ( G. P.P.) Leeds (E.B.); Sheffield {Rev. J. Johnson, Zool., 1847, V. 1659); Wakefield {W.T.). Apamea fibrosa Hiib. Very local. Askham Bog ! ([KZ:); Beverley (iVZlZ*.); Don- caster, two, in different years {George Tijtdall); Scar- borough {P. W.) ; Wakefield ( W. P.). Apamea oculea Z. Abundant everywhere and exceedingly variable. Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. NOCTU^. 77 Mr. S. L. Mosley has taken varieties didyma Bork., I -nigra Haw.^ and rava Haw., at Huddersfield, and probably all the named varieties are generally plentiful. Miana strigilis L. Abundant everywhere and very variable. Varieties latruncula Hiib. and ^Ethiops Haza. are very plentiful in the West Riding {G.T.P.). Miana fasciuncula Haiv. Abundant, both red and brown forms being equally plentiful. Miana literosa Haw. Widely distributed and common. Askham Bog (TV.F.) ; Barnsley {J.H.); Beverley {N.F.D.); Bingley {E.F.F.B.) ; Bradford {/.W.C.) ; Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Flamborough Head ! {E.ff.) ; Hud- dersfield !! {G.T.F.) ; Meanwood near Leeds ( IV.H.T.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Rastrick {G.T.F.); Redcar (/ Sang) ; Richmond {/.Sang); Scarborough !! (T. [f') ; Sheffield {A.n.); Wakefield {IV.T.). Miana furuncula IV. V. Not very common. Barnsley {J.H.) ; Huddersfield {FI.) ; Leeds {E.B.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield ( W.T.) ; York {F. O.M., Brit. Moths, 187 1, 116). Miana expolita Stainton. Mr. E. P. P. Butterfield took a specimen at Grassington on the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union's visit there, August 7th, 1882, and this appears to be the only known occurrence of the species in the county. Miana arcuosa Haw. Common. The female is very slug- gish, but may readily be found by searching the stems of the food plant, Aira ccespitosa, with a light after dark. Askham Bog ( JV.F.) ; Barnsley {/.H.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.D.) ; Bingley {E.F.F.B.) ; Bishop's Wood {G.T.) ; Blubberhouses {Lord Walsinghani) ; Bradford \{/.lV.C.); Bramham ! (/.Sot.); Flamborough Head (^.iZ) ; Halifax {G.T.F.) ; Huddersfield !! {G.T.F.) ; Leeds ! ( IV.H.T.) ; Pontefract {B.H); Richmond {J. Sang); Scarborough {T.W.); Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield {IV.T.). 78 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Celaena Haworthii Curt. Abundant on the damp parts of the West Riding Moors where the cotton grass grows freely. Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Bradford (/. W.C); Deerhill, Huddersfield! ((?.7:P.); Hebden Moors near Grassing- ton!! (C.^.); MsiX^denW {G.T. P.); Penistone (/i^) ; Richmond (/. Satig) ; Rombalds Moor {E.P.P.B.); Saddleworth {R. S. Edelston); Scarborough (T.JV.); Sheffield (A.B.) ; Wakefield ( JKT.). Grammesia trilinea IV. V. Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Barnsley iJ.H.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.D.) ; Bramham ! {/.Sin.) ; Hud- dersfield (P.Z); Meanwood near l^&eds {W.II.T.) ; Pon- tefract(^.i7:); Richmond (G^./'.^); Scarborough (7: JK); Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield {W.T.). Hydrilla palustris Hi'/b. The following note on this species appears in the Entomologist's Annual for 1855, p. 37: — "A specimen taken near York is in the collection of Mr. AUis." Stainton's Manual gives "Compton's Wood near York " as the locality. Caradrina Morpheus iVrt'/?^;/. Askham Bog {JV.P.) ; Hud- dersfield(6^.7:/'.); "LttAsl {W.H.T.); Vonieiract {B.H.); Redcar { /. Satig) ; Richmond {G.P.H.) ; Scarborough {T. W.) ; Sheffield {J.P>.)\ Wakefield {IF.T.). Caradrina Alsines Pork. Askham Bog ( IV.P.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.D.) ; Blubberhouses (Z(7r^ Wahingham) ; Bradford {J.W.C); Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond (/ Sang) -^ Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield ( JV. T.). Caradrina blanda W.V. Askham Bog {W.P.); Beverley {N.F.n.) ; Bramham {/.Sm.) ; Huddersfield {PI.) ; Pon- tefract {B.H.); Richmond (/. Sang); Scarborough {T. W.); Sheffield {A.D.). Caradrina cubicularis W.V. Very common everywhere. Tmni^.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. NOCTU^. 79 Rusina tenebrosa Hiib. Common. Askham Bog {W.P.) ; Beverley, common, the speci- mens not being so dark as Scotch examples (iV.F.D.) ; Bishop's Wood {(9.7:); Bradford (/ ^KC) ; Edlington Wood (f.JI.) ; Huddersfield ! {G. T.F.) ; Leeds {F.B.) ; Pontefract (B.JI.) ; Richmond (/ Sa;/g) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield {JV.T.). Agrotis valligera IV.V. A coast species generally, hut occasionally found inland. Balby near Doncaster, two specimens ( IV. JF.) ; Brad- ford, one at light (y. JF.C.) ; Bramham {/.Sm.) ; Redcar (/ Sang) ; Selby {K.R.) ; Spurn !! {JV.F.D. and F. JV.L.). Agrotis puta Hi'/b. Morris {British Jlloths, 187 1, ii. 124) gives Sutton-on-Derwent as a locality for this species, but I know of no other Yorkshire record. Agrotis SufFusa JJW: x\skham Bog (JF.F); Barnsiey i/.JF.) ; Beverley ! (JV.F.D.) ; Bingley ! (F.F.F.B.) Bradford (/ JF.C.) ; Huddersfield (/. F.) ; Ilkley ! (i^.^.) Leeds (W.H.T.) ; Pontefract {B.B.) ■ Richmond (/ Sang); Sheffield (.J. Z).) ; Wakefield {IFT.). Agrotis saucia Iliib. Not common. Beverley (N.F.U.) ; Huddersfield (/ F.) ; Leeds {JF.H.T.); Richmond {G.F.H.) ; Scarborough, some seasons common {T. IF) ; Sheffield {A.F>.) ; Wakefield {IFT.); York (IFF.). Agrotis segetum IF.F. Common everywhere, but not so plentiful as A. exdainationis. Agrotis exclamationis L. Very abundant everywhere. Agrotis corticea W. F. Not generally common. Adel near Leeds {G.T.) ; Askham V,og{W.F.) ; Scar- borough {T. IF.) ; Spurn !! {IV.F.F>. and F. JFL.). Agrotis ripae Hiib. Common at Spurn, but differs consider- ably from the southern form {N.F.D. and F. IF.L.). 50 PORRITT: LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Agrotis cursoria Bork. Common at the mouth of the Hum- ber, but they are much darker than southern specimens {N.F.D.) ; Spurn !! {F. W.L.). Agrotis nigricans Z. Askham Bog ( Ti^/l) ; Barnsley(y:j^); Beverley ! {N.F.D.) ■ Huddersfield {G.T.F.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Redcar (/ Sang) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Scar- borough {T. JV.) ■ Sheffield {A.D.). Agrotis tritici L. Adel Moors \ {W. FI. T.) ; Askham Bog (W.F.) ; Barnsley, rare {/.H.) ; Flamborough Head {E.II.); Pontefract {B.II.); Redcar (/. Sang); Scar- borough' {Sfainton's Manual); Spurn !! {N.F.D. and F. W.L.). Agrotis aquilina IV.V. Askham Bog {IV.F.) : Scarborough! {Stainton's Manual) ; Spurn !! {N.F.D. and P. W.L.). Agrotis obelisca \V.l'\ Scarborough, not uncommon ( 7: TF.); York {W.P., Ent. IV. Int., i86p, /. 44). Agrotis agathina Dup. The larvse are often common in suitable heathery situations, but the imago is comparatively seldom seen. Adel Moors ! ( W.H.T.) ; Bingley ! {E.F.P.B.) ; Brad- ford (/. W.C.) ; Huddersfield {G.T.F.) ; Richmond (/ ^- and G.F.H.); Scarborough !! {T.W.); Sheffield {A.D.); York {W.F.). Agrotis porphyrea W. V. Very common on all heaths. Agrotis praecox Z. "^ymn {N.F.D. ^nA P.W.L.) ; once at York {Etit. W. Int., 1860,/. 134). Agrotis ravida W. F. Rare, except on the coast. Askham Bog {IV.F.); Balby near Doncaster, one {IV. JV.); Scarborough, sometimes abundant (T. IV.) ; Spurn !! {N.F.D. and F. IV.L.) ; Wakefield ( JVT.). Agrotis pyrophila W.V. Excessively rare. " Has occurred at York" {Stainto/i's Manual) ; is also mentioned in an old list of Sheffield species, but this record needs confirmation. Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. NOCTURE. 8 1 Agrotis lucernea L. Very rare, but I have seen several specimens taken at Huddersfield by different collectors. Mr. Carter sent me one to name from Bradford : and another was brought to me for the same purpose from Brighouse. Tryphasna janthina IV. V. Not uncommon. Askham Bog {W.P.); Barnsley {J.H.); Beverley {N.F.D.); Bingley (^.P.P.i?.) ; Bishop's Wood ( JK P.) ; Boroughbridge {H. Audrezas) ; Bradford {/. IV.C.) ; Bram- ham ! {J.Sm.); Doncaster {G.T.F.) ; Huddersfield {G.T.P.); Ilkley {A. Deiuiy); Meanwood near Leeds ! (IV.B.T.); Pannal ! {W.D.R.); Pontefract {B.II.) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield {U'.T.). Tryphasna fimbria L. Common. Askham Bog ( m P.) ; Barnsley (/.^:) ; Beverley, very scarce {JV.F.D.) ; Bradford ! {/. JV.C.) ; Doncaster (F.0.M.,Mvi7/e Wood's Naturalist, May, 1837, ii. S3-85); Huddersfield! (C. 7:7'.) ; Hunslet {J. P.) ; Meanwood near \^Qeds\{W.H.T.)- Pontefract (^.^); K\chmond{G.F.Fl.); Scarborough ! {T. JV.) ; Selby (F.If. and T.F.) ; Sheffield (A.D.); Wakefield (JF.T.). Tryphaena interjecta Iiu/>. Askham Bog (JV.F.) ■ Bever- ley, very scarce (IV.F.F).) ; Bramham {/.Sin.); Pannal ( W.n.R.) ; Pontefract {B.II.) ; Redcar (/ Satig); Sheffield {A.r>.). Tryphaena subsequa JV.V. Mr. George Brook, F.L.S., of Huddersfield, took a specimen on the sand-hills at Redcar in July, 1875, which is the only one I have seen. Tryphaena orbona Fab. Common everywhere. Mr. N. F. Dobree says some of the specimens taken in Holderness nearly approach the variety Curtisii. Tryphaena pronuba Z. Abundant everywhere, and most variable in colour. »2 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Noctua glareosa Esp. Common in woods where ling grows freely, and found also in other situations, as the larva does not confine itself to ling. Adel near Leeds! ( W.H.T.) ; Barnsley {/.IT.) ; Bing- ley !! {E.P.P.B.); Bradford ! (/. W.C.) ; Huddersfield ! {G.T.P.) ; Ilkley !! {E.B.) ; Richmond {G.F.H.) ; Scar- borough I (T.IK); Sheffield (A. D.) ; Wakefield ( IV. T.) ; York {W. P.). An extraordinary variety having the wings of a rich chocolate-brown colour was taken by Mr Joseph Jackson near Barnsley in 1873. It was sent to me to name, as its captor quite failed to recognise it (See Ent. Mo. Mag., Jan., 1S74, X. 181). Noctua depuncta L. Very local. Doncaster (iT//^/? Reid, ZooL, 1845, iii. 1199); Ley- burn (y. ■S'-?;;^); Richmond ((S^./'.i^); Scarborough, some- times abundant {T. W.). Noctua augur Fab. Very common, no doubt everywhere. Noctua plecta L. Common, probably everywhere. Noctua C-nigrum L. Generally distributed and rather common. Askham Bog ( IV.P.) ; Balby !! ( W. IV.) ■ Barnsley, rare(y:^); Beverley! {N.F.D.); Bradford (/.JKC); Bramham ! {J.Sni.); Flamborough Head {E.II.) ; Goole {/.Harrison); Huddersfield (6^.7: Z'.); Leeds (^.^.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Rastrick (G.T.P.) ; Redcar (/. Sang); Richmond (J. Sang) ; Ripon (J. Waite) ; Wakefield (W.T); Wharncliffe Woods (S.L.M.). Noctua triangulum Och. Not very common. Askham Bog ( W-^./'.) ; Barnsley (/iT:) ; Pontefract (B.H.); Richmond (/. Sang); Scarborough (T.W.) ; Sheffield (A.D.) ; Wakefield ( W. T.). Noctua rhomboidea Tr. A very local species with us. Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. NOCTU^. 83 Richmond (G.F.ff.) ; Scarborough, taken plentifully on Oliver's Mount (T. JK). Noctua brunnea JF.F. Abundant throughout the West Riding, and probably equally so elsewhere. Noctua festiva JV. V. Abundant in most places, and no doubt common everywhere. Noctua conflua Tr. This, by some considered only a variety oiN. /estiva, occurs, Mr. Sang says, on the heaths or mosses at Richmond. I am not sure that I have not seen it on the West Riding moors, and possibly it occurs in other moorland districts, but is generally passed over as N.fesiiva. Noctua Dahlii Hiib. The Bradford district seems to be headquarters for this rather local species : some seasons it visits the ragwort flowers there in profusion, and some nice varieties may be picked out. Barnsley {/.H.); Bingley ! {E.P.P.B.); Bradford !! (/. W.C.) ; Huddersfield (S.D.B. and others) ; Meanwood near Leeds! {IV.H.T., C.S., and G.T.) ; Richmond {G.P.H.); Sheffield {A.D). Noctua rubi Vinveg. Askham Bog (IF.P.) ; Beverley! {JV.P.I?.}; Bramham {/.Sm.) ; Huddersfield {/. V.) ; Meanwood near Leeds \ (H'.If.T.) ; F onteh act (B.JI.) ; Richmond (J^. Sa;/g). Noctua umbrosa Hub. Askham Bog {W.F.); Barnsley {J.H.);, Beverley \{N.F.D.); Bishop's Wood {W.F.) ; Bradford ! (/ W.C.) ; Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ■ Huddersfield (G.T.F); Meanwood near Leeds I (JF.JI.T.) ; Redcar (y. Sa//g) ; Richmond {/. Sang) ; Scarborough !! {Stain- fon's Manual); Sheffield (^i.Z?.) ; Wakefield ( ^J^r.). Noctua baja JJ^. V. Common, probably everywhere. Noctua neglecta Hub. Adel Moor near Leeds {C.S. and G.F.); Richmond {G.F.H. and / Sang) ; Scarborough {T. IV.) ; Sheffield (A.F.) ; York {JV.F). 84 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Noctua xanthographa W.V. Abundant everywhere, and very variable in colour, in the West Riding. Trachea piniperda Esp. Adel Blackmoor {Walter Buck- ion) ; Beverley, common, " the green variety also occurs in some quantity" {N.E.D.) ; Bramham ! {J.Svi.); Don- caster (IV. IF.); Huddersfield {G.T.P.); Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond (/. Sang); Scarborough (T.JV.); Sheffield (A.B).) ; Wakefield {W.T.); York ( IV.F.). Taeniocampa gothica L. Abundant everywhere. The variety gothicina U.S., is reported from Ack- worth. Bishop's Wood, Gledhow and Meanwood ; and I think I have seen it at Huddersfield. Taeniocampa leucographa W.V. Not of general occur- rence. Bishop's Wood {/.G.) ; Conisborough {J.H.) ; Don- caster !! (/ R. Hawley, Zoo/., 1846; Siwd Joseph Wragg, Ent. W. Inf., \%S9) ; Richmond (6^. Z'.^.) ; Scarborough (T.W); York (JVF.). Tasniocampa rubricosa IV. V. Common everywhere and abundant in the south West Riding. Taeniocampa instabilis W.V. Very abundant, and no doubt all the named varieties are common. Taeniocampa opima Htnc. This species was first added to the British list from specimens taken at York by Mr. T. H. AUis in 1842. Mr. Brest says " the York specimens are much darker than the Cheshire coast forms." This may be so generally, but I have taken specimens on the Wallasey sandhills quite as dark as the York examples. Other localities are : Doncaster ! ( — . Evans, Ent. Ann.., 1855, />. 32 ; and J. R. Hawley, ZooL, 1846) ; Richmond {G.F.H. and /. Sang); Sheffield {A.D.)] Wakefield {W.T.). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. NOCTU^. 85 Taeniocampa populeti Fab. Askham Bog {W.P.)\ Bishop's Wood {]V.P.)\ Bramham ! {J.Sni.) ; Conisborough {W. W.); Doncaster (/ R. Flmvley^n^ W. IV.); Hudders- field, very scarce {G.T.P); Richmond ((?./'. Z^ and /. Sang); Scarborough (T. JV.) ; Sheflield {A.D.) ■ near York ( IV.F.). Tseniocampa Stabilis IV.V. Plentiful everywhere, both red and grey forms. Taeniocampa gracilis IV.V. Askham Bog ( fl^jP.) ; Bever- ley, scarce {N.F.D.) ; Bramham ! {/.S/ii.) ; Doncaster {J. R. Hawley, ZooL, 1846, p. 1353); Driffield (Z. B. Ross) ; Halifax {A. H. Davis, London' s Mag. Nat. Hist., 1832,/. 245) ; Huddersfield (/ F.) ; Richmond (/ Sang); Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield {W.T.). Taeniocampa miniosa W. V. This very pretty species is scarce with us. The larvae when young feed gregariously on oak. Doncaster {J. R. JIaiviey, Zooi., 1846, p. 1353); Huddersfield (/ V.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {Stainfon's Manual). Taeniocampa munda JV.V. Askham Bog ( /F P.) ; Bever- ley ! (JV.F.D.) ; Bishop's Wood (J.G.) ; Bramham ! i/.S/n.) ; Doncaster !! (/ R. Hawley, Zoo!., 1846, /. 1353) ; Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Leeds, at Bramley Fall Wood {G.T.)\ Pontefract (i?.^); Richmond ((^.P.Z^. and / Sang); Scarborough (7: ^F) ; Sheffield (^.Z?.) ; Wake- field {IV.F.). Taeniocampa cruda IV.V. Askham Bog ( fF.P.) ; Barnsley {/.If.); Beverley ! {JV.F.D.); Bradford ! {/.IV.C); Bramham {/.Sni.)\ Doncaster {/. Haivlcy); Halifax {A.H. Davis); Huddersfield {G.F.F.) ; Leeds {W.H.F.); Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond (/. Sang) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Thirsk {G.F.); Wakefield ( \V. F.). 86 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Orthosia suspecta Hilb. Rather common, in some localities abundant. The species was first added to the British list from specimens taken at York by Mr. T. H. AUis {Ent. Ami., 1855, /. 32). Some seasons it abounds in the Bradford district, and perhaps can be taken more plenti- fully there than anywhere. Barnsley (/.^.) ; Bingl&y {E.F.F.B.) ; Bradford!! (/ W.C.) ; Doncaster {S. Stevens, ZooL, 1847, v. 1788) ; Halifax (a J:/'.); Huddersfield ! (G^. 7^^.) ; Meanwood near Leeds {IV.H.T.) ■ Sheffield {A.£>.) ; York, abundant both at Askham Bog and Sandburn ( IV. P.). Orthosia hypsilon IV.V. Common amongst old willows and poplars. The larvae may often be found huddled together in dozens by stripping off the loose bark of old willows in the daytime ; or they may be collected as they rapidly ascend the trunks to feed after dusk. Askham Bog ( W.F.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.jD.) ; Bishop's Wood ( W.F.) ■ Bramham ! {/.S?h.) ; Goole (/. Harrison) ; Huddersfield !! ((9.7:^.); Pontefract (^.Z;^) ; Richmond {G.RH.) ; Sheffield {A.B.) ■ Wakefield {IV.T.). Orthosia lota L. Not uncommon. Askham Bog ( W.F.) ; Barnsley {/.Ff.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.n.); Bingley {E.F.F.B.); Bradford {J. W.C); Bramham ! (y:^?/;.) ; Huddersfield (6^. 7!/'.) ; Meanwood near Leeds {W.H.T.); Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond {J. Sang); Scarborough (7^ JK) ; Sheffield (^.7^.) ; Wake- field (J^KT.). Orthosia macilenta Hilb. Common in woods. Askham Bog (W.F); Barnsley (/.H.) ; Beverley {N.F.D.); Bingley {E.F.F.B.) ; Bradford {J. W.C); Bramham (/ 6"///.); Huddersfield ! (G.T.F.); Ilkley !! {E.B., ZooL, 1866); Pontefract (B.H.); Richmond (/. Sang); Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield {W.T.). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. NOCTU^. 87 Anchocelis rufina L. Also common in woods. Askham Bog (^r.P.); Barnsley (Z^); Bradford! (/ W.C.) ; Bramham ! {J.Sm.) ; Huddersfield {G,T.F.) ; Ilkley {E.B.) ■ Meanwood near Leeds ( W.H.T.) ; Ponte- fract {B.H.) \ Richmond {J. Sang) ; Scarborough !! {Stain- ton's Manual) ; Selby(7:i^); Sheffield (^.Z?.) ; Wake- field (fK:Z:). Anchocelis pistacina IV.V. Askham Bog ( fP'^P.) ; Barns- ley (y:^); Beverley ! (A^i^. /:>.); Bramham ! (/.^//^) ; Garforth {CS.) ; Huddersfield (/ J^':) ; Meanwood near Leeds {IV.H.T.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond (/ Sang); Scarborough (/.^/?.) ; ?>htm&\d {W. Thomas) ; Wakefield {JV.T.). Anchocelis lunosa Haic. Not generally common. Beverley ! {N.F.D.); Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Rich- mond (/ Sang); Scarborough {T. IK); Wakefield ( IV. T.); York, one specimen ( JF.F). Anchocelis litura Z. Common everywhere. Cerastis vaccinii Z. Abundant everywhere, except perhaps on some of the exposed parts of the coast. Cerastis spadicea IV.V. Askham Bog ( ^KZ*.) ; Barnsley {/.If.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.D.) ; Bramham ! {/.S/n.) ; Bran- tingham {F. C. Kingston, Zool., Jan., 1866); Huddersfield {S.I.M. ^nd J.V.) ; Pontefract {£.11.); Richniond (/. Sang); Scarborough {T.IV); Sheffield (^.Z?.) ; Wake- field {IV.T.). Scopelosoma satellitia Z. Generally common. Barnsley {/.H.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.F>.); Bradford (/. W.C.) ; Bramham ! {J.Sm.) ; Doncaster (/ Haiclej); Huddersfield {G. T.F.); Meanwood near Leeds ! ( W.H. T.); Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond (/. Sang); Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield ( W.T.) ; York (/. Birks). Xanthia citrago Z. Not uncomuion in .some districts anions- limes. 88 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bramham ! {J.Siii.); Bretton ! {G.T.F.); Farnley near Leeds {C.S.); Huddersfield (/. V.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond {G.P.H.); Rother- ham {W. B. Pryer, Ent. W. Int., June 8, 1861) ; Sheffield (A.D.) ; Wakefield {IV.T.) ; York {Stainton's Manual). Xanthia cerago W. V. Common among sallow. Askham Bog (JV.F.) ; Barnsley {J.H.); Beverley, "common, but rather small in size " (iV.i^.i?.) ; Bingley {E.F.F.B.); Bramham! (/.^w.); Huddersfield (G^.7:i'.); Meanwood near Leeds ! {W.H.T.); Pontefract (i5.^) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ; Scarborough !! {T. W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield ( W.T.). The variety flavescens Esp. occurs at Huddersfield, and probably wherever the ordinary form is found. Xanthia si I ago Hiib. Common ; the larvse of this and X. cerago may often be beaten freely out of sallows in spring, or collected in the catkins. Adel ! ( W.H.T.) ; Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Barnsley {/.H.) ; Beverley {N.F.D.) ; Bradford (/. W.C.) ; Bram- ham ! i/.Sm.); Huddersfield ! (G.T.F.); Meanwood near Leeds ( W.H.T.) ; Pontefract {B.FT.); Richmond (/ Sang); Scarborough (T. IV.) ; Sheffield (A.F>.); Wakefield ( JV.T.). Xanthia aurago JV. V. A great rarity. Sheffield (/. Batty and A.D.) ; taken at Sheffield in 1859 by Mr. W. Laycock {Ent. Ann., i860, /. 139); " Has occurred at York" {Stainton's Manual). Xanthia gilvago Esp. This species was first added to the British list from specimens taken at Doncaster by Mr. Hugh Reid, and is still to be taken there as freely probably as in any other locality in Britain. The elm hedges on the way to a^jknear Edlington Wood are well known collecting grounds TOT it. Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. Beverley {N.F.D.) ; Bramham {/.S/n.) ; Doncaster ! {/.H.,G.T.P., /[:P., and others); Hull(/ W.Boult); Led- stone and Micklefield {C.S.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Rich- mond {G.P.H. and J. Sang) ; Rotherham {Siaiiitoii's Manual); Sheffield (y^.i?.) ; Wakefield ( ^r r.) ; York ( W.P. and T. Wilson). Xanthia ferruginea W.V. Generally common. Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Barnsley (/.H.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.n.); Bradford! {/.W.C); Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Huddersfield {G.T.P.); Ilkley!! {£.£.); Leeds\ {W.H.T.); Mirfield (G.T.P); Pontefract (^.j^.) ; Richmond (/ Sang); Sheffield (A.B.) ; Wakefield ( [f< 7! ). Cirrcedia xerampelina I//il>. Local, but usually not un- common where it occurs. Bedale (W. Cidverweli, Ent. W. /;;/., 1859, /^. 4) Beverley ! {N.F.D.); Bramham i^C.S.); Doncaster ( W. W.) Newton Kyme {C.S.); Pontefract, not uncommon {B.H.) Richmond {G.P.H. and J. Sang) ; Scarborough, not un common {T. IV.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wetherby ! {C.S.) York {JP:P.). Mr. Prest says the beautiful variety unicolor occurs at York. Tethea subtusa ]V. V. The larvae may sometimes becoUected freely from poplars, but the imago is seldom seen at large. Askham Bog {W.P.) ; Barnsley {/.H.) ; Bishop's Wood {G.T.P.) ; Bramham {J.Sni.); Huddersfield! {G.T.P.) ; Richmond (G^.T^.^.) ; Sheffield (^.Z*.) ; Wake- field (ff IT:). Tethea retusa Z. We have only one locality for this local species. Askham Bog ( W.P). Euperia fulvago W.F. Very rare. Mr. ^. Harrison took one on Sept. 8th, 1875, at Barnsley; and Mr. W. Prest took one at Doncaster in 1881. 90 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Cosmia trapezina L. Abundant everywhere, and very variable in the West Riding. Cosmia diffinis L. Scarce. Doncaster {F.O.M., British Moths, 1871, ii. 177)3 Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakei^eld ( /KT.). Cosmia affinis Z. Barnsley (/.ZT.) ; Beverley {N.F.D.) ; Donca.?,ier {F.O.M., British Moths, 1871,11. 177); Sheffield {A.D.) ■ Wakefield ( W. T.) ■ York (7?. C). Eremobia ochroleuca IV.V. Rare. Huddersfield {/. V.) ; York, "in 1869 on flowers of Senecio jacobaa" (T. IVi/son, Ent. Mo. Mag., Dec. 1870, vii. 161). Dianthaecia carpophaga Bork. Larvce feed in seed cap- sules of Silene iiiflata. Leeds {E.B.) ; Pontefract (B.H.) ; Redcar (/ Sang); Richmond {/. Sa?ig) ; Rotherham ( IV. Rodgers) ; Scar- borough ! {T. IV.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York ! {T. Wilsoti). Dianthaecia capsincola W.V. Rather common. Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Barnsley {J.H.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.D.) ; Bradford {/.JVC); Flamborough Head {F.B-.}; Huddersfield {G.T.P.) ; Leeds {E.B.); Mean- wood {C.S.); Pontefract {B.H.); Redcar (/ Sang); Richmond {J. Sang) ; Rotherham ( IV. Rodgers) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield (JI^T:). Dianthaecia cucubali W.V. Larvae in seed capsules of Silene inflata. Askham Bog (^K/'.); Barnsley {J.H.) ; Hudders- field {G.T.P.) ] Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Rotherham {IV. Rodgers, Ent. W. Int., Aug. 21, 1858); Scarborough ( T. IV); Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield ( W. T.); York, larvae in seed capsules of Lychtiis fios-ciiculi {T. Wilson). Trans.V.N.U. Scries D, Vol. 2 Dianthaecia conspersa JF. V. Very local. Scarborough, not uncommon (T.JF.); York (S/an/- ton^s Manual). Hecatera serena JV. V. Mr. Dobre'e says it occurs at Bever- ley, but is scarce. We have no other recorded locality. Polia chi L. Abundant in the West Riding, and common no doubt everywhere. The variety olivacea Stcph. occurs at Bradford (/. W.C.) ; Huddersfield {G.T.F.) ; Richmond {G.P.H.) ; and probably wherever the species occurs in plenty. Polia flavocincta L. Widely distributed and common. Add (^r:^7:); Askham Bog {W.P) ; Beverley! {N.F.D.); Bradford (/. IV.C); Huddersfield !! {G.T.F.) ; Meanwood near Leeds { W.H.T.) ; Richmond {J. Sang) ; Scarborough 1! {Stainhvis Manual) ; Wakefield ( U\T.). The form found at Huddersfield, where the species is abundant, is the dark variety meridionalis Boisd., and the type of the species does not seem to occur at all. No doubt the variety represents the species in the south West Riding generally, but whether it extends to other parts of the county I do not know (See A^atumlist., March, 1881, p. 122). I have a very beautiful variety, almost black, which I took in my garden at sugar, September 17th, 1S79 {G.T.F.). Dasypolia Tempi! Thunb. Our county has always been considered head-c^uarters for this moth, and by far the majority of cabinets in the country have been supplied with specimens from the south West Riding, in some parts of which it is often very common. Beverley, in 1881 {N.F.D.); Bingley, in 1882 {E.F.F.B.); Bradford (/ Zr/W/); L)cnhy W {G.T.F.) ; Doncaster {Hugh Reid, Zool.., 1845, iii. 1199); Elland {G.T.F.); Huddersfield ! {G.T.F.); Keighley {C.S.); 92 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Periistone {/.B.); Pontefract {B.H.) ; Scarborough! (T.JV.); Sheffield (A.I).); Wakefield (JV.T.); York {Staintoii's Manual). Epunda lutulenta IV.V. Very rare. York {W.R, Ent. Mo. Mag., April, 187 i, vii. 257). Epunda nigra Haw. The Rev. F. O. Morris gives Stockton Forest and Sutton-on-Derwent near York as localities, but both require confirmation. Epunda viminalis Fab. Rather common. The very dark form, variety obscurior Hatv., seems ■ to predominate all through the county. I have bred it from Huddersfield larvte almost perfectly black. Askham Bog (JV.F.) ; Bishop's Wood {J.W.T.); Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Huddersfield! {G.T.F.) ; Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond (/ Sang); Scarborough (T. IV.) ; Sheffield {A.£>.) ; Wakefield ( IV.2:). Epunda lichenea Hub. Seems only to occur at Scarborough, where it is common {T. IV.). Miselia oxyacanthae L. Common everywhere. I'lie dark form, variety capucina Mill., is common at Huddersfield, and probably always occurs in more or less plenty with the ordinary type. Agriopis aprilina Z. Barnsley (/.ZT.) ; Beverley ! (TV:^:/).); Bradford {/.W.C); Bramham ! {/.Sui.) ; Edlington Wood {G. T.F.) ; Horsforth {/.F.) ; Huddersfield (F.I.) ; Ilkley !! {E.H., ZooL, 1866); Pontefract {B.H); Rich- mond (/ Sang) ; Scarborough !( 7: W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield {W.T.) ; York (/. Birks). Phlogophora nneticulosa L. Plentiful everywhere. Euplexia lucipara L. Common everywhere. Aplecta herbida W.V. Beverley ! {N.F.F).); Bradford ( W. Hodgson) ; Bramham {/.Sm.) ; Doncaster ( [V. IV.) ; Edlington Wood {J.H.); Huddersfield {S.L.M. and Trans.Y.N.U. Series D. Vol. 2. NOCTU^. 93 J.V.); Pontefract (^.^y.); Richmond (/. ^^/z/^') ; Scar- borough ! (r. W.) ■ Sheffield {A.B.) ; Wakefield ( IV.T.) ■ Wharncliffe Woods! (S.L.M.) ; York, common in some seasons ( IV. P.). Aplecta occulta Z. Generally scarce, but in 1880 occurred all over the county, in some localities in plenty. Both pale and dark forms occur. Barnsley {/.ff.); Beverley {iV.F.D.) ; Bradford (/ JV. C.) ; Doncaster ( IF. IV.) ; Huddersfield {G. T.F.) ; Hull, thirteen in iSSo {N.F.D.) ; Langwith near York {F.O.M., British Moths, 187 1, iii. 13); Sheffield, in old list {A.D.) ■ Whitby, in 1880 (C 6". Siicll) ■ York, abun- dant in 18S0, scarce previously ( JV.F). Aplecta nebulosa Tr. Not uncommon._ . Askham Bog {JV.F.); Barnsley {/.II.) ; Beverley {N.F.D.); Bradford ! {J.IV.C); Bramham {J.S?/i.) ■ Edlington Wood {J.H.); Flamborough Head {E.H.) ; Huddersfield (/. V.) ; Meanwood 1 ( IV.FT.F.) ; Pontefract {B.H.); Scarborough !! (Z". W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wake- field ( JJ'T.) ; Wharncliffe Woods ! {S.L.AL). Aplecta tincta Fork. Recorded from Edlington, Doncaster, by Mr. \V. Warren. We have no other locality. Aplecta advena JV. V. Very rare. Askham V>og{JV.F.); Sheffield {A.D.). Hadena adusta Esp. Askham Bog ( W.F.) ; Bingley (/. A. Butterfield) ; Edlington, Doncaster (y^Z^) ; Huddersfield, not uncommon {G.T.F.); Leeds {E.B.) ; Meanwood {W.B.F.); Pontefract (B.H.) ; Richmond {/. Sang); Scarborough {F. JV.) ; Sheffield (^.Z>.); Wakefield ( JV.F). Hadena protea JJ'. V. Askham Bog (JV.F); Barnsley i/.H.) ; Beverley {N.F.D.) ; Bingley {E.F.F.B.) ; Brad- ford ! {/.JVC); Bramham ! {/.Sm.); Huddersfield (/. K); Pontefract (^.Z'.); Richmond (/.^««^); Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield {JJ^.F). 94 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Hadena glauca Kleem. Adel Moors near Leeds ( W.H. T.) ; Bingley {E.P.P.B.) ; Bradford ! (/. IV.C); Halifax {T. Mellor); Huddersfield (6^.7'./'.) ; Hkley (^.^.) ; Peni- stone {J.H.) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Saddleworth {R. S. Edelston); Scarborough {T.W.); Sheffield {A.D. and W. W.). Hadena dentina W.V. Common, no doubt everywhere. Hadena chenopodii IV.V. Only recorded from Sheffield {A.D.) ; and Wakefield ( W.T.). Hadena suasa IV. V. Rare, but rather widely distributed. Askham Bog {IV. F.) ; Barnsley {J.H.); Doncaster, " near the river side " {A. J. Evans., Zoo/., 1846, iv. 1227) ; Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Redcar (/. Sa/ig) ; Sheffield {Ent. Mo. Mag., Nov., 1866, iii. 136). Hadena oleracea L. Abundant everywhere. Hadena pisi L. Generally common, but Mr. Dobre'e says " it does not occur in Holderness." Adel Moors ! {W.H.T.) ; Askham Bog {W.P.); Barnsley {J.H.)\ Bradford ! {/.JVC); Bramham j {J.Sm.); Huddersfield {G.T.P.); Ilkley {A. Denny); Leeds W {E.B.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Redcar (/. Sang) ; Richmond { J. Sang) ; Scarborough (//Zi?.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Thorne ( IVP) ; Wakefield ( W.P.). Hadena thalassina Natnrf. Very plentiful everywhere. Hadena contigua W. V. Mr. R. Cook records the species as occurring at York, but I know no other locality. Hadena genistas Bork. Recorded from Bramham (/ 6'///.); and York {R.C., Entom, Feb., 1842). Hadena rectilinea Esp. Scarce. Huddersfield {J.V.); Sheffield {A.D.). Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. NOCTURE. 95 Xylocampa lithoriza Bork. Askham Bog ( fr: P.) ; Bever- ley ! {N.F.D.) ■ Bishop's Wood, in March {C.S.); Don- caster (JF.Jf:); Huddersfield {/. V.) ; Richmond (/ Sa^/g) ■ Scarborough {T. IF.) ; York ! {P.I.). Cloantha solidaginis Hiib. Found on fir trees on moors, or in exposed woods having an undergrowth of bilberry, &c. Askham Bog, one specimen at sugar ( JV.F.) ; Halifax ! {G.T.P.) ; Huddersfield (/ V.) ■ Saddleworth {R. S Edeh- ton, ZooL, 1844, ii. 734); Scarborough (T.JF.); Sheffield (A.n.). Calocampa vetusta Hi/d. Bradford (/ ^^^C) ; Hudders- field (/. K) J Pontefract {B.H.); Scarborough (T. [K) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Tankersley Park {Re%'. J. Johnson, ZooL, 1847, V. 1658); York {W.P.). Calocampa exoleta L. Generally common. Askham Bog (J^^P.) ; Barnsley (/t^) ; Beverley! {N.F.D.); Bradford {/.JI'C); Bramham ! {/.Sni.); Doncaster (/ Hawley^ ; Huddersfield ! {G.T.F.) ; Ilkley {E.B.); Leeds U{ IV. B-.T.); Pontefract (^.iY.) ; Rich- mond {/. Sang); Scarhovough V. {Sf am foci's Manual); Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield (IF.F.); York ! {T. IVilson). Xylina conformis JV.V. -= furcifera Hnfn. In the Ento- mologists' Monthly Magazine, vol. v., p. 278, the late Mr. T. H. Allis recorded the capture of a specimen at Halifax " many years since." It was for a long time in his own collection, and afterwards in that of the late Mr. Thomas Wilkinson of Scarborough. Xylina rhizolitha IIW. Not common. Leeds, occasionally {W.H.T.); Pontefract (^./f.) ; York {StaintoJi's Manual). Cucullia verbasci L. Barnsley {J.B.); Beverley, some- times very common (A^/^ A) ; Jackdaw Crag near Tad- caster {/.T.C., Proc. Yorksh. Nat. Club, July i, 1863, G 96 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. /. 152); Market Weigh ton (C. 6".); Selhy (T.F.) ; Sheffield (A.n.); Wakefield (IKT.). Cucullia chamomillae IF.V. Beverley (N.F.Z>.) ; Leeds, one at Mean wood, beginning of May, 1877 {A. Denny); Pontefract {B.H.) ; Wakefield ( IV. T.) ; York {T. Wihon, EnL Mo. Mag., Dec, 1870). Cucullia umbratica L. Widely distributed. Askham Bog {IV. P.) ; Barnsley (/.//.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.n.) ; Bramham ! {J.Sni.) ; Huddcrsnekl {G.T.F.) ; Oulton ! {J.F.); Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond (/ Sang); Scarborough (r.[K); Sheffield (^.i?.) 5 Wakefield ( Jf'^r.). Heliothis marginata Fab. Common among Ononis aiven- sis on the coast. In Holderness ! {N.FD.) ; Redcar (/ Sang) ; Rich- mond (/. 6"^//^) ; Scarborough:: {G.T.P., J.H.R., and T.W.). Heliothis armigera Hub. \ fine female example was taken at Scarborough by Mr. W. Simmons in 1866 {Ent. Ann., i?>6'j, p. 153) ; and Mr. H. Sims shewed me one he took at Haw Park, Wakefield, in October, 187 1 {Entoni. vi. 85). I know of no other. Heliothis dipsacea Z. Recorded as occurring at York by Mr. R. Cook {Entoni., Feb., 1842) ; also taken at York in 1859 {R. Anderson, Ent. IV. Int., Jan. 21, 1860,/. 134). Heliothis SCUtOsa Fab. "On Strensall Commoi , near York" {F.O.M., British Moths, 1871,111.38). This re- quires confirmation. Anarta myrtilli Z. Abundant on heaths, flying in the hot sunshine. Adel Moors !! ( W.H.T.) ; Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bever- ley ! (iY.Z:Z>.) ; VAM\ihex\\o\iie'?. {Lord Walsingham); Brad- ford! {J.W.C); Halifax !! {G.T.F.) ; Huddersfield !! {G.T.F.) ; Ilkley {A. Denny) ; Otley Chevin (/ W.T) ; Trans.V.N.U. Series D, Vol. -2. NOCTU^. 