84 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. 



Noctua xanthographa W.V. Abundant everywhere, and 

 very variable in colour, in the West Riding. 



Trachea piniperda Esp. Adel Blackmoor {Walter Buck- 

 ion) ; Beverley, common, " the green variety also occurs in 

 some quantity" {N.E.D.) ; Bramham ! {J.Svi.); Don- 

 caster (IV. IF.); Huddersfield {G.T.P.); Pontefract 

 {B.H.); Richmond (/. Sang); Scarborough (T.JV.); 

 Sheffield (A.B).) ; Wakefield {W.T.); York ( IV.F.). 



Taeniocampa gothica L. Abundant everywhere. 



The variety gothicina U.S., is reported from Ack- 

 worth. Bishop's Wood, Gledhow and Meanwood ; and I 

 think I have seen it at Huddersfield. 



Taeniocampa leucographa W.V. Not of general occur- 

 rence. 



Bishop's Wood {/.G.) ; Conisborough {J.H.) ; Don- 

 caster !! (/ R. Hawley, Zoo/., 1846; Siwd Joseph Wragg, 

 Ent. W. Inf., \%S9) ; Richmond (6^. Z'.^.) ; Scarborough 

 (T.W); York (JVF.). 



Tasniocampa rubricosa IV. V. Common everywhere and 

 abundant in the south West Riding. 



Taeniocampa instabilis W.V. Very abundant, and no 

 doubt all the named varieties are common. 



Taeniocampa opima Htnc. This species was first added 

 to the British list from specimens taken at York by Mr. 

 T. H. AUis in 1842. Mr. Brest says " the York specimens 

 are much darker than the Cheshire coast forms." This 

 may be so generally, but I have taken specimens on the 

 Wallasey sandhills quite as dark as the York examples. 

 Other localities are : Doncaster ! ( — . Evans, Ent. Ann.., 

 1855, />. 32 ; and J. R. Hawley, ZooL, 1846) ; Richmond 

 {G.F.H. and /. Sang); Sheffield {A.D.)] Wakefield 

 {W.T.). 



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