I20 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. 



Doncaster ( IV. IV.) ; Harrogate (/. Sang) ; Hudders- 

 field {G.T.F.) ; Redcar (/ Saug) ■ Richmond (/. Sang); 

 Sheffield {A.B.); York {R.C.). 



Sciaphila chrysantheana Z)///'.=alternana IV.V. Larva 

 feeds in the ox-eye daisy, and probably other compositse. 

 Redcar (/ Sang). 



Sciaphila pascuana Stn. ?=pasivana Biib. Some larvae 

 I collected in the flowers of Ra7iuncnlus bidbosus in a rough 

 field adjoining Lepton Great Wood, Huddersfield, in 

 1882, produced this species freely, along with plenty of 

 S. idericana and one specimen oi S. octomaculana {G.T.F.). 



Sciaphila hybridana Hiib. Common. 



Bramham (/.Sm.) ; Doncaster ( JF. JV.) ; Huddersfield 

 {F.I.) ; Redcar (/. Sang) ; Richmond (/. Sang). 



Sciaphila octomaculana Haw. ? I have bred this species 

 from RaniiHciiIus flowers, but it also feeds on thistle, and 

 no doubt, like so many of its congeners, on numerous 

 other plants. It is widely distributed and common in the 

 county. 



Blubberhouses {Lofd Walsingham) ; Huddersfield 

 {G.T.F. and F.I.) ; Scarborough {T. TV.) ; Sheffield {A.D.). 



Sphaleroptera ictericana Haio. I bred this freely in July, 

 1882, from larvae collected the previous month with those 

 of S. pascuana in flowers of Ranunculus bulbosus in a field 

 adjoining Lepton Great Wood, Huddersfield {G.T.F.). 



Capua ochraceana Steph. Doncaster ( JK TK) ; Edlington 

 Wood {G.T.F.) ; Huddersfield {FI). 



Clepsis rusticana Tr. Huddersfield {F.I.) ; Richmond 

 (/• Sang). 



Bactra lanceolana Hub. Common in damp fields where 

 rushes grow. 



Trans. V.N. U. Series D, Vol. 2. 