97 Pateley Moors (^. Z)^//m') ; Pontefract(^.j7:); Richmond (/ Satig); Scarborough !! {J.H.R.); Selby {T.F.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Ihorne Waste ( IV.F.) ■ York {C. Hel- strip). Heliodes arbuti Fab. Barnsley (///.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.D.); Bramham ( W.H.F.) ; Doncaster ( IV. JV.) ; Harrogate (/. Sang) ; Huddersfield {J.V.); Pontefract {B.H.) ; Potter- newton near Leeds {JV.H.T.) ; Richmond {/. Sang); Scarborough {T. IV.); Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield (JJ'.T.); York ! {Stainton''s Manual). Hydrelia unca L. Known only to occur in Yorkshire at Askham Bog, York, where it " flies on sunny afternoons, and just before dusk " ( W.F.). Brephos parthenias L. Beverley, in Houghton Woods {N.F.D., Nat, April, 1882,/. 151); Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Doncaster ( W. IV.) ; Huddersfield {/. V.) ; Scarborough (F.JV); Sheffield (A.F>:); W^harncliffe Woods (r. IV. Rose); York ! {T.II.A. and R.C.). Brephos notha Ffiih. I fancy the preceding species is some- times mistaken for this. Bramham ! {/.Sin.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Scarborough {T.U'.); Sutton-on-Derwent near Yor\i {Rev. G. Rudston Read, Eni. IV Int., 1858, p. 36); Wakefield ( JKr.) ; York (r.^^. and /?.C.). Abrostola urticae Huh. Common among stinging nettle. Barnsley {J.H.) ; Beverley {N.FD.) ; Bradford (/. W. C. ) ; Bramham (/. Sm. ) ; Flamborough Head {E.H.); Huddersfield !(a7:P.); Ilkley( W.E.C.); Leeds ( IV. I/.T.); Pateley Bridge (A. Denny) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; Rich- mond {G.P.H.); Scarborough !! {Stainton's Manual); Sheffield {A.D.); SwiUington {J.W.T.) ; Wakefield {W.T.); York {T.H.A.). 98 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Abrostola triplasia L. Common among hop growing in gardens, &c. P.arnsley (/.i^.) ; Bradford !(/. ff'C) ; Bramham {J.Sm.); Hambleton {G.T.); Huddersfield ! (G'.r./'.) ; Leeds !!(ff'^Zr.r.); Pontefract (^.i^); Rastrick (G'.7:P.)• Richmond {^^.^7.); Sheffield (^.Z:'.); Wakefield( ff'.T:); York (r. Wilson). Plusia chrysitis L. Generally very common among stinging nettles. Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Barnsley {J.H.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.D.); Bradford ! {J.W.C); Bramham! {/.Sni.) ■ Doncix^itr {G.T.F.); Flamborough Head (^.^7.); Goole!! {/olui Hanison) ; Hambleton ! (G.T.F.) ; Huddersfield {G.T.F.) ■ Ledsham {C.S.) ; Leeds ! ( W.H.T.) ; Ponte- fract {B.B.); Richmond (/. Sa/ig); Rotherham ( ?[' Thomas); Scarborough {J.H.R.)\ Sheffield {A.D.); South Milford {G.T.F.) ; Wakefield (H'.T); Weeton (JV.T>.F.). Plusia bractea IF.V. York (Sf aw ion's Ma;/ /m/) ; Pateley Bridge {F.C., N'ewi/ian's Entoni., Oct., 1842); possibly these are the York specimens of Stainton's Manual. As this species occurs outside the county at " The Brushes," Staleybridge, I feel sure it ought to be taken oftener in similar localities within our boundary. Plusia festucae L. Not common. The larva feeds on the yellow flag {Iris pseiid-acoriis) in marshy ground. Askham Bog (JF.F) ; Beverley {N.F.D.); (roole {/. Harrison); Huddersfield, very rare (/'./.) ; Hunslet, occurs in Middleton Wood, but is not common {/.P.). Plusia iota L. Generally common. Askham Bog ( W.F.) ; Barnsley {/.FT.) ; Beverley ! {N.F.D.); Bradford! (/.JJ'.C); Bramham ! (/.Sm.) ; Driffield (Z. B. Foss) ; Huddersfield ! (G.TP.) ; Ilkley (A. Denny); Meanwood ! {W.H.T.) ; Pateley Bridge Trans.Y.N.U. Series Vol. 2. NOCTU^. 99 (A. Dez/nv) ; Pontefract (^.ZT.) ; Richmond (/ ^V?;/^--) ; Rotherham (Ji: Thomas); Roth well {J.IV.T.); Scar- borough (6'Ai'/>//^//V Manual); Sheffield (^.Z>.) ; Wake- field ( ^K 7]). Plusia V-aureum Gn. As widely distributed and I think still commoner than P. iota. Askham Bog ( U'.P.) ; Barnsley {J.H.); Beverley ! i^N.F.D.); Bradford ! {J.W.C); Bramham {J.Sm.); Flamborough Head {E.H.) ; Grassington {G.T.P.); Hud- dersfield ! (G.T.P) ; Ilkley (J. Denny) ; Leeds {E.B.); Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond (/ Sang); Rotherham ( W. Thomas) ; Scarborough {J.H.R.) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield (JV.T) ; York {T. IVilson). Plusia gamma L. Abundant everywhere. Plusia interrogationis Hiib. Occurs on the moors, the larv?e feeding on ling and bilberry. Driffield {G. P. Daivson, Entom.,\\\. 23) ; Harrogate {/. Sang); Hebden Bridge {Tom Mellor); Huddersfield (/ V.) ; " North Yorkshire Hills" {N.F.D.); Redcar {G. Brook, P. PS.) ; Richmond {G.P.H. and / Sang) ; Scar- borough {J.H.R.) ; Sheffield {A.D.). Gonoptera libatrix L. Generally common, but rare in some parts of the south West Riding. I have only seen two or three specimens in the Huddersfield district, though others have been taken there. Askern(6'.Z.J/;); AskhamBog( IV.P.); Barnsley (/.i7.); Beverley ! {N.F.D.) ; Bishop's Wood {G.T.P.) ; Borough- bridge ( IV.P.) ; Bradford (/. IV.C.) ; Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Goole (/ Harrison) ; Huddersfield {G.T.P.) ; Hunslet ! {/.P.) ; Pontefract {B.H) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ; Scar- borough {T. JI'.) ; Selby {P.P.); Sheffield {A.P.) ; Wake- field {IF. T). lOO PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Amphipyra pyramidea Z. One would expect this species to be plentiful in our larger oak and birch woods, but it seems to be not only local but seldom very common where it does occur. Barnsley, rare {/.H.) ; Cusworth near Doncaster {W.W.); Sheffield {A.D.) • Wakefield (JV.T.); York (Stamfon's Manual ). Amphipyra tragopogonis L. Common probably every- where. Mania typica Z. Abundant no doubt everywhere. Mania maura Z. Not uncommon among old poplars and willows. Adel Moor! ( IV.H.T.) ; Askham Bog ( W.F.) ; Barns- ley i/.H.) • Beverley ! {N.F.D.) ; Bradford (/. IV.C.) ; Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Huddersfield ! {G.T.F.); Ilkley {A. Denny) ; Leeds ! {/.G.) ; Pannal ! ( W.D.R.) ; Pon- tefract {B.H.); Richmond (/. Sang) ; Scarborough (G.T.); Sheffield (A.I?.) ; Wakefield ( JV.T.). Toxocampa pastinum Z>. Local, but usually plentiful where it occurs. Its beautiful larvje may readily be found about the end of May feeding on Vi'cm at night, or in the daytime coiled up among the moss, &c., above the roots of the eaten plants. Askham Bog!! ( IV.F); Bramham (/.6'w. and/. JV.T.); Fairburn (C^.) ; Maltby Wood near Sheffield, '* sixty in one day" (IVm. Laycock, Ent. W. Int., 1858, /. 133); Pontefract {B.H.) ; Scarborough \{G.T.F. and J.H.R.) ; Sheffield ! {A.D. and others). Stilbia anomala ffa^c. I have only seen one Yorkshire specimen ; it was taken by Mr. J. W. Carter at Bradford on August 9th, 1877 {G.T.F.). Catocala fraxini Z. I am very glad to be able to record the occurrence of four specimens of this magnificent and rare species in our county. Dr. White took a fine speci- Trans.V.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. men in his own garden near Barnsley on September 6th, 1880 ; Mr. T. Wilkinson took one at Scarborough in Sep- tember, 1S59, which I have seen ; Mr. Jackson shewed me a beautiful example taken at rest on a tree in Stoney- cliffe Wood, Middlestown, near Wakefield, on August 1 2th, 1875 ; ^^'^ 0"6 is recorded from Hull in 1858 by Mr. James Young (jS;;/. Jl\ Int., p. 203). Catocala nupta L. This species, so common in many parts of England, is in our own county apparently as rare as is C. fraxini. I only know of one well authenticated speci- men : it was taken by Mr. George Tyers of Leeds, " under the coping stone of the wall of Oliver's Mount School, on Aug. 24th, 1876." Euclidia mi Z. Widely distributed, but seldom very common. Askham Bog (IV.F.); Barnsley {J.H.); Bishop's Wood (6^.7:/'.) ; Bramham ! {J.Sm.); Doncaster {G. Tindall); Huddersfield {J.V.); Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond (/ Sang); Scarborough (T.IV.); Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield ( JV.T.) ; Wentbridge (/. W.T.). Euclidia glyphica Z. Askham Bog {IV.F.); Barnsley i/.H.); Bramham \ {J.Sm.) ; Doncaster (J V. J K) ; Flam- borough Head (E.JI.) ; Huddersfield (/. V.) ; Pontefract (B.JI.) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ; Roche Abbey ( IF. H. Smith, Etit. W. Int. June 12, 1858) ; Scarborough ( T. W.); Sheffield {A.D.) ; Thorner {G.T.) ; Wakefield ( W.T.). Phytometra asnea IV.V. Adel Moor !!( /KZ^.r.) ; Bram- ham ! {J.Sm.) ; Huddersfield (/. V.) ; Maltby Common {J.H.) ; Scarborough {T. IV.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wake- field ( JV.T.) ; near York ( IV.F.). I02 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. DELTOIDES. Hypena proboscidalis L. Abundant nearly all over the county, but least common in the south West Riding. Hypena rostralis L. Sheffield {A.D.). Hypenodes albistrigalis Haiv. Scarborough {T. IV.). Hypenodes costaestrigalis Sfeph. Askham Bog ( ff'/'.) ; Harrogate {/. Sang) ; Scarborough {T. IF.). Rivula sericealis IKK York (i?. C ). Herminia barbaiis Z. Wakefield ( r^: J!) ; York (S/ain/on's Manual). Herminia tarsipennalis Tr. Not uncommon. Bramham ! {J.Sm.); Huddersfield {P.I.); Scar- borough, " on wild raspberry " {T. W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.); York {Stainton's Manual ). Herminia grisealis W.K. Generally common. Askham Bog (JKF.); Bishop's Wood (G.T.F.); Bramham ! (y.Sm.) ; Camblesforth {Johti Harrison); Edlington Wood {J.H.) ; Huddersfield {G.T.F.); Mean- wood ( W.H.T.) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ; Sheffield {A.n.); Thorne {W.W.); Wakefield ( IV.T.). A KENTI^. Aventia flexula Fab. We have two localities for this peculiar lichen feeder. Scarborough {T.]V.); York {R.C., Entoin., April, 1842). PYRALIDES. Pyralis fimbrialis W.K York {R.C., also /.r.C, Efit. ]V, Int., Feb. 16, 1 861). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D. Vol. 2. PYRALIDES. 103 Py rails farinalis L. Abundant, probably everywhere. Bradford (/.JJ'.C); Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Hudders- field 11 {G.T.F.) ■ Leeds 1! ( U'.H.T.^ ; Sheffield {A.!).) ■ Wakefield (If'T.); York (7?. C. ). Pyralis glaucinalis Z. Askham Bog ( JF.P.) ; Scarborough (T.JJ:); Wakefield ( U'.T.). Aglossa pinguinalis Z. Common, probably everywhere. The larva feeds on chaff and straw. Bradford ! (/ Jl'.C.) ; Bramham (J-Sm.) ; Hudders- field (G.T.F.): Leeds {IV.H.T.); Sheffield {A.D.) ■ Wakefield {JJ'.T.) ; York (F.C.). Aglossa cuprealis HuIk Recorded from Huddersfield, but I think in error (G. T.F). Its larva feeds on chaff and old straw in stable corners, &c. Cledeobia angustalis W. V. " Lr a meadow near Maltby Woods" (/. Batty, Ent. W. Int., June 27, 1857). Pyrausta punicealis W.V. The larva feeds on Nepeta cataria. Bramham ! {/.Sni.) ; Huddersfield {P-I.) ; Richmond {/.Sang); Scarborough! {J.H.R.); Sheffield {A.D.); York {Stain ton's Manual ). Pyrausta purpuralis Z. Bramham 1 (/.Sm.); Hudders- field (/ F.) ; Richmond (/ Sang); Sheffield (A.D.); Wakefield ( JJ'.T.) ; York (F.C). Pyrausta ostrinalis ZZ//'. Huddersfield (ZIZ); Richmond (/. Sang) ; Scarborough {T. J J'.) ; York (F.C). Herbula cespitalis JJ'.F. Bramham ! (y: 6"/;/.) ; Hudders- field (/. J\) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ; Sheffield (A.D.). Ennychia cingulalis Z. Richmond (/. Sang). Ennychia octomaculalis Z. This pretty sun-loving species is not uncommon at Hebden Bridge (G.T.F.). Mr. Varley used to take it at Huddersfield not uncommonly, I04 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. but I have never seen it there, and I fear it is now extinct in the locality. The larva feeds on the golden rod {Soh'dago virgaurea). Stenia punctalis W.V. Sheffield (^.Z>.). Cataclysta lemnalis Z. Askham Bog ( JK/*.) ; Bramham {J.Sm.) ■ Huddersfield (/. V.) ; Wakefield ( W.T.). Paraponyx stratiotalis L. Askham Hog {IV.P.) ; Brad- ford, one at Frizinghall in 1882 {/. W.C.); Scarborough, not uncommon ( 7: W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.). Hydrocampa nymphsealis L. Common in suitable locali- ties. Askham Bog ( IV.F.) ; Bradford !! (/. IV.C.) ; Bram- ham ! (/.Sm.) ; Goole (/. Harrison) ; Huddersfield ( G. T.P.) ; Killingbeck near Leeds (/. W. T.); Scarborough (/. Harrison) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield ( JV.T.). Hydrocampa stagnalis Bon. The larva feeds on S/>ar- ganiuiii simplex. Askham Bog ([/^Z:); Bramham !(/. 6";//.) ; Goole (/ Harrison) ; Huddersfield {J.V.) ; Scarborough (/. Harrison); Sheffield (y^.Z*.) ; Wakefield ( ^K 71). Acentropus niveus 01. Has occurred near York {Ent. W. Int. , vi. 171). The larva feeds on Fotatnogefon crispus. Botys pandalis Hilb. The larva will eat Solidago virgaurea, Origanum vnigare, and Teucrium scorodonia. Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {Stainton's Manual). Botys verticalis W. V. Among stinging nettle. Bingley (/ W.C.) ; Bishop's Wood ( W.F.) ; Goole (/. Harrison) ; Huddersfield {G.T.P.) ; Wadsley Bridge near Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield ( JV.T.) ; York (P.C). Botys fu seal is IV. V. The larva feeds on Melampyrum pratense and M. cristatum. Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. PYRALIDES. 105 Askham Bog ( W.F.) ; Blubberhouses (Z^r^ Walsing- ham) ; Bradford (/ IV.C.) ; Harrogate (/. Sang) ; Hud- dersfield {^HobkirKs History of Htdddersfield) ; Richmond {J. Sang); Sheffield {A.D.). Botys terrealis Tr. The larva feeds on the golden-rod {Solidago virgaiirea). Scarborough (T.IV.). Botys urticalis Z. Among stinging nettles. Askham Bog ( JI:F.) ; Bradford ' (/ JF.C.) ; Goole (/. Ham'son) ; Huddersfield,. not common {G.T.P.); Leeds ! ( W.H.T.) ; Pannal ! ( W.D.R.) ; Richmond (/ Sang); Selby (Z^ /?. ) 5 Sheffield (^.Z*.) 5 Wakefield ( Tf/ 7^ ). Ebulea crocealis Tr. The larva feeds on fleabane {/mi/a dysenterica). Doncaster ! {6-'.7:/'.); Flamborough Head {E.H.); Redcar (/. Sang) ; Scarborough ( Z. U:); Sheffield {A.B.). Ebulea verbascal is IF.F. The larva feeds on Teucriiun scorodonia. Only recorded from Sheffield {A.D.). Ebulea sambucalis UW. Moderately common, sometimes abundant. I once saw an elder tree in my father's garden, the lower branches of which were fairly stripped by the larvae. Askham Bog ([Ki'.); Bradford (/. ^F.C.) ; Goole (/. Harrison) ; HaUfax {G.T.F.); Huddersfield \{G.T.F.); Leeds !! ( W.H.T.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield ( W.T.). Pionea forficalis Z. Abundant in kitchen gardens, &c., everywhere. Spilodes sticticalis Z. Local and apparently not so com- mon as formerly. Bramham {/.Sni.); Halifax {Stain ton's Manuat); Huddersfield, in August, 1847 {F.I.) ; Redcar {/. Safig) ; Scarborough, formerly abundant {T. W.) ; York, in 1879 {T. Wilson). io6 porritt: list of Yorkshire lepidoptera. Scopula luteal is Haw. Abundant, probably everywhere. I have found the larvae freely at Huddersfield, feeding on the leaves on the lower branches of bramble {Riibus), also on Plantago lanceolata, Ranimcidus, Rumex, and other low plants. Scopula olivalis IV. V. Occurs everywhere and is abundant in most places. Least common in some parts of the south West Riding. The larva feeds on stinging nettle and other low plants. Scopula prunalis W.V. Also occurs everywhere, and usually in abundance. The larva feeds on Scorodonia, Stachys sylvatica, Latniiun galeobdolon, &c. Scopula ferrugalis Hiib. Harrogate (/. Sang) ; Scarborough {T.IF.}. Stenopteryx hybridal is H/'/b. I have reared the larvae on Polygoniwi avicidare, but the proper food plant is uncertain. Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Flamborough Head {-E.H.) ; Richmond (/ &;/^) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Thorne Waste {W.P); Wakefield {W.T.). Scoparia ambigualis Tr. Abundant everywhere. Scoparia conspicualis Hodgk. This species was only sepa- rated and named as distinct in 1881 by Mr. Hodgkinson, although that gentleman had been familiar with it at Windermere for some years. Mr. W. Prest had also been taking it for years, and this year (1882) collected it in plenty at Sandburn, York ; and on seeing some of Mr. Prest's specimens I at once recognized it as a species I had taken several years previously at Edlington Wood, near Doncaster, from which locality I had still a few good specimens in my duplicate boxes. Scoparia basistrigalis Knaggs. On Bank holiday, August 4th, 1879, 1 ^"<^ others found this fine and local species in the greatest i^rofusion in Edlington Wood, near Doncaster. Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. PYRALIDES. 107 A dozen or more were frequently seen on the trunk of a single tree. Since then it has been much scarcer, and this year (1882) I failed to find a single specimen. Mr. W. Prest has also taken it at Bishop's Wood near Selby, and at York. Scoparia cembree Haw. Widely distributed and common. The form occurring at Huddersfield is the variety Zelleri Wocke, which still stands in some of our lists as a distinct species. The species used to fly in thousands in two rough fields adjoining my house at Highroyd, Huddersfield, but I believe they were all of this form except an occasional sjiecimen of Dr. F. B. White's dark variety scotica. Whether the specimens taken in the other parts of the county are the typical cemhro' I do not know, but it would be interesting to ascertain how far the varietv extends. Askham Bog {W.P.) \ Bradford (/ fKC) ; Bram- ham 1 {J. Sill) ; Harrogate {J. Sr.ug) ; Huddersfield !! {G.T.F.); Redcar (/ Sang)- Scarborough {T. IV.) ; Sheffield (A.D.). Scoparia pyraialis U\V. (reneral'y common. Bramham (/.Sw.) ; Edlington Wood {G.T.R); Harrogate (/ Snig); Huddersfield 1! (6-'. 7^/'.) ; Rich- mond {/. Sang). Scoparia muralis Gn. Widely distributed and often abun- dant. In the houth West Riding the larv?e may be collected in profusion by strippmg off the moss growing on old walls. Bradford (/ IKC.) ; Huddersfield !! {G.T.F.) ; Rich- mond (/ Sa>;g); Sad^ileworth !1 (C. T./'.) ; Scarborough (T.JJ:); Sheffield (J.n.). Scoparia lineolalis G'/. Doncaster {Stainton's MaTiual); Redcar (J. Siing). Scoparia mercuralis L. Askhnm Bog ( ^f:/'.) ; Hudders- field {S.L.M.) ; Sheffield {A.D.). lo8 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Scoparia crataegalis Hiib. Askham Bog ( ?F:/'.) ; Bingley {E.P.P.B.); Biamham(/6';//.); EdlingtonWood(az:i'.); Richmond (/ Sang) ; Sheffield {A.D.). Scoparia resinalis Haw. Not common. Scarborough, on ash trees (Z! W.) ; Sheffield (A.D.). Scoparia truncicolalis Staintou. Fairly common. I have reared the larvae through on moss. Grassington (G.T.F.) ; Huddersfield (ar./'.) ; Scar- borough {T. IV.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York !! ( JV.F.). Scoparia coarctalis Ze//. Huddersfield (6^. T^iR) ; Redcar (/. SciHg) ; Scarborough {T. W.). Scoparia pallidulalis G>i. Only occurs I believe on marshy ground. " On warm moist evenings this species is to be seen sporting in countless niraibers in Askham Bog near York" ( W.F.) ; Scarborough {T. IV.). CRAMBITES. Crambus pratellus Z. Common everywhere. Crambus dumeteilus Hilb. Recorded from York by Mr. Robt. Cook iyNeivman's Entoiii., April, 1842); Blubber- houses {Lord Wiihin:^hain). Crambus hamelius Thnnb. Scarborough {T. W.). Crambus pascuellus L. Rather common. Askham Bog ( W.F.) ; Bramham ! (J.Sm.) ; Redcar (/ Sang) ; Sheffieli (A.D.) ; Thorne Waste near Goole !! {G.T.P.). Crambus margaritellus Hiib. T.ocal, but probably com- mon where it occurs. I found it abundant on the damp parts only of Thorne Waste, whereas C. pascuellus only occurred on the dry parts. Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. CRAMBITES, 109 Rombald's Moor near Bradford (/. //^C.) ; Thorne Waste near Goole !! {G.T.F.); York {E.B.). Crambus pinetellus L. Sheffield {A.B.). Crambus perlellus Scvjy. Askham Bog {IV.F.); Rich- mond (/. Sang) ■ Thorne Waste ( JV. W.). Crambus Warringtonellus Zell. Occurs commonly on Thorne Waste ( U'.P. and IV. IV.) ; but we have no other locality as yet. I believe the northern specimens of this insect are simply a form of C. perlcUiis. Excei)t in the New Forest I have never found thu two species occurring separately ; and in a field in the Isle of Man I found all the intermediate varieties between one form and the other. The New Forest specimens seem to me altogether darker and have a more irony appearance than any I have taken in the north, but even they may only be an isolated race of a form of C. perlellus. Crambus selaseilus Hiib. Askham Bog ( ^F/'.) ; Bishop's Wood ( v. P.) ; Scarborough (7: IV). Crambus tristelius JV.V. Abundant everywhere. * Crambus inquinatellus JV.V. Scarborough (7". Jr.); Stock- ton-on-the-Forest, and Sandburn, York (IV.F.). Crambus geniculellus y'/a-ic. Redcar (/. Sang). Crambus culmeilus Z. Abundant everywhere. Crambus hortuellus I///l>. Abundant everywhere. Chilo phragmitellus If?i/>. Askham Bog (IV.F.) ; formerly abundant at Scarborough (T. IV.). Schosnobius forficellus Thimb. Askham Bog (W.F.) \ Huddersfield (P.I.). Schoenobius gigantellus W.V. Recorded as having occurred at York by Mr. R. Cook (Newman'' s Entum., April, 1842). Anerastia lotella Hiib. A coast species. Redcar (/. Sang). no PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Homaeosoma nimbella Dup. Flamborough Head {E.H.) ; larvas in seeds of yarrow, &c., at Scarborough {T. IK). Mr. Sang records the variety saxicola Vaiighaii from Redcar, and I think it probable that the form occurring in the two other locaUties is this variety. Homseosoma nebulelia Hi'ih. Not common. The larvae feed in thistle heads in the autumn. Flamborough Head {E.H.) ; Scarborough {T. IV.). Ephestia elutella JIud. Probably common in suitable places in all the larger towns. In a chicory wareh(;use at York Mr. G. C. Dennis obtained in one piece from the ceiling a tough compact web spun by thousands of larvre, measuring between seven and eight feet in length, and four feet in width (see Transactions of Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, part i , 1877) ; Huddersfield (G.T.F.) ; York !1 ( JKP.). Ephestia ficella Dougl. Leeds {E.B.) ■ York ( U'.P.). Ephestia pinguedinella Gn. Balby ! ( Jf' fK) ; Sheffield {A.D.); York (IV.F.). Cryptoblabes bistriga Hinv. A scarce species but has repeatedly been taken. Doncaster ( IV. JV.) ; Huddersfield (F./.) ; York ( IF.F. and T. misou). Plodia interpunctella Hiib. The larva feeds in warehouses on grain, malt, locust beans, &c. York (IKP.). Phycis betulella Gnefz. T\\e larvae may be found on the upper side of birch leaves, at the end of May. Rramham {/.Sm.) ; common in the Green Farm Wood, adjoining Sandal Beat, Doncaster {G.T.P. and U: JV.) ; Sheffield {A.B.) ; York ( IV P.). Phycis carbonariella Fisc/i. Plentiful probably on all heaths, and very partial to the burnt charred parts. No species is more appropriately named than this, for the larva, imago, and habitat are all equally black. Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. CRAMBITES. Ill Blubberhouses {Lord Walsingham) ; Flamborough Head {E.H) ; Goole Moors (/ Harrison) ; Halifax !1 {G.T.F.)] Huddersfield !!(6^.r.P.); Leeds (^.^.); Rich- mond (/ Sang) ; Saddleworth (i?. S. Eddstoii) ; Scar- borough (T. JH) ; Sheffield {A.D.)\ Strensall Common, York ! {]V.P.) ; Thorne Waste ! {G.T.F.). Phycis ornatella ]J\ V. Only recorded from one locality. York ( W. Simmons). Phycis abietella W.V. Not uncommon at Scarborough {T.]V.)\ York {W.P.). Phycis roborella W.V. Bishop's Wood !( /r:/'.) ; Bram- ham ! iJ.Sm.) ; Doncaster ! ( W. W.) ; York ( JT:F.). Pempelia palumbella Jl'.K Sheffield {AD.); York!! {u:f.). Rhodophaea consociella Hiib. Not generally common. Rossington ! ( /^rT /'[') ; Scarborough {T.JJ\); York (T. m/son). Rhodophaea advenella Zinck. Only recorded from Scar- borough (T. J I'). Rhodophaea tumidella Zifick. About oak trees. Askham Bog and Sandburn, York ( JJ\F.) ; Bramham i/.Sm.) ; Doncaster ! ( JK W.) ; Scarborough (T. IV.). Oncocera ahenella ]VV. Huddersfield (/'./) ; Stainton's Manual also gives "the West Riding of Yorkshire," prob- ably referring to the above record, but I think the specimen must have got there accidentally somehow, as the locality is a most unlikely one for the species. Melia sociella Z. Goo\e {G.T.F.) ■ Leeds (^.^.); Rich- mond (/. Sang); Sheffield {A.D.). Melissoblaptes cephalonica Stainton. This species was first described and introduced to science (-£■///. Ann.., iS66, /. 147) from specimens bred from dried currants at York H 112 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. by Mr. Hind in 1.865. Since then it has been taken in London by Mr. C. G. Barrett (to whom I am indebted for my series of the species), but I know of no other captures {G.T.P). Galleria cerella Gn. The larva feeds in the comb in old bee-hives. Leeds {E.B.). Meliphora alveariella Gn. Plentiful wherever old bee- hives are kept. Huddersfield !! ((5.7:/'.); Leeds (^.^'.) ; Sheffield {A.D.); York {R.C.). TORTRICES. Halias prasinana L. Generally common, but less so in the south West Riding than elsewhere. Bingley {E.F.F.B.) ; Bishop's Wood {IV.D.R.) ■ Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Doncaster ! (IV. JK); Edlington Woodl (G.T.R.); Karrogsite (/. Sang) ; Huddersfield {G.T.P.); Meanwood!( JKZ?.i?.); Richmond (/. ^'aw^) ; Scarborough !! {T. IV.) ; Sheffield {A.£>.) ; York (R.C.). Sarrothripa revayana JV.F. Scarce. Scarborough (T. IV.) ; near York {/.T.C., Ent. Ann., 1867,/. 158). Tortrix pyrastrana ////^. = pod an a Scop. Common every- where, probably. Tortrix crataegana ffiib. = roborana Hi//>. A pretty species and not rare. Bramham ! {/.Stn.) ; Doncaster ( IV. IV.) ; Edlington Wood (G.T.P.) ; Huddersfield (/'./.) ; Sheffield (A.D.) ■ York {JV.F., Ent. IV. Int., Feb. 16, 1861). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. TORTRICES. 113 Tortrix xylosteana Z. ? Common everywhere. Tortrix sorbiana Hiib. Rather common. Bishop's Wood {W.P.) ; Bramham ! {J.Sm.) ; Y)o\\- caster{Ji:JF.); Uudders^eld {/. IF. £>.); Sheffield (.4. A); York (i?. C). Tortrix rosana Z. Very common, no doubt everywhere. Tortrix cinnamomeana Tr. Doncaster (IJ'.JF.); York (JV.P.). Tortrix heparana JF r. Common everywhere. Tortrix ribeana H/ib. Also common everywhere. Tortrix corylana I///l>. Generally common. Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Edlington Wood ! {G.T.F.); Elland {G.T.F.) ; Harrogate {/.Sang); Huddersfield ! {G.T.F.); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York (i?. C). Tortrix unifasciana Biip. Blubberhouses {Lord IFalsing- ham); Doncaster {W. IF); Huddersfield (6^.2"./'.); Redcar (/ Sang) ; Sheffield (A.£>.). Tortrix costana JF. F. Doncaster ( JF JJ\) ; Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {C. G. Barrett, Ent. Mo. Mag, 1873). Tortrix viburnana AK F. Common on heaths, &c. Blubberhouses {Lord Walsingham) ; Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Richmond (/. Sa/ig) ; Scarborough {T. JF.) ; Sheffield {A.Z>.)\ Thorne Waste W {G. P.P.) ; York !I ( JJ^.P). Tortrix icterana Fro/. The larva feeds on Flantago and Centaurea nigra. Blubberhouses {Lord JJ^ahingham) ; Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Doncaster ( JF. JV.) ; Flamborough Head {E.H.); Richmond {J. Sang); Scarborough {T. JV.) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield {G.T.P.). Tortrix viridana Z. Abundant everywhere. 114 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Tortrix ministrana L. Common. Bramham! (y.6'///.); Doncaster! ( [K [K); Harrogate {J. Sang); Huddersfield ! {G.T.F.)\ Richmond (/. Sa?ig); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {R.C.). Tortrix adjunctan a 7>.=Forsterana Z*///. ? Common. Bramham ! {/.Sm.); Huddersfield ! {G.T.F.); Leeds {C.S.); Richmond (/ Sang); York {R.C.). Tortrix Branderiana L. Taken at Sheffield by Mr. A. Doncaster, but as yet recorded from no other locality in the county. Dichelia Grotiana Fab. York (F.C., JVeroman's Entom., April, 1842). Amphysa Gerningana ]V.]'\ Huddersfield (G.C.B.M.) ; Richmond (/. Sang); Scarborough {T. IV.) ; Thorne (IF. IF.); York !! (JF.F). Amphysa Walkerana Cnrt. Huddersfield (F/.). Leptogramma literana Z. Bramham (/.6"w.) ; Doncaster ( IF IF) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Scarborough ! {T. IF) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Stockton - on - the - Forest, near York {IFF.); York (7?.C.). Leptogramma scabrana Fab. York (i?. C). Leptogramma boscana Fab. Flamborough {Rev. E. Hor- fon, Ent. W. Int., 1858, /. 131). This really is only a form of Z. Scabrana. Peronea sponsana Z^i ; Bramham ! (/.Sm.) ; Don- caster ( JV. W.) : Harrogate {/. Sang) ; Huddersfield ! {G.T.F.) ; Richmond (/ Sang); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York (F.C.). Teras contaminana I//3. Abundant among hawthorn everywhere. Dictyopteryx LcEflingiana Z. Common. Bramham ! {J.Sm.) ; Doncaster ( W. JV.) ; Harrogate (/. 6'rt«^) ; Huddersfield {G.C.B.M.); Richmond (/.Sang); Sheffield (A.n.) ; York (i?.C). Dictyopteryx Holmiana Z. Generally common about hawthorn. Bramham! (/.Sm.); Doncaster ( IV. JV); Huddersfield {F.l); Redcar (/ Sang) ; Sheffield (A.B.) ; York (F.C.). Dictyopteryx Bergman niana Z. Abundant among rose bushes no doubt everywhere. Dictyopteryx Forskaleana Z. Common among maple. Boroughbridge {JV.F.); Bramham ! {/.S/n.); Hex- thorpe {JJ'^.JV.); Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Sheffield (A.D.); Yoxk{F.C.). Argyrotoza Conwayana Fab. Very common. Bishop's Wood {JV.F); Boroughbridge {JV.F.); Bramham ! {/.S/n.); Doncaster ( [K JV); Edlington Wood, in plenty by beating yews {G.T.F.) ; Harrogate {/. Sang) ; Huddersfield {F.I. and G.C.B.M.); Richmond (/ Sang) ; York(i?.C.). Ptycholoma Lecheana Z. Very common. Bishop's Wood ( JV.F.) ; Bramham ! {/Sm.) ; Don- caster ( JV. JV); Harrogate (/ Sang); Huddersfield {F.I.); Richmond (/ Sang); Scarborough {T.W.); Sheffield {A.D.); York {F.C.). Trans. V.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. TORTRICES. 117 Ditula Hartmanniana Z. Scarborough (7! JV.). Ditula semifasciana Haw. Among sallows. Scarborough (T. JV.). Penthina corticana Z//>/5.=picana Frd7. Common. Bramhaml(y.6'w.); Doncaster ( IF. JV.); Huddersfield (G.C.B.M.); Scarborough (T. JJ^.) ; Sheffield (A.D.) ; York (JJ^.F.). Penthina betulastana I/(77o. Doncaster (JJ^.JJ^.); Hud- dersfield (P.I.) ; York {R.C.). Penthina praelongana 6'//. = sororcuiana Zett. On birch trees. Bramham! {/.Sin.) ; Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Richmond (/. Sang); Scarborough {T. JV.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {W.P.). Penthina pruniana Hiib. Apparently common everywhere. Penthina cynosbana Z.=variegana Hiib. Common, no doubt everywhere. Penthina ochromelana 6^;/. = dimidiana Treit. Bramham {/.Siii.)\ Huddersfield (P.Z). Penthina sauciana Hiib. Abundant at Blackhills near Bingley in 1882 {E.P.P.B.); Scarborough {T. JV.) ; Sheffield {A.I?.). Penthina gentianana Cur^. Larva feeds in seed-heads of teazle {Dipsacus sylvestris). Doncaster ( JV. JV). Penthina marginana Haw. Richmond {J. Sang); Scar- borough, in seed-heads of Scabiosa {T. JV.). Penthina fuligana Zr///'. = carbonana' Dbl. Scarborough {T. JV.). Antithesia salicana Gn. Bramham {J.Sm.). Il8 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Spilonota ocellana IV. V. Common. AskhamBog( ?F;/'.) ; Bramham ! (y.^*;;/.) ; Doncaster ( W. IV.) ; Harrogate (/ Sang) ; Redcar (/ Sang) ; Rich- mond (/. Sang) ; York, bred from plum {G. C. Dennis). Spilonota lariciana Zell. Mr. W. Warren used to find this species at Doncaster " flying round young larches at dusk, in company with T. cmnamonieana and/', occultana." Spilonota dealbana iwZ Doncaster ( [F. ff^) ; Harrogate (/. Sang) ■ Sheffield {A.D.). Spilonota neglectana Z>//f/. Bramham! (y:6'w.); Hudders- field {HobkirK s History of Hiiddersfield) ; Sheffield (A.D.). Spilonota suffusana Koliar. Bramham ! {J.Sni.); Doncaster (IV. IV.); Huddersfield (P./.); Redcar (/. Sang); Sheffield (A.D.). Spilonota roborana JV. V. Bramham ! (/ Sni.); Doncaster ( JV. JV.) ; Harrogate (/ Sang) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ; Sheffield (A.D.). Pardia tripunctana JV.V. Probably everywhere. Blubberhouses (Lord JVa/sing/iam) ; Bramham ! (/.Sni.); Doncaster {JV.JV); Harrogate (/ Sang); Huddersfield {F.L) ; Redcar (/. Sang); Richmond (/. Sang) ; Sheffield {A.D.). Aspis Udmanniana L. Common. The larva feeds on bramble. Bramham ! {J.Sm.) ; Doncaster (JV.IV.); Hudders- field \{G.T.F.); Sheffield {A.D.). Sericoris lacunana JV.V. Common no doubt everywhere. Sericoris urticana Hiib. Also plentiful probably everywhere. Sericoris micana Hiib. Scarborough {T. JV.). Mixodia Schulziana Fab. Huddersfield {G.C.B.M.); Rich- mond (/. Sang); Sheffield {A.D.). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. •-'. TORTRICES. 119 Mixodia Ratzburghiana Sax. Scarborough, among firs (T. IF.). Roxana arcuana Z. Edlington Wood ( IF. ?K); Scarborough (T. IF). Orthotaenia antiquana JIi/l>. Huddersfield (/'./.). Orthoteenia striana JF.F. Bramham ! {/.Sf/i.); Don- caster ( IF. IF) ; Huddersfield (F./.). Orthotaenia ericetana jBe;if. "One at Stockton-on-the- Forest in 1S77" {JJ:F.). Phtheocroa rugosana Ifi/l>. Larva feeds in the berries of Byyo)iia dioica. Bramham {J.Si/i.); Doncaster {IFW.); York (r. Wilson). Cnephasia lepidana Curt. = politana Haia. Found on heaths. Richmond {/. Sang) ; Scarborough, abundant among bilberry (T. IF). Cnephasia musculana H/'/Ik Abundant, probably every- where. Bishop's Wood ( JF.F.) ; Bramham ! (/.Sm.) ; Don- caster ( IF. IF); Harrogate (/ Sang); Huddersfield {-P./.); Redcar (y. Sang) ; Richmond (y. Sang). Sciaphila nubilana Hiil'. Common. Harrogate (/. Sang) ; Huddersfield ( G. T.F.); Sheffield {A.B.). Sciaphila subjectana S7ep/i. Common. Blubberhouses {Lord Walsingham) ; Bramham ! i/.Sni.); Doncaster {W.W.); Harrogate (/ Sang); Huddersfield (G.T.F.) ; Redcar {/.Sang); Richmond (/. Sang); Sheffield (A.B.). Sciaphila virgaureana Tr. Also abundant, probably every- where. I20 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Doncaster ( IV. IV.) ; Harrogate (/. Sang) ; Hudders- field {G.T.F.) ; Redcar (/ Saug) ■ Richmond (/. Sang); Sheffield {A.B.); York {R.C.). Sciaphila chrysantheana Z)///'.=alternana IV.V. Larva feeds in the ox-eye daisy, and probably other compositse. Redcar (/ Sang). Sciaphila pascuana Stn. ?