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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.). 



