I20 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. 



Doncaster ( W. W.) ; Harrogate {/. Sang) ; Hudders- 

 field {G. T.F) ; Redcar (/ Sang) ; Richmond (/. Sang) ; 

 Sheffield (A.£>.) ; York (i?.C.). 



Sciaphila chrysantheana Z>/^/'.=alternana PV.V. Larva 

 feeds in the ox-eye daisy, and probably other composite. 

 Redcar (yi Sang). 



Sciaphila pascuana Sfn. .?=pasivana Bud. Some lawse. 

 I collected in the flowers of Ranunculus bulbosus in a rough 

 field adjoining Lepton Great Wood, Huddersfield, in 

 1882, produced this species freely, along with plenty of 

 6". icier icana and one specimen oi S. octomaculana {G.T.P.). 



Sciaphila hybridana Hiib. Common. 



Bramham {/.S?n.) ; Doncaster ( W. IV.) ; Huddersfield 

 (P./.) ; Redcar (/. Sang) ; Richmond (/. Sang). 



Sciaphila octomaculana Ifaw. ? I have bred this species 

 from Ranunculus flowers, but it also feeds on thistle, and 

 no doubt, like so many of its congeners, on numerous 

 other plants. It is widely distributed and common in the 

 county. 



Blubberhouses (Lord Walsingham) ; Huddersfield 

 {G.T.F. and F.L) ; Scarborough {T. W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.). 



Sphaleroptera ictericana Haia. I bred this freely in July, 

 1882, from larvae collected the previous month with those 

 of S. pascuajia in flowers of Ranunculus bulbosus in a field 

 adjoining Lepton Great Wood, Huddersfield {G.T.P.). 



Capua ochraceana Stepli. Doncaster ( ?F: JK) ; Edlington 

 Wood {G.T.F.) ; Huddersfield {F.L). 



Clepsis rusticana Tr. Huddersfield {F.L); Richmond 

 (/. Sang). 



Bactra lanceolana LLilb. Common in damp fields where 

 rushes grow. 



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