=pasivana Biib. Some larvae I collected in the flowers of Ra7iuncnlus bidbosus in a rough field adjoining Lepton Great Wood, Huddersfield, in 1882, produced this species freely, along with plenty of S. idericana and one specimen oi S. octomaculana {G.T.F.). Sciaphila hybridana Hiib. Common. Bramham (/.Sm.) ; Doncaster ( JF. JV.) ; Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Redcar (/. Sang) ; Richmond (/. Sang). Sciaphila octomaculana Haw. ? I have bred this species from RaniiHciiIus flowers, but it also feeds on thistle, and no doubt, like so many of its congeners, on numerous other plants. It is widely distributed and common in the county. Blubberhouses {Lofd Walsingham) ; Huddersfield {G.T.F. and F.I.) ; Scarborough {T. TV.) ; Sheffield {A.D.). Sphaleroptera ictericana Haio. I bred this freely in July, 1882, from larvae collected the previous month with those of S. pascuana in flowers of Ranunculus bulbosus in a field adjoining Lepton Great Wood, Huddersfield {G.T.F.). Capua ochraceana Steph. Doncaster ( JK TK) ; Edlington Wood {G.T.F.) ; Huddersfield {FI). Clepsis rusticana Tr. Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Richmond (/• Sang). Bactra lanceolana Hub. Common in damp fields where rushes grow. Trans. V.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. TORTRICES. 121 Blubberhouses {Lord JVahing/iam) ; Doncaster ( IV. IF.) ; Haigh l{G.r.F.); Harrogate (/. Sang) ; Rich- mond (/. Sang) ■ Sheffield {A.D.). Bactra furfurana Haw. Not common. Scarborough {T. IV.). Phoxopteryx unguicana L. Hexthorpe near Doncaster ( JV JV.) ; Huddersfield (/'./.) ; Scarborough (T. IK). Phoxopteryx biarcuana Sfeph. Sandburn near York (JVF.). Phoxopteryx subarcuana IVilk. = inornatana U.S. Sandburn near York ( IV. P.). Phoxopteryx myrtiliana T/\ I found this species in pro- fusion among bilberry in a wood near Huddersfield, on June 9th, 1883. Blubberhouses [Lord Walsinghani) ; Huddersfield !! {G.T.F.); Richmond {/. Sang) ; Scarborough {T. IV.) ; Sheffield (A. n.). Phoxopteryx lundana Fad. Bramham !(/. 6*///.) ; Harro- gate (/. Sang) ; Hexthorpe near Doncaster ( JV. JV.) ; Huddersfield (F.I.) ; Richmond (/ Sang); Sheffield {A.D.); York (F.C). Phoxopteryx Mitterbacheriana /^K F. Larvte feed on oak. Boroughbridge ( JV.F.) ; Bramham ! {/.Sni.) ; Don- caster ( fK JK) ; Harrogate (/. Sang) ; Huddersfield {F.I.). Phoxopteryx harpana ^//(5.=ramana Z. = lactana Fab. Not uncommon among poplars. Bramham !(y:»S;«.); Doncaster (6^. ZIjP.) ; Harrogate (/. Sang); Scarborough ! {T.JV); Sheffield {A.D.); York {JV.F.). 122 porritt: list of Yorkshire lepidoptera. Grapholita ramana Z. = Paykulliana Fab. Not un- common among birches. Doncaster {IV. JV.); Edlington Wood (G.T.F.); Huddersfield (F.I.) ; Richmond (/. Sang); York (T. Wilson). Grapholita nisana L. Bramham {J.Sm.) ; Harrogate (/. Sang) ; Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ; Thorne ( IV. W.) ; York {F. C). Grapholita nigromaculana Hazu. Among ragwort. Goole {JV.F); Redcar (/. Sang); Scarborough {T.J v.). Grapholita Campoliliana ?F. K = subocellana F>on. Among sallows. Bramham ! {/.Sni.) '; Doncaster ( W. JV.) ; Harrogate (/. Sang) ; Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Richmond (/ Sang). Grapholita trimaculana Don. Common among elm. Doncaster ( JV. JV.) ; Harrogate {/. Sang) ; Hudders- field {F.I.) ; Richmond (/ Sang). Grapholita Penkleriana JJ^.V. Common. Bramham \ {/.Sni.) ; Doncaster ( [F. Jf'^) ; Harrogate {/.Sang); Huddersfield (/'.Z) ; Richmond (/. 6'rt'//^'-) ; Scarborough ! {T. JV.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {R.C.). Grapholita obtusana Hazu. Among hazel, &c. Bishop's Wood !! {JJ^.F.) ; Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Sheftield {A.D.). Grapholita naBvana Hiib. Larvae in the young shoots of holly. Doncaster ( JV. JV.) ; Harrogate {/. Sang) ; Hudders- field {F.I.) ; Richmond (/ Sang); Sheffield {A.D.). Grapholita geminana Sieph. Richmond {/. Sang); Sheffield {A.D. and JV JV). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. TORTRICES. 123 Phlaeodes tetraquetrana Haw. Among birch, alder, &c. Common. Doncaster ( W. W.) ; Harrogate {J. Sang) ; Hudders- field {F.I.): Richmond (/. Sa>ig). Phlasodes immundana Fisch. Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Scar- borough {T.IV.). Phlaeodes crenana HuIk Common at Scarborough ( Z: W.). Hypermecia cruciana L. = augustana D.L. Larvte in sallow shoots. Bramham {/. S>/i.) ; Doncaster ( JV. JF.) ; Harrogate (/ Sanjo); Richmond (/. Sang); Sheffield (^.Z>.) ; York!! {ir.F). Batodes angustiorana JIa7C'. Common. Bishop's AVood, about oaks ( Jl'.F.) ; Bramham ! i/.Sm.); Doncaster {IV. IV.); Richmond (/ Sang); York {R.C.). Poedisca bilunana Haia. Rather common among birches. Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Doncaster {JV.IV); Edlington Wood! {G.T.P.); Harrogate (/. Sang); Scarborough {T. JV.) ; Sheffield {A.B.) ; York ( JVF). Poedisca corticana IIVV. Abundant among oaks. Bramham {/.Sm.) ; Doncaster ( IV. JV.) ; Harrogate (/. Sang) ; Huddersfield {F.L) ; Richmond (/ Sang); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {R.C.). Poedisca profundana JJ\J^. Greetland Moors near Hali- fax {Hobkirk's History of Huddersfield) ; " bred from dwarf sallows at York by Mr. Jackson " ( JJ\F.). Poedisca opiithalmicana Hub. Not uncommon among poplars. Bishop's Wood ( JJ\F.) ; Bramham ! {J.Sm.) ; Red- car (/ Sang) ; Scarborough ! {T. JV.) ; York {P. JV.). 124 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. PcBdisca occultana Dongl. Among fir trees. Blubberhouses !! {Lord Walslngham).; Bramham ! (/. Sm.); Doncaster (/^^TK); Harrogate (/ Sang); Huddersfield {P.I.); Richmond {J. Sang); Scarborough! (T.m). Pcfidisca solandriana Z. A most variable species, abundant in woods everywhere. Poedisca semifuscana Jlaw. Abundant on Myrica gale at Askham Bog {W.P.); Doncaster {W.W.); Richmond (/. Sang). Poedisca sordidana Hiib. = stabilana Steph. Bishop's Wood ( W.P.) ; " by beating alders at York in September " ( W.P.) ; and I think I have taken it at Edlington Wood {G.T.P.). Ephippiphora bimaculana Don. Common among birches, especially in woods having an undergrowth of heather. In such a wood at Huddersfield, in September, 1882, 1 found the species in profusion ; in one part of the wood every tap at the birch trees brought them out, and they were to be seen seated on the tops of the heather in all directions. The larva feeds in the shoots of birch in spring. Bramham ! (/.^w.) ; Haigh ! (G.T.P.) ; Harrogate {/.Sang); Huddersfield !! (ar./^.); mc\\mondi{/. Sang); Saltaire ( W.P.) ; York ( l]\P.). Ephippiphora cirsiana Zell. Bramham {/.Stn.) ; Don- caster ( ]i: jr.) ; Huddersfield {G. C.B.M.) ; Redcar (/. Sang) ; Shefi^eld {A.D.) ; York {R.C.). Ephippiphora pflugiana /Zi'^i.'.^scutulana W.V. Larvae in thistle stems. Doncaster {WW); Flamborough Head {E.H.); Huddersfield {G.T.P.); Richmond (/. Sang) ; Sheftield {A.D.); York {R.C.). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. TORTRICES. 25 Ephippiphora Brunnichiana W.V. Larva feeds in the flower stems of coltsfoot {Tussilago farfara). Bramham ! {J.Sm.) ; Hexthorpe near Doncaster {W.W.); Redcar (/. Sang); Richmond (/. Sang); Sheffield {A.D.). Ephippiphora turbidana Tr. " On the banks of the river Don between Sheffield and Rotherham " {A.D.). Ephipphiphora nigricostana Hau>. Larva in roots of St achy s sylvatica. Near Doncaster ! ( W. W.) ; Hexthorpe ( W. W.) ; Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Sheffield [A.D.). Ephippiphora trigeminana Steph. Bramham! {J.Sm.); Doncaster ( W. W.) ; Redcar (/. Sang). Ephippiphora ephippana /////'. :=popu I ana Fab. Larva in shoots of sallow. Scarborough {T. W.). Ephippiphora ravulana H.S. Mr. W. Warren found three specimens basking in the sun on birch leaves in the Green Farm Wood adjoining Sandal Beat near Doncaster. Olindia ulmana Hub. Bramham ! {J.Sni.) ; Edlington Wood {G.T.P. and T. Wilson); Harrogate (/. Sang). Semasia spiniana Fiscli. Flies in the afternoon sunshine. Scarborough {T. W.). Semasia rufillana Zell. Feeds on wild carrot {Daucus carota). Redcar {J. Sang). Semasia Woeberana Schiff. On fruit trees, &c. Huddersfield {P.I.); Sheffield {A.D.); York {R.C.). Coccyx strobilana L. Feeds in spruce fir cones, which should be gathered in winter. Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Scarborough {T. IV.). 126 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Coccyx splendidulana Gn. About oaks, &c. Doncaster ( W. IF.); Huddersfield (/'./.); Scarborough (T.JJ:); Sheffield {A.D.}. Coccyx argyrana Hl-/'. Also among oaks. Doncaster ( JK JV.) ; Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Scarborough {T. IF.) ; Sheffield (A.D.). Coccyx hyrciniana C/s/ar. Larva feeds on spruce fir. Blubberhouses {Lord IFa/sing/iam) ; Doncaster ( IF IF.) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ; Sheffield {A.B.) ; Tad- caster {/. H. Wood, Ent. Mo. Mag., xv. 109); York ( W.P.). Coccyx distinctana Bent. A scarce species. Bramham ! {J. Sin.) ; Tadcaster, among Abies picea {J. H. Wood, Ent. Mo. Mag., xv. 109). Coccyx ustomaculana C«/-/. The larva feeds on Faccinium vitis-idcea. Huddersfield {P.I.); Sheffield {A.D.). Coccyx vacciniana /7>^//. Huddersfield (P./); Harrogate {J. Sang) ; Scarborough, abundant among bilberry on the moors {T. IV.). Heusimene flmbriana Steph. Larva on oak. Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Sheffield {A.E>.) ; York {J^.C). Pamplusia monticolana Mann. Scarborough {T. IF). Retinia buoliana IFF. "By beating fir at Sandburn, York" {IFF). Retinia pinicolana F)b/. Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; "beaten from fir at Sandburn, York " ( IFF). Retinia pinivorana Ze//. Scarborough, among firs {T. JF) ; "beaten from fir at Sandburn, York " ( IFF). Retinia resinana Z. Huddersfield {FI). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. TOKTRICES. 127 Carpocapsa grossana HmiK Scarborough {T. W). Carpocapsa pomonana Z. The larva feeds in apples. Huddersfield (/'./.) ; Scarborough (T.IV.); Sheffield (A.B.);York(J?.C.). Opadia funebrana Tr. Larv^ feed mside plums. Scarborough (T. IV.). Endopisa nigricana i^i'/^=nebritana 7/-.=pisana Gn. Larvae feed inside pea-pods. Bramham ! {/.Sin.) ; Scarborough ! {T. IF.). Stigmonota dorsana Z^^?*^. = lunulana If'.V. The larvae feed in pods of Orobus tiiberosns. Scarborough {T. JJ'., Ent. Mo. Mag., xiii. 159). Stigmonota orobana Tr. This species was first discovered in England by Mr. T. Wilkinson, who bred it from larva; in the pods of Vicia sylvatica collected on the cliffs to the north of Scarborough. Some were sent to Mr. Doubleday as ^. lunulana, but he at once saw they were distinct (-£"///. Mo. Mag. X. 148, and xiii. 158). Stigmonota coniferana Ratzb. Among firs. Harrogate {J. Sang); Richmond {J. Sang) ; Scar- borough {T. IV.). Stigmonota perlepidana Haw. Larva feeds on Orobus tuberosits) . Bramham ! {/.Sni.) ; Richmond {/. Sang). Stigmonota internana Gn. Huddersfield {F.L) ; Rich- mond {/. Sang) ; Scarborough, common among whin {T. JJ\) ; Strensall Common, in June ( IV. P.). Stigmonota composana Fab. Among clover. Doncaster ( IV. U:) ; York (R.C.). Stigmonota Weirana Dougl = flexana Ze/l Mr. W. Warren used to take this species in the Green Farm Wood adjoining Sandal Beat, Doncaster. 128 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Stigmonota nitidana i^(i'/'. = redimitana Gn. The larvae feed between united oak leaves. Doncaster ( W. W.). Stigmonota Trauniana Schiff. Should be looked for among maple. Huddersfield {P. I.) ; Scarborough {T. JK). Stigmonota regiana Z?//. . Bramham ! {J.S>/t.) ; Scar- borough !!, the larva feeds under the loose bark of syca- more {T. U:) ; Sheffield (A.I).). Stigmonota puncticostana SU'p/i. Scarborough (T. TV.). Stigmonota roseticoianaZ?//.=Germarana////7^. Among wild rose, the larva feeding in the hips. Doncaster ( JF. JF.) ; Scarborough (T. IF). Dicrorampha politana IFF. Among yarrow. Huddersfield (P./.); Sheffield !! (A.B. and JF.'jF). Dicrorampha al pi nana Tr. Larva feeds on tansy (Tcr/zace^um vulgare). Hexthorpe near Doncaster ! ( W. IF). Dicrorampha petiverana Z. Among yarrow {Achillea millefolium). Bramham ! {J.Sm.) ; Hexthorpe near Doncaster !! ( fK [f-:) ; Sheffield {A.D.). Dicrorampha piumbana Scop.=u\'\ca.na. Gn. About the ox-eye daisy. Blubberhouses {Lord JFalsiiighain) ; Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Richmond ! (/ Sang). Dicrorampha herbosana Barrett. This comparatively recent addition to the British list Mr. W. Warren bred from larvae found abundantly at roots of yarrow at Hexthorpe near Doncaster. Dicrorampha consortana Sfep/i. The larva feeds in the shoots of the ox-eye daisy. Scarborough {T. IF). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. TORTRICES. 129 Pyrodes rhediana L. Among hawthorn. Hexthorpe near Doncaster ( ]]^. W.) ; Richmond {J. Sang). Catoptria albersana Hilb. Scarborough, on honeysuckle (T.W.). Catoptria ulicetana Haii'. Common, probably everywhere, about furze, &c. Bramham ! {/.Sin.) ; Doncaster !! ( IV. TJ'.) ; Hudders- field (F.I.) ; Richmond I! (/ Sang) ; Sheffield {A.B.). Catoptria Juliana Curt. The larvK feed in acorns. Sheffield {A.D.). Catoptria hypericana Hiib. Probably common wherever the food-plant {Hypericum) grows freely. Bramham ! {J.Sni.) ; Doncaster II ( JF. Jl\) ; Edlington Wood ! {G.T.F.); Richmond ! (/ Sang); Sheffield {A.n.). Catoptria cana ^az£'.=scopoiiana Jl7/i. Among thistles. Some confusion exists in collections as to the nomencla- ture of this and the next species, consequently I only give those localities which seem certain : of part of those I have had sent it is doubtful to which species the localities belong. Doncaster ( JF. IV.) ; Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Redcar ! {/. Sang) ; Richmond ! {/. Sang). Catoptria scopoliana Haw. = Hohenwarthiana Gn. Common ; the larva feeds in the seed heads of Ccntaurea nigra. Bramham ! {J.Sni.) ; Doncaster ( W. JF.) ; Hudders- field ! {G.T.P.); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {T. Wilson). Catoptria expailidana Hnv. I took this species in my own garden at Highroyd, Huddersfield, but I know no other record for the county. Its food plant, Sonchus arvensis, grew freely in the adjoining fields. 130 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Catoptria pupillana Z. Abundant about wormwood {Arte- misia absy/ifiiiiiin) at Scarborough {T. JV.). Trycheris mediana rFK=aurana Fab. Flies in the hot sunshine. Bramham ! {J.Sm.) ; Doncaster {IV. W.); Flam- borough Head {E.H.); Harrogate {/! &/z^) ; Hudders- field {P.I.); Scarborough {T.W.); Sheffield {A.D.); York {R.C.). Choreutes scintilulana Hilb. Abundant ^mow^ Scutellaria galericulata at Scarborough {T. \V.). Xylopoda fabriciana L. Generally common among nettles. Bramham ! (/^;//.) ; Grassington ((^.T^i^.) ; Mickley near Ripon {G.T.P.) ; Redcar !! (/ Sang) ; Richmond !! (/ Sang); Sheffield (.^.Z*.). EupcBcilia nana Haw. Common. Doncaster!! ( W. W.) ; Huddersfield ! {G.T.P.); Rich- mond (/. Sang) ; Sheffield {A.D.). Eupoecilia atricapitana Sfepli. Larva feeds in stems of ragwort. Doncaster {JV.IK); Flamborough Head {E.H.); Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Scarborough {T. W.). EupcEcilia maculosana Haw. Flies in the morning sun- shine. Bramham ! {J.Sni.) ; Doncaster ( W. IF.) ; Hudders- field {P./.) ; Richmond (/ Sang). EupCECilia sodaliana Ha7c>. On ZZ/Vz-rt-r/V/w at Scarborough {r.Ji:). Eupcecilia hybridellana ZZ///^.=carduana Zell. Bred by Mr. T. Wilkinson of Scarborough from seed-heads of Picris hieracioidcs {Ent. Mo. Mag., xv. 141). Eupoecilia angustana H/ib. Generally common on heaths. Doncaster {IK IK); Flamborough Head {E.H.); Huddersfield (6^.7:/^.); ^\c\\\\^onA W {J. Sang); Scar- Trans, y.n.u. Series D, Vol. 2. TORTRICES. 131 borough ( W. R. Jeffrey^ Ent. Mo. Mag.., xv. 142) ; Thorne Waste! {G.T.F.); York, abundant at Strensall Common {W.F.). Eupoecilia ciliana i7//7^. = rufici liana Baw. Larva feeds in the seed-heads of various species of Primula. Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Richmond {/. Safig). Xanthosetia zoegana L. Generally distributed. Bramham! (J.Sm.); Doncaster( IJ\ JF.); Flamborough Head {P.JI.) ; Huddersfield {P.J.) ; Redcar (/ Sang) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ■ Sheffield {A.D.) ■ York ( JJ'.P.). Xanthosetia hamana L. Bramham! {/.Sm.) ; Doncaster {U:JV.)\ Flamborough Head {E.H.); Huddersfield {Hobkirk's History of Huddersfield) ; Redcar ! {/. Sang) ; Richmond ! (/. Sang) ■ Sheffield {A.B.) ; York ( W.P.). Chrosis tesserana IV. V. Scarborough !! {T. IF.). Argyrolepia Baumanniana ?F. ?^=Hartmanniana ClerA. Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Sheffield {A.P>.). Argyrolepia subbaurnanniana JFilL Richmond (/. Sang). Argyrolepia badiana Hul?. Larva feeds in the roots of Arctium lappa. Bramham {/.Sm.) ; Scarborough {T. JF). Argyrolepia cnicana Did. Among thistles. Bishop's Wood ! ( JFP) ; Bramham ! {/Sm.) ■ Flam- borough Head {E.H.) \ Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Scarborough {T.W.); Sheffield (^.i:*.); York {Ent. JF. Int., 1860,/. 134)- Co'nchylis dilucidana Steph. The larva feeds in the stems of the wild parsnip {Pastitiaca saliva). Doncaster ( JJ\ JJ^.). Conchylis Smeathmanniana Fal?. Larva feeds in the heads of Achillea millefolium, Centaurea nigra, &c. 132 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Blubberhouses {Lord Wahinghain) ; Doncaster ( W. IV.) ; Redcar (/. Sang). Conchylis stramineana Haw. Common. The larva feeds in the heads of Centaurea nigra. Bramham {J.Sm.) ; Flamborough Head {E.H.); Huddersfield {G.T.P.); Richmond! (/. Sang); Sheffield {A.n.); York {IV.F.). Conchylis gigantana 6^//.=alternana Step/i. Larva feeds in heads of Centaurea scabiosa. Huddersfield {P.I.). Conchylis inopiana Haiv. Occurs among fleabane (/«?//«• dysenterica). Scarborough ! {T.W.). Aphelia pratana ZT///^. = osseana Scop. Common; fre- quenting grassy parts of heaths and moors, grassy slopes, &c. Bramham (y.-S"//-!.) ; Grassington !! (G.T.P.) ; Yivid- dersfield 1(6^.7: P.); Richmond !! (/. Sang); Saddleworth Moors {R. S. Edelston) ; Sandburn near York ( W.P.). Tortricodes hyemana Hilb. Common. Bramham ! {/.Sm.) ; Doncaster!! ( IV. IV.) ; Hudders- field (P./.); Richmond!(/. ^^/ziO; Sheffield (Ai?.); York {T. IViisofi). TINE^. Lemnatophila phryganella Hiib. Bramham {/.Sm.) ; Huddersfield {P. I.); Scarborough!! {Stainton's Manual); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {T. Wilson). Lemnatophila salicella Hiib. Huddersfield {Hobkirk's History of Pluddersfield) ; York {T. Wilson). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. TINE^. 133 Exapate gelatella L. Huddersfield, in my own garden {G.T.F.) ; Richmond (/. Sa;;g) ; Sheffield (A.B.) ; York ! {T. ]]llso?i). Diurnea fagella IV. V. Abundant everywhere and very variable, some being very pale grey, others nearly black. Epigraphia avellanella Hiib. Doncaster ( /^r: r/>:); Hud- dersfield {Hobkirk''s History of Huddersfield) ; Scarborough {Sfainton's Manual) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {T. JIV/so//). Epigraphia Steinkellneriella IT. V. Doncaster ( //: IV.) ; Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Scarborough, abundant on hawthorn and mountain-ash {T. IV.) ; Sheffield (.t/.Z*.) ; York {Stain- toft^s Manual). Talaeporia pubicornella Haiu. ? Grassington {T.H.A., Stainton''s Manual, and Young N'aluralisl, August, 1882). Talaeporia pseudo-bombycella Ocli. Doncaster I!( JV. IV.) ; Scarborough, abundant on sycamore trunks (T. IV.) ; York (Sta/nton's Manual). Psyche roboricolel la i5/-. Gledhow (/ ^r:^:) ; Hudders- field {Hobkirk's History of Huddersfield) ; Sheffield {A.I).); York {Ent. IV. Int., 1860,/. 134). Solenobia inconspicueila St/i. Huddersfield {Hobkirk's History of Huddersfield) ; York {Stain ton's Manual). Psychoides Verhuellella Heyd. Richmond {Stainton's Manual ) ; " Mr. Braim met with the larvae mining the leaves o( Scolofendriuni 7'ulgare\^?,\. December " {Ent. Ann., 1858, /. 104). " Unknown there to me " {J. Sang). Diplodomamarginepunctella Stepk. Huddersfield (P./.); York {Stainton's Manual). Xysmatodomameianella Hnu. Yoxk{Stainto?i's Manual). Ochsenheimeria Birdella Curt. Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Scarborough ! {Stain ton's Manual); York {Stain ton's Manual). 134 porritt: list of Yorkshire lepidoptera. Ochsenheimeria bisontella Lienig. Huddersfield {P.I.). Scardia emortuella Z^//.=corticella Curt. Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {Stainton's Manual). Scardia granella L. Doncaster !! (TF^ TK) ; Scarborough!! {Siainton's Manual) ; York !! {Stainton's Alanual). Scardia cloacella Haw. Common probably everywhere. Doncaster !! ( ?f^ [f'^) ; Huddersfield (/'./) ; Redcar!! {J. Sang) ; Richmond !! {/. Sang) ; Scarborough!! {Stain- ton's Manual); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York !! {T. Wilsofi). Scardia arcelia Fab. Edlington Wood {W.IV.); Scar- borough ! (r. [f^). Tinea imeila Hiib. Not common. Stockton {Zool., 1856, xiv. 5003). Tinea rusticella Hiib. Common probably everywhere. Doncaster(rf/?K); Huddersfield (6^. 7: i'. ) ; Redcar!! {/. Sang); Richmond!! {/. Sang); Scarborough!! {Stain- ton's Manual); Sheffield {A.F).). Tinea fulvimitreiia Sodoff. Widely distributed, but not common. Bingley, one at Hawksworth Wood in June, 1882 {E.F.F.B.); Bramham {J.Sm.); Doncaster {W.W); Rotherham {Stainton's Manual); Scarborough (Z! fK) ; Sheffield {A.D) ; York, in 1882 (T. Wilson). Tinea tapetzella L. Very common everywhere. Tinea misella Zell. York ! {Stainton's Manual). Tinea pellionella L. In warehouses, &c., probably every- where. Doncaster {W.W.); Huddersfield ! {G.T.F.) ; Scar- borough !! {Stainton's Manual) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York ! {Stainton's Manual). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. TINE^. 135 Tinea fuscipunctella Haw. Common. Huddersfield {G.T.P.) ; Scarborough !! {Stai/itofi's Manual) ; York {R. Anderson). Tinea pallescentella Stn. Common in warehouses, &c. Doncaster ( W. W.) ; Huddersfield !! (G.T.I'.) ■ Leeds (E.B.)\ York {Stainton''s Manual). Tinea ganomella 7>-.=lapella Stn. Common. Bramham {J.Sm.) ; Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Redcar (/. Sang) ; Richmond {/. Sang) ; Scarborough !! {Stainton's Manual); Sheffield {H. T. Stainton, ZooL, 1849,/. 2630); Thorne ( IV. W.) ; York {Sta/nlon's Manual). Tinea biseliiella Hemvi. Abundant in warehouses, the larvae feeding on wool, hair, feathers, &c. Doncaster!! (/-K^f^); Huddersfield !!( (7. 7: Z'. ) ; Scar- borough !! {Siainton's Manual) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York ! (Slalnlon's Manual ). Tinea nigripunctella Ila7c>. Edlington Wood (IF.JV.); York (Slai/iion's Manual). Tinea semifulvella Ham. Bishop's Wood ( IV.P.) ; Edling- ton Wood ( ^K/'.) ; Flamborough Head (^.^) ; Rich- mond (/ Sang) ; Scarborough {T. W.) ; Thorne ( JV. IV.) ; York (Slalnlon's JMinual). Tinea bistrigella Haw. Among birch, in the leaves of which the larva feeds. Doncaster( W. W.) ; Harrogate! (J. Sang) ; Hudders- field (F.I ) ; Richmond ! (/. Sang) ; Scarborough \\(T.IV.); York (R.C.). Lampronia quadripunctella Fab. Thorne!! (IV. IV.); York (Slalnlon's Manual). Lannpronia luzella Hlib. Bramham (J.Sm.); Huddersfield (Hobklrlis History of Huddersfield ) ; Richmond (J. Sang) ; Scarborough (T. IV.); York (Slalnlon's Manual). 136 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Lampronia praelatella JV. V. Edlington Wood !! ( W. IV.) ; Huddersfield (^Hobkirk's History of Hnddei'sfield); Rich- mond (y. Sang); Scarborough {T. JK). Lampronia rubiella ^yVrZ'. Do\\cz.?,ter\{W.lV.) ; Hudders- field {Hobkirk's History of Huddersfield ) ; Richmond ! {/. Sa/ig) ; Scarborough!! {Sfaifiton's Manual); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {Stain ton's Manual). Incurvaria masculella W.V. Generally common. Bramham {/.Sin.) ; Doncaster!! ( JV. IV.) ; Harrogate! (/. Satig) ; Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Richmond ! (/ Sa?ig) ; Scarborough !! {Staititon's Manual) ; York {W.F.). Incurvaria Zinckenella Zell. Halifax {H. T. Stainton, ZooL, 1848,/. 2631); Huddersfield ! {G.T.F.); Scar- borough {F.C.); Thorne {IV.IV.); York ! {Stainton's Manual ). Incurvaria tenuicornella Stn. V^\i?awQM.t{C. S. Gregson, Ent. JV. Int., April 26, 1856). Incurvaria CEhlmanniella Hilb. Richmond {/ Sang); Scarborough {T. JJ^.) ; York {Stain ton's Manual ). Incurvaria capitella Z. Huddersfield (P./.) ; Scarborough {Stain to/is Manual). Micropteryx calthella L. Doncaster !!( Jl\ JJ\) ; Hudders- field {F.I.) ; Mickley near Ripon !! about buttercup flowers (G^.Z'.Z'.) ; Richmond !! (y. &«^) ; Scarborough, about flowers of marsh marigold {T. JJ'^.) ; York ! {Staintojis Manual ). Micropteryx Seppella Fab. Doncaster !!( /K ?K); Flam- borough Head {E.H) ; Huddersfield {G.T.F.) ; Scar- borough! {Stainton'' s Manual); York! {Stainton' s Manual). Micropteryx mansuetella Zcll. Y ox'k {Stainton' s Manual). Trans.y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. TINE^. 137 Micropteryx Allionella Fab. Huddersfield ! (aT^P.) ; Richmond !! {J. Sang) ; Scarborough, about spike-heads of wood sedge, Carex sylvatica {T. W.) ; York ! {Stainton's Manual). Micropteryx Thunbergella Fab. Huddersfield (F.I.) ; Richmond !! (/. Sang) ; Scarborough !! {Stainton' s Alanual) ; Sedbergh ( W. W.) ; York, in 1877 ( IV.F). Micropteryx purpurella S^'p/i. Bramham {/.Sm.) ; Hud- dersfield {F.I.) ; Scarborough ! (Sfainton's Manual); Sheffield (A.n.) ; York ! ( W.F.). Micropteryx salopiella Stn. Bramham {J. Sin.) ; Don- caster ( ]l\ I J'.) ; Scarborough, on birch (F. IV.). Micropteryx semlpurpurella Step/i. Bramham (y:^w.); Huddersfield (P./); Richmond !!(/. ^a«^); Scarborough!! {Stainton's Manual) ; Sheffield {A.F>.) ; York ! ( W.F.) Micropteryx unimaculeila Zett. Richmond !(/. 6^-;/^) ; Scarborough (F.JF., Ent. Ann., 1862, /. 123); York! (Slainlan's Man/ml ). Micropteryx Sparmanella Fosc. Richmond ! {/. Sang); Scarborough, among birch {F. IF.) ; York (Sla/nlon's Manual ). Micropteryx subpurpurella Haw. Castle Howard ( IF.F.); Doncaster !! ( JF. IF) ; Huddersfield (F.I.) ; Richmond ! (/.Sang); Sc^ivborough (F. JV., Fnl. Ann., 1S63,/. 154); York (IFF). Micropteryx fastuosella Zell. The larva feeds in hazel leaves. Larvae at Richmond (/. Sang) ; imago at York (/. Sang). Nemophora Swammerdamella Z. Doncaster ! ( IF. IF.) ; Huddersfield (G.F.F.); Richmond ! (/. Sa72g) ; Scar- borough !! (Stainton's Manual) ; Sheffield (A.D.); York ! (Stainton^s Manual ). 138 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Nemophora Schwarziella Zell. Doncaster ! (JV.JV.); Huddersfield l\ (G.T.F.) ; Richmond !! (/. Sang) ; Scar- borough {T. W.) ; York ! {Staintoti's Manual). Nemophora pilella W.V. Recorded from Scarborough and York, but Mr. Sang thinks it very doubtful if it occurs in Yorkshire, and that the supposed specimens were merely dark examples of N. Sehtvarziella. Nemophora metaxella Hiib. Occurs on marshy ground. Askham Bog! {W.P.); Bramham {J.Sm.); Scar- borough [Stainton^s Manual) ; York {T. IVilson). Adela fibulella W.V. Feeds on speedwell {Veronica cham- cedrys). Doncaster ( W. IV.) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ; Scar- borough (T. W.); York ! (Slainlm's Manual). Adeia rufimitrella Scop. 2 Richmond (/. Saftg) ; Scar- borough {T. JV.) ; York (Slainlon's Manual). Adela sulzella IV. V. Scarborough (T. JV) ; York ( IVF.). ■ Adela Degeerella Z. Doncaster !! (JV.JV.); Huddersfield (Hobkirk's History of Huddersfield) ; Sheffield (A.D.); York (/. Birks). Adela viridella L. Bramham {J.Sm.); Doncaster !! {JV.JV.) \ Huddersfield \\{G.T.P.); Richmond !! (/ Sang) ; Scar- borough !! {Stainton's Manual); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York !! {Staintoti's Manual ). Nemotois cupriacella Hilb. Scarborough, about scabious {T. Jjq. Nemotois minimella Zell. York (Z! JJ'Ylson, Ent. Mo. Mag., xvi. 211). Swammerdamia comptella Z^///^.==apicella Don. ? Red- car {/. Sang); Richmond {/. Sang); Scarborough !! {Stainton's Manual) ; York ! (Z. JJllson). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. tinete. 139 Swammerdamia caesiella Hilb. Doncaster !! (IF. IV.); Huddersfield (P./.) ; Scarborough {Sfai!ifon''s Mani/al) ; York {T. IVHsofi). Swammerdamia oxyacanthella Stn. ? Doncaster !! {IV. W.). Swammerdamia griseocapitella S/n. Harrogate (/. Sang); Richmond!! (/. Sang); Scarborough !! {Stainton''s Manual ) ; York ! (Stainton's Manual ). Swammerdamia lutarella Haw. Richmond {J. Sang); Scarborough {Slaiulou's Maiiual ) ; York {Stainton''s Manual ). Swammerdamia pyreila Vill. Doncaster ( [K fK) ; Harro- gate !! (/. Sa?ig) ; Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Redcar !! (/. Sang) ; Richmond ! {/. Sa)ig) ; Scarborough {Stainton's Manual); York (T. Wilson). Yponomeuta plumbella W.V. Larva feeds on spindle. Edhngton Wood, common some seasons {G.T.P., IV.P., and W. IV.) ; Richmond {Stainton's Manual ). Yponomeuta padella L. Bramham {J.Sm.); Doncaster ( W. W.) ; Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Scarborough !! {Stainton's Manual); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York ! {T. Wilson). Yponomeuta cognatella Hi':b. Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Scar- borough !! {Stainto7i's Manual); York ! {Staintoti^s Manual ). Yponomeuta evonymella Z.=padi Zdl. Blubberhouses {Lord Wahingham) ; Bramham {J.Sm.); Doncaster ( W. JV.) ; Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Richmond !! (/. Sang) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York ! {Slainlon's Manual). Anesychia funerella Pal>. Mr. J. Sang informs me that this local and beautiful species occurs at Richmond, and on the Yorkshire side of Barnard Castle. I40 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Pepilla Curtisella Don. Bramham (/.6'w.) ; Doncaster ! ( W. W) ; Flamborough Head {E.H.) ; Harrogate !! (/. Sang) ■ Huddersfield (F.I.) ; Redcar !! (/. Sajig) ■ Rich- mond !!(_/ Sang); Scarborough!! {Stahtfon's Ma?mal) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York ! {Stainton's Manual). Plutella xylostella L. = cruciferella Ze//. Common among cruciferous plants. Bramham(y.6'w.); Doncaster !( JV. IV.); Flamborough Head (E.H.) ; Harrogate (/. Sang) ; Huddersfield {P.I.); Redcar !!(y. Sang) ; Richmond !!(y; Sang); Scarborough !! {Staititon's Manual); Sheffield (^.2).) ; York !! (6"^//- ion^s Manual ). Plutella porrectella L. Scarborough {Stainton's Manual) ; York ! {Stainlon's Manual). Plutella annulatella Curt Flamborough Head {E.H.) ; Scarborough (T.JV.). Plutella Dalella ^/;/. Huddersfield (P. 7.) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Scarborough {T. IV.). Hypolepia sequella Z. Richmond (/. 6'<:?/'^^); Scarborough!! {Slainton's Manual) ; York {Stainton^s Manual). Hypolepia vittella L. Generally common in woods, &c. Edlington Wood ! {G.T.F.) ; Elland (G.T.P.) ; Hex- thorpe ( JV JV) ; Huddersfield (P./.) ; Richmond !! (/ Sang) ; Scarborough!! {Slalnlon's Afanual) ; York ( JJ^.F.). Hypolepia radiatella Bon. Common. Bishop's Wood ( JJ:P.) ; Doncaster ( //< JJ:) ; Harro- gate !! (/. Sang) ; Huddersfield (/'./.) ; Richmond !! (/. Sang); Scarborough!! (Stain fan's Manual); York ! (Z". JJllson). Hypolepia COStella Fab. Bishop's Wood {JJ\F.) ; Bram- ham(/.Sm.) ; Doncaster ( JJ^. JV) ; Harrogate!! (/. Sang) ; Huddersfield (Z"./); Richmond !! (/. Sang); Scarborough, on sa.\lovf {T. IV.) ; York (T. JJ/ilson). ■ Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. TINE^. 141 Ypsolopha sylvella L. Kxwow^ oak. Scarborough {Stainto/fs Alanual) ; York {Sf a I'nf oil's Manual ). Ypsolopha alpella IV.V. Among oak. York {Staintoti's Manual ). Ypsolopha lucella Fab. York {Slainton's Manual). Harpipteryx scabrella Z. Larva feeds on apple. Bramham {/.Sin.) ; Scarborough {Slainton's Manual); York ( 7: JJ'llson). Harpipteryx nemorella L. Rather common among honey- suckle. Edlington Wood ((?. T.F.); Huddersfield {G. C.B.M.); Richmond (/ Sang); Scarborough (T. U'.) ; Sheffield {A.F.); York (JKF.). Harpipteryx harpella JV.V.^xylosteWa Sin. Common probably wherever honeysuckle grows freely. Edlington Wood ! (G.T.P.); Harrogate !! (/. Sang) ; Huddersfield {G.T.F.) ; Richmond !! (/. Sang) ; Sheffield {A.D.); York (Jr.F). Orthotaelia sparganiella Thunh. Scarborough, larvae in stems of bur-reed, Sparganium rainosuni {T.W.); York (ySlainhvi's Manual). Phibalocera quercella Fab. Bramham {J.Sm.); Harro- gate I! {J. Sang) ; Richmond !! {J. Sang) ; Scarborough {T. W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {R.C.). Exaeretia Alliseila Sin. Scarborough {F. IF.). Depressaria costosella IfaicK Among furze, &c. Bramham {J.Sui.) ; Flamborough Head {E.H.) ; Huddersfield {F.F) ; Richmond !! (/. Sang); ^ca.r- hoxonghW {Staifiton's Manual) ; Sheffield (^.Z>.) ; York {W.F.). 142 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Depressaria liturella JV.V. Bramham {J.S?n.) ; Don- caster ( W. W.) ; Flamborough Head {E.H.) ; Hudders- fiQ\d\{G.T.F.); Redcar!! (/. Sang); Richmond!! (/ Sang); Scarborough !!' {Stainton's Manual); Sheffield {A.D.); York! {T. Wilson). Depressaria pallorella Zell Scarborough {Slainton's Manual ). Depressaria umbellella Siej>/i. Among furze. Scarborough !! (Slalnton's Manual); York ! {T. Wilson). Depressaria assimilella Z?-. Among broom. Bramham (y. 6'/,'/.) ; Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Pontefract {W.P.) ; Scarborough (Slainlon's Manual); Sheffield {A.D.); York !! {Sfainton's Manual). Depressaria nanatella Stn. Redcar {/. Sang). Depressaria arenelia JV. V. Among knapweed and thistle. Bramham (/.Sm.); Doncaster !! ( JV. IF.) ; Redcar !! (y. Sang) ; Richmond !! {/. Sang) ; Scarborough !! {Stain- ton's Manual); York !! (7^ Wilson). ■ Depressaria propinquella Tr. Among thistles. Redcar !! (/ Sang); Scarborough {T.W.); York {T. Wilson). Depressaria subpropinquella Stn. Among thistles. Doncaster {W.W.); Redcar !! (/ Sang); Scar- borough ! {Stainton's Manual) ; York {Stainton's Manual ). Depressaria aistrasmeriella L. Huddersfield {P-I.); Red- car !! {J. Sang); Scarborough W {Stain fo?is Manual); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York ! {T. Wilson). Depressaria capreolella Zell. Said to feed on wild carrot. Sheffield {W.W.). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. TINE^. 143 Depressaria hypericeila Hub. Lirvae in screwed-up tops of St. John's wort (^Hypericum). Edlington Wood (JF.JF.); Scarborough (T.J!:); Sheffield (A.I).). Depressaria conterminella Zt-//. Among sallows. Doncaster ( IF. IF.) ; Richmond !! (/. Safi^) ■ York (IFF.). Depressaria angelicella /////>. Among Angelica ^Ircstiis. Huddersfield {Hobkirk's History of Huddersfield); Scarborough !! {Staiiiton's Manual); Sheffield (A.D.) ; York (T. Wilson). Depressaria carduella Hiib. Among thistles. Scarborough (71 IF.). Depressaria ocellelia Fab. Among sallows. Huddersfield (P./ ) ; Pontefract( JF.F.)\ Scarborough !! {Sfainton's Manual) ; York ! {T. Wilson). Depressaria Yeatieila Fab. Larva said to feed on wild carrot. Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Leeds {G.C.B.M.) : York! (Slainlon's Mamial ). Depressaria applanella Fab. Probably everywhere. Bishop's Wood {C.S.); Doncaster {FF. JF); Hudders- field {F.I.); Pontefract (IFF); Redcar !! (/ Sang) ; Richmond!! (y. Sang); Scarborough!! (Slainlons Mannal); Sheffield {A.F>.) ; York ! (T. JFilson). Depressaria ciliella Sin. Among Angelica. Huddersfield (/'./.); Redcar !! (/ Sang); Scar- borough !! (Slainlon's Manual); York ! (Slainlon's Mannal). Depressaria pimpinella Zcll. York (Slainlon's Jlfanual). Depressaria aibipunctella Hi/b. Larva feeds on wild carrot. Scarborough (Slainlon's Manual ). 144 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Depressaria pulcherrimella Sfn. Huddersfield (jRZ) ; Scarborough, abundant among Buiiiuin flexuosiun {T.W.) ; York {Siaiiitoits Manual ). Depressaria Douglasella Stn. Larva feeds on wild carrot. One specimen at Redcar {J. Sang). Depressaria chaerophyllivorella DM. Scarborough iStainton's Maiii/al ). Depressaria ultimella St>i. Redcar (/.Sang); Scarborough {Staiiito)is Manual). Depressaria nervosella ffaici. Scarborough {Stainton's jManual ). Depressaria badiella HuIk Redcar !(/. .S^^-'-'^i,'). Depressaria heraclielia De Gcer. Common in woods and lanes where Heracleu}n sphondyliuvi grows freely. Bishop's Wood ( W,P.) ; Edlington Wood !! {G.T.P.); Flamborough Head {E.H.); Goole Moors {J. Harrison) ; Huddersfield!(a7:/'.); Redcar!! (/. 6"«//^"); Richmond!! (y. Sang); Scarborough !! {Stainfon's Manual); York ! {T. Wilsofi). Depressaria discipunctella i/.6". = pastinacella Du/^. Huddersfield {Hobkirk's History of Huddersficld) ; one specimen at Redcar {J. Sang). Gelechia cinerella L. Redcar ! (/. Sang) ; Scarborough {T. W.); York ! {Stain ton's Manual). Gelechia rufescentella Haia. Hexthorpe ( /r' //:) ; Red- car ! ( /. Sang) ; Scarborough "in tubulated rolled grass leaves " {T. JF.) ; York (Stainton's Manual). Gelechia malvella Hiib. Occurs in gardens about holly- hocks. Huddersrield(/^./); Scarborough (6'/a/-'//6'//'jr^)/(7////^7/). Gelechia populella I. Bramham {J.Sni.); Scarborough {Stainton's Manual) ; Shetfield {A.D.) ; York ( IV.F.). Tran.s.Y.N.U. Scries D. Vol. 2. TINEyE. 145 Gelechia ericetella Hiib. Very common, piobabl)- on all heaths. Harrogate (/ Sang); Huddersfield !! {G.T.P.) ■ Richmond W {/. Sa?ig) ; Sheffield {A.D.); Thorne {u:u:). Gelechia mulinelia Fisc/i. Among furze. Doncaster :: (fn /r) ; Huddersfield (P./.) ; Scar- borough !! {Staiufo/fs Matiual) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York I {Stamton's Manual ). Gelechia sororculeMa Hiib. Among sallow. Doncaster ( U\ I J'.}. Gelechia cuneatella Ze//. Scarborough, on willow (7! Jf.) ; York {Rev. J. D.J. Fresion, Enf. Ann., 185S, /. 106). Gelechia longicornella O//-/. Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Rich- mond {/. Sang); Scarborough {.Stainton^s Ji/aj/nal); Sheffield {A.I).); Thorne {JJ'.JJ'.); York! {Sia/nf,w's luanieal ). Gelechia diffinella Haic. Huddersfield {F.I); Scarborough !! the larva is found in a burrow at the root oi Fnniex aceto- sella {F.Ji: and/. Sang). Gelechia terrella JF. F. Common no doubt everywhere. Blubberhouses {lord F'alsing/iani) ; Doncaster !! ( JF. Jjq ; Huddersfield ! {G. T.F.) ; Redcar !! (/. Sang) ; Richmond !! {J. Sang). Gelechia desertella Stn. Redcar !! (/ Sang) ; Scar- borough ! {S/a in ion's Manual) ; York {Siainio/is Manual). Gelechia intaminatella Stn. Scarborough (Z: ^^:). Gelechia expolitella Bougl. Redcar (/. Sang). Gelechia acuminatella Sircont. Doncaster ! ( JJ^. JJ^.) ; Red- car ! {/. San^) ; Scarborough, on thistle {T. J J'.). Gelechia artemisiella 7>. Redcar (/.6'(7//i,'); Scarborough!! {Stainton^s Manual ). 146 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Gelechia viscariella Logan. Scarborough, about Lychnis dioica, common (Zl ]V.\ Gelechia albipalpella H.S. At York in 1857 by Mr. Scott {Ent. Ann.., 1858,/. 90). Gelechia senectelia Zell. Redcar ! (/. Sang) ; Scarborough {Stain ton's Manual ). Gelechia mundella Dougl. Redcar ( /. Sang). Gelechia similella Dongl. Richmond {J. Sang) ; Scar- borough (r. W.). Gelechia affmella Doncaster ( W. W.) ■ Huddersfield {P.L). Gelechia confinella Stn. I have repeatedly bred this insect along with Scoparia niiiralis, from moss found on old walls at Huddersfield. It was first added to the British list, as a species new to science, in 1871, from specimens bred by Mr. C. G. Barrett from larvae sent in moss from old walls at Perth by Dr. Y. Buchanan White, mixed with those of Scoparia ninralis, which Mr. Barrett wished to breed {Ent. Ann.., 187 1,/. 98). Mr. Sang has also taken the species at Richmond. Gelechia umbrosella Zell. Rossington ( W. IF.). Gelechia domesticella /La7C'. Huddersfield (P./.) ; Scar- borough (Stainton's Manual ) ; York ! (Staifiton's Manual). Gelechia rhombella LLiib. Larva on apple. Huddersfield {P.L.)\ Scarborough !! {T.W. and J.Sa7ig); York (r. Wilson). Gelechia proximella LLiib. Larva on birch, ?<.c. Doncaster ! ( W. W.); Harrogate !! (/ Sang) ; Hud- dersfield {P.L) ; Richmond !! (/ Sang); Scarborough !! (/. Sang)] York ! {Stain ton's Manual). Gelechia notatella LLiib. Doncaster ! ( W. IF.) ; Scarborough {T.JF.); York {Stainton's Manual). TraiTi.y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. TINE^. 147 Gelechia vulgella Hilb. Larva feeds on hawthorn. Doncaster {WAV.); Huddersfield (/'./.); Scar- borough ! {Staiutoifs Manual) ; York ! {Staitifo/i's Manual). Gelechia luculella Hub. Hexthorpe ! ( ^F. fF.) ; Hudders- field {P.I.)\ Sheffield {A.D.)] York, in 1882 (7: Wilson). Gelechia scriptella Hiib. Sheffield {A.D.); York {Sf a m- ton's Manual ). Gelechia fugitivella Zell. Edlington Lane, Doncaster !! ( ]l\ JV.) ; Leyburn ! ( /. Sang) ; Scarborough ! {Slain ton's Ma?iual ). Gelechia /Ethiopella JVest. On ling. Huddersfield {-P./.}; Richmond (/. Sang); Scar- borough !! {T. JK) ; York \{Slainlon's iManual). Gelechia solutella Fisch. Scarborough (7": AF). Gelechia celerelia Dougl. Redcar (/. Sang). Gelechia costella Steph. Bramham (/^w.). Gelechia maculella Haiu. Larva in seed-heads and shoots of Stellaria liolostca. Redcar {J. Sang); Scarborough [T. IV.) ; York {Slainlon's Manual ). Gelechia tricolorella Haiv. Also among Stellaria holostea. Doncaster ! ( W. W.) ; Redcar {J. Sang) ; Scarborough !1 {Stainion's Manual) ; York {Stainhvis iManual). Gelechia fraternelia Dougl. Larva in shoots of Ce/astiun/. Scarborough (7: W.) ; Sheffield (77. T. Slainlon, Ent. W. Int., April 20, 1861). Gelechia maculiferella Mann. York {T. Wilson). Gelechia junctel la Dougl. York {Stainton's Manual). Gelechia Hubnerella Haw. Bishop's Wood (IV.F.); Huddersfield (F./.). 148 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Gelechia marmoreila ^rt?t'. Huddersfield {F.I.); Redcar !! (/• SaMg). Gelechia obsoletella Fisc/i. Redcar !! (/. Satig). Gelechia plantaginella St/i. This species was for many years confounded with G. instabilella Dougl., but Mr. Stainton has recently {Ent. Mo. Mcig.,x\x. 251) described the Plantago fnaritii/ia feeding form, which is the one frequenting our coast, as a distinct species under the above name. Flamborough Head {E.H.); Saltburn ! {/. Sang); Scarborough !! {T.W.). Gelechia sequacella ILno. Richmond !! {/. Sang) ; Scar- borough {Siaiiiton's Manual ). Gelechia leucatella L. Doncaster \(JV.JV.); Scarborough (S/a/nfons Manual ). Gelechia albicapitella Zell. Hexthorpe near Doncaster {W.W.). Gelechia Mouffetella W.V. Larva on honeysuckle. Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Sheffield (J.D.) ; York (Sla/n- lon's Manual). Gelechia dodecella L. Larva in shoot ; of Scotch fir. Doncaster {W.W.); Harrogate {J. Sang); Scar- borough {T. W.) ; York (Sla/nlons Manual). ■ Gelechia triparella Zell. York (Slalnlm's Manual). Gelechiatenebrella zr//i^.=tenebrosellaZ?//. Doncaster!! ( W. IV.) ; Huddersfield (P./.) ; Scarborough !! {T. IK and /! Sang) ; York (Sla/nlon's A/anual ). Gelechia ligulella Zell. Scarborough {T. IV.) ; York {T. Wilson). Gelechia vorticella Zell. Doncaster !!( fK fK). Gelechia taeniolella Tr. Scarborough, larva between leaves oi Lotus {T.IV); York {Stain ton's Manual). Trans. V.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. TINE^. 149 Gelechia Sircomella Sfn. Scarborough (Z: [F.). Gelechia anthyllidella Hid>. Redcar (/. Sajig) ; Scar- borough !! {StaintO!i''s Manual). Gelechia lucidelia Sh-p/i. York {Sfai/iton's Manual). Gelechia naeviferella ZcII. Among Chenopodium. Doncaster ( W. \V.) ; Huddersfield (P./) ; Redcar !! (/• Sang). Gelechia Hermannella Fab. Redcar !!(/ ^'rt'//^) ; Scar- borough, larva on leaves of Chenopodimn {T. IV.). Gelechia osseella St/i. First discovered by Mr. T. Wilkin- son in 1S60, and described as new to science by Mr. Stainton in the Entomologists' Annual for 1861, p. 87 : " Mr. Wilkinson found them freely on the wing in the hot sunshine, the first week in June, in Yedmandale and Forge Valley, near Scarborough." Gelechia pictella Zell. At roots of Cerasfimn vulgatuvi. Redcar {J. Sang) ; Rossington ( ]]\ ]]'.). Gelechia ericinella Zell. Occurs on heaths. Doncaster ( W. W.) ; Thorne Waste ( JV.F.) ; York {IV.F.). Gelechia subocellella Steph. Scarborough, abundant among Origanum {T. IV.). Parasia lappella Z. Larva feeds in seeds of burdock {Arctium). Bramham {J.Sm.) ; Scarborough {F.JV); York (S/ainion's A/anuai ). Parasia Metzneriella DtJugi. Among Centaurea nigra. Harrogate !! (/. Sang); Hexthorpe !! ( W. JV.) ; Scar- borough !! (Z. JV and/. Sang) ; Sheffield (A.D.). Parasia carlinelia Dougl. Among carline thistle {Catlina vulgaris). Scarborough (Z. W.) ; York {Stainton' s Manual). 150 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Chelaria conscriptella /f/V/^.=Hubnerella Don. Askham Bog ! ( W.P.) ; Bramham {J. Sin.) ; Doncaster ! ( IV. W.) ; Harrogate !! (/. Sang) ; Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Richmond !! (/. Sang); Scarborough !! (^/«//?/^//'^ Manual); York {T. JFi/son). Anarsia spartiella Sc/ir. Among furze, &:c., Scarborough {T.JK). Macrochila marginelia Fa/^ Huddersfield (FI.). Sophronia parenthesella L. Rossington ( /^K JK). Pleurota bicostella Z. Plentiful in suitable localities. Halifax ! (G.T.F.) ; Huddersfield !! {G.T.F.) ; Rich- mond 1! (/. Sang) ; Scarborough \\{T. IV. and /. Sang) ; ShelSeld (^.^.); ' Thorne Waste {G.T.F. and JV.JV); York ( IV. F). Harpella Geo-ffrella Z. Huddersfield {FI.) ; Scarborough!! {Stainton's Manual) ; Sheffield {A.D.). Dasycera sulphureila Fab. Common. Bramham {/.Sni.) ; Doncaster \\{IV.W.); Hudders- field {G. T.F.) ; Leeds and Potternewton ( W.D.F.); Mick- ley near Ripon {G.T.F.); Scarborough !! {Sla/nlon's Manual); Sheffield {A.F>.) ; Wakefield ! {G.T.F) ; York ! {Staintoji's Manual ). CEcophora minuteila Z. Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Scar- borough {Stain ton's Manual) ; York ! {Staintofis Manual). CEcophora flavimacuiella Stn. Among Angelica sylvestris. Harrogate !! {J. Sang); Huddersfield {F.I.); Rich- mond !! (/ Sang) ; Scarborough {F.I.) ; York ( W.F.). CEcophora trisignella Zell. Huddersfield {F.I.). CEcophora Stipella Clerck. Blubberhouses {Lord Walsing- hani); Huddersfield {Hobkirk's History of Huddersfield) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Saddleworth Moors {R. S.Edelston); York {Stainton^s Manual). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D; Vol. 2. TINE^. 151 CEcophora augustella Hiib. Hexthorpe {W. W.) ; Tickhill {W.W.); York {-^ Hind). CEcophora subaquilella Edl. Huddersfield (/'./.); Scar- borough (T.W.); York i^Stainton^s Mammal). CEcophora flavifrontel la Hiib. Guisborough Woods (y^V/w Scott, Eut. W. Int., 1 86 1, X. 68) ; Scarborough (T. W.). CEcophora fuscescentella Haiv. Bramham {J. Sin.) ; Doncaster {IV. IV.); Huddersfield (i'.Z) ; Redcar ! (/ Sang) ; Scarborough (T. W.) ; York {Stainton^s Alanual). CEcophora pseudo-spretella Stn. Abundant everywhere in houses, warehouses, &c. It is often very destructive in one's breeding-cages, the larva; feeding on the pupai, &c. Endrosis fenestrelia Scop. As abundant as the last species, and almost as great a nuisance. Butalis fusco-asneella Haw. Grassington (7'. H. Allis ?) ; {Young Naturalist, August, 1882). Butalis senescentella Stn. Among thyme. Richmond {/. Sang); Scarborough {T.JV); York {Siatnton's Manual ). Butalis fusco-cupreiia Haw. Scarborough (7: [K). Butalis chenopodiella Hub. Sheffield {A.D.); York {Staintoii's Manual). Butalis incongruella Stn. Occurs on heaths. Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Scarborough ! {T. IV). Pancalia Leuwenhoekella Z. Bramham {/.Sm.) ; Hud- dersfield {P.I) ; Richmond {J. Sang) ; York ! {Stai/i ton's Manual ). Acrolepia granitella Tr. Larva feeds in the leaves of Inula dysentcrica. Redcar !! (/. Sang) ; Scarborough {T. JV). Acrolepia betulella Curt. Richmond, one specimen {/. Sang). 152 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Glyphipteryx fuscoviridella Haw. Doncaster !! ( W. IF.) ; Huddersfield (/'./.); Richmond !!(_/. ^f?;/^^); Scarborough !! {Stainton's Manual ) ; York {Sfainto?i''s Manual ). Glyphipteryx Thrasonella Scop. Huddersfield {P.I-); Scarborough !! {Stainton's Manual); York {Stainton's Manual ). Lord Walsingham states that the variety cladiella Stn. occurs at Blubberhouses. Glyphipteryx Haworthella Slcpli. Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Scarborough !!, larva in seed-heads of cotton-grass {T. JV.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {Stainton's Manual). Glyphipteryx equitella Scop. Among Scdum acre. Richmond !! (/ Sang); Scarborough {T. IJ'.) ; York (Slainlon's Manual). Glyphipteryx Fischeriella Zell. Doncaster !!( ?f^ JK) ; Huddersfield (P./.); Richmond !!(/. 6Vi;;?^); Scarborough !! (T. IF.' and/. Sang); York {Stainton's Manual). Perittia obscuripunctella Stn. Should be looked for about honeysuckle. York {Staintons Manual). Tinagma sericiella Haio. Huddersfield (P.I.) ; Scar- borough!! (Slainlon's Manual) ; York (Slainlon's JManual ). Tinagma resplendella Dougl. Larva inside alder leaves at Scarborough \\(T.W); Sheffield (A.D.). Argyresthia ephippella Fab. Huddersfield (P.I.) ; near Redcar !! (/. Sang); Scarborough (Slainlon's Manual); Sheffield (A.D.); York ! (T. Wilson). Argyresthia nitidella Fab. Abundant no doubt everywhere. Doncaster (IF. IF.); Edlington Wood (G.T.P.); Haigh (G.T.P.); Harrogate !! (/. Sang); Huddersfield !! (G.T.P.); Redcar !! (/ Sang) ; Richmond !! (/. Sang); Scarborough!! (Slainlon's Manual); Sheffield (A.D.); York ! (Slainlon's Maiiual). Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. TINEy*;. 153 Argyresthia purpurascentella Stn. Out of hawthorn at Sheffield, July 22nd, 1848 {II. T. Stainion). Argyresthia semitestaceila Curt. Edlington !! ( [K [f^); Harrogate !! (/ Saiig) ; Huddersfield (/'./.) ; Richmond !! (y. Sang); Scarborough ! {Stai?i ton's Manual); York ! {Staintonh Manual ). Argyresthia spiniella Zell. Blubberhouses {lord IVahing- ham) ; Doncaster ( ]V. If.) ; Huddersfield (/'./) ; Rich- mond (y. ^c?;/^) ; Scarborough, larva in young stems of mountain ash ( T. JJ'.) ; Sheffield {^.D.) ; York {Sfainfon's Manual). Argyresthia albistriella Zr^7w. Doncaster (fF. [K); Harro- gate !! (/ Sang) ; Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Redcar !! (/. Sang) ; Richmond !! {/. Sang) ; Scarborough!! {Siainfon's Manual); York (71 Wilson). Argyresthia conjugella Zell. Larva in berries of mountain ash. Edlington Wood ( IV. W.) ; Harrogate !! (/ Sang) ; Richmond !! {/. Sang) ; Scarborough !! {/. Sang and r. IF.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York ! {Stainton's Manual). Argyresthia semifuscella Haw. Larva feeds in ash and sloe. Harrogate (/. Sang); Huddersfield {P.I) ; Rich- mond {/. Sang); Scarborough {Stainton's Manual); York ! {Stalnton's Manual). Argyresthia mendicella Ilaiu. Huddersfield (P./.) ; Red- car !!(y; Sang); Richmond !!(y; Sang); York! {Stalnton's Afanual). Argyresthia glaucinella Zell. Among oak, &c. Sheffield {A.D.). Argyresthia retinella Zell. Among birch. Doncaster !! ( W. IF.) ; Richmond !! {/. Sang) ; Scar- borough {T. IF.) ; York ! {Stalnton's Manual). 154 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Argyresthia dilectella Zell. On juniper at Sheffield (tT; 7". Stainton, ZooL, 1849). Argyresthia Andereggieiia Fisch. Bramham {J.S/u.). Argyresthia curveila L. Among apple. Doncaster(/f: ff-:); Huddersfield(P./); Richmond!! {/. Sung); Scarborough! {Staiiiton's Manual); York {T. Wilson). Argyresthia sorbieila Tr. Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Richmond {/.Sang); Scarborough {Slainton's Manual) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York ! {Stainlon's Manual). Argyresthia pygmaeella Uiib. Among sallow. Doncaster ! ( W. IV.) ; Harrogate !! (/. Sang) ; Hud- dersfield {P.I.); Richmond !! (/. Sang) ; Scarborough {T. W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York ! {Stainton's Manual). Argyresthia Gcedartelia L. A very beautiful species, and apparently abundant everywhere. Doncaster ! ( IV. IV.) ; Edlington Wood !! {G.T.P.) ; Harrogate!! {J. Sang) ; Huddersfield {G.T.P.) ; Rich- mond !! (/. Sang); Scarborough !! {Stainton's Manual) ; Sheffield {A.D.); York (r. Wilson). Argyresthia Brockeella Hiib. Also a very pretty and very common species. Doncaster !! {W. W.) ; Harrogate !! (/. Sang) ; Hud- dersfield {PI.) ; Richmond !! (/. Sang) ; Scarborough !! {Stainton's Manual); Sheffield (^.z).)j York!(r. Wilson). Cedestis farinatella Zell. Among firs. Doncaster ! ( W. IV.) ; Harrogate !! (/ Sang) ; Hud- dersfield {P./.) ; Richmond !! (/. Sang) ; Scarborough {T. W.) ; York ! {T. Wilson). Ocnerostoma pinariella Zell. Among firs. Huddersfield {P.L); Richmond (/ Sang); Scar- borough {T. W.) ; York ! {Slainlon's Manual). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. TINE^. 155 Zelleria hepariella J/^/////. cJ = insignipennella S^/i. '^ Richmond {/. Scr/ig) ; Scarborough {T. J J]). Gracilaria Swederella 77/////(^. = alchimiella Scvp. A beautiful species, very common among oaks. Doncaster (IV. IK); Edlington Wood (G.T.F.) ; Harrogate (/ Sang) ; Huddersfield ! (C^.r.P.) ; Richmond {/.Sang); Scarborough (P./) ; Sheffield (^.^.) i York {T. Wilson). Gracilaria stigmatella Fab. Among poplars and sallows. Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ; Scar- borough {T. Ji:) ; Sheffield {A.F>.) ; York {Slaln/on's Mam/ a I ). Gracilaria stramineella Sfn. I took this pretty species in Wharncliffe Woods, near Sheffield, on the occasion of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union's visit there on September 14th, 187S {G.F.F.) ; York {Stalnton's Manual). Gracilaria semifasciella Hatv. Scarborough, common on maple {T.W.). Gracilaria elongella Z. Among alders. Doncaster ! ( W. W.) ; Huddersfield !! {F.I.) ; Rich- mond W {/■ Sang); Scarborough !! {Stalnton's Alanual) ; Sheffield {A.D.); York ! {Sfalnton's Manual). Gracilaria tringipennella Zell. Among plantain. Flamborough Head {E.H.); Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Scarborough {T.W.); York ! {Stainton's Manual). Gracilaria syringella Fab. Common among lilac, ash, and privet. Doncaster ( W. W.); Huddersfield ((9. C.^. J/); Rich- mond !! {/. Sang) ; Scarborough !! {Stain ton's Manual) ; Sheffield {A.F>.) ; York ! {T. JFllson). Gracilaria auroguttella Sttf/i. Among Hypericum. Harrogate (/. Sang); Hexthorpe! ( IV. IV.); Hudders- field {F.I.); Scarborough {T. W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {Stalnton's Manual). 156 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Gracilaria imperialella Mam/. Three specimens at Rich- mond {/. Sang). Corisclum Erongniardella i^^?-^. York {Stainton's Manual). Coriscium cuculipennella Hiib. Among privet. Near Leyburn, one specimen {J. Sang) ; York {Stain- ton's Manual). Coriscium citrinella Fiscii. = sulphurella Haw. Scar- borough {T. JF.). Ornix avellanaecolelia Stn. Among hazel. Doncaster V. (JI'.JF.); Huddersfield (P./) ; Rich- mond !! {/. Sano) ; Scarborough !! {Stainton's Manual); York [Stainton's Manual ). Ornix anglicella Stn. Among hawthorn, &:c. Doncix^itx W {U: W.) ; Huddersfield (P./); Rich- mond !! {J. Sang) ; Scarborough !I (Stain ton's A/anual) : York (Stalnton's Manual). Ornix betulaevorella DM. Among birch. Doncaster ! ( \V. JF.) ; Harrogate (_/ Sang) ; Rich- mond (/. Sang) ; Scarborough (T. IK). Ornix torquilella Stn. Among sloe. Balby near Doncaster !! ( JF. J J:); Huddersfield (P./.); Richmond I! (/ Sang); Scarborough (T. /[-:); York (^7tz/>;- ton's Manual ). Ornix Scoticella Stn. Among mountain ash. Harrogate !! (/. Sang) ; Richmond !! (/. San,^) ; Scar- borough (T. JF.) ; York (Stalnto/i's Manual). Ornix Loganella Stn. Among birch. Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Scarborough !! (7: JJ\) ; York {Stainton's Manual ). Ornix guttella Haiv. Among apple. Huddersfield {Hobkirk's History of Huddersfield) ; Richmond !! (/. Sang) ; Scarborough !! {Stainton's Manual); York ! [T. JFllson). Tians.V.N.tJ. Series D, Vol. ?.. TINE/E. 157 Coleophora Fabriciella Vill. Scarborough {Staititoifs Alaniial ). Coleophora aicyonipennella KoU. Among Centaurea nigra. Hexthorpe near Doncaster ! ( W. IF.); Scarborough !! (/ Sang and T. IV.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {Stai/ito/i's Ala nit a I ). Coleophora paripenneila Fisdi. On birch. Richmond (/. Sang) ; Scarborough {T. JF.) ; Sheffield {A.n.). Coleophora lixella Ze//. Larva on grasses. Scarborough (T.IF.). Coleophora pyrrhulipennella F/sc//. Abundant probably on all heaths. Harrogate (/. Sang); Huddersfield !! {G.T.P.) ; Scarborough (Z: W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Thorne ( IV. W.) ; York {]]'.F.). Coleophora albicostella Haw. Among furze. Richmond {/. Sang) ; Scarborough {F.I.) ; Sheffield {A.D.). Coleophora anatipennella ffiib. Scarborough {F. JJ'.) ; Sheffield {A. F.); York (Z. JF/lson). Coleophora ardesepennella Scott. Rossington !1 ( W. JF.) ; York, on sallow {2\ F'ilson). Coleophora palliatella ZelL Bishop's AVood, from oak ( ]]\F.) ; Rossington !1 ( IV. IF). Coleophora ibipennella FTeyd. Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {F. JFiVson). Coleophora currucipennella F/sc//. Larva on birch. In the Green Farm Wood, adjoining Sandal Beat, Doncaster {IF IF.). Coleophora niveicostella F/sc/i. York {Stainton's Manual). 158 PORRITT: list of YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Coleophora discordella Zell. Larva feeds on Lotus. Flainborough Head {E.H.) ; Hexthoipe near Don- caster ! ( IV. JV.) ; Scarborough !! (F.I. and /. Sang) ; Sheffield (A.I).) ; York {Sfa/;ifo;i's Mafiiial). Coleophora genistsscolella DM. Scarborough ! {Staintotis Manual ) ; abundant on Genista a?iglica on Strensall Common, York ( IV.P.). Coleophora troglodytella Stn. Larva on leaves of jE'^z/^'- toriuin caniiabinuni, &c. Scarborough !! (/ Sang and T. JV.) ; York (Sta futon's Afanua/ ). Coleophora graminicoieUa Hc/n. Should be looked for on Lycliuis. Doncaster, four specmiens ( W. JV). Coleophora lineoiella Haic. Huddersfield {-PJ.). Coleophora murinipennella Fisch. Larva feeds on the seeds of vvoodrush (Luziila). Doncaster !! ( JV. JV.) ; Scarborough {F. JV.); Sheffield (A.D.) ; York {Stainton's Manual). Coleophora c^spititiella Zdl. Abundant no doubt every- where where rushes grow. The white cases of the larvoe may often be seen in thousands on the seed-heads of rushes in autumn. Blubberhouses {Loi-d JJ-^alsinglunn) ; Doncaster (JV.JJ'^.); Haigh !! (G.F.F); PLarrogate !! (/ Sang); Huddersfield ! (G.F.F.); Redcar !! (/ San-); Rich- mond !!(/. Sang) ; Sheffield (A.D.) ; York II (F. JJ^ilson). Coleophora Tengstromella Dbl. Redcar!! (/ Sang); Scarborough!! (Staiutou's Manual); Sheffield (A.D.); York (Stainton's Manual ). Coleophora virgaureella Stn. Scarborough!!, larva on seeds of golden-rod (/. 6"^7//^i,'- and F. JV.) ; Sheffield (^.Z>.). Tr.ins.Y.N.U. Series O, Vol. a. unk.*;. 159 Coleophora juncicolella Stu. Larva feeds on heath. Scarborough {H. T. Stainton, Ent. Aiui., 1858,/'. no); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {Stainton' s Manual). Coleophora laricella Hiib. Among larch. Doncaster !1 {\V. IV.) ; Harrogate II ( / Sani^) ; Rich- mond !! (/. Sano) ; Sheffield (.-l.D.) ; York (T. IViVson). Coleophora albitarsellaZf/7. Larva feeds on ground ivy, &c. Doncaster ( //' IF.) ; Richmond (/. ^(?////.=atra i/^rrc. Among hawthorn, &c. Doncaster ( W. JV.) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ; Scar- borough !! (Stainton's Manual) ; Shetifield {A.D.) ; York ! {T. Wilson). Chrysoclista Schrankella /////'. Scarborough, common on Epilobium {T. W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.). Chrysoclista binnaculella IIa7v. Mr. T. Wilson took this rare species by beating, at York, in 1882. 1 62 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Chrysoclista flavicapitella Hatv. Balby, near Doncaster (IV. IK); Huddersfield (/'./.); Richmond (/. Sang); Scarborough!! {Staiiito?i''s Manual); York! {Stainton^s Manual). Asychna modestella Dup. Among Stellaria holostea. York {Slainton^s Manual). Asychna fuscociliella ^/;/.=Coleophora fuscocuprella H.S. Doncaster !! (G.T.F.) ; York, on nut leaves [T. Wilson, Ent. Afo. Mag., xvi. 211). Asychna ternninella Dale. Scarborough, on enchanter's nightshade \\{T.IV. and/ Satig). Chrysocoris festal iel la Hiib. Among bramble and rasp- berry. Doncaster ([K^J-:); Huddersfield (/'./); Richmond!! (/. Sang) ; Scarborough {T. IV.) ; York ! {Stain foti's Manual ). Antispila Pfeifferella Fab. Larva in leaves of dogwood. Doncaster ( IV. JV) ; Scarborough (T. TV). Antispila Treitschkiella Fiscli. Scarborough, on leaves of dogwood (T. JV). Stephensia Brunnichella Z. Among Clinopodiumvulgafc Richmond (/. Sang). Elachista Gleichenella Fab. Scarborough, larvae plentiful on Luzula pilosa {T. JV.) ; York (Slainlon's Manual). Elachista magnificella Tengs. Doncaster (/. Haivley) ; Sheffield (A.D.). Elachista apicipunctella Stn. Huddersfield (/'./.); York (Stainton's Manual ). Elachista albifrontella Hiib. Flamborough Head (ii.Z^) : Huddersfield (/'.Z); Richmond !!(/. 6'««<§-) ; Scarborough!! (Slainlon's Manual) ; York ! (T. JVilson). ' Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. TINE^. 163 Elachista atricomella Stn. Ahoui Dactylis glo/ncrata. Doncaster ( Jj: JF.); Huddeisfield (F./.); Scarborough (7; JF.) ; York {Stai/ih^u's Manual). Elachista luticomella ZelL Larva on Dadylis glomcrata. Flamborough Head {E.H.); Huddersfield {P.L); Scarborough (7! W.) ; York {Stai/iton's Manual). Elachista Kilmunella Sfn. Among Carex m boggy places. Huddersfield {P.I.); Richmond (/.Sang); Scar- borough (T.JF.). Elachista cinereopunctella Ifa7c'. Among Carex glauca. Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Scarborough !! {T. I J'.) ; York ! {Slain Ion's Manual). Elachista trapeziella Sin. Scarborough, among Luzula pilosa {T. JF.) ; on the Yorkshire side of Barnard Castle (/ Sang). Elachista stabilella Sin. Scarborough {T. JF.). Elachista nigrella Hiib. Huddersfield (/'./.) ; Scarborough !! (Sla/nlon's Manual) ; York ! {Sla/nlcn's Manual). Elachista subnigrella Dougl. Scarborough ! {Slainlon's Manual ). Elachista perplexella xS'/;;. = humiliella Zdl. Scarborough, larva in leaves of Aira ccespitosa {T. IF). Elachista Bedellella Siravn. Huddersfield {P.I.) , Scar- borough ! {T.J J:). Elachista subobscurella P>bl. Doncaster ( JJ\ JF.) ; Hud- dersfield {P.I.)', Richmond {/. Sang); Scarborough! {Sla/nlon's Manual) ; York ! {Sla/n/on's JManual). Elachista Gangabella Fisch. York {Staintons Manual). Elachista taeniatella Sin. Scarborough, plentiful on Brachy- podium sylvaticuni {2^. JJ^.). Elachista megerlella Zdl. Scarborough !! {Slainlon's Manual ) ; York (Slaiulon's Manual). 164 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Elachista adscitella Stn. Scarborough (T.JK); York {Stainton^s Manual ). Elachista cerussella Hiib. Scarborough !! {Staiuion's Manual); York (T. Wilson). Elachista rhyncosporella ^In. Richmond (/. Sang); Scarborough!! {Stainton's Manual); York! {Stainton's Manual ). Elachista eleochariella Stn. Scarborough, on cotton-grass (T.IV.); York {Stainton's Manual). Elachista biatomella Sin. Scarborough, on Carex glauca (T.JV.). Elachista serricornella Logan. Scarborough (T. JF!). Elachista triatomella Haw. Hamborough Head {E.H.); Richmond {/. Sang) ; Scarborough, common about fescue- grass {T. W.) ; York {R. Hind). Elachista collitella iF/ir//.=subocellea Sleph? Scarborough (Slainlon's Jfanual ). Elachista pollinariella Zcll. Larvae in leaves of Brachy- podiuin sylvaticuni. Richmond (/. Sang) ; Scarborough !! {T. IV.). Elachista rufocinerella Haw. Abundant no doubt every- where among grass. Doncaster (JV.IV.); Huddersfield \{G.T.F.); Rich- mond (/. Sang); Wakefield W {G.T.F.). Elachista subochreella Z><^/.=ochreella Stn. Richmond (/. Sang); York ! (Slainton's Manual). Elachista cygnipennella Hub. Abundant probably every- where. Doncaster ( W. W.) ; Flamborough Head {E.H.) ; Huddersfield!! {G.T.P.) ; Richmond {/.Sang); Scar- borough ! {G.T.P.) ; Shelfield {A.D:) ; York ! {T. Wilson). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. TINEJE. 165 Tischeria complaneila Hub. Larva feeds in oak leaves. Doncaster ( W. IF.) ; Harrogate (/. Sajig) ; Rich- mond !! (y. Sang); Scarborough !! (6'/«////(?;/V Manual); York {T. Wilson). Tischeria emyella Z'///'.=marginea Haw. Larva in leaves of bramble. Doncaster ( W. TV.); ScaYhorough(Sfamhvi's Afanual) ; Sheffield {A.£>.) ; York {Stain ton's Manual). Tischeria angusticolella Herd. Sheffield (^.Z*.). Lithocoiletis roborella Zell. Larva in a large mine in oak leaves. Doncaster (JF.JV.); Huddersfield (/'./); Rich- mond (/. Sang) ; Scarborough {T. IF.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {T. JFilson). Lithocoiletis amyotella Dup. Richmond (/. Sang); Scarborough {T. IF.) ; York (Slainton's Manual). Lithocoiletis quinqueguttella .S/«. Larva in leaves of dwarf sallow. Scarborough (T. IF.) ; York (P./., Naturalist, 1S64). Lithocoiletis irradielia ^tW/^^Lautella Zell. var. Larva in oak leaves. Scarborough {T. IF) ; York {Slain ton's Alanuai). Lithocoiletis Bremiella Zdl. Scarborough (Z: //:). Lithocoiletis vacciniella Scott. Larva feeds on Vaccinium vitis-idcea. Harrogate !(/&«^') 3 Scarborough (T. /K) ; Sheffield {A.D. and W.IF.). Lithocoiletis pomifoliella Zell. Among hawthorn and apple ; a common species. Doncaster, also the variety mespilella {IF.W.) ; Harrogate {J. Sang) ; Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Richmond {J. Sang) ; Scarborough !! {Slainton's Manual) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; York ! {Slainton's Manual). 1 66 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Lithocolletis corylella Nicelli. Larva in hazel leaves. Edlington Wood {IV. J K); Harrogate !! (/. Sa//g) ; 'R\c\-\xnox\d.[\{/.S(ing); Scarborough !! {Staiiiion^s Manual); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York ! {Stainton's Manual). Lithocolletis spinicolella Zell. Among blackthorn. Harrogate {J. Saiig) ; Hexthorpe near Doncaster ( W. W.) ; Richmond !! (/. Saug) ; Scarborough {T. IV.) ; Sheffield (A.D.) ; York {T. Wilson). Lithocolletis faginella Mann. Among beech. Doncaster ( W. W.) ; Harrogate (_/. Sang) ; Hudders- field {P.I-) ; Richmond!! {/. Sang) ; Scarborough ! {Stain- ton's Manual) ; Sheffield {A.D.); York ! {T. Wilson). Lithocolletis salicicolella Sircom. Among sallow. Doncaster ( W. W.) ; Scarborough {T. W). Lithocolletis viminetella Stn. Scarborough {T. IV.). Lithocolletis ulmifoliella Ilul>. Among birch. Doncaster {W.W.); Harrogate !!(/. &;/^^) ; Hud- dersfield {P.I.); Richmond !! {J. Sang); Scarborough !! {Stain ton's Manual) ; York ! {Stain ton's Manual). Lithocolletis spinolella Duj?. Doncaster {WW); Hud- dersfield {P./.); Richmond !! (/. Sang); Scarborough !! {Stain ton's Manual); York ! {Stain ton's Manual). Lithocolletis quercifoliella Fiscl/. Among oak. Doncaster ( Jp: W) ; Harrogate !! (/ Sang) ; Hud- dersfield {F.I.) ; Richmond !! (/. Sang) ; Scarborough !! {Stainton's Manual); York ! {T. JVilson). Lithocolletis Messaniella Zell. Among oaks, &c. Bramham (/ Sni.) ; Doncaster ( W. IV.) ; Hudders- fieW {P.L); Scarborough {Staintofi's Manual) ; York! {T. Wilson). Lithocolletis corylifoliella Ba7u. Among hawthorn. Doncaster ( W. W.) ; Harrogate ! (/. Sang) ; Hudders- field {F.I.); Scarborough {F.I.); York ! {Stainton's Manual). Trans. V.N. U Series D, Vol. 2. TINE^. 167 Lithocolletis Caledoniella St/i. Also among hawthorn. Mr. Sang says this species is a variety of Z. CGrylifoliella. Doncaster ( W. IV.) ; Richmond (/t Sa//i') ; Scar- borough l\(r.JV.); York (Stain ton's Manual). Lithocolletis viminiella Sircom. Among sallow. Scarborough !! {Stain ton's Manual) ; York (Stalnton's Manual). Lithocolletis ainifoliella Hilb. Among alder. Blubberhouses {Lord Walsingham) ; Doncaster ( IV. JV.) ■ Harrogate !! (/. Sang) ; Huddersfield (F.I.) ; Maltby {H. T. Stainton,Zool., 1848, ;>. 2273); Richmond!! {/. Sang); Scarborough !! {Stalnton's Manual) ; Shetheld {A.D.); York ! {Stalnton's Manual). Lithocolletis Heegeriella Zcll. Among oak. Huddersfield {P.I.); Scarborough {T.IV); -York {Stalnton's Manual). Lithocolletis Cramerella Fab. Among oak. Doncaster ( IV. IV.) ; Harrogate !!(/ Sang) ; Hudders- field {-P.I.); Richmond !! (y. ^rt/z.i,'-) j Scarborough !! {Staln- ton's Manual); Sheffield (^.Z>.) ; York ! {T.Wilson). Lithocolletis acerifoliella Zt'//.=sy!vella Haw. Among maple. Harrogate ! {J. Sang) ; Hexthorpe near Doncaster ( W. JV) ; Huddersfield {Hobklrk's History of Hudders- field) ; Scarborough W {T.W.) ; York {Stalnton's Manual ). Lithocolletis emberizaepennella Bouck. Doncaster ( W. W.) ; Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Scarborough {T. IV.) ; York ! {Stalnton's Mafwal ). Lithocolletis Frolichiella Zell. Among alder. Harrogate ! {/. Sang) ; Hexthorpe near Doncaster {JV.IV); Scarborough {T.IV); York ! {Stalnton's Manual), 1 68 porritt: list of Yorkshire lepidoptera. Lithocolletis Dunningiella Stn. Huddersfield {P.I.) ; Scarborough (T.IV.); York {Stainton's Manual). Lithocolletis Nicelliella Zell. Among hazel. EdUngton Wood near Doncaster ( W. W.) ; Harro- gate !! {J. Sang); Richmond !! {/. Sang); Scarborough {T.W.). Lithocolletis Stettinella Nicelli. Among alder. Harrogate {J. Sang) ; Scarborough !! {Stainton's Marmal); York (P./., Naturalist, 1865). Lithocolletis Klemannella Fab. Harrogate (/ Sang); Scarborough {Statntoti^s Afanual ). Lithocolletis Schreberella Fab. Among elm. Doncaster ( IV. JF.) ; Scarborough (T. W.). Lithocolletis insignitella Zcll. Scarborough, common on Trifoliuni medium {T. IV.). Lithocolletis tristrigella Haw. Among elm. Richmond !! {/. Sang); Scarborough {Slain to/i's Manual ). Lithocolletis trifasciella Haw. Among honeysuckle. Doncaster (fK/^/>:); Huddersfield (i^./); Richmond! (/. Sang); Scarborough {T.IV.); Sheffield {A.D.); York {Staifiton's Manual). Lyonetia Clerckella L. \)onca.?,ltv {W. W.) ; Harrogate! {/. Sang) ; Richmond ! {/. Sang) ; Scarborough !! {Stain- ton's Manual); York ! {T. JVilson). Cemiostoma spartifoliella H/ib. Among broom. Scarborough ! {T.W.); Sheffield {A.D.); York! {Staintou's Manual). Cemiostoma laburnella Heyd. Among laburnum. Bramham {J.Sm.) ; Doncaster {W.W.); Sheffield {A.D.); York ! {W.P.). