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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). 



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