lO PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. 



sometimes abundant {John ffarrisou, of Wihtrop Hall ) ; 

 Halifax {E.B., Nezamati's " Butterflies" p. 151); Helms- 

 ley, abundant on September 5th, 1872 {F. Raine, Entom., 

 vi. 236) ; Pocklington {A. W. Griggen, Ent. IV. Int., 

 1858,/. 179); Pontefract (^.Z^) ; Rotherham, abundant 

 in 1856 {W. Thomas, Ent. W. Lit., i. 180, 1856) ; Scar- 

 borough !! ( T. W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield ( W. T.) ; 

 ^N\^\\hy\{W.E.C.) 



Vanessa urticae L. More or less common all over the 

 county. 



Mr. John Grassham took the variety No. 3 of New- 

 man's " Butterflies," at Bishop's Wood ; and Mr. S. L. 

 Mosley records a peculiarly dark variety at Bradford, in 

 1877. 



Vanessa polychloros L. Not uncommon, but not often 

 taken in numbers. 



Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bishop's Wood {J.G.) ; Bradford, 

 rare {/. W.C.) ; Doncaster {J. Hatvley); Halifax {Neiv- 

 man's " Butterflies ") ; Huddersfield {G.T.P.) ; Horbury 

 {G. T.P.) ; Leeds (/ G.) ; Scarborough {T. IV.) ; Sheffield 

 [A.D.) ; Wakefield {W.T.); York ( W.F.) 



Vanessa Antiopa L. This fine and rare species has at 

 different times been taken in almost every part of the 

 county. In 1872 it occurred in numbers all over England, 

 and in our own county was almost common, being 

 observed or taken at the following places : — 



Barnsley, six specimens {J.H.) ; two of these are in 

 my own cabinet {G.T.P.) ; Beverley, in numbers {F. 

 Boyes); Bradford {J W.C); Cleckheaton {J. Firth); 

 Driffield ( JV. H. Jennings) ; Helmsley, two {F. Raine) ; 

 Hornsea {F. Boyes); Huddersfield, several {G.T.P. and 

 S.L.M.); Hull; Keighley (/ T Calvert); Leeds, 

 several {J.G.) ; Malton, seven {W.P.) ; Richmond 

 {G.P.H.) ; Saltburn ; Scarborough, two {J.H.R.); York, 



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