280 [December, 



Reports on tho work done diirini;- th<3 year were read Ity the Secretaries of 

 the Coiuniittees of the various Orders ; the most interesting items in that on the 

 Lepido2)iera, being the occm-rence, after several years absence, of a few Xajithia 

 aurago among sycamores in the Skelmanthorpe (Huddersfield) district ; the 

 capture of several specimens of a unicolorous brown variety of Hybcniia 

 aurantiaria, the thorax only being of the usual yellow colour (a parallel form 

 to var. ./"uscaia of Hyheniia progemmaria) ; and a black Hybcrnia dcfoliaria at 

 Skelmanthorpe by Mr. B. Morley ; Acherontia atropos at Barnsley and near 

 Wakefield by Messrs. Whitaker and Hooper respectively ; Deilephila livornica 

 at Normanton by Mr. Lodge, who had also found larva3 of Gortyna fiavago feed- 

 ing freely in Petasitis stems, a very unusual food-plant. Larvae of Dasypolia 

 icmpli had been abimdant in Hcraclcum sphondylium in the Huddersfield district, 

 and the moths plentiful at lamps in many parts of the South- West Riding. 



The report of the Coleoptcra Committee, read by Dr. H. H. Corbett, stated 

 that beetles had been scarce, both in numbers and species. Particularly Avas 

 this the case with the Phytophaga. Notwithstanding this general scarcity, 

 several interesting records had been made, and about a dozen species added to 

 the county list. Among the more important of these wei-e : — Miscodera arctica, 

 Blethisa nmUipunctata, Anchomcnus micans, *Bcnibidium bipunctatum, Bembidium 

 lunatum, *Hydroporus longulus, *Hydrochus angustatus, Ocypus fuscatus, Hypo- 

 cyptus Iseviusculus, Leptacinus formicetorum, *8tenus nitens, Homalium puncti- 

 pcnnc, *Acrulia inflata, *8ilpha dispar, Gnathoncus nannetensis, *Lxmophloeus 

 2msillus, *Psammcechus bipunctatiis, *Monotoma spinicollis, Mycetophagus picc^is, 

 Mcgatoma undata, Enne.arthron cornutum, *Bruchus sp ?, *Clytus arcuatus, 

 *Saperdacarcharias,Hedohiaimperialis, Exomias araneiformis, Alophtis triguttatus, 

 Limobius dissimilis, and Myelophilus piniperda. Those marked * are additions 

 to the Yorkshire list. The report on the Hymenoptera, read by Mr. W. Denison 

 Roebuck, announced some twenty-eight additions to the county list, named 

 specimens of all of wliich were exhibited. The report on Neuroptera and Tricho- 

 ptera was read by Mr. JPorritt. The exhibits included a fine range of variation 

 in the two species, Polia chi and Amphidasys betularia, which by previous cir- 

 cular invitation had been made a special feature of the meeting, and to which 

 many of the members had responded. Other exhibits were a specimen of the 

 black form of Acronycta menyanthidis from the Penistone moors, near Hvidders- 

 field, a purple form of Selenia lunarla from Skelmanthorpe, and a series of the 

 various forms of Luperina gncneei from St. Anne's-on-Sea by Mr. H. Dyson. 

 Mr. G. T. Porritt also exhibited a series of the foi-ms of Luperina gueneei from 

 St. Anue's-on-Sea, several Xanthia ocellaris taken in the Thames valley in 

 September last, and a very fine black and white form of Boarmia repandata, var. 

 conversaria, from Fairbourne, near Barmouth. Mr. B. Morley, a beautiful and 

 extraordinary variety of Melanippe fluctuata, captiared at Skelmanthorpe. Mr. 

 W. Hewett, a var. of Zygmna filipendulie from York. Mr. Hooper, a nice series 

 of the black and white Cidaria suffumata, var. porrittii, from Middlestown, near 

 Wakefield. Mr. James Lee, a beautiful series of Abraxas grossulariata, including 

 vars. varleyata, subviolacea, and other fine forms, bred from Huddersfield larvae 

 this year. Mr. J. Wriglit also showed Hviddersfield grossulariata, including var. 



