bibliography: lepidoptera, 1888. 297 



TosEPii T. SEwiJ.L. York N.E. 



Scoria dealbata at Whitby [recorded as new to Yorkshire ; the record 



turned out an error, the species being Spilodes palealis\. Nat., Aug. 1886, 251. 



JosKi'H T. Sewei.i.. York N.E. 



Spilodes palealis near Whitby [new to Yorkshire ; was in former note 

 erroneously refolded .is .S.c;-/,? d,-alhata\ Nat., Sep. 1886, p. 276. 



W. (,. Sheldon. Derbyshire. 



[Observations on collecting Tephrosia crepusailaria in Derbyshire, from 

 which it appeared that in some of the woods which had been thinned, the 

 insect was generally found on the trunks of oak trees, and was the light form, 

 whereas those found in another wood which was very thick, were very dark, 

 and in some cases almost black]. Proc. South Lond. Ent. and Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. for 1886 (pub. 1S87), p. 56. 

 Charles Smethukst. York Mid W. 



Lepidoptera near Ilkley [being records of Plusia mterrogationis, Epuuda 

 viDiiiialis, Xaiithia cerai^o, X. silago, Cidaria ftilvata, C. pyraliata, and 

 Cynthia carditi, with localities stated]. Nat., June 1885, p. 246. 

 Bernard Smith. Notts. 



Notes on the Notodontidae. . . No. ^.—Notodonta chaonia and N. irimactda 

 [the var. dodoii.ca of the latter is found in Sherwood Forest, 'the larva; 

 nestling in the deep wrinkles of the bark of its aged oaks during the day ']. 

 Ent., Feb. 1888, xxi. 37. 

 Richard South. Yorkshire. 



President's Address [reviewing the additions to the British fauna during the 

 year; remarks on 'A Gelechia taken by Mr. Sang, amongst Artemisia 

 maritima, in salt-marshes near Redcar, in July, is described by Mr. Stainton 

 under the name of G. tetragonella ']. Proc. South Lond. Ent. and Nat. Hist. 

 Soc. for 1885 (pub. 1886), pp. 17, i8- 

 R. South. ? York S.W. 



[Exhibition of a fine series oi Hyhcniia marginaria ^nd va.r.ftisiata, bred 

 from ova received from J. Harrison of Barnsley]. Proc. South Lond. Ent. 

 and Nat. Hist. Soc. for 1886 (pub. 1887), p. 35. 

 [Richard] South. York S.W., Durham. 



[Exhibition of melanic Aplecta nebulosa from Rotherham, bred with five 

 others of ordinary form ; and two dark \&is.oi Eiilwlia limitata from Durham]. 

 Proc. Ent. Soc, Sep. 5th, 1888, Part 3, p. xxvi. ; Zool., Oct. 1888,3rd Series, 

 xii. 395 ; Ent. Mo. Mag., Oct. 1888, xxv. 117 ; Ent., Oct. 1888, xxi. 260. 

 [Richard] South. Durham. 



[Exhibition and description of a series of Lyazna icants from Bishop 

 Auckland and Castle Eden]. Proc. South Lond. Ent. Soc, Sep. 13th, 1888; 

 Ent., Oct. 1888, xxi. 262; Ent. Mo. Mag., Oct. 1888, xxv. 116; Young 

 Nat., Oct. 1888, ix. 201. 

 H. T. Stainton. Westmorland. 



Nepticula serella, N. sp. [described from a Scotch and three specimens 

 bred by I. H. Threlfall from larv;v found in Potcntilla tormentilla found on 

 the moors of NVestmorland]. Ent. Mo. Mag., April 1888, xxiv. 260. 

 \\. T. Stainton. ? Lane, or Furness. 



Description of a New Nepticula from Beech [A': fiilgens Stn., bred by 

 L H. Threlfall ; locality nowhere stated, but very possibly in the North \Yest 

 of England]. Ent. Mo. Mag., June 1888, xxv. 12-13. 

 A. Steward. Lane. S. 



Synia musculosa in Lancashire [at Eccles, one at light, 24th August ; an 

 aberrant form, described]. Ent., Oct. 1888, xxi. 258. 

 Oct. i8qo. 



