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LIST OF THE MACRO-LEPIDOPTERA COLLECTED 
WITHIN EIGHT MILES OF HULL. 
By J. W. Bowutt. 
HE district round Hull is a very poor one for insects. 
There are no extensive woods, moors, commons or waste 
lands such as delight the heart of an entomologist. The land 
is cultivated to such an extent that there are very few suitable 
situations for insects to thrive, and what with dock extensions, 
new streets and buildings, etc., the district gets worse and worse 
every year. Several moths which were formerly common, are 
now extinct or nearly so. It is thought advisable, therefore, to 
place upon record a list of the species which occur in the vicinity 
of Hull, and it is hoped that this list will be of use to the members, 
especially the younger ones, in their rambles.* 
The following list includes all the species that have been 
collected by myself or other members of the Club during the last 
twenty-five years. It could be made much larger if all the species 
that have been reported as having been found in the district were 
- included, but as there is some doubt about several of these I have 
deemed it advisable to include only those which I have had an 
Opportunity of personally examining, or which have been noted 
by competent lJepidopterists. All together there are 25 species 
of butterflies, and 262 species of moths. The list for the whole 
of Britain includes 68 butterflies and 760 moths. 
The list does not include the Micro-lepidoptera. We experience 
great difficulty in getting these satisfactorily named ; in addition 
to which they have not been collected to the same extent as the 
butterflies and moths. 
I have been assisted in the compilation of this list by Mr. J. 
Porter, Mr. C. W. Russell, and the late Mr. J. Hame. 
[I have taken a good deal of trouble with Mr. Boullt’s list, the 
order and nomenclature of which, for purposes of comparison, I 
have reduced to that of Mr. G. T. Porritt’s “List of Yorkshire 
_ Lepidoptera,” 1883. All the items included in [  ] have been 
transferred from Mr. Porritt’s volume.—J.R.B.] 
Explanation of the initials in the following list :— 
Me =J.Hame. _J.W.B.=J. W. Bolt. ].P.=J. Porter. 
G.S.=G. Sweeney. C.W.R.=C. W. Russell. C.H.=C. Holt. 
, * We shall at any time be pleased to have particulars of additions to this 
list which will be duly recorded in future numbers of the Transactions. —Ep. 
