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YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS’ UNION : 
ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. 
THE annual meeting of this Section was held on October 30th, 
Ig15, at the University, Leeds. The president, Dr. Fordham, 
was in the chair. The following Lepidoptera were shown :— 
Abraxas grossularvata var. lacticolor by Professor Garstang ; and 
vars. nigrosparsata and hazeleighensis of the same species from 
Clayton West district by Mr. T. H. Fisher and Mr. W. Dyson. 
Dr. Corbett showed a case of common lepidopterous insects, 
species arranged to show how they harmonized in colour with 
their surroundings when at rest. 
Mr. B. Morley showed many striking asymmetrically marked 
specimens, including a series of Tephrosia biundularia bred 
from parents taken near Wakefield, the male being of the 
extreme dark form, the female being very pale. The moths 
shown were intermediate in colour but very irregularly splashed 
and streaked with pale markings. 
Dr. Corbett also showed a case of very large orthopterous 
insects introduced into this country with foreign fruit. 
The exhibits of Coleoptera were numerous, and were by 
Messrs.) Mendes thompson, He» JH. Corbett, Jj. Wis Canter; 
T. Stainforth and Dr. W. J Fordham. 
The following is additional to the report for Lepidoptera 
which has appeared in the Annual Report. 
Mr. T. Ashton Lofthouse reports Coccyx vacciniana and 
Clepsis rusticana in Westerdale at Whitsuntide ; Cemiostoma 
spartifoliella in Wilton Woods ; Cemiostoma wailesella, Grapho- 
litha subocellea and a single specimen of Gnophos obscurata at 
Saltburn on the occasion of the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union’s 
meeting ; Ebulea erocealis at Linthorpe and Eupithecia albi- 
punctata and its var. angelicata from the same district. 
From the West Riding Mr. B. Morley reports Amphysa 
prodromana, Penistone Moors, April 2ist, plentiful; May 
24th on Bolderstone Moors Phoxopteryx myrtillana, Gelechia 
longicornis, Saturnia pavonia, Acronycta menyanthidis and 
Hadena glauca were plentiful; May 25th, Gelechia scalella, 
common in Haw Park ; Phleodes tetraquetrana, May 26th, and 
Eupecilia maculosana, June 6th, Deffer Wood ; Ephippiphora 
pflugiana, June 5th and Micropteryx calthella, June 17th at 
Skelmanthorpe. 
Larve found in ash buds in June produced Prays curtisellus 
in July, and others found in hogweed, Depressaria angelicella 
in August, Skelmanthorpe. Cocoons found on beech trunks 
in Cawthorne Park Wood gave Harpipteryx xylostella in July, 
At Barugh on July 24th Hydrocampa nymphealis, H. stagnalis, 
and Xanthosetia zoegana were taken. 
1916 Feb. 1. 
