Hewett: Notes on Vorkshire Lepidoptera tn 1906. 145 
Mr. Stanger, Leeds, reports Cr/zx spinu/a plentiful at Beeston, 
June 6th. Polza cht, very dark, but not common, August 8th, 
and states that he bred a black variety of Odontopera bidentata 
at Leeds, and found Vanessa zo, the Peacock Butterfly, flying in 
profusion at Bardsey, August 15th. 
Mr. E. B. Tomkinson, Doncaster, reports Argynnis paphia 
and Argynnts euphrosyne, both at Edlington in August, Vanessa 
cardut at Edlington and Askern, and Thecla W-album at 
Edlington, Sphinx ligustri larva and imago from Hatfield, 
Calligenta miniata from Sandal Beat, Acronycta alnt at 
Edlington, and three Cerigo cytherea at Edenthorpe. He 
obtained, last winter, twenty-six pupz of Amphydasis betularia 
at Edlington, seventeen of these emerged black, and the others 
the ordinary form. He also captured a male Orgyia gonostigma 
flying in Greenhouse Park early in September. 
Mr. L. S. Brady of Sheffield thinks melanism increasing in 
his district. The number of melanic specimens of Venusza 
cambricarta was certainly in greater proportion this year than 
formerly. 
Mr. Hooper, Emby, near Wakefield, reports the capture of 
four male Dasypolia templt. 
Mr. W. Hewett records the capture of a beautiful lilac 
coloured temale variety of Sphinx populé at York, from which 
he obtained a large batch of eggs; and also records Hadena 
glauca from Rombalds Moor; Cenonympha davus and Hyria 
aurorarta from Thorne Moor, July. 
Mr. J. Harrison, Barnsley, says the season seems to have 
been very bad; he has come across Prays curtisellus and 
Catopteryx cana very freely (previously only odd specimens 
seen). He also bred and captured seven or eight varieties 
of Pedisca solandriana, including the northern variety. 
Mr. Porter, Hull, says Cirrhedia xerampelina has been 
scarce this year, and Agrot’s ravida gets scarcer year by year. 
Mr. J. W. Boult, Hull, says he captured a few Cwnonympha 
davus on Thorne Moor, in June, and saw a swift fly after a 
male Bombyx callune, but it went down among the heather and 
the swift lost it. He has seen sparrows capture Chelonia caja, 
Liparis dispar, and other moths, as he released them, when 
rearing large numbers for varieties. He also saw a sparrow 
catch a cockchafer and fly away with it. 
Mr. T. A. Lofthouse, Middlesbrough, says the season has 
been fairly good there. Took a single specimen of Celena 
1g07 April 1. 
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