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PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. 



Aplecta tincta Bork. A specimen recorded by Mr. S. L. 

 Mosley as taken drying- its wings in Greenhead Park, 

 Huddersfield, in 1887, was possibly introduced in the 

 larva state with herbage from a distance. 



Hadena protea W.V. On October 26th, 1900, Mr. F. R. 

 Atkinson showed me a very extraordinary, almost black 

 specimen, which he had recently taken at Glaisdale, 

 Cleveland [G.T.P.) ; Eston, Ingleby, and Middlesbrough 

 i-F.E.); Everingham ! ! (/. Sumner); Harewood {F. 

 Emsley)\ Escrick Park, Selby {C.D.A.)\ Skelmanthorpe 

 {B.M.). 



Hadena glauca Kleem. Several localities in Cleveland 

 {T.A.L.); Harrogate (B.B.T.) ; Helmsley Moor [F. 

 Emsley) ; common at Bill's-o'-Jack's, and Harden Moss, 

 Huddersfield {G.T.P.) ; Ingleby Greenhow {F.E.) ; Skip- 

 with Common {CD. A.). 



Hadena dentina IV. V. South West Riding specimens are 

 very dark {G.T.P.). 



Hadena suasa W.V. Doncaster {H.H.C.)\ Horsforth 

 {W.M.) ; Hull ! ! [W.J.P.) ; Methley (/. Wigin) ; Skip- 

 with, six in 1897 {C.D.A.). 



Hadena contigua W. V. Wadworth Wood, Doncaster, in 

 1888 {J.N. K), makes a second county locality. 



Xylocampa lithoriza Bork. Carlton, Cleveland {F.E.) ; 

 Everingham ! ! (/. Stmiyier) ; Kilton Woods, Cleveland 

 {W.S.). 



Cloantha SOlidaginis Hi'ib. Another species which seems 

 to have become quite abundant in recent years, especially 

 on the moorlands around Huddersfield {G.T.P.), Dun- 

 ford Bridge {G.T.P.), Wilsden, Bingley {E.P.P.B.), 

 Sheffield {L.S.B.), and probably in the West Riding 

 generally. The specimens too are exceptionally dark. 

 Other localities are Ilkley {T. Fieldhouse); Middlesbrough! 



Trans. Y.N. U. Series D, Vol. 3. Dec. 1903. 



