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. 