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2 TINEvE. 169 Cemiostoma orobella Stn. First discovered as new to science by Mr. T. Wilkinson, in 1S67. He breditfrom larvse found feeding in the leaves of Orohus tuherosus at Scar- borough {Ent. Ann., 1870,/. 158). Cemiostoma scitelia Zcll. Among hawthorn. Doncaster { W. JV.) ; Richmond !! (/. Sc7ng) ; Scar- borough (Sfainfon's Mamtal ) ; Sheffield {A.B.) ; York ! {Stainton's Ma?iual). Cemiostoma lotella Stn. Another species first discovered as new by Mr. T. Wilkinson. He found it in 1858 on Lotus major on Cloughton Moor, near Scarborough, and since then it has been collected there in plenty. Opostega crepusculella Fisch. Scarborough !! {Staiutoti's Alaniicd) ; York ! [Stai?ito}i's Manual). Bucculatrix aurimaculella Stn. Among Chrysanthcnium leiicanthe)num. Hexthorpe near Doncaster !! ( W. JV.) ; Scarborough !! {T.J v.); York {Stainton's Manual). Bucculatrix cidariella Fiscli. Among alder. Scarborough (7! JJ'\) ; York ! {Stainton's Manhai). Bucculatrix ulmella Mann. Among oak. Doncaster {JV.JJ^.); Scarborough {T. JV.) ; York (Stainton's Manual ). Bucculatrix cratsegifoliella Dup. Among hawthorn. Doncaster !! {JJ^.JV.); Scarborough {Stainton's Manual); York {Stainton's Manual). Bucculatrix Demaryella £>up. Among birch. Scarborough {T.JJ^.). Bucculatrix Boyerella Dup. Larva feeds on elm. York {Stainton's Manual). Bucculatrix cristatella Fisch. Scarborough, common on yarrow {T. JV.). lyo PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Nepticula atricapitella Haw. Larva lives in galleries in oak leaves. Doncaster ( W. IV.); Huddersfield (/'./); Richmond!! (y. Sa//g) ; Scarborough !! {Stainton^s Manual); York (i?. Hind, Ent. Mo. Mag., i. 217). Nepticula ruflcapitelia Ha7ci. Generally distributed and common. Occurs probably wherever N. atricapitella is found. Doncaster !! ( W. W.) ; Richmond !! (/. Sang). Nepticula anornalella Goe. Among rose. Doncaster ( ]V. JV.) ; Richmond !! {/. Sang) ; Scar- borough !! {T. W.) ; York (i?. Hind, Ent. Mo. Mag., i. 2 1 7). Nepticula perpygm^ella Bbl. = pygmaeella Haw. Among hawthorn. Doncaster ( JK Z'K) ; Harrogate !! (/. Sang); Rich- mond !! {/. Sang); Scarborough !! (Stainton's Alamml); Sheffield {A.D.); York {W.P.). Nepticula pomella Vaughan. Richmond !! (/. Sang) ; Scar- borough, on crab-apple {T. JV.) ; York ( IV.E.). Nepticula oxyacantheecoleila -DM. Donaiatcv {J F.JV.) ; Richmond !(_/. Sang) ; Scarborough!! (Stainton's Manual); York {IV. P.). Nepticula viscerella Dougl. Richmond, rare (/. Sang). Nepticula catharticella Stn. Among Rhamnus catharticus. Scarborough ! {T. JV.) ; York (Stainton's Manual). Nepticula septembrella .5'///. Among Hypericum. Edlington Wood near Doncaster ( JV. /K) ; Richmond ! (/. Sang); Scarborough (T. JV). Nepticula lapponicella JVocke. Larvae feed in mines in birch leaves. At Scarborough by Mr. T. AVilkinson (E. Shuttleworth, Entoni.,/une, 1882,/. 126). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. TINE/E. 171 Nepticula cryptella Fny. Scarborough, ^ixwowg Lotus conii- ciilaius (yT.W.). Mr. Wilkinson used to take a spotted form of this species which he mistook for N. Hcadleyella Stainton. Nepticula Weaverella Dough Scarborough, common about whortleberry {T. IV.) ; Sheffield (J.£>.). Nepticula subbimaculella Ifd7c'. Among oak. Doncaster (IF. IF.); Richmond !! (J. Scjug) ; Scar- borough (T. IF); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York (i?. Hiud, Ent. Mo. Mag., i. 217). Nepticula argyropezella Zell. Slieffield (Z^v/., vii. 1649) ; Mr. T. Wilson found larvae in aspen at York in 1S79, from which he bred imagos the following year {Eiit. Mo. Mag., xvi. 211). Nepticula trimaculella Hato. Balby near Doncaster ( W. Ji:); Scarborough (T. IF); York {Stainton's Manual). Nepticula floslactella Haw. Among hazel. Doncaster (JV.IV.); Harrogate!! {/ Sang); Rich- mond !! (y. Sang) ; Scarborough !! {Sfainton's Manual); York {R. Hind). Nepticula sorbiella Stn. First discovered as new to science by Mr. T. Wilkinson, in i860 : he bred it from mountain ash at Scarborough. Since then Mr. Sang has found it in abundance at Richmond. Nepticula salicivorella Z)/-'/.=salicis Stn. Among sallow. Doncaster (IF. IF); Harrogate!! {/.Sang); Rich- mond !! {/. Sang); Scarborough !! {Stainton'' s Manual) ■ York (/e. Hind). Nepticula myrtillella Edl. Among bilberry. Blubberhouses (Z(9r^ IFalsing/iani) ; Richmond!! (y Sang) ; Scarborough !! {T. IF.) ; Sheffield {A.D.). 172 PORRITT: list of YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Nepticula microtheriella JVmg. Among hazel. Doncaster !! (JV.JV.); Harrogate !! (/ Sang); Rich- mond !! (/. Sang); Scarborough !! {Stainton's Manual); Sheffield {A.D.); York (7: Wilson). Nepticula betulicolella Stn. Richmond! {J. Sang); Sheffield {A.D.). Nepticula ignobilella Stn. Among hawthorn. Doncaster ( W. IV.) ; Scarborough (T. IV.) ; York (i?. mnd). Nepticula aucupariella Frev. Richmond ! (/. Sang). Nepticula argentipedella Zell. Doncaster (IF. J V.) ; Har- rogate !! (/. Sang) ; Huddersfield (F.I.) ; Richmond !! (/. Sang); Scarborough !! (J! ff'') ; York (Slatnlon's Manual ). Nepticula plagicolella Sin. Doncaster (W.W.); Rich- mond (/. Sang) ; Scarborough 1! (J. Sang). Nepticula tityrella Dougl. Doncaster ( W. W.) ; Richmond!! (J. Sang); Scarborough!! (Stainton^s Manual); York (R. Hind). Nepticula malella Stn. Among wild apple. Doncaster ( W. IF.) ; Scarborough (F. Hind). Nepticula angulifasciella Stn. Among wild rose. Doncaster ( IF. W.) ; Richmond !! (J. Sang) ; Scar- borough ! (T. IF.)'; York (F. Hind). Nepticula atricolella Stn. Doncaster (IF. IF.) ; York (i^. Hind, Ent. Mo. Mag, i. 217). Nepticula arcuosella Frey. Among strawberry. Richmond (/. San^) ; Scarborough !! (T. IF.). Nepticula gratiosella Stn. Huddersfield (F./.) ; Scar- borough (F.W.); York (R. Hind, Ent. Mo. Mag, i. 217). Nepticula marginecolella Stn. Doncaster (IF.JF); Richmond (/. Sang); York (R. Hind). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. TINE^. 173 Nepticula ainetella Sf/i. Among alder. Harrogate (/ S.uig) ; Scarborough {T.]V.)\ York (S/(iif/fon's Manual). Nepticula glutinosella Stn. First discovered as new to science by Mr. T. Wilkinson, who found the larvae mining alder leaves at Scarborough, in the autumn of 1856, and from them bred imagos in 1857. Since then Mr. J. Sang has taken it at Harrogate, and Mr. P. Inchbald also records it from York. Nepticula aurella Fab. Among bramble ; a common species. Doncaster ( W. IV.); Harrogate!! (/. Sa/ii^); Hudders- field {PJ.); Richmond i! {/. Sang); Scarborough !! {Stain- ton's Manual); Sheffield {A.D); York (A*. Hind). Nepticula luteella Stn. Among birch. Doncaster ( W. IV.); Harrogate ! (/. Sa/ig); Richmond! (/. Sang) ; Scarborough (T. IV.) ; York {P.I.). Nepticula regiella Frey. Scarborough (T.JV.); York {Scienfifii Opinion, 1869, ii. 36). Trifurcula squamatella Stn. Scarborough (J: Jr). Trifurcula immundella Z^//. Scarborough, common among broom {T.W.). Trifurcula pulverosella Stn. Scarborough, common among wild apple {T.W.). Bohemannia quadrimaculella Bohem. Scarborough, among alder in July (7! W.). 174 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE T.F.PIDOPTERA. FTEROPHORF. Agdistes Bennettii Curt. I was so surprised at finding this species in tlie list, sent me by Mr. John Sang of Darlington, of species taken by himself at Redcar, that I wrote to ask for further particulars. Mr. Sang replied as foUow^s : — " I took an Agdisles Bennettii on the sandhills at Redcar, and have repeatedly looked for it since without success. Statice linioninm does grow in the neighbourhood, but several miles from where I took the moth. I looked very closely for larvse this summer (1881) without success, so it is quite a mystery how it got there." Pterophorus dichrodactylus Muhlig. I took a specimen of this species from tansy in my own garden at Highroyd, Huddersfield, in August, 1876, which seems to be the only recorded occurrence in the south West Riding. Scarborough, common among tansy (T.J J'.): York (Stain ton's A/anmr/). Pterophorus Bertram! /vV'\i-. Larva feeds on AcJiiilea niiliefoliiiin, Hexthorpe near Doncaster (W. JJ'.) ; one at Staddle- thorpe near Howden, by Mr. W. Prest, in 1877. Pterophorus gonodactylus Se/HJ''. == trigonodactylus //(77i''. Not uncommon among coltsfoot ( Tussilago farfara). J]ishoi)'s Wood (W.P.); Bramharn (/. 5///. ) ; Flam- borough Head (E.H:) ; Goole, in Sandhill Wood (John Harrison); Hexthorpe near Doncaster !!( /K /f') ; Hud- dersfield (G.r.F.) \ Scarborough (T.JJ:); Sheffield (A.i:>.) ; York 1 (T. Wilson). Pterophorus acanthodactylus Hiel>. The larvix; of this species seem to be generally found on Ononis arvensis and Stachys sylvafica, but I have taken the imago at Hudders- field on ling (Calluna vulgaris), where I believe neither of the two former plants grew within a considerable distance. Trans. V.N.L'. Series D, Vol. 2. PTEROPHORI. 175 Edlington Wood (G.T.F.) ; Huddersfield ((5.7:/'.) ; Richmond (_/; Sa//g) ; Scarborough {Sfaiiiton's Manual); York, common at Sandburn ( W.P.). Pterophorus parvidactylus Haw. Stainton's Manual gives Scarborough as a locaUty, but I do not know that I have ever seen a Yorkshire specimen. Pterophorus phaeodactylus Hilb. Hobkirk's 'History and Natural History of Huddersfield ' gives this species as having been taken at that place, but I think this is most probably an error. Pterophorus serotinus Zell. = bipunctidactylus Haw. Plentiful in old pastures, &c., where its foodplant (Scabiosa) grows freely. In some old rougli fields adjoining Lejtton Great Wood, Huddersfield, it occurs in great profusion, but within a radius of some miles round the town this is the only spot I know where it can be found. On this ground in 1882 I took it continuously on the wing from June 12th to October 14th, thus showing the imago to be out for over four months. Bramham (/.Sm.); Edlington Wood ! {G.T.F.) ; Flamborough Head {E.H.) ; Grassington ! {G.T.F.); Huddersfield !! {G.T.F.) ; Redcar (/ Sang); Scar- borough !! {Stainton's Manual); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York {IV.F). Pterophorus plagiodactylus Fi'sdi. Only recorded from Sandburn, York, by Mr. W. Prest, but I have no doubt it is often confused with the preceding species. I am quite satisfied myself indeed, and Mr. C. G. Barrett is of the same opinion, that it is merely a form, and a scarcely distinguishable form, of F. bipunctidactylus. Pterophorus zophodactylus F>up.=Loe\N'\\ Zdl. Larva; on flowers of Erythma early in August. Bramham {J.Sni.); Sandburn, York, in 1877, rare {W.F.). 176 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Pterophorus pterodactylus Z.=fuscoclactylus Hmv. The larva feeds on buds of Veronica chamcedrys. Boroughbridge (IV.P.) ; Bramham {/.Sin.); Don- caster ( W. W.) ; Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Richmond !! (/ Sang); Scarborough {Stainton's Manual); Sheffield {A.D.) ; York !! ( W.P.). Pterophorus lithodactylus Tr. This species was first discovered as British at Doncaster, in 1844, by the Rev. G. Preston {Zool., 1845, iii. 844 and 1006). The larva feeds on fleabane {Inula dysenterica). Other localities are Flamborough Head {E.H.) ; Redcar !! (/ Sang) ; Scarborough W {T. W.) ; York {Stain- ton's Manual ). Pterophorus monodactylus Z.=pterodactylus Hiib. The larva feeds on convolvulus. Doncaster ( W. W.) ; Huddersfield {G.T.P.) ; Mars- den Moors {G.T.P.) ; Scarborough {Stain ton'' s Manual) ; York {Staiiiton's Manual). Pterophorus tephradactylus Hiib. Larva feeds on golden rod {Solidago vitgaurea). Huddersfield {P.I); Scarborough {T. W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.). Pterophorus osteodactylus Zcll. Also a golden-rod feeder. Huddersfield {S.L.M.); Scarborough !! (7! JK and G.T.P.); Sheffield {A.D.). Pterophorus microdactylus Hiib. Scarborough, plentiful among Eupatoriuni cannabinuin {T. JF.). Pterophorus tetradactylus I. Larva on thyme. Doncaster {JJ'. Jl'.) ; Richmond !! {/. Sang) ; Scar- borough {T. IV.) ; York {Stainton's Manual). Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. PTEROPHORI. 177 Pterophorus pentadactylus Z. Widely distributed and generally common. The larva feeds on convolvulus. Bramham {/.Sin.) ; Doncaster ( W. W.) ; Goole {/. Harrison); Huddersfield (G.T.F.) ; Market Weighton ( IV.P.) ; Scarborough (T. Jl'.) ; Selby {K.Ji.); Sheffield {A.D.); Wakefield !! {G.T.F.) ; York ! ( IKR). ALUCITINA. Alucita polydactyla Hilb. Larvae feed in flowers of honey- suckle. Mr. W. Prest says the imago is often found hiber- nating in outhouses. Bishop's Wood (6'. r./'.); Bramham (/..Sw.) ; Don- caster {W.W.)\ Huddersfield (7^./.); Richmond !! (/. Sang); Scarborough (7: /f/) ; Sheffield (//.Z».) ; York! {W.P.). APPENDIX. 179 APPENDIX. During and since the passage of the list through the press, six additional species and a number of fresh localities have come to hand. I give the former and a selection from the latter. ADDITIONAL SPECIES. Chesias obliquaria WA^. Whilst Mr. George Tindall was setting some captures rather late in the evening of June 14th, 1883, a fine fresh specimen flew into his house at Doncaster, through the open window (see the Naturalist, ix. 36). Scoparia atomalis DM. This species was taken by Mr. E. P. P. Butterfield, at Blackhills, near Bingley, in July, 1883 (see Nat. , ix. 89). I fancy I have seen it repeatedly in the moorland districts of the West Riding, but I have always regarded the specimens as a small form of S. anilng/n-ilis, from which species there is indeed considerable doubt as to its distinctness. Mixodia rubiginosana U.S. Mr. W. Prest informs me that he took a specimen of this rarity at Sandburn, York, in 1883. Sciaphila perterana Gn. Taken by myself in July, 1S83, near Beaumont Park, Huddersfield {G.T.P.). Also taken at Bingley {E.P.P.B.). Tinea merdella Zcll. This insect occurred in thousands in July, 1883, about a lot of wool which had lain for two years in my firm's warehouse in New Street, Huddersfield. Gelechia gemmella L. This pretty species I found flying in abundance, in September, 1883, in the rough field adjoining Lepton Great Wood, Huddersfield. l8o PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. ADDITIONAL LOCALITIES, ^c. Erebia Blandina. Taken at Buckden, in Upper Wharfedale, by Mr. Trevor Basil Woodd, through whose kindness I have seen specimens. Chortobius Davus. The Thorne Moor specimens pertain to the var. Rothliebii Stand. Larentia ruficinctata. Mr. Trevor Basil Woodd informs me that he has captured several specimens about Oughtershaw, in Upper Wharfedale, at an elevation of 1200 feet above sea level, and he kindly forwarded me specimens for examination. Larentia olivata. Found commonly in Grass Wood, Upper Wharfedale, early in August {E.P.P.B.). Coremia unidentaria. Threshfield, in Upper Wharfedale, August, 1883 (E.F.F.B). Dicranura furcula. Larvae common at Strensall, York ( W. Hewetf). Miana expolita. Early in August Mr. E. P. P. Butterfield searched for and again took this species in Grass Wood, Upper Wharfedale. Agrotis valligera. Fairly common at Sandburn, near York, this year (i?. Diction, Entom., Sep. 1883,/. 209). Tethea subtusa. On June 2nd I found larvae on the poplars in the Green Farm Wood, near Doncaster {G.T.P.). Paraponyx stratiotalis. Found in abundance at Frizinghall, near Bradford (J. IV. C). Scoparia conspicualis. Mr. E. P. P. Butterfield took a specimen in June, 1883, in Grass High Wood, Upper Wharfedale, which was named for him by Mr. Barrett. This confirms my surmise that I saw it in Aug. 1882, when the Y.N.U. visited Grass Wood (see Nat., N.S. viii. Trans.Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. APPENDIX. 151 /. 27). Mr. Butterfield also took a fine specimen at Wilsden, near Bingley, in 18S3. It would thus seem as if the species were well distributed in the county. Crambus pinetellus. Among the interesting fresh localities which this year 1883 has produced maybe cited Doncaster for the present species. On the evening of Aug. 4th, Mr. George Tindall found it flying in great plenty in the Green Farm Wood. This is the wood alluded to at p. 2 by Mr. Warren, and where indeed, except when otherwise stated in the List, most of his Doncaster captures were made. Previously C. pitietellus had only been recorded from Sheftield in our county. Penthina ochromelana. Found commonly at Wakefield, June 7th, 1SS3 {G.T.F.). Penthina sauciana. On the 6th August I noticed it flying rather commonly on the bilberry hills at Otley Chevin {G.T.F.). Cnephasia lepidana. Harden Moor, near Bingley (J. IV.C. and E.P.P.B.). Sphaleroptera ictericana. York (7! Wilson); Bingley {/.IV.C. ^nd £.F.P.B.). Grapholitha gem i nana. Abundant, Harden Moor and Black Hills, near Bingley (/. IV.C. and E.P.P.B.). Poedisca ophthalmicana. Shipley Glen (/. Firth). Pcediscasemifuscana. Bingley (^.P. P. ^.); OW^y {G.T.P.). Pcedisca sordidana. Bingley {E.P.P.B.). Pamplusia monticolana. Common, Rombalds Moor, Harden Moor, and Black Hills, near Bingley, and at Ingleborough {J.W.C. and E.P.P.B.). Previously only reported from Scarborough. Stigmonota coniferana. B\ng\Qy {E. P.P. B.). l82 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Dicrorampha herbosana. Grass High Wood, 1883 {J.A. Butterfiehi). Also taken by him near Bingley ! Micropteryx unimaculella. Shipley Glen {J. Firth). Plutella porrectella. Bingley {E.P.P.B. and / W.C). Hypolepia sequella. Bingley {E.P.P.B.). Gelechia desertella, Huddersfield (G^.r.P.). New to the south West Riding. Gelechia similella. Taken on Crosland Moor, near Hud- dersfield, in July, 1883 {G.T.P.). Argyresthia AndereggieMa. Bingley {E.P.P.B.). Pre- viously only reported from Piramham. Elachista megerlella. Bingley {E.P.P.B. and /.IV.C). Since the table was printed at p. 5, the changes which have been made during the progress of the Ust — both by addition and by subtraction — render it advisable to reproduce it. The lists include 1341 known Yorkshire species out of the 2032 considered as British, as follows : Yorkshire. British. Diurni 48 out of 64 Nocturni 80 „ 112 Geometrse 207 „ 278 Drepanulae 3 „ 6 Pseudo-Bombyces ... 19 „ 27 Noctu^ 224 309 Deltoides 8 „ 14 Aventia? I ,, I PyraUdes 47 „ 75 Crambites 39 „ 80 Tortrices ■■■ 203 „ 334 Tineina 443 „ 700 Pterophorina 18 „ 31 Alucitina , 1 ,, I Total 1 34 1 2032 Trans. Y.N .U . Series D, Vol. 2. APPENDIX. 183 Several species included in the List are probably not really indigenous to the county. There can be no doubt, I think, that Bonibyx ?iei/stn'a, although recorded from three localities, was in every case introduced from the South. The eags being deposited in rings around the twigs of fruit and other trees, would thus be easily conveyed from Southern nurseries. Sesia myopi?fonnis was probably taken to Sheffield in apple trees ; and Eiipithecia sobrinaia to York on junipers in the same way ; and possibly the presence of several other species in unlikely localities may be thus accounted for. In conclusion, I must again express my thanks to Messrs. William Warren of Cambridge, and John Sang of Burton-on- Trent (formerly of Darlington) for the trouble and care they have taken in going over the proof sheets of the Tortrices and Tineje ; without their assistance several errors in these two orders would inevitably have crept in. G. T. PORRITT. HUDDERSFIELD, December, 18 S3. i85 INDEX OF GENERA. Doubleday's nomenclature is adopted in the foregoing list ; but, with a view of rendering this Index more useful, the genera adopted in Stainton's Manual are inserted as synonyms, where they differ from those used by Doubleday. Ablabia=Aphelia Anthrocera = Zygaena Abraxas 43 Anticlea ... ... 56 Abrostola ... 97 Antispila 162 Acentropus 104 Antithesia... ... 117 Acherontia 16 Apamea 76 Acidalia 38 Aphelia ... 132 Acrobasis = RhodopliKa Aphomia= Melia Acrolepia 151 Aplecta ... ... 92 Acronycta... 68 Arctia 26 Adactyla = Agclistes Arge ... II Adela 138 Argynnis 8 Agdistes 174 Argyresthia 152 1S2 Aglossa ... 103 Argyrolepia 131 Agriopis 92 Argyrotoza ... 116 Agrotis ... ... 79 180 Aspilates 43 Alucita 177 Aspis ... 118 Amphipyra 100 Asthena 37 Amphisa = Amphy sa Asthenia=Coccyx Amphydasis 34 Asychna 162 Amphysa 114 Aventia ... ... 102 Anaitis 62 Axylia IZ Anarsia 150 Anarta 96 Bactra ... 120 Anchocelis 87 Batodes 123 Anchylopera=Phoxoptery.x Batrachedra ... 160 Anerastia 109 Biston 34 Anesychia... 139 Boarmia ... ■■• 34 Angerona 31 Bohemannia ... 173 Anisopteryx 45 Bombyx ... 29 183 Anisot3enia=01india Botys... 104 Anthocharis 7 Brachytcenia = Ditula i86 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Bradyepetes = Timandra Brephos ... ... ... 97 Bryophila ... ... 68 Bucculatrix ... ... 169 Butalis ... ... 151 Cabera ... ... ... 40 Calligenia ... ... 24 Callimorpha= Euchelia Calocampa ... ... 95 Camptogramma ... ... 57 Capua ... ... 120 Caradrina... ... ... 7^ Carpocapsa ... .. 127 Carsia ... ... ... 62 Cartella = Pcedisca Cataclysta... .. ... 104 Catocala ... ... 100 Catoptria ... ... ... 129 Cedestis ... ... 154 Celsena ... ... ... 78 Cemiostoma ... .. 168 Cerastis ... ... ... 87 Cerigo ... ... 75 iHarpipteryx Ypsolopha Hypolepia Cerura=^ Dicranura Chasrocampa ... ... 18 Charceas ... ... 75 Chauliodus ... ... 161 Cheimatobio .. ... 45 Cheimatophila = Peronea Chelaria ... ... 150 Chelonia ... ... .. 26 Chesias ... ... 62 179 Chilo ... ... ... 109 Diurnea Lemnatophila Chloephora= Halias Choreutes... ... ... 130 Chimabacche: Chortobius ... ... 13 180 Chrosis .. ... ••• 131 Chrysoclista ... ... 161 Chrysocoris ... ... 162 Chry.sophanus = Polyommatus Cidaria ... ... ... 58 Cilix ... ... ... 63 Cirrredia ... ... .. 89 Cledeobia ... ... 103 Cleora ... ... .. 34 Clepsis .. ... 120 Clisiocampa= Bomby.x Cloantlia .. ... 95 Clostera ... ... ... 65 Cnephasia ... ... 119 iSi Coccyx ... ... ... 125 Cochylis = Conchylis Ccenonympha = Chortobius Coleophora ... ... 157 Colias ... ... ... 7 Collix ... ... 53 Conchylis ... ... ... 131 Coremia ... ... 57 180 Coriscium .. ... ... 156 Corycia ... ... 41 Cosmia ... ... ... 90 Cossus ... ... 21 Crambus ... ... loS iSi Crocallis ... ... 32 C roesia = Dictyopteryx Cryptoblabes ... ... no CuculHa ... ... •••95 C ybosia = Lithosia Cymatophora ... ... 67 Cynthia = Vanessa Dasycera ... ... ... 150 Dasychira = Orgyia Dasypolia... ... ... 91 Dasystoma = Lemnatophila Deilei:>hila... ... ... 18 Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. t87 Deiopeia 25 Euperia ... ... 89 Demas 28 Eupisteria 38 Depressaria 141 Eupithecia 48 183 Dianthcecia 90 Euplexia 92 Diaphora = Arctia Eupoicilia... ... 130 Dichelia ... 114 Eurymene 32 Dicranura ... ... 63 180 Euthemonia ... 25 Dicrorampha ... 12S 1S2 ExKretia 141 Dictyopteryx ... 116 Exapale ... ••• 133 Diloba 66 Fidonia 42 Diplodoma DiUila 133 117 Fumea = Psyche Diurnea 133 Galleria 112 Drepana = Platypteryx Gastropacha = Lasiocampa Drymonia = Notodonta Gelechia ... 144 179 182 Ebulea 105 Geometra ... ... 36 Elachista ... .162 182 Glyphipteryx ... 152 Ellopia 32 Gnophos ... ••• 35 Eminelesia 47 Gnophria= 1 Jlhosia Endopisa ... 127 Gonepteryx ... 7 Endrosis 151 Gonoptera 99 Ennomos ... 32 Gortyna ... ... 72 Gracilaria 155 ... 78 Ennychia 103 Grammesia Ephestia ... no Ephippiphora ... Ephyra 124 36 Grapholita Grapta = Vanessa 122 181 Epigraphia 133 Hadena 93 Epione 31 HaHa ... 41 Epunda 92 Halias 112 Erebia ... ... 12 I So Halonota= Ephippiphora Eremobia 90 Harpella 150 Eriogaster... 29 ffarpipteryx ... 141 Kabolia 61 Hecatera 91 Eiicelis = Trycheri.s Hedya=Spilonota Euchelia 25 Heliodes 97 Euchloe = Anthocharis Heliophobus ... 74 Euchromia = j O-^thotnenia Heliothis 96 ' Tortrix Hemerophila ••• 34 Euclidia lOI riemeropia = Pyrodes Eudorea = Scoparia Hemitliea ... ... 36 Eulia = Tortrix Hepialus 21 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Herbula ... 103 Lophopteryx -- Notodonta Herminia 102 Lozogramma = Panagra Hespeiia ... ... 16 Lozopera = Conchylis Heusimene 126 Lozoteenia... ... 112 Himera ••• 33 Luperina 75 Hipparchia= Satyrus Lycaena ... 14 HomtEosoma ... no Lyonetia 168 Hybernia 44 Lythria ... - 43 Hydisecia... - 73 Macaria 41 Hydrelia 97 Macrochila ... 150 Hydrilla ... 78 Macroglossa 19 Hydrocampa ... 104 Mamestra ... ... 75 Hypena ... ... 102 Mania 100 Hypenodes 102 Melanagria = Arge Hypermecia ... 123 Melanippe 55 Hy pochalcia = Oncocera Melanthia ... ••• 55 Hypolepia 140 182 Melia Hyponomeuta = Yponomeu a Meliphora... ... 112 Hypsipetes 54 Melissoblaptes... III Hypsolopha = Ypsolopha Meliti-ea ... 9 Hyria 37 Metrocampa ... 32 IncLirvaria... ... 136 Miana 77 180 lodis ... 36 Micropteryx ... 136 182 Lampronia ••• 135 Miltochrista = Calligenia Larentia 46 180 Miselia 92 Lasiocampa ... 30 Mixodia ... 118 179 Lasiommala= Satyrus Mcesia=Scodiona Laverna ... ... 161 Nemeobius ... 15 Leiocampa = Notodonta Nemeophila -- Chelonia Lemnatophila ... 132 Nemophora ••• 137 Leptogramma ... 114 Nemotois 138 Leucania ... ... 70 Nephopteryx = Phycis Leucophasia ... 7 Nepticula 170 Ligdia ... 44 Neuria ... 74 Liparis 27 Noctua 82 Lithocolletis ... 165 Nola ... 23 Lithographia = Grapholita Nonagria 71 Lithosia ... ... 24 Notocelia = Aspis Lobophora 53 Notodonta 65 Lomaspilis ... 44 Nudaria ... . . 24 s.Y.N.U. .Series D, Vol. 2. INDEX. 189 Numeria 41 Phibalocera 141 Nyssia - 33 Phigalia ... - 2Z Ochsenheimeria 133 Phlceodes 123 Ocnerostoma ... 154 Phlogophora ... 92 Phorodesma 26 Odezia-Tanagra Odonestis ... ... 30 Phoxopteryx ... 121 Odontopera 32 Phragmatobia = Arctia Phtheocroa ... 119 CEcophora... CEnistis = Lithosia ... 150 Phycis no Oinophila... ... 160 Phytometra Pieris... ... lOI 7 Olindia 125 Pionea ... 105 Opadia Oporabia ... 127 45 Platypteryx Pleurota ... 63 ... 150 Opostega ... ... 169 Plodia... no Orgyia 27 Plusia ... 98 Ornix ... 156 Plutella 140 182 Orthosia 86 Orthotajlia ... 141 Poecilocampa Poscilochroma = Poedisca ... 28 Orthotaenia 119 Poedisca 123 181 Ourapteryx ... 31 Polia... 91 Oxygrapha = Leptogiamma Polyommatus ... 14 Pamphila= Hesperia Porthesia=Liparis Pamplusia 126 181 Prays = Pepilla Panagra ... ... 41 Procris 22 Pancalia 151 Pseudopterpna - 35 Papilio ... ... 7 Psilura^Liparis Paramesia = Peronea Psyche ... - 133 Paraponyx 104 iSo Psychoides 133 Parasia 149 Pterophorus ... 174 Pardia ... 118 Pterostoma — Ptilodontis Pelurga 61 Ptilodontis ... 65 Pempelia ... ... Ill Ptycholoma n6 Penthina 117 181 PygLtra ... ... 64 Pepilla ... 140 Pyralis 102 Pericallia 32 Pyrausta ... ... 103 Peridea= Notodonta Pyrodes 129 Perittia 152 Retinia ... 126 Peronea ... ... 114 Rhodophcea III Petasia 64 Rivula ... 102 Phibalapteryx ... 58 Roxana "9 ipo PORRITT : LIST OF YOR KSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Rumia 31 Tanagra ... ... 62 Rusina 79 Tapinostola 71 Sarrothripa Saturnia 112 Teichobia = Psychoides 30 Tephrosia 35 Teras ... 116 Satyrus 12 Tethea 89 180 Scardia 134 Schcenobius 109 Thanaos ... ... 15 Sciaphila 119 179 Thecia 14 Scodiona ... 42 Thera •■• 54 Scoparia ... io6 179 180 Thyatira 67 Scopelosoma 87 Thymele = Syrichthus Scopula 106 Timaiidra 40 Scotosia ... 58 Tinagma ... ... 152 Selenia 23 Tinea... 134 179 Semasia ... 125 Tischeria ... ... 165 Semioscopis = Epigraphia Tortricodes 132 Sericoris ... 118 Tortrix ... 112 Sesia... 20 183 Toxocampa 100 Simaethis = Xylopoda Trachea ... ... 84 Smerinthus 16 Trichiura 28 Solenobia... 133 Trifurcula... ■•■ 173 Sophronia 150 Trochilium = Sesia Sphaleroptera 120 181 Trycheris... ... 130 Sphecia = Sesia Tryphfena 81 Sphinx 17 Urapteiyx = Ourapteryx Spilodes 10.5 Vanessa 9 Spilonota ... 118 Venilia ... 31 Spilosoma = Aictia Venusia 38 Stauropus... 64 Xanthia ... ... 87 Steganoptycha= Grapholita Xanthosetia 131 Stenia 104 Xylina ■■• 95 Stenopteryx ... 106 Xylocainpa 95 Stephensia 162 Xylophasia - 73 Stigmonota 127 iSi Xyh^poda 130 Stilbia 100 Xysmatodoma ••• 133 Stilpnotia=Lipans Yponomeuta ... 139 Strenia ... 41 Ypsipetes ... - 54 Swammerdamia 138 Ypsolopha 141 Syntomis ... 23 Ypsolophus = Macrocliila Syrichthus 15 Zelleria 155 Tseniocampa 84 Zeuzera ... ... 21 Talceporia 133 Zygajna 22 Taylor Brothers Priiiters, Leeds. SUPPLEMENT. '9; SUPPLE.AIENT Containing Additional Records, New Species and Localities, and Notes on Variation, etc. GEORGE T. PORRITT, F.L.S., F.E.S. Ex-Preside)it of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, An asterisk is prefixed to the name of each species recorded as New to the County List. DIURNI. Gonepteryx rhamni Z. Widely distributed, but appar- ently not nearly so common as my former record would lead one to suppose. Colias edusa Fah. Many new localities are recorded, and, in 1890, it was quite common in the eastern portion of the county. Colias hyale Z. Along with C. cdusa, there was appar- ently an invasion of this species in 1900: the localities included Beverley {J.R.L.); Bridlington {H.H.C.) ; Hull {C.C.). Argynnis paphia Z. Edlington Wood in 1901 [H.H.C); Great Ayton {U'.H); Helmsley ! {S.IV.). Apgynnis aglaia Z. Grassington (Z^.^.); Helmsley (.-J.. ^.) ; Ingleby Greenhow {T.A.L.); Kirby Moorside (A. A.). Argynnis adippe Fab. " One at Birdwell, near Penistone, by Mr. Dyson, of Hoyland, in 1901 " (A.JV.); "one at New Park Spring Wood, Cudworth, in 1901 " (A.JJ'.); Wadworth Wood, Doncaster, one in 1901 {L.S.B.); Great Ayton {W.H.). 194 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Argynnis euphrosyne Z. Common [at Levisham in 1895 (V.N.U.). Argynnis selene J^ab. Castle Howard (/. Haivkins); Ingleby Greenhow {F.E.) ; Strensall, York, abundant in 1902 {F. Efusley). Melitaea artemis Fab. " Larv^ formerly common on Rawdon Common, Towthorpe, near York " {G.J.). Vanessa C-album L. Helmsley {A. A.). Vanessa UPticae L. Apparently becoming much more common in the South West Riding {G.T.P. and B.M.). The late Mr. G. C. Dennis bred specimens of a peculiar smoky form from York larvae in 1895, possibly the same form which Mr. S. L. Mosley recorded from Bradford. (See previous List, p. 10). Vanessa polychloPOS Z. Helmsley; " two captured and others seen in 1901 " [A. A.). Vanessa antiopa Z. Four specimens are recorded since the previous list ; one at Huddersfield on October 31st, 1899, by Master Arthur Clive Crosland; one at Mid- dlesbrough {R. G. Clayton) ; one at Beedale, near Scarborough, August 9th, 1897, and one on Oliver's Mount, Scarborough, September loth, 1899 {J.H.R.). Arge galathea Z. This species, which, at the time the previous list was written, we believed to be extinct in the county, has evidently occurred at Sledmere for many years. A specimen, which I saw alive, was taken there by Mr. William Hewett, on the Y.N.U.'s Excursion, August 3rd, 1891, and the same day the Rev. E. Maule Cole, M.A., showed me a series taken on the same spot many years previously. At the Annual Meeting of the Y.N.U. at Hull, on December loth, 1902, Mr. Reginald H. Barker exhibited a beautiful series taken in the same district in 1902. Mr. Barker has also recorded a speci- Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. a. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : DIURNI. I95 men as taken close to Scarboroug-h by Mr. W. H. Head, at the end of July, 1901 ; and Mr. Hubert B. Drew, one at Sleig-htholmdale, near Helmsley, also in July, 1901. Lastly, Mr. Harold J. Burkill records (Entomologist, Jan. 1903, p. 21) that from August 5th to September 8th, 1902, he saw the species in three localities within easy distance of York; in one spot he saw over sixty and netted a dozen of them. Erebia blandina Fab. Still abundant at Grassington in 1903 {G.T.P.). Satyrus gegeria Z. Sledmere {G.T.P.). Satyrus semele L. Grassington {F.B.) ; Kirby Moorside {A.A.). Satypus tithonus L. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster {H.H.C.) ; Everingham {CD. A. and IV.H.) ; Grassing- ton {F.B.) ; Thorne ! [F. Emsley). SatyPUS hypepanthus L. Castle Howard ! ! and the variety lanceolata not unfrequent (G. T.P.) ; Helmsley ! ! (J.IV.C); Kirby Moorside, "some with the ringlets scarcely discernible" {V.N.U., Nat., Oct. 1893) ; Sled- mere ! ! (G.T.P.) ; Strensall, near York ! {IF. A/.). ChoPtobius davus Fab. Near Glaisdale (T.A.L.) ; a curious form taken by Mr. Trevor Basil Woodd in Langstrothdale, "exactly what one would expect a hybrid between C. davus and C. pamphilus to be " (Nat., Oct. 1883, p. 53) ; Pickering! {John Brairn). Thecia Pubi L. Barden Moor, Wharfedale {E.P.P.B.) ; Battersby-in-Cleveland(r.^.Z.) ; Glaisdale ! ! May, 1901 {T.A.L.) ; Helmsley ! ! {F. Emsley) ; Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, "scarce" {B.M.). ThecIa quercus L. Forge Valley, Scarborough, in August, 1901, by Mr. W. H. Head {R.H.B.). 196 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Thecia W-album Illig. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster, larvae in profusion in 1901 [G.T.P.) ; Helmsley {S.IV.) ; Kilton Woods, Cleveland {T.A.L.). Polyommatus phlaeas L. Mr. Samuel Walker has taken two more specimens of the variety schniidtii Gerh. ; one at Sandburn, York, in 1881, the other near Thirsk in 1901. Lycaena agestis W. V. Gormire [N.F.D.) ; Grassington (/. rr'.C\); Redmire (F.iV.^.) ; Sledmere (^F./T.). Lycaena alexis Hi'ih. Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield ! ! Lycaena alsus Fah. East Keswick {S. JF.). Wetherby ! ! (B.B.T.). Lycaena argiolus Z. Cudworth, one in 1898 (A.JV.) ; Guysclifife, near Pateley Bridge {JV.D.R.) ; Cauklow Wood, near Rotherham ! ! {L.S.B.). Thanaos tages L. Levisham, common in 1895 [V.A'.U.) ; Strensall, York ! {S. W.). HespepJa comma L. Brantinghamthorpe, "taken by Mr. Stather, of Hull " {W.H.). Hesperia linea Fab. Thome ! ! (G.T.P.). NOCTURNL Smerinthus ocellatus Z. Doncaster {H.H.C.) ; Evering- ham ! ! (/. Sumfier) ; Market Weighton [JV.H.) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). Acherontia atropos Z. A number of fresh localities are recorded representing all parts of the county. Con- tinues to be still common in the Goole and neighbouring districts. Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : NOCTURNI. 197 Sphinx convolvuli Z. New localities are also recorded for this species. That specially interesting- was the capture of five full-fed larvce on Coiivolvolus arvensis at Monkton, seven miles from Barnsley, on August 30th and Sep- tember 2nd, 1901, by Mr. Arthur Whitaker, who wrote me that from the appearance of the plant fully a dozen larvae must have been feeding- there (see Nat. and E.M.M. of October, 1901). Sphinx ligustri L. Ingleby Greenhow, in 1900 {F.E.). * Sphinx pinastri Z. Mr. T. Ashton Lofthouse informs me that a specimen was taken in a garden at Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, in the summer of 1900; he has seen the specimen and there is no doubt as to the genuineness of the capture. Deilephila gahi JIW. We have four more records for this beautiful moth. One at Harrogate, July 26th, 1888 {B.B. T.); one at Manningham, Bradford, July 22nd, 1888 [J.fV.C.) ; one at Scarborough, July 19th, 1888; and one at Sowerby Bridge, August 12th, 1889 {JFa/^er Copley). Chaerocampa celerio Z. A good specimen at Halifax on October ist, 1892 {E. Halliday, Nat., Nov. 1892, p. 339). Chaspocampa porcellus Z. