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were found later as pupse. Selby and Goole have been their 

 head-quarters with us. Mr. Thomas Foster says they were 

 plentiful at the former place in August and September, and Mr. 

 Thomas Bunker records them at the latter. 



NOTICEABLE RECORDS. 



The following may be mentioned under this heading : — 



Ghortobius Davus. At Thorne Moor, by Mr. W. E. Brady 

 of Barnsley. 



Eurymene dolobraria. At Bishop Wood, .Selby, by myself. 



Nyssia hispidaria. At Bishop Wood, by Messrs. William 

 Brest of York and S. D. Bairstow of Huddersfield. 



Hyria auroraria. At Thorne Moor, by Mr. W. E. Brady. 



Eupithecia lariciata. Beaten in plenty from the firs at 

 Brantingham by a number of the members of our section on the 

 occasion of the Union's excursion to Brough on Whit Monday, 

 June loth. 



Thera firmata. In plenty at sugar at York in September, 

 by Mr. Brest. 



Melanthia albicillata. Only worthy of mention on account 

 of the great abundance in which it was noticed at Bishop Wood 

 at Whitsuntide (June 8th), by Messrs. Brest, Porritt and Bairstow. 



Cidaria silaceata. Common at Bishop Wood in June, 

 Messrs. Brest, Porritt and Bairstow, 



Notodonta dromedarius. At Wharncliffe Woods near 

 Sheffield, by myself 



Agrotis lucernea. kx. Armitage Bridge, Huddersfield, by 

 the Rev. G. C. B. Madden. 



Tseniocampa populeti. Commonly at Bishop Wood, 

 by Mr. Brest. 



Tethea subtusa. Bishop Wood, Mr. Brest. 



Trans. Y.N.U., 1878. Series D 



