124 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. 



PcBdisca occultana Dongl. Among fir trees. 



Blubberhouses !! {Lord Walslngham).; Bramham ! 

 (/. Sm.); Doncaster (/^^TK); Harrogate (/ Sang); 

 Huddersfield {P.I.); Richmond {J. Sang); Scarborough! 

 (T.m). 



Pcfidisca solandriana Z. A most variable species, abundant 

 in woods everywhere. 



Poedisca semifuscana Jlaw. Abundant on Myrica gale at 

 Askham Bog {W.P.); Doncaster {W.W.); Richmond 

 (/. Sang). 



Poedisca sordidana Hiib. = stabilana Steph. Bishop's 

 Wood ( W.P.) ; " by beating alders at York in September " 

 ( W.P.) ; and I think I have taken it at Edlington Wood 

 {G.T.P.). 



Ephippiphora bimaculana Don. Common among birches, 

 especially in woods having an undergrowth of heather. In 

 such a wood at Huddersfield, in September, 1882, 1 found the 

 species in profusion ; in one part of the wood every tap at 

 the birch trees brought them out, and they were to be seen 

 seated on the tops of the heather in all directions. The 

 larva feeds in the shoots of birch in spring. 



Bramham ! (/.^w.) ; Haigh ! (G.T.P.) ; Harrogate 

 {/.Sang); Huddersfield !! (ar./^.); mc\\mondi{/. Sang); 

 Saltaire ( W.P.) ; York ( l]\P.). 



Ephippiphora cirsiana Zell. Bramham {/.Stn.) ; Don- 

 caster ( ]i: jr.) ; Huddersfield {G. C.B.M.) ; Redcar (/. 

 Sang) ; Shefi^eld {A.D.) ; York {R.C.). 



Ephippiphora pflugiana /Zi'^i.'.^scutulana W.V. Larvae 

 in thistle stems. 



Doncaster {WW); Flamborough Head {E.H.); 

 Huddersfield {G.T.P.); Richmond (/. Sang) ; Sheftield 

 {A.D.); York {R.C.). 



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