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.). 