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster {G.T.P.); Everingham ! {/. Suffine/-) ; HuUbank {A/i'ss Haiaorth-BootJi) \ Skipwith ! ! {C.D.A.)\ York, in 1900 {W.H.). Chaerocampa elpenor* Z. Everingham (/. Sujunet-) ; Glaisdale {T.A.L.); Helmsley {T.A.L.); Skipwith {CD.A.). Macroglossa steilatapum Z. There are numerous recent records for fresh localities all over the county. MaCPOglossa fuciformis Z. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster, in 1893 {H.H.C., Nat., Dec. 1893, p. 369). 198 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Sesia culiciformis L. Richmond, in June, 1890 {U\ Mil- burn) ; Strensall Common, York, in 1900 (S. W.). Sesia tipuliformis L. Middlesbrough {T.A.L.) ; Yarm- on-Tees {T.A.L.). Sesia spheglfOPmis W.V. Mr. F. Emsley, jun., of Leeds, sent me for examination a fine specimen, which he took at Bishop's Wood, near Selby, "on an alder leaf," July ist, 1894. Sesia bembecifonnis Hub. Barnsley! {A.W.)\ Hull!! (C.C. and W.J.P.); Middlesbrough {T.A.L.) ; Skel- manthorpe ! " larvse in sallow'''' [B.M.) ; Withernsea iJ-P-)' Zeuzera aesculi L. Not uncommon in the Barnsley district {A.W.); Balby, Doncaster {H.H.C.) ; Stanley, Wake- field ( — . Charles) ; a pair on August 5th, 1903, at Skip- with, near Selby {CD. A.). Cossus ligniperda Fab. Everingham (/. ^//w;/£'r) ; Great Ay ton {T.A.L.). Hepialus hectus L. Some of the females in the Hudders- field district are almost black {G.T.P.). Hepialus humuli L. Very fine forms of the female are to be obtained by diligent collecting ; one of my own Huddersfield examples is figured in Barrett's " Lepi- doptera of the British Islands." Procris statices L. Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Grass- ington! {G.T.P.) \ Great Ayton {T.A.L.) ; Thorne {H.LL.C) ; Strensall Common, York, in igoo (/. Hawkins). Zygaena fiilpendulae L. Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield {B.J/.). Several very extraordinary varieties have occurred at Wakefield, one of which is in my own cabinet. Trans. V.N. L". Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : XOCTURM. 199 Nola confusalis//-.S'. =CPistulalis^/VZ'. Driffield ( r.. 4. Z.); Sandsend, June 1903 {T.A.L.). Nudaria senex Hiib. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster, in 1892 {HM.C). Lithosia mesomella L. Wlieatley Wood, Doncaster {H.H.C.); Skipwith Common [CD. A.). Lithosia complanula Bdv. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster! {H.H.C.) \ Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner); Skipwith {C.D.A.). Litliosia com plana L. Everingham, near York (/. Su Diner). Deiopeia pulchella L. "A fine specimen taken in Grave Hill Lane, Beverley, twenty years ago" {U'.H., Nat., Nov. 1893, p. 332). Euchelia jacobeae L. In 1891 Mr. H. H. Corbett " bred from Doncaster larvae some specimens which had the crimson replaced by bufT or brick-red " (Trans. Y.N.L'.» 1894, Part 20, p. 146). Euthemonia pussuia Z, Market Weighton (A'. /^.Z).). Cheionia plantaginis L. Drewtondale!! (/.Z.); Rombalds Moor, near Bradford [F.B.) ; Saddleworth Moors {G.T.P.). A specimen of the variety hospita Schiff., "taken in Yorkshire, i860," was exhibited by Mr. J. R. W^ellman at a meeting of the South London Entomo- logical Society, November 14th, 1889. APCtia mendica Z. Everingham!! [J. Sumner) \ Kilton Woods, near Loftus-in-Cleveland [T.A.L.) ; Middles- brough {T.A.L.). A most extraordinary race of this species, in which the white on the wings of the female was heavily marked with black spots, streaks, or blear- ings, in some cases the wings being almost entirely suffused with black,. the males also being exceptionally black and spotted, occurred at Grimescar, Huddersfi^ld, in 1887-9, ^"d formed the subject of a paper, illustrate 200 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. with figures of eighteen of the specimens from my cabinet, in the "Transactions of the Entomological Society of London," Part 3, October 1889. No similar race has been known to occur anywhere else, and un- fortunately the character of the habitat was destroyed soon after, and apparently the insect with it. Arctla lubpicipeda L. A number of additional specimens of the extreme forms of this species are recorded. The late Mr. George Jackson of York used to breed the varieties ehoraci Tugwell and fasciata Tugwell almost every season, sometimes in numbers, and at the time of his death possessed a long and very fine series of these and other extraordinary forms. Mr. W. Hewett reported the occurrence of three specimens of the ex- treme form of variety radiata Stn. (zathna Curt.) from Driffield ; a specimen of radiata at Doncaster in igoi {H.H.C., Nat., 1901, p. 255) ; a variety radiata bred from a larva brought from Kirby Moorside by Mr. Reginald H. Barker of Scarborough (Nat,, 1899, P- 68); "a fine radiata on a wall of some farm buildings near the sea wall at Withernsea in 1900; also a female, somewhat like var. eboraci, at same time and place " ( /. U\B.). For a valuable paper dealing with the York- shire forms of this interesting species, by Mr. William Hewett, see Nat., Dec. 1894, pp. 353-362. Liparis auriflua Fab. Fairly common near Barnsley in 1901 (A.JV.) ; Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield {B.M.). Liparis salicis L. Bevedey {Jl\ /o/mso?i); Bishop's Wood in 1903 (G.T.P.); still occurs near Huddersfield at Skelmanthorpe {B.M.) ; Worsborough, near Barnsley {A.U'.). Orgy la pudibunda L. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster {H.H.C.) ; Everingham ! (/. Sumner) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : XOCTL'RXI. 20I Orgyia antiqua L. Skelmanthorpe ! ! {B.M.). It is rare in the other parts of the Huddersfield district. Demas coryli L. Grassington ! {G.T.P.). Ti-lchiura cratsegi L. Between Ayton and Stokesley {T. Meldriim) \ Melbourne, near York {W.H.)\ Skipwith {C.D.A.). Poecilocampa populi L. Beverley {J.R.L.) ; Evering- ham ! ! {J. Stcmner) ; Grassington [A. Gibso7i-Robertsha7v) ; Keig-hley {A.B.); Otley {G.C.D.) ; Sledmere {S.W.) ; Varm ! {F. Atkinson). EriogasteP lanestris L. Everingham ! (/. Sunuier) ; Ingleby Greenhow ! ! {F.E.). Bombyx PUbi L. Penistone Moors in 1901 {A.IV.) \ Skip- with Common near Selby ! ! {CD. A.). Bombyx quercus L. A few more specimens of the olive- banded form are recorded, including one female bred and one male captured on Rombald's Moor, near Bradford, in 1893, by Mr. J. Tordoff, from which locality too, I believe, Mr. W. Hewett has had several other specimens of the form. Mr. W. Tunstall also bred a fine female of the same form, but the darkest I have yet seen, from a larva found at Royds Edge, Hudders- field, in 1897 ; and still another is recorded from Norland Moor, some five miles from Huddersfield. A good deal of valuable and interesting information respecting the Yorkshire forms of this species may be found in Vol. 5. of Tutt's "British Lepidoptera," published in 1902. Odonestis potatoria L. Mr. Hewett records that this species varies a good deal in the East Riding. PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. GEOMETRY. Epione vespertaria Z. Sandburn, York (where the species still continues in abundance), cannot now claim to be the only British habitat for this insect, as since 1897 it has been taken in some numbers at Adderston-Lea Moss, near Hawick, N.B., by Mr, W. Renton. Another hermaphrodite specimen was bred by Mr. R. Dutton from a York larva in 1893 {W.H.), and still another by Mr. S. Walker in 1901. Epione apiciaria ]V. V. Numerous additional localities are recorded. Venilia maculata L. Grassing-ton ! {G.T.P.) \ Great Ayton ! {W.S.). Ellopia fasciaria Z. Everingham ! ! {J. Sumner)\ Middles- brough {T.A.L.). Eupymene dolabraria Z. Acomb {F. Emsley) ; Beverley {W. Johnson) ; Everingham ! (/. Sumner) ; Kildale-in- Cleveland {T.A.L.)\ Sheffield, one bred in 1891 {A.E.H.). Pericallia syringaria Z. Beverley {J.R.L.); Wheatley Wood, Doncaster {G.T.P.) ; Everingham!! (/. Sumnef); Skipwith {CD. A.). Selenia illunaria //iib. Everingham, both broods!! (/. Sumner); Skipwith "both broods abundant" {C.D.A.). Selenia lunaria W.V. Acklam, Ayton, and Ingleby (F.Z".) ; Everingham (/. Simmer) ; Middlesbrough {T.A.L.) ; Redmire {V.N.U.)\ Skelmanthorpe, near Huddersfield, one {B.M.). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 3. Dec. 190J. SUPPLEMENT : GEOMETR-li. 203 Odontopera bidentata L. Mr. George Parkin takes a fine, almost black form not unfrequently at Wakefield ; and the same form is also taken at Methley by Mr. J. Wigin. Crocallis elinguaria L. Mr. William Hewett bred two hermaphrodite specimens in 1899 from an Everingham moth. *Ennomos autumnaria n>^w//. =alniariaZ. Aspecimen was taken by Mr. James Terry in September 1884, "flying about in the Leeds Market" {J.W.C). It was probably introduced with fruit or vegetables, and cannot, of course, be regarded as indigenous to the county. Ennomos alniaria Huiv. — tiliaria Hub. Beverley [J.R.L.) ; Everingham ! ! {J. Sunmer) ; Great Ayton, {F.E.) ; Keighley {J.B.) ; Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, in 1902 {B.M.) ; Skipwith Common ! ! {CD. A.) ; Thorne {G.T.P.). Ennomos fuscantaria Haw. Ask&rn {G.T. P.) \ Evering- ham ! ! (/. Siimuer) ; Ripon {T.M.) ; Saltaire {J.B.) ; Stamford Bridge {S. IV.). Ennomos erosaria JV.V. Everingham (/. Siauner) \ Ingleby Greenhow {F.E.) ; Escrick Park, Skipwith {C.D.A.). Ennomos angularia IV.V. Beverley {J.R.L.) ; Evering- ham ! ! (J Sumner) ; Harrogate {B.B.T.). Himera pennaniaZ. Skelmanthorpe ! {B.J/.). Phigalia pilosania W.V. The black form of this species, which formerly seemed to be confined to a few places in the West Riding, has spread almost all over the county. In addition to the previously-recorded localities, it is common near Barnsley {A. JV.) ; fairly common at 204 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOFTERA. Huddersfield [G.T.P. and J\\ Tunsiall) \ and occurs at Everingham (/. Sumner) ; Great Ayton {T.A.L.) ; Otley {W.M.)', Bishop's Wood, Selby {SJV.) \ and Sheffield {A.EM.). Nyssia hispidaria U\]\ Wheatley Wood, Doncaster ! {H.H.C.) ; Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner). Amphydasis prodpomaria W.V. Beverley {J.R.L.) \ Everingham!! "between forty and fifty, including an almost black specimen, in 1898 " (/. Sumner). Amphydasis betularia L. The black variet}- donbleday- aria Mill, has now almost entirely eliminated the ordinary pale form from the South West Riding, and bids fair to do so throughout the county at no distant date. Mr. Corbett records the species " as mostly dark at Doncaster ; " whilst the form also occurs at Burton Bushes, near Beverley {J.R.L.)\ Everingham (/. Sumner); Halifax {A. Gibson-Robe rfshaw) ; Loftus-in-Cleveland {T.A.L.)\ Pickering {G.T.P.) ; Sledmere (H'.//.) ; Thorne {G.T.P.). Cleora lichenapia U\ ]'. Between Ayton and Stokesley {T.M.) ; Castle Howard (/. Hcnvklns). Boarmia repandata L. I found a beautiful glossy black form in abundance in a wood near Huddersfield in 1887, and the form seems now to be spreading over the county (see E.M.M. of December 1881, p. 161). Mr. A. E. Hall has since found the form commonly near Sheffield ; and it is also recorded from Bradford {J.B.) ; from Rotherham ; and from the east side of the county at Saltburn {G.T.P.). Besides this extreme form, other paler varieties occur in which there is a marbling of rich browns and slate colours, and the races seem altogether different from anything found elsewhere. Trans. Y.N. I'. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : GEOMETR.^. 205 Tephrosia biundularia Esp. This is still another species in which melanism has developed very strong-l}' and rapidly, though the extreme blackest form seems to have been first noticed in the adjoining county of Cheshire, at Delamere Forest, and from which locality it was named var. delaniereiisis White. It is now the prevailing- form at Doncaster {H.H.C.) \ is abundant in New Park Spring Wood, Cudvvorth [A. W.) ; common at Bishop's Wood [G.T.P.) ; and occurs at Everingham (/. Sumner); Kiveton Park, near Sheffield! {G.T.P.) ; Skipwith {C.D.A.); York {W.H.) ; Loftus-in-Cleveland {T.A.L.). Mr. B. Morley records the species as common at Skelmanthorpe, near Huddersfield, but does not state the proportion of the variety. Tephposia punctulata ]]\V. Elargill Wood, Ilkley {T. Fieldhouse) ; Levisham (Nat., July 1885, p. 207). Gnophos obscurata L. Gormire {N.F.D., Nat., August 1887, p. 238). Cayton Bay {S.W.). '■•■ Boletobla fuliginaria L. A specimen taken at midnight at the end of August 1896 in Messrs. Earle & Co.'s shipbuilding yard at Hull, was exhibited by Mr. J. W. Boult at a meeting of the Hull Scientific and Naturalists* Club, October 14th, 1896. Geometna papilionaria L. Everingham ! (/. Sumner) ; Glaisdale {T.A.L.) ; five larvae in Defifer Wood, Skel- manthorpe, in 1901 {B.M.); Skipwith Common {CD. A.). Phorodesma bajularia JV.V. Everingham Park!! ( /. Siimuer) ; Escrick Park, Skipwith {CD. A.). Hemithea thymiaria Z. Keighley {A.B.). Ephypa punctaria L. New Park Spring Wood, Cud- worth ! ! {A.]V.) ; Meanwood Wood, Leeds {W.M.). Ephyra tpilineapia i>t7/'>C'. Sledmere ! {U\H.). 2o6 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEFIDOPTERA. Ephyra pendularia L. Strensall Common, York, not un- common {G.T.P.). Asthena luteata IV.V. Loftus-in-Cleveland {T.A.L.); Sledmere {W.H.). Asthena candidata U\V. Bishop's Wood (G.T.P.) ; widely distributed in Cleveland (T.A.L.) ; Grassington {G.T.P.). Asthena sylvata JV. V. Anston Stones, near Sheffield ! {S. L. Mosley). Asthena blomenapia Dbl. Castle Howard! {G.T.P.) ; Middlesbrough {JV.S. and F.E.); Knaresborough {JV.ff.); Sledmere!! (G.T.P.). Eupistepia heparata U\ V. Numerous fresh localities. Venusia cambpicapia Gn. Addingham {F. E?nsley) ; Blubberhouses ! ! [Lord Walsiugham) ; Carlton-in-Cleve- land {F. Elgee) ; Dunford Bridge {G. T.P.) ; Grassington ! ! {G.T.P.); Hardcastle Crags {Albert E. Wright) \ Harrogate {B.B.T.); Helmsley {J.n'.C). Mr. T. A. Lofthouse takes near Middlesbrough a very pretty melanic form in some numbers ; and Mr. L. S. Brady takes the same form commonly near Sheffield. (Acidalia intepjectapia W.V. This species must be deleted from the former list ; it is not likely it ever occurred at Huddersfield.) Acidalia stPaminata Tr. The Rev. Cyril D. Ash found another locality for this local species at Skipwith Common in 1900, and has since taken it rather freely in the same place. With it he also found the variety circellata Gn., which until comparatively recently was considered a distinct species. Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : GEOMETR.^. 20'J Acidalia immutata L. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster ! ! {H.H.C.) ; one at Dunford Bridge on July 9th, 1892 {W.M.) ; Everingham ! ! {J. Sumner). Acidalia fumata Steph. H arrogate ! ! {B.B.T.)\ Ilkley (/. Wigin); Middlesbrough (jr. 5'.). Acidalia imitaria Hub. Everingham ! (/. Sumner). Acidalia aversata L. The golden-brown form is common at Askern and Filey {G. T.P.). Acidalia inornata Ha7v. Barnsley {J.H.) ; this formerly rare species absolutely swarms in some of the woods near Meltham, Huddersfield, where I have had as many as a dozen in my net at one time {G.T.P.) ; Skipwith Common {CD. A.). Timandra amataria L. Beverley {J.R.L.) ; Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Hull {/.JV.B.) ; Skipwith (C.D.A.). Cabera rotundaria I/mv. Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, "not uncommon among birch" {B.M.). Strensall, York {S.IV.). Cabera exanthemaria Scop. I have a curious variety, having a dark smoky band through the middle of all the wings, taken at Brighouse by Mr. Wilmot Tunstall, and which is figured in Barrett's " British Lepidoptera." Macaria liturata L. New Park Spring Wood, Cudworth (A.W.) ; Everingham!! (/. Sumner); Middlesbrough (T.A.L.) ; Skipwith ! {C.D.A.) ; Sledmere {W.H.). Strenia clathrata L. Redmire {V.A'.U.) ; Skipwith {CD.A.). Numeria pulvenaria L. Everingham ! (/. Sunnier) ; Grassington {G.T.P.) ; Kilton Woods, Loftus {T.A.L.). Scodiona belgiaria Hilb. Danby-in-Cleveland {T.A.L.) ; Skipwith {C.D.A.) ; Strensall, York {S.IV.). 2o8 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Fidonia atomaria L. Many beautiful varieties occur in the South West Riding, and, at Dunford Bridge, Mr. John Harrison takes a form of the female, the colour of which is as dark a brown as in the ordinary male, * Fidonia pinetapia Hi'tb. A specimen taken in Raincliff Wood, Scarborough, in 1894, by Mr. Reginald H. Barker (Nat., March 1895, p. 80). I have seen the specimen {G.T.P.). Lythria purpupapia L. Mr. John T. Carrington, who formerly resided at York, confirms the record in the previous list, of this species (see Entomologist, Feb. 1888, p. 70). Aspilates stpigillapia Hiib. Danby-in-Cleveland {F.E.). Abpaxas gpossulariata L. The late Mr. George Jackson bred many very extraordinary and beautiful varieties of this species from York larvae ; and Mr. William Mansbridge and others perhaps equally fine forms from other parts of the county. Mr. W. Hewett records the variety varleyata Porritt, from Haworth, in 1894. Abpaxas ulmata Fab. For several consecutive seasons prior to 1901, the lead-coloured form of this species was taken in abundance at Sledmere by Messrs. R. Dutton, W. Hewett, S. Walker, and others ; and with it occurred many intermediate and beautiful forms. Several of the specimens taken by Mr. Hewett are figured in Barrett's " British Lepidoptera." The lead- coloured form also occurred at Drewton Dale to Mr. Reynolds, of Beverley (see Mr W. Hewett's paper in the Flntomologist's Record, Vol. 9, p. 304 ; and Trans. Y.N.U., Part 26, 1900, pp. 182-184). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : GEOMETR.B. 209 Hybernia rupicaprapia JV.V. Bretton!! (B.J/.) ; Evering- ham ! ! {/. Sumner) ; Skelmanthorpe, "scarce" (B.A/.); Skipwith! ! {C.n.A.). Hybernia leucophaearia JJW. Light and dark forms (the latter including the variety nigricaria Hub.), in about equal abundance at Doncaster {H.H.C.) ; the variety nigricaria at Everingham {J. Sumner) ; Great Ay ton [T.A.L.) ; Guisborough [T.A.L.) ; Skelman- thorpe ! {B.M.). Hybernia aurantiaria Hub. A suffused, almost melanic, male specimen was taken at Horsforth in 1890 by Mr, W. Mansbridge ; and I have also an unicolorous, very dark male bred from a Huddersfield larva {G.T.P.). Hybernia progemmaria Hi/b. The variety fnscata Mosley has extended its range to other divisions of the count}', and is recorded from Mapplewell, near Barnsley ! ! {A.\V.)\ Doncaster, very rare {H.H.C); York (IF.H.). Hybernia defollaria L. Several unicolorous and almost black specimens at Saltaire in November 1896, by Messrs. J. Beanland and F. Booth (Jl'.H.). Anisopteryx sescularia JV.l^. Skelmanthorpe ! (5./1/.). Oporabia filigrammaria H.-S. Apparently common on all the moors in the South West Riding, and in some seasons I have found it abundant at Dunford Bridge, and at Harden Moss Moor and adjoining woods, Huddersfield. At Dunford Bridge, in 1891, I took a very pretty buff-coloured variety, which is figured in Barrett's "British Lepidoptera. " The species also occurs at Blubberhouses (G.T.P.); and at Sheffield, "larvae abundant on heather at end of May " {L.S.B.). 2IO PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Larentia multistpigaria Haw. The melanic form has become quite common in the Huddersfield district, and has been taken in some numbers by myself, Mr. B. Morley, and Mr. W. Tunstall. Mr. B. Morley says that at Birdsedge, Huddersfield, "half the specimens are black." Larentia csesiata W.V. Middlesbrough (r..4.Z.). Larentia puficinctata Gn. One at Hutton Buscel Moor, near Scarborough, July i6th, 1891 {R.H.B., in Nat., September 1891, p. 277). Larentia salicata Hi'ib. Blubberhouses {F. Emsley) ; Battersby, Cleveland {T.A.L.); Great Ayton {F. Elgee); Ilkley {T. Fieldhouse) ; Sheffield {L.S.B.). Larentia olivata W. V. Grassington {E.P.P.B. and W.M.)% Ingleby and Baisdale, Cleveland {F. Elgee) ; Loftus-in- Cleveland [T.A.L.) ; Swaledale ! ! {J.H.R.). Emmelesia affinitata Sieph. Blubberhouses [Lord M'alsiiigham) ; Castle Howard (G.T.P.) ; Middlesbrough (T.A.L.); Skipwith {C.D.A.). Emmelesia alchemlllata L. Blubberhouses {Lord Walsmghatn) ; Grassington! {G.T.P.); Harrogate {B.B.T.); Skelmanthorpe {B.M.). Eupithecia venosata Fab. Halifax {E.H.) ; Skelman- thorpe! {B.M.). Eupithecia pulchellata 5"/^;^^. Blubberhouses!! [G.T.P.) ; Doncaster ! ! [H.H.C); Skelmanthorpe ! ! {B.M.); Skip- with [CD. A.). Eupithecia centaureata U\ V. Everingham (/. Sumner) ; Skipwith [CD. A.) ; Worsborough Bridge [A. W.). Eupithecia subfulvata Haw. Everingham ! (/. Sumner) ; Redcar [T.A.L.) ; SkipXvith [CD. A.). Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. supplement: geometr.e. 211 Eupithecia subumbrata IV. V. Thorne, near Goole, in 1894 {/.//.). I have seen the specimens {G.T.P.). * Eupithecia isogpammata H.-S. Mr. J. Sumner first reported this species from Evering^ham ; then Mr. L. S. Brady found the larvas in profusion on Clematis growing near Wadworth, Doncaster, in igoi. Eupithecia pygmaeata Hub. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster, "not uncommon" {H.H.C.); Grassington (G.T.P.); Huddersfield, one specimen near Lepton Wood by Mr. F. Ellis (S.L.M.) ; Skipwith {CD. A.) ; Sandburn Lane, York (S. JV.). Eupithecia satyrata //ifb. Strensall, York (S.IV.). Eupithecia castigata //a7v. A very dark melanic form occurs at Huddersfield {G.T.P.). Eupithecia trisignatai¥.-.S'. Wadworth Wood, Doncaster [George Jackson) ; Medge Hall, near Goole [R. T. Cassal). Eupithecia lariciata Frey. New Park Spring Wood, Cudworth ! ! [G.T.P.) ; Everingham ! ! (/. Suviner) ; Grassington [G.T.P.); Kiveton Park, near Sheffield!! [G.T.P.)] Skipwith (C.D.A.); Sledmere [JV//.) ; Thorne!! [G.T.P.). Evidently abundant wherever there is any quantity of larch throughout the county. Eupithecia virgaureata T>dl. Skipwith [CD. A.). Eupithecia albipunctata //aw. Medge Hall, near Goole [P. T. Cassal) ; the black variety, angelicata Crewe, occurs at Skipwith {CD. A.). Eupithecia valerianata //lib. Reared in plenty by Mr. George Rose, from larvae collected at Wharncliflfe. Eupithecia fraxlnata Crewe. Leyburn ! ! [G.T.P.); Skelmanthorpe ! [B.M.); Skipwith [CD. A.). 212 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Eupithecia indigata Hub. Skipwith {CD. A). Eupithecia vulgata Haiv. The Rev. C. D. Ash has taken specimens of a very peculiar form at Skipwith. Eupithecia absynthiata Z. Evering-ham (/. Sumner). Eupithecia minutata/Z/V^. Skipwith Common!! [CD. A.). Eupithecia assimilata /)(^/. Skipwith (C.Z)..4.) ; Wors- borough {A.W.). Eupithecia tenuiata Hub. Everingham (/. Sumner) ; Great Ayton {T.A.L.)\ Middlesbrough (T.A.L.) ; Selby ! ! {L.S.B.). Eupithecia exiguata Hiib. Battersby {T.A.L.) ; Evering- ham (/. Sumner) ; Skipwith {CD. A.) ; Thorne {G.T.P.). Eupithecia rectangulata Z. Battersby {T.A.L.)\ Ever- ingham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). Coilix spapsata Hiib. Mr. John Harrison, of Barnsley, found a second county locality for this local species in the fir wood near Thorne Waste, on July i6th, i8go. Lobophora hexapterata W. V. A few at Langwith, near York {S.U'.). Lobophora viretata Hiib. Grassington, on June 20th, 1891 {IV.M.). Hayburn Wyke {S. IV.). Lobophora lobulata Hiib. A very pretty pale greenish specimen, now in my own cabinet, and figured in Barrett's "British Lepidoptera," was taken by the late Mr. G. C. Dennis, at Sandburn, York. (Lobophora si mu lata Hiib. The Huddersfield record, in former list, I think is probably erroneous), * Thera junlperata Z. A specimen was taken at Acklam, near Middlesbrough, by Mr. F. Elgee, on October 8th, 1900, but which, Mr. Elgee thinks, may have been Trans. V.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. supplement: geometr.^i. 213 "imported with juniper bushes in churchyard." The species is also recorded as having- been taken at Birst- with, Nidderdale, by Mr. F. T. Walker (Nat., July 1886, p. 210). Thera variata JJ'. J'. Many of the Dunford Bridge specimens are nearly black, and all are exceptionally dark (G.T.P.) ; Skipwith ! "a very handsome, dark- banded form predominates" {CD. A.). Thera firmata -////<^. Everihg-ham ! ! (/. Sumnc7') ; Skip- with Common [CD. A.). Hypsipetes puberata Frey. Great Ayton {T.A.L.); Hay- burn Wyke, near Scarborough, larvae common in old sallows on the sea-shore, Sept. 9th to 15th, 1896 {G.T.P.) ; Holly Carrs, Skipwith (CD.A.). Hypsipetes impluviata JV.J'. Yorkshire specimens generally, are very much darker than forms from most other districts (G.T.P.) ; Everingham ! ! (/. Sumncy) ; Middlesbrough (T.A.L.) ; Skipwith {CD.A.). Hypsipetes elutata JV.F. The South West Riding moorland forms varj' infinitely, and many of them are exquisitely pretty. I know of no place where more varied and beautiful specimens can be obtained than on the Harden Moss Moors, Huddersfield, and many of the forms in that district seem not to occur else- where. A number of my. own specimens are figured in Barrett's " Lepidoptera of the British Islands." Melanthia rubiginata JV.J'. Mr. T. A. Lofthouse records the dark variety phuiibata Curt, from Middlesbrough. There are numerous records of fresh localities for the ordinary form. Melanthia ocellata L. In many, perhaps most, of the Huddersfield specimens the band is very broad and the pale parts are strongly suffused with pink [G.T.P.]. 214 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOFTERA. Melanthia albicillata L. Everingham (/. Sunmer) ; Grassington ! ! {G.T.P.) ; Keighley ! ! {A.B.) ; Kilton Woods, Loftus {T.A.L.); Middlesbrough {JV. Sachse) ; North Grimston ! {G.T.P.); Skelmanthorpe, Hudders- field, "not common" (B.Af.) ; Skipwith {C.D.A.) ; Sledmere {G.T.P.) . Melanippe hastata L. Middlesbrough {T.A.L.) ; Skel- manthorpe ! {B.M.). I bred a very pretty variety, figured in Barrett's " Lepidoptera of the British Islands," from Wharncliffe Woods {G.T.P.). Melanippe tristata L. In the Yorkshire specimens the black is almost as intense as in hastata. Dodworth Wood!! {G.T.P.) \ Ilkley (/. Wigin) \ Rotherham ! (/. N. Young) ; Skelmanthorpe ! ! {B.M.) ; Wharncliffe Woods! ! {G.T.P.). Melanippe rivata Hiih. Ayton {T.A.L.) ; Skipwith ! {CD. A.). * Melanippe unangulata Ha-w. First recorded from Haw Park, Wakefield, by Messrs. Lumb and George Wilson (Nat., Dec. 1884, p. 104). Also taken at Barden, and near Bradford, by Mr. W. Hodgson {J.W.C., Nat., March 1886, p. 67) ; and at Everingham {J. Sumner). Melanippe montanata W.V. A melanic variety at Ripon, June 1886 (/. E. Robson, Young Nat., Nov. 1887). Coremia munitata Huh. This local species has occurred in several fresh localities. Everingham {J. Sumner) ; Ling Gill, Penyghent, 1897 {/.B.) ; Redmire {V.N.U., Nat., 1893, p. 226) ; and one was taken at Widdop, near the Halifax reservoir, on July 24th, 1897, by Mr. W. G. Clutten, of Burnley. Coremla propugnata JV.V. Loftus [T.A.L.). Coremla unidentaria Naw. Sledmere {G.T.P.). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. ;. Dec. 1903. supplement: geometr.^. 215 Phibalapteryx WgnaXal/ud. Skipwith Common {CD. A.). Scotosia dubitata L. Grassington (JF.M.) ; Skipwith {C.D.A.). Scotosia vetulata IF.V. LarvEe of this species were taken in great plenty, from which moths were freely bred, by several lepidopterists at Askham Bogs, on the occasion of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union's Excursion there in 1900 {G.T.P.). Scotosia rhamnata U'.V. Skipwith {CD. A.) makes a second county locality for this species. Scotosia certata Hiib. Everingham, scarce (/. Sianner). Cidaria psittacata W.V. Blubberhouses, September 26th, 1885 {CS.) ; Doncaster {H.H.C) ; Grassington {A. Gibson-Rohertshaiv) . Cidaria corylata Thunb. Skelmanthorpe ! ! {B.M.). CidaPJa russata W.V. Mr. John Harrison takes very fine almost glossy black specimens at Dunford Bridge ; but the prevailing Yorkshire form is of a dark slaty- blue colour, which is almost unknown in the southern counties. Cidaria immanata Haw. I have to considerably modify my remark in the previous list " that the variation in this species is much paler generally than in russata,'"' as in the South West Riding the reverse is often the case. Many of the Huddersfield and Dunford Bridge specimens are almost quite black, but there is also a good deal of very handsome variation in those districts, some examples being beautifully marbled with white ; others variegated with a lovely dove colour ; whilst in others the pale parts are filled with rich browns. (For figures of some of the forms see Barrett's " Lepidoptera of the British Islands "). 2 lb PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Cidaria suffumata JV.r. This is another exceeding-ly interesting species in our county. The so-called "Dover form," from its having- been first recorded from the town of that name, was, for many years previously, well known in the Huddersfield district. In it the band is very bright blackish-brown, on a bright pale straw- coloured ground, and it is most extraordinary that it should not even yet be known from any district between Yorkshire and Kent. The beautiful black and white form, which since the publication of the last list has been named var. porrittii by Mr. Robson has again been repeatedly taken by Mr. B. Morley and others at Skelmanthorpe, where the " Dover form " is also common, and from which form I have bred the var. porrittii. Mr. Brady records two specimens of var. porrittii at Wad worth, near Doncaster, in igoo ; and Mr. Sydney Webb, of Dover, has one labelled " Leeds." Mr. Arthur Whitaker records the var. piceata from Worsborough, near Barnsley. (For figures of York- shire forms see Barrett's " Lepidoptera of the British Islands "). Cidaria silaceata W.V. Wadworth, Doncaster {L.S.B.)\ Everingham (/. Stunner) ; Glaisdale and Kilton {T.A.L' and W.S.) ; Grassington {J.B. and F.B.) \ Sledmere [IV.H.) ; Skelmanthorpe in 1900 {B.M.) Cidaria prunata L. Everingham ! ! (/. Simmer) ; Ingleby Greenhovv {F.E.) ; Saltaire (J.B.). Cidaifia populata Bork. Blubberhouses {Lord Walsingha7n); Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Middlesbrough {T.A.L.) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). Cidaria dotata L. Saltaire {J.B. and F.B.) ; Skipwith {C.D.A.). Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. supplement: drepanul.^ and psEUDO-BO\rBvcEs. 217 Eubolia cervinaria jy.J'. Everingham (/. Siifftuer) ; Sklpwlth {C.D.A.) ; Staithes! (T.A.L.). Eubolia mensuraria U'.J'. Skelmanthorpe ! {B.M.). Eubolia palumbaria ff. r. Skelmanthorpe!! {B.M.). I took a fine very dark variety of this species on Strensall Common, York [G.T.P.). Eubolia bipunctaria IV.]'. Saltburn {G.T.P.). Chesias spartiata Fab. Everingham (/. Si/muer) ; Eston and Ingleby {F.E.) ; Skipwith {C.B.A.). Chesias obliquaria JF.J'. One at Doncaster, June 14th, 1883, by Mr. George Tindall. DREPA.VC/L^. Platypteryx lacertula //f/b. Grassington [J-B.]. Platypteryx falcula J\\ J'. This species varies in Yorkshire from quite pale bone colour to dark chocolate-brown {G.T.P.). New Park Spring Wood, Cudworth! [A.W.) ; Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Great Ayton {T.A.L.) ; Skelmanthorpe ! {B.M.). PSEUDO-BOMB \ XES. Dicranura fupcula L. Beverley {J.R.L.); Horsforth {W.M.); Middlesbrough {F.E.); Skipwith [CD. A.); Worsborough [A.U'.). York! {S.W. and T. Wi'lson). Dicranura bifida Hiib. Beverley {J.R.L.); Middles- brough {T.A.L.) . Petasia cassinea Fab. Everingham!! (/. Sunnier); Keighley in 1900 {A.B.); Sledmere {S.]\'.). Clostera reclusa M'.V. Scarborough {J.H.R.) makes a second Yorkshire district for this species. 2I» PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Ptilodontis palpina L. Beverley {W.J.) Notodonta camelina L. West Yorkshire specimens are usually of a dark chocolate-brown colour {G.T.P.). Notodonta dictaea L. Near Barnsley [A.W.)\ Wad- worth Wood, Doncaster {J-N. Y.) ; Everingham (/. Siit7iner)', Skelmanthorpe ! {B.M.)\ Thorne ! (G.T.P.). Notodonta dictssoides Esp. New Park Spring- Wood, Cud worth ! {A.W.)-, Wad worth Wood, Doncaster {H.H.C. and /.7V^. F.) ; Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner); Ingleby Greenhow (i^.A\); Thorne! {G.T.P.)\ Skelman- thorpe, Huddersfield {B.M.). Notodonta dromedarius L. New Park Spring Wood, Cud worth ! {A. IF.) ; Thorne ! ! {G.T.P.). Notodonta ziczac L. Edlington Wood, Doncaster ! {G.T.P.); Everingham (/. Sumnef); Skipwith {CD. A.). Notodonta trepida Fab. A female at light on May 9th, 1897 (/. Sunnier). Notodonta chaonia W. V. Guisborough in 1901 by Mr. T. Belk [T.A.L.) ; York (G.C.D.). Notodonta dodonaea IV. V. Yorkshire specimens are much darker, and, I think, generally larger, than southern examples (G. 7". /*.). Everingham !!(/. ^^ww^'/-). Market Weighton in 1901 {S. W.). Diloba casruleocephala L. Everingham!! (/. Sumner); Skipwith!! {CD. A.). NOCTU^. Thyatira derasa L. Kilton Woods, Cleveland {W.S.). Cymatophora duplaris L. Mr. B. Morley took a black specimen in Deffer Wood, Skelmanthorpe, in 1902, The black form also occurs at Sandburn, York {S. IV.). Everingham!! (/. Sumner); Grassington {G.T.P.). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. supplement: Nocru.^i. 219 Cymatophora fluctuosa Hub. Mr. A. Whitaker has found this local species in plenty in a wood near Barnsley, where in June 1901, he and two friends took three dozens in two visits; and in 1902, in Mr, Whitaker's company, I had the pleasure of taking some in the same wood. The specimens from there, too, are, I think, the largest and darkest I have seen {G.T.P.). Burntwood (/.A'. K). Cymatophora diluta W.V. Barnsley specimens, and probably those of the South West Riding generally, are very dark and richly marked {G.T.P.). Bishop's Wood {G.T.P.). Cymatophora flavlcornis L. A variety taken in Wheatley Wood, Doncaster, in 1894, is figured in Barrett s " Lepidoptera of the British Islands" {H.H.C.). Cymatophora ridens Fab. Scarborough {A. H. Head and T. W. LoimisborougJi). Bryophila peria W. V. The \z.x\^\.y fiavescens Tutt occurred at Wheatley, Doncaster, in July 1895 {H.H.C.). Acronycta tridens U'.]\ Skipwith, "a few larvae " {CD. A., Nat., 1895, P- 88). Acronycta leporina Z. Mr. A. Whitaker finds this species fairly commonly in the same wood near Barnsley in which C. fluctuosa occurs. In some seasons it is common at Askham Bogs, as in 1891 {G.T.P.) ; Burnt- wood {J.N.Y.) ; Skelmanthorpe {B.M.); Skipwith Common {C.D.A.) ; Thorne {G.T.P.). I believe the Yorkshire form is entirely of the dark variety brady- porina Tr. Acronycta megacephaia W.V. "A melanic form occurs at Wheatley Wood, Doncaster " [H.H. C.) ; Everingham I [J.Sumner); Methley (/.Jr.); Middlesbrough {T.A.L.)