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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 



