PREST : YORKSHIRE MICRO-LEPIDOPTERA IN 1877. 15. 



meagre; for I know of no entomologist in Yorkshire who really 

 knows them, since the death of Mr. T, Wilkinson of Scarborough. 

 My observations are only very limited, and therefore my first Hst 

 must necessarily be very small, when we take into consideration 

 the bad season of 1877, 



Nemophora metaxella. Common in Askham Bog. 



Micropteryx Thunbergella. One specimen. York. 



M. purpurella. Not uncommon in our woods round York. 



M. semipurpurella. Not uncommon in our woods round 

 York. 



M, subpurpurella. Not uncommon in our woods round 

 York. 



Prays Curtisellus. Two or three specimens in July. York. 



Cerostoma vittella. One specimen in Jul3^ York. 

 C. radiatella. Bred from larvae beaten from oak at Bishop's 

 Wood. 



C. COStella. Bred from larv-^s beaten from oak at Bishop's 

 W^ood. 



Harpipteryx nemorella. Beaten from honeysuckle. York. 



H. xylostella. Beaten from honeysuckle. York. 



Depressaria costosella. Bred from furze and broom. 

 York. 



D. coirterminella. Bred from sallow. York. 



Gelechia populella. Bred from poplar, June. York. 



G. ericinella. I took a fine series at Sandburn and Thorne 

 Waste in August. Not noticed before in Yorkshire. 



Chelaria Hubnerella. Not uncommon in Askham Bog. 



Pleurota bicostella. Taken on Strensall Common. 



QEcophora flavimaculella. I breed this species every 

 year from Angelica sylvestris. Larva in October, imago in July, 



Coleophora palliatella. In June last I took seven cases 

 on oak at Bishop's Wood, and bred five images of this good 

 species. It is I believe quite new to Yorkshire, 