\ the larva feeds on asoen at Thorne (G.T.P.). 220 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. AcPOnycta aini L. Recorded from numerous additional localities, including larvas found on ash and aspen. Acronycta ligustri W.V. Evering-ham ! (/. Sumner) \ Grassington {F.B. and/.B.) ; Kildale {T.A.L.) ; I found larvae commonly on ash at Leyburn on the occasion of the Y.N.U.'s Excursion there on August 4th, 1900 (G.T.P.). Acronycta menyanthidis Esp. Danby and Glaisdale (T.A.L.); Penistone Moors! (A.W.); the Rev. C. D. Ash has sent me the black form, which is very fine, from Skipwith Common, near Selby, where he says it is common {G.T.P.). The species is common in the hilly moorland districts of the South West Riding, but very singularly only the very pale form seems to occur there. Leucania conigera W. V. Everingham ! (/. Sunmer) ; Saltburn {G.T.P.) ; Skelmanthorpe ! (B.M.); Skipwith {C.D.A.). Tapinostola elymi 7>. Common at Tod Point, Middles- brough {T.A.L.). (NonagPia cannse Oc/is. This species must be deleted from the old list. I feel sure its recorded occurrence at Huddersfield is a mistake). Nonagria typhae Esp. Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Gilling, near Helmsley [L.S.B.) ; Hull (/. W.B.) ; Sher- burn {Lord Walsitigham) ; Stokesley (T.A.L.). Nonagria \utOSa. Hiib. Everingham! (/. Sumner); Middles- brough {T.A.L.) ; "one on a gas lamp just outside the town of Sheffield in 1895 " {L.S.B. ). Gortyna flavago W.V. Ardsley! ! {A. W.) ; Everingham!! (y. Sumner) ; Middlesbrough {T.A.L.); Skipwith {C.D.A.). Xylophasia sublustris Esp. Everingham, not uncommon {J. Sumner). Trans. Y.N. IJ. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. supplement: noctu.^. 221 Xylophasia polyodon Z. "About equally light and dark forms at Doncaster " {H.H.C.). * Xylophasia zoilikoferi Frr. Of this, one of our g^reatest rarities — there being- hitherto only two British specimens recorded — Mr. T. Ashton Lofthouse was for- tunate enough to capture a good example at "sugar" at Linthorpe, Middlesbrough, on the night of September 26th, 1903. Mr. Lofthouse sent me the specimen for examination (see Nat., Dec. 1903). Xylophasia hepatica L. Everingham ! (/. Stunner). Xylophasia scolopacina Esp. Wheatley Wood, Don- caster {H.H.C.) ; a few at Huddersfield in different years [G.T.P.) ; Rotherham (/. B/oo7-) ; Skelmanthorpe {B.M.). * Laphygma exigua Hiib. This grand addition to our list was made by Mr. Thomas Fieldhouse, who took no less than eight specimens near Keighley on the night of September 22nd, 1903. Mr. Fieldhouse was searching for Scotosia diibitata with his lamp, when his attention was attracted by a small noctua flying at the light, and eight specimens were secured, which proved to be of this rarity. Mr. Fieldhouse kindly sent me three of them for examination (see Nat., Nov. and Dec. 1903). Neuria saponariae Esp. Doncaster, not uncommon {H.H.C. and B.M.); Hull {J.W.B.). Cerigo cytherea Fab. Harrogate {B.B.T.); Middles- brough {T.A.L.); Skipwith {CD. A.); Spurn (/. Porter). Luperina testacea W. V. Varies in the Huddersfield district from pale buff colour to black {G.T.P.). Luperina cespitis ]V.V. Everingham!! (/. Sumner); Harrogate {B.B.T.) ; Midgley, near Halifax {A. Gibso/i- Robertshaw) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). 222 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Mamestra anceps Hi'ib. Wadworth Wood, Doncaster, in 1888 {J.N. K). Mamestpa abjecta Hub. Hull, one in 1900 (/. Porter) ; near Middlesbrough! {T.A.L.); Saltburn {G.C.D.) ; Skipvvith in 1894 and 1899 {CD. A.). Mamestra albicolon Hi/b. Middlesbrough and Redcar {T.A.L.). Mamestra furva IV. V. Wadworth Wood, near Conis- borough, in 1888 {/.jV.V.). Mamestra persicarise Z. Common at Bishop's Wood in 1901 {F. Enisley) ; Skipvvith {CD. A.). Apamea connexa Bork. Rotherham in 1889 {J. AW.); abundant at Wharncliffe Woods, near Sheffield, the last week in July and early in August, 1887 {G.T.P.). Apamea gemina Hilb. The variety remissa Hiib. is abun- dant at Huddersfield, and apparently so in many other parts of the county {G.T.P.). Apamea unanimis Hiib. Doncaster!! {H.H.C) ; Hull {J.W.B.) ; Middlesbrough {T.A.L.) ; Worsborough Reservoir! ! {A.W.). Apamea fibrosa Hilb. Skipwith in 1894 {CD. A.). Apamea oculea L. Although the paler varieties occur sparingly, by far the great majority of Huddersfield specimens are of the very dark brown or black forms {G.T.P.). Miana strigiiis L. "Almost equally light and dark forms at Doncaster" {H.H.C) \ now nearly all are black at Huddersfield {G.T.P.). Miana furuncula IV.V. One specimen of the variety terminalis Haw. at Doncaster in 1883 {H.H.C) ; Ever- ingham (/. Sumner) ; Hull (/. W.B.). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. z. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : NOCTU.5. 223 Celasna haworthii Curt. Blubberhouses ! {G.T.P.)\ Halifax [E. Halliday) ; Skipwith Common {CD. A.). Grammesia trilinea IV. V. Usually scarce at Doncaster, but abundant there in 1899 [H.H.C); the variety biluica Hiib. at Evering-ham (/. Sumner). Caradrina morpheus A7?/?, Glaisdale, August 1903 (T.A.L.); Ingleby Greenhow, on July 30th, 1899 (F. Elgcc). Noctua dahljl Hiib. Rotherham (/. Bloor) ; Skelmanthorpe, abundant in 1901 (P.M.); Wharncliflfe Woods ! [J.X. V.). Noctua rub! Vie^veg. Two very fine and striking yellow forms occur regularly but rarely at Askham Bogs, \'ork, Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. I.>ec 1903. SUPPLEMENT : NOCTUM. 225 to Mr. S. Walker and others. These Mr. Walker has described and named respectively /?«?'« and ochracea (see Ent. Record, 1902, pp. 171-2). Trachea piniperda Esp. Eston, Cleveland ! ! {F.E.) ; Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Kildale, Cleveland {T.A.L.) ; Skipwith Common (CD. A.). Taenlocampa leucographa IV.V. Still occurs in abund- ance at Bishop's Wood {G.T.P.); three at Saltburn in 1901 {T.A.L.). Taeniocampa opima Haw. Bishop's Wood, occasion- ally {G.T.P.); Everingham!! (/. Stimnef) ', Skipwith {C.D.A.). Taeniocampa populeti Fab. Apparently by far the most abundant of the genus in Bishop's Wood, where some nice varieties occasionally occur [G. T.P.) ; Everingham ! ! {J. Sutnner) ; Kildale, Cleveland {T.A.L.) ; Skelman- thorpe, "two specimens" {B.M.). Taeniocampa gracilis IV.V. Bishop's Wood, not un- common (G.T.P.) ; Everingham ! ! (/. Sum/ier); Edling- ton, Doncaster (L.S.B.) ; "a beautiful pink coloured form was taken at Bishop's Wood by Mr. S. Walker in 1900" (IV.I/.). Orthosla SUSpecta Hiib. Dunford Bridge! {G.T.P.) ; some seasons occurs in great profusion at Huddersfield {G.T.P); Mirfield (G.T.P); Glaisdale, Cleveland (T.A.L.) ; Skipwith (C.D.A.). Orthosla hypsllon JV. V. Apperley Bridge (/. Tordoff) ; Skipwith (CD. A.) ; Worsborough Reservoir ! ! (A. JV.). Orthosla lota L. Bishop's Wood! (G.T.P); Wheatley Wood, Doncaster ! (H.H.C.) ; Skelmanthorpe ! (B.M.) ; Skipwith (CD. A.). Anchocells rufina L. In great abundance in the South West Riding, and varies more there perhaps than in 226 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. any other part of the British Islands ; the colouring- of the specimens is exceedingly rich, and I have one, figured in Barrett's "Lepidoptera of the British Islands," of a rich golden yellow {G.T.P.). Anchocelis pistacina IV. V. Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Hull {J.W.B.); Middlesbrough {T.A.L.) ; Skipwith {C.D.A.). Anchocelis lunosa Haw. New Park Spring- Wood, Cud- worth, two at sugar, Sept. 14th, 1901 {A.W.); Doncaster in 1891 {H.H.C.); Maltby Wood {L.S.B.) ; Middles- brough {T.A.L.). Cerastls spadicea IV. V. Edlington Wood, Doncaster (L.S.B.); Everingham!! (/. Sionner); Hull (/. Por/er); Skelmanthorpe, one in 1901 (B.AI.) ; Skipwith, "swarm- ing at sugar, one night over seventy on two small trees " (CD. A., Nat., March 1885, pp. 83 and 90). Xanthia citrago Z. Hayburn Wyke {G.T.P.); Ingleby, Cleveland [W.S.) ; Rotherham (/.A'. I'.). Xanthia aurago IV. V. This species, formerly a great rarity in the county, appears to be getting commoner, and extending its rang^e. Barnsley in 1903 {A.W.) \ one at Doncaster in 1893 [H./I.C.) ; fourteen speci- mens at Rotherham, Sept. 30th to Oct. 8th, 1893 {/. Bloor and/. Brooks) ; Sheffield, Oct. 22nd, 1887 (.4. E. Hall) ; Skelmanthorpe, near Huddersfield, several in a beech wood in 1900, and two in Deffer Wood, Sept. 28th, 1901 {B.M.). Xanthia gilvago Esp. Castle Howard {G.C.D.) ; Evering- ham ! [J. Simmer) ; Scarborough in 1900 (T. JV. Lowus- horough) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). Cirraedla xerampelina Hub. This is another species which has been taken in abundance of late years, owing no doubt to the discovery of better ways to find it both as larva and imago. The variety unicolor Gn. too is of Trans. Y.N. II. Series D, Vol. 2. Der. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : NOCTU.^. 227 frequent occurrence, and is probably to be found wher- ever the species is taken freely. Everingham ! ! (/. Sicmner) ; Grassington {F. Emsley) ; Anlaby, Hull ! in- cluding a few of the var. unicolor (^W. H. and/. Porter); Ledsham {F. Emsley); Middlesbrough {T.A.L.); Ripon, including the var. unicolor {T. Meldrum) ; Skipwith, in- cluding the var. Huicolor{C.D.A.); Glaisdale! ! (T.^.Z.) ; Great Ayton ! ! (T.A.L.) ; Ormesby {T.A.L.). Tethea subtusa IV.V. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster [G.T.P.)', Sheffield {E. A. Cockayne). Euperia fulvago If. r. = paleacea Esp. Another species which is rapidly extending its range and becoming more abundant. Thirty years ago, in Britain almost confined to Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire ; in August and September 1880, towards thirty were taken in Wadworth Wood, Doncaster, by Mr. J. N. Young and his friends. In 1881 it occurred in Edlington Wood, Doncaster, to Mr. John Harrison ; and in the same year Mr. A. E. Hall recorded it as common in a wood about a mile from Sheffield ; and in subsequent years Mr. H. H. Corbett found it in abundance in Wheatley Wood, Doncaster. By 1900 it had extended its range to Deffer Wood, Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, where Mr. B. Morley took two in September ; and in the following year (1901) Mr. Morley recorded twenty specimens in the same wood. Four at Sandburn, York, 1903 {S. Walker). Cosmia trapezina Z. This is another species which varies exceedingly in the South West Riding, and by careful selection many pretty forms are to be got. I have one, figured in Barrett's "Lepidoptera of the British Islands," taken at sugar in Honley Wood, Huddersfield, by Mr. W. Tunstall, in which the broad central band is uni- formly dark olive-green. Cosmia diffinisZ. Doncaster in 1891 {A. Paterson). 228 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Cosmia affinis L. Doncaster in 1891 {A. Patcrson) ; Evering-ham ! ! (/. Sianner) ; Hilton {T.A.L.); Methley {/. Wight) ; Skelmanthorpe, Huddersfield, "one speci- men" {B.M.) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). Dianthaeciacappophaga-Sfjr/^. Skelmanthorpe, Hudders- field, bred in 1891 {B.M.). Dianthsecia cucubali U\]'. Skelmanthorpe! {B.M.)\ Keig-hley {A.B.); Kildale (T.J.Z.) ; Saltaire (/.^.) ; Skipwith {C.D.A.). Hecatera serena W. V. Several additional localities are recorded for this pretty species. Doncaster, single specimens in different years [H.H.C.) ; Drewton Dale in 1893 {W. Johnson) ; Hull in 1897 and 1900 (/. Porter). Polia chi L. Another species which varies greatly in the Huddersfield district, and where it shows a strong melanic tendency. The darkest form, of an almost uniform dark olive-lead colour, was first found near Lockwood in 1890 by Mr. S. L. Mosley, since which time I have taken it repeatedly on the walls close to my house in the Meltham district, but it does not yet seem to be recorded from any other locality ; with it the variety snffusa Robson (first described from Bradford specimens, where the form is also common), the variety oUvacea Steph., and other forms occur {G.T.P.). Mr. Cockayne records the var, olivacea from Sheffield ; but Mr. Corbett says that a dark form is hardly ever seen at Doncaster. Polia flaVocinctaZ. Doncaster in 1891 {H.H.C.); Ever- ingham ! ! (/. Simmer); Middlesbrough (T.A.L.); Pock- lington {W.H.); Skipwith! {CD. A.); Great Ayton ! ! {F.A.). Dasy polia tern pi i Thwib. Mr. E. Halliday takes this species abundantly at gas lamps around Halifax. Trans. Y.N.U. Series D. Vol. z. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : NOCTURE. 229 Epunda lutuienta U'.l\ Middlesbrough, not uncommon in iSgg and 1900 {T.A.L.). Epunda vi mi nails /y/(5». Edlington and Wadworth Woods, Doncaster!! (G.T.P.) ; Great Ayton {JV.S.) ; Ingleby Greenhow {F.E.). Epunda llchenea Hiib. Still common at Scarborough {John Braim). MIsella oxyacanthse L. The type and var. capucina Mill, in about equal numbers at Doncaster {H.H.C.). Agrlopis aprilina L. Bishop's Wood {G.T.P.) ; Evering- ham ! ! ( /. Siirnner) ; Ingleby Greenhow {F.E.) ; Skel- manthorpe ! {B.M.). Huddersfield specimens are very dark green, and usually strongly banded with black (G. T.P.). Euplexia lucipara L. Of this most constant species, Mr. Corbett took a specimen in Wheatley Wood, Don- caster, in 1900, in which the usual pale band parallel to the hind margin was almost obsolete. Aplecta hepblda IV. V. Bishop's Wood {F. E»islev); Castle Howard {G.T.P.); Drewton Dale {J.R.L.); Evering- ham ! {J. Sumner) \ Ingleby Greenhow {F.E.); Loftus- in-Cleveland {W.S.). Some of Mr. Corbett's Doncaster varieties are figured in Barrett's " Lepidoptera of the British Islands." Aplecta occulta Z. Doncaster, July i8th, 1897 {H.H.C.)\ Everingham, not uncommon in 1897 {J. Sumner) ; Middlesbrough, several in 1900 {T.A.L.) ; Redcar (/. Belk) ; Skipwith in 1897 {CD. A.) ; WharnclifFe in August 1897 {J.H.). Mr. W. Hewett says the Evering- ham specimens are very dark, but I believe that applies to Yorkshire specimens generally. Aplecta nebulosa Tr. Harrogate (B.B.T.); Skelman- thorpe ! {B.M.). A very dark smoky form, approaching variety robsoni Collins, occurs in the South West Riding. 230 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Aplecta tincta Bork. A specimen recorded by Mr. S. L. Mosley as taken drying- its wings in Greenhead Park, Huddersfield, in 1887, was possibly introduced in the larva state with herbage from a distance. Hadena protea W.V. On October 26th, 1900, Mr. F. R. Atkinson showed me a very extraordinary, almost black specimen, which he had recently taken at Glaisdale, Cleveland [G.T.P.) ; Eston, Ingleby, and Middlesbrough i-F.E.); Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner); Harewood {F. Emsley)\ Escrick Park, Selby {C.D.A.)\ Skelmanthorpe {B.M.). Hadena glauca Kleem. Several localities in Cleveland {T.A.L.); Harrogate (B.B.T.) ; Helmsley Moor [F. Emsley) ; common at Bill's-o'-Jack's, and Harden Moss, Huddersfield {G.T.P.) ; Ingleby Greenhow {F.E.) ; Skip- with Common {CD. A.). Hadena dentina IV. V. South West Riding specimens are very dark {G.T.P.). Hadena suasa W.V. Doncaster {H.H.C.)\ Horsforth {W.M.) ; Hull ! ! [W.J.P.) ; Methley (/. Wigin) ; Skip- with, six in 1897 {C.D.A.). Hadena contigua W. V. Wadworth Wood, Doncaster, in 1888 {J.N. K), makes a second county locality. Xylocampa lithoriza Bork. Carlton, Cleveland {F.E.) ; Everingham ! ! (/. Stmiyier) ; Kilton Woods, Cleveland {W.S.). Cloantha SOlidaginis Hi'ib. Another species which seems to have become quite abundant in recent years, especially on the moorlands around Huddersfield {G.T.P.), Dun- ford Bridge {G.T.P.), Wilsden, Bingley {E.P.P.B.), Sheffield {L.S.B.), and probably in the West Riding generally. The specimens too are exceptionally dark. Other localities are Ilkley {T. Fieldhouse); Middlesbrough! Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 3. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : NOCTU.^. 23 1 (T.A.L.); Pickering! (/. Braim); and Mr. S. Walker records another at Askham Bogs, York, thus confirming the former record for this apparently unlikely locality. Calocampa vetusta Hub. Barnsley in 1903 {A.W.)\ one at Wheatley Wood, Doncaster, in 1895 {H.H.C.); Middlesbrough in 1899 {IV.S.); Skipwith (C.Z>.^.). Calocampa exoleta L. Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner); Middlesbrough {W.S.). Cucullia venbasci L. Doncaster!! [H.H.C.]', Evering- ham!! {J. Sjimner); Wu\\\ [J.IV.B.); Skipwith in 1903 {C.D.A.); Sledmere(ar.P.). Cucullia chamomillse IV. V. Great Ayton, May 31st, 1902 (T.A.L.) ; Pilmoor, 1901 {F. Efnsley) ; Skipwith {C.D.A.); Thorne, in 1885 {G.T.P.). Cucullia umbraticaZ. Castle Howard! {G.T.P.) \ Don- caster {H.H.C.); Everingham!! (/. Sumner); Ingleby Greenhow {F.E.) ; Methley (/. Wigin). * Heliothis peitigera TV. V. On September 6th, 1885, Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, then of Leeds, found a specimen of this species (which he kindly presented to myself) at rest on the Kilnsea beacon, which stands at the extreme seaward edge of the sandhills at Spurn. So far as we know, this still remains the only county example. Hellodes arbuti Fab. Wadworth, Doncaster, "swarmed" {L.S.B.); Great Ayton {T.A.L.); Scarborough (7?, Zf.^.). * Erastria fuscula IV.V. Mr. W. E. Brady of Barnsley records (Nat., 1885, p. 206) the capture of two specimens at Wharncliffe about 1871 or 1872 by Mr. Henry Willits of Sheffield ; but notwithstanding Mr. Brady's evident faith in the record, I cannot help thinking there must have been some error, probably of memory, on Mr. Willits' part ; and until we have further evidence it will be best not to regard the species as a Yorkshire insect. 232 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Brephos parthenias Z. New Park Spring Wood, Cud- worth, April 20th, 1 90 1 {A. IV.). AbPOstola tPiplasia L. Doncaster {//.//. C.) ; Everingham ! {J.Stimner); Hull (/. Porter); Pateley Bridge (G.T.P.); Skipwith (CD. A.). Plusia festucse L. One at Doncaster in 1891 {A. Paterson) ; Middlesbrough in 1900 [T.A.L.) ; Skipwith in 1897 (CD. A.). Plusia bractea W. V. Mr. H. H. Corbett records a speci- men as taken by Mr. E. B. Tonkinson at flowers of clematis at Doncaster on August 15th, 1902 (Nat., April 1903, p. 129). The species was exceptionally abundant in its known localities outside our county that year. Plusia interrogation is Hiib. Great Ayton and Eston Hills, Cleveland (r./i.Z.); Ilkley (C.^".) ; Ingleby Green- how, not uncommon {F.E.) ; Keighley in 1900 [F.B.) ; Scarborough Moors ! ! {J.H.R.) ; Glaisdale ! ! {F.A.). Gonoptera libatrix L. Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner). Mania typica Z. Mr. Wilmot Tunstall bred a very extra- ordinary and beautiful variety in 1894 from a larva found near Healey House, Huddersfield. The specimen has a large pink V-shaped mark across each wing. Mr. Tunstall kindly gave me the specimen, and it is figured in Barrett's " Lepidoptera of the British Islands." Mania maura Z. South West Riding examples are usually very black, but Mr. B. Morley takes near Skelmanthorpe, where the species is very abundant, an occasional speci- men with the pale parts bright glossy yellow ; one ot these from my own cabinet is figured in Barrett's " Lepi- doptera of the British Islands." Stilbia anomala //mv. Great Ayton, 1903 (T.A.L.) ; Ingleby Greenhow, July 1900 (T.A.L.) ; Mr. J. Bean- Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : DELTOIDES AND PYRALIDES, 233 land takes this species commonly near Saltaire, and has sent me specimens from that locality. Previously its inclusion in the county list rested on a single specimen taken at Bradford by Mr. J. W. Carter. Catocala fpaxini L. An example in the Spa grounds at Scarborough on October 3rd, 1896 {J.H.R., Nat., Dec. 1896, p. 254) makes the fifth county specimen of this rare species. It maybe as well to record here, too, that the Stoneycliffe Wood specimen (see first list) is now in the late Mr. Nicholas Cooke's collection in the Liverpool Museum. Euclidia mi L. Drewton Dale! {J.R.L.); Everingham ! ! ( /, Sumner) ; Great Ay ton {F.E.) ; Strensall, York ! ! in 1 90 1 and 1902 [F. Eiiisley). Euclidia glyphica L. Tadcaster (B.B.T.); Strensall, York ! ! in 1901 and 1902 [F. Enisle}'). Phytometra senea W.V. Great Ayton [\V.S.)\ Aniaby, Hull (/. Porter) ; Levisham ! (Nat., July 1895, p. 207) ; Skipwith Common (CD. A.). DELTOIDES. Herminia tarsipennalis 7>. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster ! {H.I/.C.) ; Holly Carrs, Skipwith {CD. A.). Herminia gr-isealis JV.V. Everingham !(/. ^//wz/t'/-). PYRALIDES. Pyralis fimbrialis W.V. Doncaster, July 5th, 1S99 {H.II.C, Nat., Oct. 1899, p. 298). Pyralis glaucinalis Z. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster {H.H.C.); Everingham! {J. Sumner); Skipwith (C.Z)..'^.). (Cledeobia angustalis W. V. I think the record of this insect in former list had better be deleted ; it is a most unlikely species for the county). 234 porritt: list of Yorkshire lepidoptera. Pyrausta punicealis rr. r. Grass'ington {G.T.P.). Pyrausta puppupalis Z. Everingham ! (/. Sumner); Harrogate [B.B.T.) ; Skipwith [CD. A.). Pypausta ostv\Y\2i\\s Hiib. Malham [J.W.C); Skipwith {C.D.A.). Herbula cespitalis W.V. Everingham (/. Sumner) ; Lind- rick Common, Kiveton Park!! {G.T.P.); Skipwith {C.D.A.). Ennychia cingulalis L. Doncaster in 1894 [H.H.C); Rievaulx, near Helmsley ! ! [J.W.C, Nat., Oct. 1885, P- 347)- Ennychia octomaculalis L. Everingham! (/. Sumner); Grassington ! (G.T.P.). (Stenia punctalis JV.V. This species had better be deleted from the first list). Cataclysta lemnalis Z. Barnsley {J.H.) ; Sandal Brick Fields, Doncaster! ! {H.H.C.). Paraponyx stratiotalis Z. Everingham!! (/. Sumner); Skipwith [CD. A.). Hydrocampa nymphsealis Z. Barnsley {/.//.); Ever- ingham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Skipwith [CD. A.). A melanic form in which the white parts of the wings are almost, in some cases quite, obliterated, is abundant at Frizing- hall, Bradford {/AV.C), and at Huddersfield (G.T.P.). Hydpocampa stagnalis Don. Pilmoor [F. Ems/cy) ; Skip- with {C.D.A.). AcentPopus niveus 01. Mr. John Harrison takes this peculiar species in abundance near Barnsley. Previously we had only a very old county record of its occurrence near York. Botys fuscalis W.V. Dodworth Wood, near Barnsley (H.H.C.) ; Everingham! (/. Sumner). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D. Vol. 2. Dec. 1903 SUPPLEMENT : PYRALIDES. 235 Ebulea crocealis 7>. Askern (G.T.P.); Evering-ham ! ! (/, Sumner) ; Scarcroft in 1902 (F. Emsley). (Ebulea verbascalis W.V. Another species which had better be deleted from the old list). Ebulea sambucalis W.V. Evering-ham! (/. Sumner). * Spilodes palealls W.V. In July 1886, Mr. Joseph T. Sewell sent me for determination a considerable number of lepidoptera taken by himself near Whitby, amongst which was a specimen of this species. Mr. Sewell informed me that Mr. Lister of Whitby also possessed specimens taken in the same district. Scopula fenrugalis Hiib. Huddersfield in August 1888 {G.T.P.) ; Middlesbrough {T.A.L.). Stenoptepyx hybridalis Hiib. Blubberhouses {Lord Walsinghani) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). Scopula conspicualis //6>rt'^^. = ulmella Z>«/f. " In great abundance on one particular tree in Bingley Wood. I counted last year (igoi) as many as from fifteen to twenty on the trunk of this tree at one time " {E.P.P.B. in litt., Feb. 7th, 1902). Scoparia cembrae Haw. The variety scotica White, occurs at Bingley {E.P.P.B.). * Scoparia ingratalis Gn. I took several of this insect in a rough field beyond and adjoining Pennyspring Wood, Huddersfield, on June 26th, 1888. It is however now generally, and I think rightly, regarded as a variety oi S. pyralalis W.V. Scoparia munalls Gn. Grassington ! {G.T.P.) ; Horton- in-Ribblesdale ! ! {G.T.P.) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). Scoparia mercu rails L. Doncaster {H.H.C) ; Evering- ham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). I used to get an exceptionally dark form about old ivy in my garden at Crosland Hall, Huddersfield {G.T.P.). 236 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Scoparia crataegalis Hub. Skipwith {CD. A.). Scoparia truncicolalis Sfn. Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Skipwith {C.D.A.). Scoparia coarctalis Z^'//. =angustalis Cur/. Abounds on the mossy outside of the cemetery wall at Huddersfield (G.T.P.) ; Wheatley, Doncaster ! ! {H.H.C.) ; Middles- brough {T.A.L.). CRAMBITES. Crambus pratellus L. "The Blubberhouses specimens are nearly as dark as the Unst form " {Lord Wahingham). '^Crambus sylvellus //«d. = ad I pel I us 7>. The Rev. C. D. Ash informs me he takes this species on Skipwith Common. Crambus hamellus Thunb. Thome Waste in 1895 {H.H.C.). Only previously recorded from Scarborough. Crambus pascuellus L. Skipwith Common {CD. A.). Crambus margaritellus Hub. Harrogate (5.^. r.). * Crambus uliginosellus Zell. Skipwith Common, near Selby, in 1895 {CD. A., Nat., March 1896, p. 88). Mr. Ash informs me that the determination is quite correct. Crambus perlellus Scop. Everingham ! ! (/. Stunner). Crambus warringtonellus Zell. A specimen at Knaves- mire, York, June 1893 {G.CD.). Crambus inquinatellus W.V. Barnsley {J.H.)\ Ros- sington, Doncaster!! {H.H.C) ; Huddersfield (G. T./^.). Chilo phragmitellus Hub. Skipwith {CD.A.). Schoenobius forficellus Thunb. Everingham (/. Sumner) ; Skipwith Common {CD.A.). * Ephestia kuhniella Zell. Doncaster {H.H.C and G.T.P., Nat., Feb. 1899, p. 51) ; Skipwith, a specimen Trans. V.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. Ucc. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : CRAMBITES AND TORTRICES. 237 in November 1898 {CD. A.). I had a series from the late Mr. G. C. Dennis, which, I beUeve, was tai. Barnsley (/.i¥.) ; Everingham! (/. Sumner); Saltburn {G.T.P.); Skipwith (C.D.A.). Tortrix costana JF. V. Barnsley {/.//.) ; Middlesbrough (T.A.L.). Tortrix viburnana JV.V. Dunford Bridge {J.H.). Tortrix icterana iv-oV. Grassington ! {G.T.P.). Tortrix adjunctana T/-. =forsteran a /)«/>. ? Barnsley i/.B^.); Doncaster!! {H.H.C.); Everingham! (/. Stunner) ; Skipwith {C.D.A.). Tortrix branderiana L. Mr. Corbett records this local species as abundant at Wadworth Wood, Doncaster, where he says "the larvae roll the leaves of aspen like cigarettes." Amphysa gerningana W.V. Blackhills, Bingley ! {E.P.P.B.); Skipwith Common {C.D.A.). Annphysa walkerana C«M = prodromana Hiib. Don- caster in 189 1 {H.H.C.). Leptogramma iiterana L. Everingham! {J.Sumner); Harrogate {B.B.T.); Kildale {T.A.L.). Peronea sponsana Fah. Barnsley {J-H.) ; Castle Howard {G.T.P.); Everingham! {J. Sumner). Peronea nnixtana Hiib. Harden Moor, Bingley {E.P.P.B.); Everingham! (/. Sumner); Skipwith Common {C.D.A.). Trans. V.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : TORTRICES. 239 Peponea schalleriana L. Mr. W. Farren took the variety laiifasciana Haw. at Scarboroug-h, in September 1891. Peronea comparana Hub. Barnsley [J.H.) ; Castle Howard {G.T.P.) ; Saltaire {E.P.P.B.) ; Saltbum {G.T.P.); Sc?^rhorov\gh {U\ Farren); Skipwith {C.D.A.). Peronea caledoniana Beuf. Abounds apparently on all the South-West Yorkshire moors [G.T.P.). Peronea variegana W. V. Mr. W. Farren found the variety cirrana Curt, abundant at Scarborough {E.M.M.y Vol. 28, p. 87). Peronea hastiana L. Morton, Bingley {E.P.P.B.) ; Skipwith Common {CD. A.). ■■' Peronea inaccana 7>. Mr. T. A. Lofthouse found this species at Middlesbrough. Peronea ferrugana U\]\ Huddersfield ! ! {G.T.P.). Peronea aspersana //iib. Bingley ! {E.P.P.B.). Teras caudana Fab. Barnsley {J.H.) ; Castle Howard {G.T.P.) ; Everingham ! ! {J. Suvmer). Dltula semifasciana Haiv. Skipwith {CD. A.). Penthina betulaetana Haiv. Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bingley {E.P.P.B.) ; Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Skipwith Common {CD. A.). Penthina praelongana Gn. Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bingley! {E.P.P.B.); Everingham!! {J. Sumner) ; Wharnclifte Woods {G.T.P.). * Penthina ochroleucana Hiib. Skipwith {CD. A.). Penthina ochromelana G;/. =dimidiana TreiL Near Rombalds Moor, Bingley ! {E.P.P.B.); Huddersfield!! {G.T.P.) ; larvtE abundant in spun-up leaves of Myrica ^.//c at Thorne Waste {H.H.C); Wakefield! {G.T.P.). Q 240 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Penthina sauciana Hi'ib. Dunford Bridge!! {J.H.) ; Greenfield!! {G.T.P.); Huddersfield ! {G.T.P.). Pro- bably plentiful throughout the South West Riding wherever bilberry grows freely. Penthina marginana Zf^^-zw. Skipwith Common (CZ>..J.). Antithesia salicana Gn. Two at Wheatley Wood, Don- caster {J.H.). Spilonota lariciana Zell. Blackhills, Bingley {E.P.P.B.). Spilonota dealbana Frdl. Bingley! {E.P.P.B.). Spilonota neglectanaZ)///>. Bingley {E.P.P.B.); Evering- ham ! {/. Siimfiey). * Spilonota posaecoiana Db/. Edlington Wood, Don- caster {G.T.P.); Skipwith {CD. A.). Spilonota roborana W.V. Everingham ! ! {J. Suvvier); Skipwith {C.D.A.). Aspis udmanniana Z. Barnsley {/.H.) ; Skipwith {C.D.A.). JVIixodia schulziana Fab. Harden Moors, Bingley {E.P.P.B.) ; Greetland Moors, Halifax {D. Robinsou) ; Meltham Moors, Huddersfield {G.T.P.). (Orthotsenia antiquana Ni/b. I think the Huddersfield record is probably an error, and it had better be deleted from the first list.) Opthotaenia striana JF.V. Thome {G. P.P.) ; Skipwith {C.D.A.). Orthotaenia ericetana Ben/. Beckfoot, near Bingley, in 1884 {E.P.P.B., Nat., August 1885). Phtheochroa pugosana Niib. Skipwith {C.D.A.). Cnephasia politana //a^v. Everingham ! ! (/. Sunnier) ; Thorne Waste {H.H.C.). Sciaphila nubilana Hiib. Skipwith {C.D.A.). Trans. Y.N'.U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. igej. supplement: tortrices. 241 Sciaphila subjectana Steph. Askern {G.T.P.); Skipwith {C.D.A.). Sciaphila virgaureana Fr. Mr. John Harrison takes an extraordinary dark form at Barnsley. Sciaphila chrysantheana Dup. Evidently widely dis- tributed and common. Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bingley {E.P.P.B.); Wheatley Wood, Doncaster {H.H.C); Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Huddersfield ! {G.T.P.). ^ Sciaphila sinuana S^n. Near Bing^ley, one specimen {E.P.P.B.) ; Edlington, Doncaster ! ! "larvae in flowers of Scilla fes talis ' ' {H. B.C.). Sciaphila pascuana .?///. .^ Malham {G.T.P.); Saltburn toRedcar! {G.T.P.); Thorne (/.^.)- Sciaphila hybridana Hiib. Barnsley [J.H.) ; Hudders- field {G.T.P.). Sciaphila octomaculana Ha7v. ? Mr. John Harrison also takes an extraordinary black form of this species at Barnsley {G.T.P.) ; Bingley {E.P.P.B.). Sphaleroptera ictericana Haw. Barnsley {J.H.). Capua ochraceana Steph. Generally common. Wharn- cliffe Woods, etc. {G.T.P.). Clepsis PUSticana Tr. Askham Bogs {G.T.P.); Don- caster! {H.H.C.); Huddersfield {G.T.P.). Bactra lanceolana /f//5. Huddersfield!! {G.T.P.). No doubt common among rushes everywhere. Bactra furfurana Haw. Everingham, not uncommon {J. Sumner). Phoxoptepyx unguicanaZ. Skipwith Common (C'.Z). J.). * Phoxopteryx siculana Hiib. I found this pretty species in Askham Bogs, York, May 31st, 1890 {G.T.P.). 242 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Phoxoptepyx subarcuana Ullk. =inopnatana//.-.S'. One at Bing-le}- {E.P.P.B.) ; Skipwith Common {CD. A.). Phoxoptepyx myptillana Tr. Barnsley {J.H.). Phoxoptepyx lundana Fab. Bishop's Wood ! ! (G.T.P.) ;; Everingham!! (/. Sumner); Skipwith Common (6\Z)..4.). * Phoxoptepyx diminutana //«■«'. I took this species at Bishop's Wood, near Selby, on June 2nd, 1884 (G.T.P.). Phoxoptepyx mitteppachepiana JV.V. Bishop's Wood (G.T.P.) ; Evering-ham (/. Sicmner). Phoxoptepyx happana /2^//6. = pamana T^rJ/. = lactana Fab. Thorne {J.H.). Gpapholita pamana Z. = paykulliana Fab. Barnsley (/.H.) ; Evering-ham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Thorne [G.T.P.); Wharndiffe Woods (G.T.P.). Gpapholita nigpomaculana Jla^v. Everingham ! ! ( /. Sumner) ; Rotherham (J.H.). Gpapholita campoliliana fF. r. =subocellana Don. Barnsley (/. //.) ; Bishop's Wood (G.T.P.) ; Skipwith Common (CD. A.). Gpapholita tpimaculana Don. Saltburn to Redcar (G. T.P.). Gpapholita penklepiana W.]\ Saltburn to Redcar (G.T.P.). Gpapholita naevana Hiib. Barnsley (/•//•) ; Evering- ham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Skipwith (CD. A.). Gpapholita gem i nana Steph. Occurs in thousands on the South-West Yorkshire moors. Blubberhouses ! ! (Lord Walsingham) ; Greenfield!! (G.T.P.); Huddersfield ! ! (G.T.P.); Penistone (/.//.)• Phlceodes tetpaquetpana //aw. Askham Bogs (G.T.P.). Barnsley (/.//.) ; Skipwith (CD. A.). Trans. Y.N. I'. Series D, Vol. 3. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : TORTRICES. 243 Hypermecia cpuciana L. Barnsley {J.H.) ; Hudders- field {G.T.P.). Batodes angustiorana Haw. Evering-ham! ! (/. Sumner) ; Skipvvith {CD. A.). Poedisca bilunana Haw. Evering-ham ! ! (/. Sunvicr) ; Huddei-sfield ! ! {G.T.P.). Pcedisca ppofundana ]V. V. Eston Hill, Cleveland {T.A.L.). Poedisca ophthalmicana Hiib. Conisborough [H.H.C.) ; Rothei-ham {J.H.)\ Shipley Glen {E.P.P.B.); Thorne {G.T.P.). Poedisca occultana Dougl. Probably common in all our pine woods. Blackhills, Bingley {E.P.P.B.) ; Dunford Bridge i/.H.) ; Saltburn ! ! {G.T.P.). Poedisca semifuscana Ha^o. Edlington Wood (G.T.P.) ; Skipwith (C.D.A.) ; Otley (G.T.P.). Poedisca sordidana Hab. Barnsley {/.H.) ; Bishop's Wood, near Selby, larvae in profusion on alders, June 13th, 1887 (G.T.P.). Ephippiphopa bimaculana Don. Barnsley (J-H.) ; Wharncliflfe (G.T.P.). Ephippiphopa circiana Zcll. Bing-ley (E.P.P.B.) ; Skip- with (C.D.A.). Ephippiphopa pflugiana //«w. =scutulana W.V. Ap- parently common among thistles everywhere. Ephippiphopa bpunnichiana W.V. Barnsley (J.H.)\ Edlington Woods (G.T.P.) ; Everingham ! (/. Stunner) ; Huddersfield ! ! (G.T.P.); Shcrhurn (G.T.P.). Ephippiphopa tupbidana 7>. I found this fine species in abundance about butterbur, near to Castle Howard railway station, in June i8g6, and whenever I have been there at the right time since (G.T.P.); Greta Bridge ! (Nat., July 1892, p. 211). 244 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Ephippiphora trigeminana Steph, Evering;ham ! (/. Siimncr). * Ephippiphora tetragonana Stn. I took two perfectly fresh specimens at Castle Howard on June loth, 1897 {G.T.P.) ; and Mr. John Harrison has since reported it from Barnsley. Ephippiphora ephippana ////<5'. = popLilana Tv/Z*. Skip- with {C.D.A.). Olindla ulmana Iinb. Saltburn {G.T.P.). * Semasia janthinana D/tp. Mr. Corbett records this species from Doncaster in 1889 or 1890. Semasia rufiiJana Zc//. Carlton-ln-Cleveland {T.A.L.) ; Skipwith {C.n.A.). Semasia woeberana Sch?