77 

 YORKSHIRE ENTOMOLOGY IN 1916. 



B. MORLEY. 



The Annual Meeting of the Entomological Section of the 

 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union was held in the Doncaster Museum 

 on November 4th, 1916, under the presidency of Prof. Garstang. 



Dr. Corbett had on exhibition his collection of local en- 

 tomological specimens. The coleoptera and lepidoptera were 

 well represented and filled many cases, and much had been 

 done among the other groups, especially neuroptera, hymen- 

 opt era and diptera. It is evident that the Doncaster district 

 is one of the best in Britain for insect life, and much credit is 

 due to Dr. Corbett for his diligence. The reports which the 

 various committees have supplied for the annual meeting of 

 the Union were read and passed. Supplementary to the lepi- 

 doptera report, Mr. T. Ashton Lofthouse has sent the following : 

 " Generally speaking, the most noticeable feature has been the 

 lateness of appearance of most of the species this year, due, 

 no doubt, to the cold weather, which also seems to have 

 accounted for the non-appearance of any of the Vanessas 

 this autumn, not a single one has been noticed in the garden 

 where, on the flowers of Sedam spectabile, we usually have 

 V. urticce and V. atalanta, and sometimes V. cardui. 



"There has been no 'sugaring ' or lantern work owing to 

 military restrictions, but I have taken one or two interesting 

 small species in my garden. 



'' Towards the end of May, I bred a nice lot of Coccyx 

 strobilella from spruce-fir cones, fully a month later in hatching 

 out than usual. I also took or noticed in the district, Clepsis 

 ritsticana, Gelechia cethiops, and bred Lithocolletis frolichiella 

 from alder. In June, I took Grapholitlia unguicella in Upper 

 Teesdale (Yorkshire side). 



" In July, Stigmonota conifer ana, Argyresthia atmoriella, and 

 Lithocolletis lariciclt 'a on Eston Hills, and Hydrocampa stagnalis, 

 including the pale form, near Redcar. In the garden at Lin- 

 thorpe, Eubulea crocealis occurred about Inula glandidosa 

 plants. Spilonota roborana and Argyrolepia cnicana were also 

 noted. In August, in the garden, Grapholitlia Havana about 

 holly, a good specimen of Dictyopteryx forskaleana, Sciaphila 

 pascuana, Coccyx nanana freely about some fancy spruce 

 firs flying in the early evening on and about August 9th, this 

 date being fully six weeks later than I have usually noticed 

 it in another local locality, these being the only Yorkshire 

 records, I believe, with one exception. Argyresthia semijuscana, 

 Ornix anglicella and Laverna hellerella were also noticed, and 

 a specimen of Scoparia angustea was taken oft a tree in the 

 road near. On August 12th, in another locality in the district, 



1917 Feb 1. 



