174 porritt: list of Yorkshire lepidoptera. 



PTEROPHORI. 



Agdistes Bennettii Curt. I was so surprised at finding this 

 species in the Hst, sent me by Mr. John Sang of Darlington, 

 of species taken by himself at Redcar, that I wrote to ask 

 for further particulars. Mr. Sang replied as follows : — " I 

 took an Agdistes Bennettii on the sandhills at Redcar, and 

 have repeatedly looked for it since without success. Sfatice 

 limonium does grow in the neighbourhood, but several 

 miles from where I took the moth. I looked very closely 

 for larvae this summer (1881) without success, so it is quite 

 a mystery how it got there." 



Pterophorus dichrodactylus Muhlig. I took a specimen of 

 this species from tansy in my own garden at Highroyd, 

 Huddersfield, in August, 1876, which seems to be the only 

 recorded occurrence in the south West Riding. 



Scarborough, common among tansy {T.W.); York 

 {Stai?iton's Manual ). 



Pterophorus Bertram! Ross. Larva feeds on Achillea 

 millefoliiwi. 



Hexthorpe near Doncaster ( W. W.) ; one at Staddle- 

 thorpe near Howden, by Mr. W. Prest, in 1877. 



Pterophorus gonodactylus Schiff. = trigonodactylus 



Haw. Not nr\comm.on2imongco\tsiQOi{Tussilagofarfara). 

 Bishop's Wood {W.F.); Bramham (y.^w.) ; Flam- 

 borough Head (E.H) ; Goole, in Sandhill Wood {John 

 Harrison); Hexthorpe near Doncaster !!( ?f^ f^); Hud- 

 dersfield (G.T.R.) ; Scarborough {T.W.y ; Sheffield 

 {A.n.) ; York ! {T. Wilson). 



Pterophorus acanthodactylus Hilb. The larvee of this 

 species seem to be generally found on Ononis arvensis and 

 Stachys sylvatica, but I have taken the imago at Hudders- 

 field on ling {Calbma vulgaris), where I believe neither of 

 the two former plants grew within a considerable distance. 



Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. 