[f. Huddersfield ! (G.T.P.); Doncaster! {H.H.C.). * Coccyx cosmophopana Tr. Two specimens taken on Skipwith Common, May 30th, 1903, by the Rev. C. D. Ash. Coccyx spiendidulana G?i. Evering-ham ! ! (/. Sjnnner). Coccyx argyrana Hub. Probably abundant everywhere. Barnsley (/.^.) ; Elland ! ! [G.T.P.); Everingham ! (y. Sumner) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). Coccyx hyrciniana f/5-/«r. =t8edana Clcrck. Evering:- ham ! [J. Sumner). Coccyx distinctana Bent. One at Barden-in-Wharfedale in 1900 {E.P.P.B.). Coccyx .ustomaculana Curt. Bing^ley Wood (^. /'./'. j5.). * Coccyx nanana Tr. The Rev. C. D. Ash found this species at Sledmere on July 3rd, 1901. Coccyx vacciniana Fisch. Bing^ley ! {E.P.P.B.). Heusimene fimbriana Steph. Doncaster (//;//. r.). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMEKT : TORTRICES. 245 Pamplusia monticolana Mann. Harden Moor, Bingley (E.P.P.B.) ; Greetland Moors, Halifax, in July 1893 {Dan Robinson, Nat., May 1894, p. 158). Retinia buoliana W.V. Skipwith Common (CZ).^.). Ret! n la pinlcolana Dbl. Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Skipwith [C.D.A^j. * Retinia turionana Hub. Taken at Skipwith Common by the Rev. C. D. Ash. Retinia pinivorana Zell. Bingley ! {E.P.P.B.) ; Hudders- field {G.T.P.) ; Skipwith Common {CD. A}). (Retinia resinana L. Mr. B. Blaydes Thompson points out that this record in the old list was probably an error, and I agree with him). Carpocapsa pomonana L. Barnsley {J.H.) ; Doncaster {H.H.C.) ; Everingham {J. Sumner) ; Huddersfield {G.T.P.) ; Ingleby Greenhow ! ! {F.E.). Stigmonota internana On. Skipwith {CD. A.). Stigmonota regiana Zell. Bingley {E.P.P.B.) ; Ever- ingham ! {J. Sumner) ; Crosland Hall, Huddersfield, in 1897 {G.T.P.). DicPorampha plumbana Scop. Bingley {E.P.P.B.) ; Grass- ington {G.T.P.) ; Huddersfield {G.T.P.). * Dicrorampha saturnana Gn. I found this species in the greatest profusion among tansy for a considerable distance along the banks of the Wharfe at Tadcaster, on the occasion of the Y.N.U.'s excursion there on June 10th, 1899. I was so surprised at the abundance of a day-flying and so distinct a species being hitherto un- recorded for the county, that I submitted specimens to Mr. C. G. Barrett, who at once confirmed my determination. 246 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. * Dicporampha acuminatana Zell. Mr. W. Hewett sent me this species to name, as taken by Mr. J. Sumner at Evering-ham, in 1897. DicPOPampha hepbosana Banrtt. Barnsley {J.H-) ; Blubberhouses ! ! {Lord Walsing/uuii) ; Huddersfield, not uncommon {G.T.P.). Catoptpja scopoliana Haiv. = hohenwapthiana G>/. Scarborough (G.T.P.). CatoptPJa expallidana /law. In addition to my own capture at Huddersfield, I afterwards found a specimen among the late Mr. George Liversedge's micro-lepidop- tera (see Nat., March 1S86, p. 66). * Lobesia sepvi liana Di/p. Taken by Mr. T. Wilson, in May, 1884, among sallows in x'Xskham Bogs (see Nat., March 1885, p. 174). Eupoecilia nana //aw. Barnsley {/.//.); Bingley ! ! {E.P.P.B.). * Eupoecilia dubitana //I'/b. Mr. S. L. Mosley found this species in abundance on the fence at the bottom of Beaumont Park, Huddersfield, in June 1884, and in the following year I saw it in profusion at the same place. Mr. John Harrison has since found it at Barnsley. Eupoecilia atpicapitana S/ep/i. Bingley {E.P.P.B.) ; Everingham {J. Siimucr). Eupcecllla maculosana //a^v. Barnsley {/.//.) ; Bingley ! {E.P.P.B.). Eupoecilia hybpidellana ////Z*. =capduana Zc/L Holly Carrs, Skipwith {CD. A., Nat., 1895, p. 92). Eupoecilia angustana //Ub. Harden Moor, and Black- hills, Bingley! {E.P.P.B.). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : TORTRICES AND TINE.E. 247 * Eupoecilia vectisana Jf'csf^v. Mr. H. H. Corbett made this very interesting- addition to our list, by finding it in some numbers on marshy ground at Rushy Moor, Askern, in July 1897 (Nat., August 1897, p. 242). Eupoecilia ciliana ///ib. B'mgley {E.P.P.B.). Xanthosetia hamana Z. Saltburn (/.//.) ; Skipwith (C.D.A.). Apgyrolepia baumanniana IV. V. =haptmannlana Clerck. Askham Bogs ! May 31st, 1890 {G.T.P.) ; Everingham ! ! (y. SiDiiuer). Apgypolepla badiana Hi'ib. Bingley {E.P.P.B.); Edlington {/.//.) ; Everingham ! (/. Sunnier). Apgyrolepia cnicana Dbl. Probably common among thistles everywhere. Doncaster ! (//.Z^. C) ; Huddersfield {G.T.P.) ; Skipwith Common {CD. A.). Conchylis stpamineana Haw. Barnsley {J.H.). (Conchy lis gigantana Gu. Another species which had better be deleted from the first list). ToPtPicodes hyemana Hiih. Barnsley {J.H.) ; Hudder- field {G.T.P.). TLYEyE. Lemnatophila phpyganeila Hi'ib. Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bishop's Wood {G.T.P.); Doncaster ! ! {H.H.C.) ; Everingham ! ! (/. Snnntci') ; Huddersfield ! {G.T.P.). ; Skipwith! ! {CD. A.). Lemnatophila salicella Hi/b. One in Wheatley Wood, Doncaster, in 1894 {H.H.C). Exapate gelatella L. Bred freely from larva? found in profusion on bilberry at Dunford Bridge in 1887 {/.H.) ; Everingham (/. Sumner) ; Skipwith Common {CD. A.'). 248 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Diurnea fagella JV.V. Now nearly all are black at Huddersfield (G.T.P.) ; "mostly dark at Doncaster"^ {//./I.e.). Talsepopia pseudo-bombycelia Or//. Skipwith (CZ)..4.). * Psyche opacella U.S. In the autumn of 1900, Mr. George Rose brought me for examination a large Psyche case which he had found sticking to a tree trunk in Dunford Bridge Wood. Mr. C. G. Barrett determined it as P. opacella. Psyche poboricolella ^A = intennediella Brd. Don- caster! {H.H.C.)\ Huddersfield!! (G.T.P.). Solenobia inconspicuella Sl/i. Wheatley Wood, Don- caster (^./T.C). Ochsenheimeria birdella Carl. Wheatley, Doncaster (I/.I/.C.). Scardia emoptuella Zt//. =corticella Curl. West Beckfield, near Cottingley ! ! (E.P.P.B.) ; Edlington Wood {G.T.P.); Everingham ! (/. Samner) ; Skipwith (C.n.A.). Scapdia arcella Fab. Bingley {E.P.P.B., Nat., August 1885, p. 292). Tinea fuivimitpella Sodoff. I found this striking species in abundance on dead but still standing tree trunks in WharnclifFe Woods, on June 20th, 1888 {G.T.P.); Castle Howard {G.T.P.) ; Everingham ! {/. Sumner). Tinea fuscipunctella /A^Tf. Doncaster {H.H.C.). Tinea semifulvella Hcnc. Everingham ! (/. Sumner) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). Tinea bistpigella Haiv. Skipwith Common {CD. A.). Lampronia luzella Hub. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster {H.H.C). Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : TINE.^. 249 Lampronia prselatelia ^r: r. Wilsden, B\ng\ey (E.P.P.B.)-^ Grassington {E.P.P.B.). Lampronia rubiella Bjrok. Everingham ! I (/. Sumner) ;. Halifax!! (^. HctlUda\^; Huddersfield ! {G.T.P.) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). Micropteryx calthella L. Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner). Micropteryx seppella Fah. Apparently very common and generally distributed [G.T.P.]. Mlcpopteryx puppurella Sfeph. Doncaster ! ! {H.H.C.). Generally common. Micropteryx semipurpupella6'/t'/)/^ Doncaster !!(//.//. r.); Huddersfield {G.T.P.); Skipwith {C.D.A.). Probably common everywhere. Micropteryx unimaculeila Zt//. Doncaster!! {//.//.C); Skipwith {CD. A.). Micropteryx sparmaneila Bosc. Wheatley Wood, Don- caster [H.H.C). Micropteryx subpurpurella HaiiK Another very abun- dant species. Coxwold ! ! {G.T.P.) \ Everingham ! ! {J. Sumner). Nemophora metaxella Hiib. Holly Carrs, Skipwith {CD. A., Nat. 1895, p. 92). Adela fibulella W.V. Skipwith {CD. A.). Adela sulzella IF. F. =croesella ^'r^i;^. Everingham ! (/. Su}7iner). Adela degeerella Z. Everingham!! (/. ^//w;/<7') ; Kildale {T.A.L.); Holly Carrs, Skipwith {CD. A.). * Nemotois fasciellus Fab. Medge Hall, near Thorne, August 4th, 1902 {H.H.C). An interesting addition to our list. Swammerdamia comptella Hiib. = apicella Don. ? Boroughbridge {G.T.P.) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). 250 POKRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Swammepdamia cassiella Hi'ih. Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner). Swammerdamia gpiseocapitella Stn. Doncaster ! [H.H.C.) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). Swammepdamia pypella Vill. Probably abundant everywhere. Boroug-hbridg-e {G.T.P.) ; Huddersfield {G.T.P.); Wakefield {G.T.P.). Yponomeuta cognatella Hub. Edlington, Doncaster [G.T.P.) . Yponomeuta evonymella Z. = padi Zcll. Huddersfield {G.T.P.). Plutella xylostella Z. =cpucifepella Zell. The variety rustica occurs at Huddersfield, and probably along with the type everywhere else. Plutella poppectella Z. Wilsden, Bingley ! (Z'.P./'.i?.) ; Everingham !! (/. Snvincr) ; Huddersfield {G.T.P.); Skipwith {CD. A.). Hypolepia sequella Z. Edlington! {H.H.C) \ Elland {G.T.P.); Harrogate {B.B.T.); Loftus-in-Cleveland (T.A.L.) ; Mirfield {G.T.P.). Hypolepia costella luib. Skipwith Common (CD. A.). Happiptepyx scabpella Z. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster {H.H.C); Everingham!! (/. Sufnner) ; Skipwith {C.D.A.). Happiptepyx nemopella Z. Saltburn ! {G.T.P.); Skip- with {CD. A.). Opthotselia spapganella TJuinb. Barnsley {J-H.) ; Huddersfield! {G.T.P.). Phibalocepa quepcella Fab. Askern {G.T.P.) ; Bingley {E.P.P.B.) ; Everingham ! ! (/. Siwnic?-) ; Hudders- field ! ! {G.T.P.); Saltburn {G.T.P.). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. supplement: tin-e.-e. 251 Exaeretia allisella S/u. Skipwith {CD. A.), makes a second locality for this interesting- species, which was originally named after its discoverer, the late Mr. T. H- Allis, of York. Depressaria umbellella S/cph. Skipwith [CD. A.). Depressapia assimilella Tr. Doncaster ! [H.H.C.) - Saltburn {G.T.P.). Deppessaria arenella U\V. Evering-ham!! {J. Su>uiic));. Skipwith {CD. A.). Depressaria ppopinquella Tr. Thorne (G.T.P.). Depressaria alstroemepiella Z. Doncaster! {H.H.C)- Everingham ! ! ( /. Sumner) ; Skipwith {CD. A.) ; Thorne! {G.T.P.). Depressaria hyperlcella Hub. Saltburn!! {G.T.P.). Depressaria angelicella Hub. Doncaster! {H.H.C) % Saltburn!! {G.T.P.). Depressaria ocellella Fab. Hayburn Wyke ! {G.T.P.). Depressaria albipunctella i^//^. Huddersfield {G.T.P.). Depressaria pulcherrimella Sfn. Blubberhouses [Lord U\ilsingham) ; Castle Howard {G.T.P.); Everingham! {/. Sumner). Depressaria douglasella S/n. I took several at Saltburn in August 1886 {G.T.P.). Depressaria chserophyliivorellaZ>Z'/. Skipwith [CD. A.). * Depressaria weirelia Shi. I found this species com- monly on tansy flowers after dark at Saltburn in August 1886 {G.T.P.); York, August 1887 {G.T.P.). Depressaria badielia Hub. Huddersfield, several in 1887 {G.T.P.). Gelechia rufescentella Ha^v. Saltburn! {G.T.P.). 252 PORKITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. //^/. =expolitella D.L. This local species abounds in the wood and moorland hillside over- hanging- Greenfield railway station {G.T.P.) ; Hudders- field {G.T.P.) ; Saltburn {G.T.P.). Gelechia viscaniella Logan. " Larvae abundant in shoots of Lychnis diitrna in many places near Doncaster " {H.H.C). ^Gelechia tetragonella Sfn. Brought forward as a species new to Britain in the Ent. Mo. Mag. of October 1895, p. 99, from specimens taken by Mr. John Sang, in salt marshes near Redcar, the previous July. Mr. Sang had taken three specimens in 188 1, but no more until 1885. Gelechia confinella Sfn. Horton-in-Ribblesdale ! larvae in moss on walls in company with those of Scoparici mural is {G.T.P.). Gelechia pmximella Hiib. Huddersfield ! ! {G.T.P.) \ Wharncliflfe Woods ! ! {G.T.P.). Probably abundant everywhere. Gelechia vulgella Hiib. Skipwith {CD. A.). Gelechia luculella Hi'tb. A pretty species. Huddersfield ! ! {G.T.P.) ; Wharncliff"e Woods ! ! {G.T.P.). Gelechia fugitlvella Zell. Skipwith {CD. A.). Gelechia maculella Haiv. Saltburn ! ! {G.T.P.) ; Skipwith {C D.A.). Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : TINE.E. 253 Gelechia fraternella DougJ. "Abundant, but very local at Wheatley, Doncaster " {H.H.C.). Gelechia marmorella Haw. Skipwith {CD. A.). Gelechia obsoletella Fisch. Doncaster, "bred from Chenopodiiun" [H.H.C., Nat., Dec. 1893, p. 370). Gelechia gemmella Z. =nivea Haw. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster ! ! [H.H.C.) ; Huddersfield ! ! [G.T.P.) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). Gelechia albicapitella Zc//. =al biceps Ze/L One at Doncaster in 1889 or 1890 {H.H.C). Gelechia moufFetella JJ'.l'. Evering^ham ! ! (/. Sumner). Gelechia dodecella L. Huddersfield (G.r.P.). Gelechia tenebrella Hiib. The variety tcnebroscUa Zell. occurs rarely among an abundance of the type at Doncaster {H.H.C). Gelechia teniolella Tr. Riccall Ings, near Selby {(\D.A.). Gelechia sircomella Shi. Riccall Ings, near Selby {CD.A.). * Gelechia sangiella S//i. Taken by the Rev. C. D. Ash on Skipwith Common in 1894 (Nat., March 1895, P- 93)- Gelechia naevifenella Ze//. Skipwith {CD. A.). Gelechia hermannella Fab. "Abundant, but very local at Doncaster" {H.H.C, Nat., Dec. 1893, p. 370); Skipwith {CD. A.). Gelechia ericinella Zcll. Skipwith Common {CD. A.). Chelapia conscriptella ////Z>. = hubnepella Z)o;/. Castle Howard {G. T.P.) ; Saltburn \ {G.T.P.)-, Thorne (G. T.P. ). Anarsia spartiella Sc//r. Skipwith {CD. A.). Sophponia parenthesella L. Doncaster!! {H.H.C). 254 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Harpella geoffpella L. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster {H.H.C.). CEcophora flavimaculella Sin. Wheatley Wood, Don- caster ! ! {H.H.C.). * Butalis gpandipennis Haiiu Skipwith {CD. A.). Butalis fusco-cuprella //(nv. Everingham ! (/. Si/nmer). Perittia obscupipennella Sfji. Skipwith Common {C.D.A., Nat., 1895, p. 93). Tinagma serlcella l/a-cv. Doncaster! ! {H.H.C.). * Roslerstammia epxiebenella Fab. Evering-ham (/. Sumner). Argypesthia ephippella Fab. Wheatley Wood, Don- caster! ! [H.H.C). Apgyresthia semitestacella CurL Everingham ! ! (/. Simmer); Mirfield ! ! {G.T.P.); WharncliflFe Woods (G.T.P.). Argypesthia albistpiella //a7v. Skipwith {CD. A.). Apgypesthia conjugella Ze//. Probably abundant where- ever mountain ash grows freely. Blubberhouses {G.T.P.) ; Greenfield Wood! {G.T.P.) ; Wharncliflfe Woods! ! {G.T.P.). Apgypesthia semifuscella //a:v. Everingham ! ! {/.Sumner). Apgypesthia petinella Zell. Huddersfield {G.T.P.); Skipwith {C.n.A.) ; York {G.T.P). Apgypesthia CUPVella L. Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Huddersfield! ! {G.T.P.). Apgypesthia pygmgeella Iliib. Wharncliffe Woods {G.T.P.). Cedestis fapinatella Z(V/. Huddersfield! {G.T.P.). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : TINE.5. 255 Ocnerostoma pinariella Zell. Huddersfield ! ! {G.T.P.); Skipwith Common ! ! {CD. A.). Gracilapia stigmatella Fab. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster, "on poplars" {H.H.C.) ; Skipwith {C.D.A.) ; Thorne {G.T.P.). . Gracilai-ia elongeila Z. Holly Carrs, Skipwith {C.D.A.) ; Thorne {G.T.P.). GracilapJa tpingipennella Zcll. Warmsworth, Doncaster {H.H.C). Gpacilaria syringella Fab. Abundant everywhere. A dark, almost unicolorous variety occurs at Huddersfield, and no doubt elsewhere (G.T.P.) * Gpacllar-ia omissella Dougl. Skipwith in 1900 [C.D.A.). Onnix anglicella Stn. Skipwith {C.D.A.). Oniix betulsevOPella Dbl. Evering-ham ! ! (/. Sumner). Ornix guttella Ha-.o. Doncaster! {H.H.C); Skipwith {C.D.A.). ColeophoPa alcyonipennella Koll. Skipwith {C.D.A.). Coleophopa papipennella Fisch. York {T. Ullson, Nat., Oct. 1886, p. 306). ColeophoPa lixella Zell. Everingham (/. Sumner). Coleophopa albicostella Haw. Wheatley Wood, Don- caster ! ! "about Ulex'' {H.H.C, Nat., Dec. 1893, p. 370) ; Skipwith Common {C.D.A., Nat., March 1895, P- 93)- Coleophopa anatipennella Hiib. Edlington Wood, Doncaster {G.T.P.). Coleophopa ibipennella Heyd. Skipwith {C.D.A.). Coleophopa cuppucipennella Fisch. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster, still remains our only locality for this species, but it continues to be fairly common there {G.T.P.). R 256 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Coleophora tpoglodytella Sfn. Wadworth, Doncaster, " on Piilicaria dysenterica " {H.H.C.). Coleophora murinipennella jp/.yr//. Blubberhouses (Zor^ JWilsiugham). Coleophora tengstromella Z>Z)/. =annulatella Tgstr. Huddersfield, June 26th, 1888 {G.T.P.). Coleophora laricella Hiib. Skipwith ! ! {CD. A.). Coleophora nigricella S/epk. Probably abundant every- where. Huddersfield ! ! {G. T.P.). Mr. J. Braim sent me larvae from Pickering- feeding- on "flowering currant," a most unusual food-plant. Coleophora gryphipennella^o//r/;i'. Skipwith!! {CD. A.). Coleophora siccifoliel la 6"/;/. Skipwith (CZ)..4.); Askham Bogs, York {T. Wilson, Nat, Oct. 1886, p. 306). Coleophora vitisella Gregs. Greenfield Moors, near Huddersfield {G.T.P.). * Coleophora bicolorella ScofL Sandal Beat and Wheatley Wood, Doncaster {H.H.C). Coleophora viminetella Zell. Skipwith {CD. A.). Chauliodus chserophyllella Goc. Skipwith {CD. A.). * Laverna raschkiella Fisch. Mr. H. H. Corbett found this species in abundance at Wheatley Wood, Don- caster, in 1889 or 1890, and afterwards in abundance at Thorne ; and when on a visit to me in August, 1896, he also found it on the Epilobium growing in my own garden at Crosland Hall, Huddersfield. Laverna epilobiella Schr. Sherburn, June 2nd, 1884 {Lord Walsiiigham). * Laverna phragmitella Bent. At the Excursion of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union to Bishop's Wood, on June 2nd, 1884, Lord Walsingham at once noticed that Trans. V.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : TINE.^. 257 the Typha heads close to Sherburn Railway Station were abundantly infested with the larvae of this species, and, from some of the heads gathered, large numbers of the moth were subsequently bred. Laverna hellerella Bup. =a.tV3. I/mo. Skipwith [CD. A.). Chrysoclista flavicapitella //rt7o. Doncaster!! {H.H.C.); Grassington (G.T.P.) ; Huddersfield (G.T.P.). Asychna fuscociliella S^/i. " Doncaster " must be deleted as a locality for this species. Asychna tepminella Ba/e. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster!! {//.//.€.). Elachista albifpontella //Hd. Skipwith {CD. A.). Elachista atpicomella S^/i. Huddersfield (G.T.P.); Wakefield {G.T.P.). Elachista luticomella Ze//. Doncaster! {H.H.C.) \ Everingham! (/. Sumner); Skipwith Common {C.D.A.). Elachista subobscurella jD6/. = obscurella Shi. Hud- dersfield {G.T.P.); Skipwith Common {CD. A.). Elachista cepussella Hiib. Doncaster, "common but local" {H.H.C); Skipwith Common {CD.A.). * Elachista paludum Ffey. A specimen I took at Nether- ton, Huddersfield, on June 14th, 1888, was named by Mr. C. G. Barrett as this species. Elachista biatomella S/u. Rushy Moor, Askern ! {H.H.C). Elachista subochreella Z)*^/. =subalbidella 6'r/;/. Skip- with {CD.A.). Tischeria complanella Hiid. Huddersfield, not uncommon {G.T.P.); WharncliflFe Woods {G.T.P.). Tischeria emyella /)///>. = mapginea Ha7v. Skipwith (CD.A.). 250 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Tischeria angusticolella Heyd. Dodworth, near Barnsley {H.H.C., Nat., Dec. 1893, p. 371) ; Wad worth Wood, Doncaster {H.H.C.). Lithocolletis lautella Z^//. = irradiella Scoff. Armthorpe Shaw in 1892 {H.H.C., Nat., Dec. 1893, p. 371). * Lithocolletis cavella Zell. Taken at Wheatley Wood, Doncaster, in 1893 {H.H.C., Nat., Dec. 1893, p. 371) ; Everingham {J. Sumner). * Lithocolletis sorbi /^rri'. =aucupapiella Scott. Ingle- boroug-h, common in 1886 and 1887 ; also sparingly at Richmond {Eustace R. Bankes, M.A., in litt., December 17th, 1887) ; common in mountain ash at Escrick, 1897, and also at Skipwith, near Selby {C.D.A.). * Lithocolletis cepasicolella J7.-S. This species was dis- covered as new to Britain by Mr. H. H. Corbett, who bred specimens from leaves of Primus avium g-athered at Doncaster early in 1893 (see Nat., April 1893, p. 112 ; also Entomologist's Mo. Mag. of the same date). Lithocolletis faginella Mann. Escrick Park, near Selby {C.D.A.). * Lithocolletis torminella Frey. Taken at Wadworth Wood, Doncaster, in 1893 {H.H.C.); Everingham (/. Siininer). Lithocolletis salicicolella Sircom. Specimens I took at Brockholes and Greenfield Woods Mr. C. G. Barrett believed to be this species (G. T.P.) ; Sheffield (/. Batty) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). Lithocolletis viminetella Stn. "On banks of the Ouse, near Selby" {CD. A., Nat., 1896, p. 19). Lithocolletis ulmifoliella Dup. Skipwith {CD. A.). Lithocolletis cramepellaiv/Z'. Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner) ; Saltburn (G.T.P.). Trans Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. SUPPLEMENT : TINE.^. 259 Lithocolletis emberizsepennella Boiiche. Sheffield (/. Batt\^ ; Skipwith {C.D.A.). Lithocolletis nicelliella Zell. Everingham!! (/. Swnner). Lithocolletis stettinella Nicelli. Wheatley Wood, Don- caster (^.^.C). Lyonetia clerkella L. Skipwith (CZ).^.)- Cemiostoma spartifoliella Hub. Evering-ham I (/. Suiiuier). Cemiostoma iaburnella Hcyd. Probably abundant everywhere. Opostega crepusculella Fisch. Greenfield! {G.T.P.). * Bucculatrix frangulella Gdze. Skipwith in 1900 or 1901 {C.D.A.). Bucculatrix cpistatella Tiscli. Doncaster {H.H.C.). * Nepticula serella Stn. " Larvae on Potentilla tormentilla on the moors at Ingleborough, beginning of October, iSSy'" {Etisiace R. Bankes, M.A., in litt., December 17th, 1887). Mr. Bankes had previously recorded this species as Nepticula tormentillella H.-S. (see Ent. Mo. Mag., December 1887, pp. 160 and 260). Nepticula pygmaeella Hatv. Escrick Park, near Selby {C.D.A.). Nepticula oxyacanthsecolella Z)^'/. =oxyacanthella Stn. Escrick Park, near Selby {C.D.A.). Nepticula septembrella Sfn. Skipwith Common [CD. A.). Nepticula weaverella Dougl. " Sheffield Moors, as usual," in 1891 (.4. E. HallinndJ. Bloor). Nepticula argyropezella Zell. Sheffield in 1890 (/. Batty, Ent. Record, December 15th, 1890). Nepticula microtheriella Wing. Skipwith {C.D.A.). 26o PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Nepticula aucupariella Frey. Ing-leborough in 1887 {Eustace R. Bnnkes) ; Sheffield in 1890 (/. Batfy, Ent. Record, December 15th, 1890). Nepticula apgentipedella Zell. Skipwith Common {C.D.A.). Nepticula angulifasciella Stn. Skipwith {C.D.A.). Nepticula aurella Fab. Everingham ! ! (/. Siimney). Probably abundant everywhere. Bohemannia quadrimaculella Boehm. Wheatley Wood, Doncaster {H.H.C.). PTEROPHORI. Agd istes ben netti i Curt. ' ' I took another Agdistes benncttii down Redcar way, week before last, among the food- plant" {John Sang- in litt., August 4th, 1884). Pterophorus dichrodactylus Mi'Mig. I took this distinct species in abundance on tansy flowers at Saltburn in August 1886 {G.T.P.). Pterophorus bertpami Ross. Askham Bogs! {G.T.P.) ; Skipwith {C.D.A.). Pterophorus gonodactylus ^c///jf. =trigonodactylus Haw. Probably abundant wherever coltsfoot grows freely. Everingham ! (/. Sumner) ; Skipwith {CD. A.). Pterophorus acanthodactylus i7/V<^. Everingham!! (/. Sumner) ; Skipwith Common {CD. A.). * Pterophorus punctidactylus 6"/£?/>/z. = cos mo dactyl us (II.-S.). Skipwith Common, near Selby in 1895 {C.D..I., Nat., March 1896, p. 89). (Pterophorus phoeodactylus ///ib. This species must be deleted from the former list. I can find no satisfactory evidence of its occurrence). Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 1903. supplement: pterophori. 261 Pterophorus pterodactyl us Z. = fuscodactylus Hwd}. Castle Howard ! ! {G.T.P.) ; Skipwith ! {CD. A.). Pterophorus lithodactylus Tr. Askern ! {G.T.P.); Skipwith Common {(\Z).A.). * Pterophorus paludum Ze//. I was much astonished to take a very fine specimen of this species (hitherto only known as British from the Cambridgeshire Fens, and a restricted area in Dorsetshire), right on the open part of Thorne Moor, on July i8th, 1891. The determination has been confirmed by Mr. C. G. Barrett and Mr. Sydney Webb (see Ent. Mo. Mag., October 1891, p. 275, and Nat., October 1891, p. 312). Since then I believe Mr. John Harrison, of Barnsley, has taken another specimen on the same ground. SUMMARY. The following Numerical Table, brought down to the end of 1903, will be of interest : — Yorkshire Spf.cif.s ,, ' , Percentage In Original Since Since As now British of Yorkshire List, 1883. deleted, added, known. Species. Species. Diurni 4S _ _ 4S 66 T'i-? Nooturni 80 2 1 79 112 70-5 Geometni' 207 3 6 210 283 74 "2 Drepanuhe 3 — — 3 6 .JO-0 Pseudo-Bombyces 19 — — 19 28 67-8 Noctua- 224 2 4 226 319 70-8 Deltoides 8 — — 8 14 r,7-l Aventia- 1 _ _ 1 l l(¥)-0 Pyralides 47 3 2 46 77 59-7 Cranibites 39 1 3 41 86 47-6 Tortrices 203 3 17 217 346 627 Tinea 443 — 18 461 769 r)9-9 Pterophori 18 1 2 19 32 53-1 Alucitina 1 _ _ 1 l lOO-Q Totals 1341 1") 53 1379 2140 64-4 265 INDEX OF GENEVA. DoLibleday's nomenclature is adopted in the foregoing- list; but, with a view of rendering this Index more useful, the genera adopted in Stainton's Manual are inserted as synonyms, where they diflfer from those used by Doubleday. AbIabia = Aphelia Anisopteryx 45 209 Abraxas ... xii xiii 43 208 Ani.sotajnia = Oliiidia Abrostola 97 ^3^ Anthocharis ... 7 AceiUropus ... 104 234 Anthrocera = Zye^jena Acherontia 16 196 Anticlea ... .. 56 Acidalia . vii 38 206 Anti.spila 162 Acroba.si,s= Rhodoplia?R Antithesia 117 240 Acrolepia '51 Apamea ... x x 76 222 Acronycta x xi xiii 68 219 Aphelia ... ... 132 Adactyla = Agdiste.s Aphomia = Melia Adela J 38 249 Aplecta ... ... xi 92 229 Agdistes 174 260 Arctia ... xi 26 199 Ag-lossa ... 103 Arge II 194 Ai^riopi.s . . xii 9^ 229 Arg-ynnis 8 193 Atfrolis ... xii 79 180 "3 Argyresthia ■ ... 152 182 254 Aluciui 177 Argyrolepia ... 131 247 Amphip}i-a 100 Argyrotoza ... n6 Amphisa = Amphysa Aspilate.s 43 208 Amphy-dasis viii \ x 34 204 Aspis 118 240 Amphysa '14 238 Asthena 37 206 Anaiti.s 62 A.sthenia = Coccyx Aiiarsia 150 Asychiia 162 257 Anarta 96 Aventia ... .. t02 Anchocelis 87 225 Axylia 73 Anchylopera = Phoxoptenx Anerastia 109 Bactra ... 120 241 Anesychia 139 Batode.s 123 243 Aiii^erona 3' Batrachedra ... 160 264 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Biston 34 Chesia.s 62 '79 217 Boarmia ... ... x xi 34 204 Chilo 109 236 Bohemannia ... Boletobia... ... v 173 vii 260 205 Chimabacche = 1 Diurnea ( Lemnatophila Bombyx ... xii 29 '83 201 Chloephora = Halias Botys 104 234 Choreute.s 130 Brachytjenia = Ditula Chortobius 13 .80 .95 Bradyepetes = Timandra Chrosis 131 Brephos ... 97 232 Chrysoclista 161 257 Bryophila 68 219 Chrysocoris . 162 Bucculatrix ... vii 169 259 Chrysophanus = Poly □mmatu.s Butali.s ... vi i5> 254 Cidaria ...X xi xiii 58 215 Cabera ... 40 207 Cilix ... 63 Calligenia •24 Cirraedia viii 89 226 Callimorpha = Euchelia Cledeobia vii 103 ^33 Calocampa 95 -'31 Cleora 34 204 Camptogramnia .. 57 Clepsis ... 120 241 Capua 120 241 Clisiocampa = Bomb} X Caradrina 78 ^23 Cloantha... xii 95 230 Carpocapsa ... 127 245 Clostera 65 217 Carsia ... 62 Cnephasia 119 181 240 Cartella = Pcedisca Coccyx vi 125 244 Cataclysta 104 234 Cochylis = Conchylis Catocala 100 233 Ccenonympha = Chortobiu.s Catoptria 129 246 Coleophora vii 157 255 Cedestis I.S4 254 Colias 7 193 Celsena ... 78 223 Collix ... 53 212 Cemiostoma ... 168 259 Conchylis vii 131 247 Cerastis ... 87 226 Coreniia ... 57 180 214 Cerigo 75 221 Coriscium 156 (^Harpipteryx Corycia ... ... 41 Cerostoma= -, Hypolepia Cosmia 90 227 lYpsolopha Cossus 21 198 Ceriira = Dicramira Crambu.s vi 108 I Si 236 Chserocampa 18 197 Crocalli.s... 3^ 203 Char3ea.s 75 Crcesia = Dict •opterj X Chauliodus 161 Cryptoblabes ... no Cheimatobia ... 45 Cucullia 95 231 Cheimatophila = Peronea Cybosia = Litho.sia Chelaria 150 253 Cymatophora xi 67 218 Chelonia... 26 199 Cynthia = Vaiie.s.sa Tran s. Y.N.U. Series D, Vo). 2 Dec. 1903. 265 Dasycera Dasychira = Orgyia Dasypolia Dasystoma = Lemnatopl Deilephila Deiopeia... Demas Depressaria ... vi Dianthsecia ... Diaphora = Arctia Dichelia Dicranura ... 63 Dicrorampha... vi 128 Dictyopteryx Diloba Diplodoma Ditula Diurnea ... ...x xi Drepana = Platypteryx Drymonia = Notodonta 91 ila 18 25 28 141 90 133 197 199 201 261 228 114 217 245 116 218 ^33 239 248 Ebulea Elachista... vii Ellopia Emmelesia Endopisa Endrosis ... v v Ennomos Ennychia... Ephestia Ephippiphora Ephyra Epigraphia Epione Epunda ... Erastria Erebia Eremobia Erioga.ster Eubolia Eucelis = Trycheris 162 180 Euchelia Euchloe = Anthocharis ^ , . fOrtholaenia Euchromia=-i '-Tortrix Euclidia ... ... i Eudorea = Scoparia Eulia = Tortrix Euperia .. ix 25 '99 235 257 202 210 127 151 203 234 236 243 205 133 202 229 231 195 90 20 1 227 206 210 229 246 202 199 251 247 Eupisteria ,.. 38 Eupithecia ... v xi 48 183 Euplexia .. ... 92 Eupoecilia ... vi 130 Eurymene ... 32 Euthemonia ... ... 25 Exaeretia... ... 141 Exapate ... ••■ '33 Fidonia ... v vii xii xiii 42 208 Fumea = Ps)'che Galleria ... ... ... 112 Gastropacha = Lasiocampa Gelechia vi vii 144 179 182 251 Geometra ... ... 36 205 Glyphipteryx ... ... 152 Gnophos ... ... 35 205 Gnophria = Lithosia Gonepteryx ... ... 7 193 Gonoptera ... 99 232 Gortyiia ... ... 72 220 Gracilaria ... vi 155 255 Grammesia ... ... 78 223 Grapholita ... 122 181 242 Grapta = Vanessa Hadeiia ... viii xii 93 230 Halia ... ... 41 Halias ... ... 112 237 Halonota = Ephippiphora Harpella ... ... 150 254 Harpipteryx ... ... 141 250 Hecatera... ... 91 228 266 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Hedya = Spilonola Heliodes ... Heliophobus ... Heliothis... Hemerophila ... Hemeropia= Pyrodes Hemithea Hepialus... Herbula Herminia Hesperia Heusimene Himera Hipparchia = Satjriis Homaeosoma ... Hybernia... x x Hydraecia Hydrelia ... Hydrilla Hydrocampa Hypena Hypenodes Hypermecia ... ... 123 Hypochalcia = Oncocera Hypolepia ... 140 1S2 Hyponomeuta = Yponomeuta Hypsipetes ... xi 54 Hypsolopha = Ypsolopha Hyria Incurvaria Iodi.s... 97 231 74 vi 96 231 34 •• 36 205 xii 21 198 •■ 103 234 102 233 .. 16 196 126 244 • 33 203 1 10 xi xii 44 209 73 ... 97 78 .X xi 104 234 243 136 36 Lampronia Laphygma Larentia... Lasiocampa ... Lasiommata = Sat\i-us Laverna ... \ Leiocampa = Notodont Lemnatophila Leptogramma 135 248 vi vii 221 xi 46 180 210 32 247 •4 238 Leucania ... ... 70 Leiicophasia Ligdia Liparis ... ... 27 Lithocolletis ... vii 165 Lithographia = Grapholita Litliosia ... viii xiii 24 Lobesia ... ... vi Lobophora ... ... 53 Lomaspilis Lophopterj'x = Notodoiita Lozogramma = Panagra Lozopera = Conchylis Lozotsenia Luperina ... viii 75 Lycaena ... ... 14 Lyonetia .. ... 168 Lythria ... 44 200 258 199 246 14 i9f> 68 259 48 208 Macaria ... ... 41 207 Macrochila ... ••• 150 Macroglossa ... ... 19 197 Mamestra ... 75 222 Mania ... ... 100 22,2 Melanargia = Arge Melanippe ... vi viii x 55 214 Melanthia ... 55 213 Melia ... ... 11 1 237 Meliphora ... ... 112 Meli.s.soblaptes ... m Melitaea ... .. 9 '94 Metrocampa ... ... 32 Miaiia ... x xi 77 180 222 Micropteryx ... 136 1 82 249 Miltochrisla = Calligenia Miselia ... ... 92 229 Mixodia ... ... iiS 179 240^ Moesia = Scodiona Nemeobiii.s Nemeophila = Clielonia Nemophora ... •■• '37 249 Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. Dec. 190.5 INDEX. 267 Nemotois ... vi 138 249 Parasia 149 Xephopteryx = Pliycis Pardia ... 118 Nepticula ... \ii 170 259 Pelurga 6i Xeiiria ... 74 221 Pempelia III 237 Xoctiia 82 224 Penthina . . vi •17 I Si 239 Xola ... ... vii 23 199 Pepilla ... 140 Xonagria ... vi 71 220 Pericallia vii 32 202 Xotocelia = Aspis Peridea = Xotodonta Xotodonta ... viii x 65 218 Perittia •52 254 Xiidaria ... -'4 199 Peronea ... vi 114 238 Xumeria 41 207 Petasia vii 64 217 Xyssia ... ... vii :^3 204 Phibalaptei-yx Phibalocera ... vii 58 2is 141 230 Ochsenheimeria 133 248 Phigalia ... X x 33 203 Ocnerostoma . . 154 255 Phl£eodes 123 242 Odezia = Tanagra Phlog-ophora ... 92 Odonestis 30 201 Phorode.sma ... 26 205 Odontopera ... xi 32 203 Phoxopteryx vi 121 241 CEcophora J 50 254 Phrag-matobia = Arct ia CEnistis = Lithosia Phtheochroa 119 240 Oinophila 160 Phycis vii no 237 Olindia ... 125 244 Phytometra loi 223 Oncocera ... I II 237 Pieris 7 Opadia ... 127 Pionea ... ... 105 Oporabia ... x x 45 209 Platyptei-yx ... 63 2.7 Opostega 169 259 Pleurota .. 150 <^'-gyia -7 200 Plodia no 237 Ornix '56 255 Plusia 98 232 Ortho-sia 86 225 Plutella 140 182 250 Orthotaelia 141 250 Poecilocanipa vii 28 201 Orthotaenia . . vii 119 240 Poecilochroma = Poec isca Ourapteryx 31 Pcedisca ^^3 181 243 Oxygrapha = Leplogramma Polia < xi 91 228 Polyommatus ,4 .96 Pamphila = Hesperia Porthe!sla = Lipari.s Pamplu.sia ... 1 26 181 245 Prays = Pepilla Panagra... 41 Procris 22 198 Pancalia 151 Pseudopterpna •■ 35 Papilio ... 7 Psilura=Liparis Paramesia = Peronea Psyche vi 133 248 Paraponyx . 104 I So 234 Psychoides ^33 268 PORRITT : LIST OF YC RKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. Pterophorus ... vii 174 260 Spilonota... vi 118 240 Pterostoma = Ptilodoiiti.s Spilosoma = Arctia Ptilodontis ... 65 218 Stauropus ... 64 Ptycholoma ... 116 Steganoptycha = Grapholita Pygasra 64 Stenia ... vii 104 234 Pyralis ... 102 233 Stenopteryx ... ... 106 235 Pyrausta 103 234 Stephensia ... 162 Pyrocles ... ... 129 Stigmonota ... 127 181 245 Stilbia ... 100 232 Retinia ... vi vii J 26 245 Stilpnotia = Lipari.s Rhodoplijea III 237 Strenia ... xiii 41 207 Rivula 102 Swammerdamia ... 138 249 Roslerstammia vi 254 Syntomis... ... 2^ Roxana 119 Syrichthus 15 Rumia • 31 Rusina 79 Tasniocampa viii 84 225 Talseporia ... 133 248 Sarrothripa 112 237 Tanagra ... ... 62 Saturnia 30 Tapinostola ... ... 71 220 Satyrus ... 12 195 Teichobia = Psychoide.s Scardia 134 248 Tephrosia x xi 35 205 SchcBiiobius 109 236 Teras 116 239 Sciaphila vi xi 119 179 240 Tethea 89 180 227 Scodiona... ... x 42 207 Thanaos ... 15 196 Scoparia vi xi xii 106 179 180 235 Thecla ... 14 195 Scopelosoma . . ... 87 Thera V x 54 212 Scopula .06 235 Thyatira ... 67 218 Scotosia ... 58 215 Thymele = Syrichthu.*' Selenia 23 202 Timandra viii 40 207 Semasia ... ... vi 125 244 Tinagma... J 5^ ^54 Semioscopis = Epigraphia Tinea 134 179 248 Sericoris... ... nS Ti.scheria... 165 257 Sesia... ... viii 20 183 19S Tortricodes ... •■ '3^ -'47 Simaethi.s = Xylopoda Tortrix ... v xi I I 2 23S Smerinthii.s 16 196 Toxocampa ... 100 Solenobia 133 248 Trachea ... 84 225 Sophronia 150 253 Trichiura ... 28 201 Sphaleroptera ... 120 181 24. Trifurcula ••• '73 Sphecia = Sesia TrochiHum = Sesia Sphinx ... ... v vii 17 '97 Trycheris ... 130 Spilodes . . vi 105 ^35 Tryphajna . . ... 81 224 Trai s. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. z Dec. 1903. INDEX. Urapteryx = Oiirapteryx Xylopoda Xysmatodoma Vanessa ... 9 '94 Venilia 3" 202 Vponomeuta . Venusia xi38 206 Ypsipetes Xanthia .. Xantho.'+etia ix 87 ... 131 226 247 Ypsolopha Ypsolophiis = I^ Xylina 95 Zelleria Xylocampa •■■ 95 -30 Zeuzera ... Xylophasia v vii xi xii 73 220 ZygxuR 269 ... 139 250 •■■ 54 141 Macrochila 155 21 198 ... 22 198 PRINTED AT BROWNS' SAVILE PRESS, DOCK STRKKT HUM.. SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION LIBRARIES 3 SDflfl DD31t^73 7 nhent QL545.P83 1904 List of Yorkshire Lepidoptera.