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Species. 

 CelcBfia Haiiwrthii 

 Noctua Dahlii 

 Dasypolia te??!pli 

 Agrotis bicernea 



Xanthia cerago 

 Aplecta herhida 

 Hadena adtista 

 Scoparia basistjigalis 

 craicBsalis 



Recorder. 

 John Harrison. 

 John Harrison. 

 J. Hirst. 

 W. Firth. 

 G. T. Porritt. 

 E. P. P. Butterfield. 

 W. Hodgson. 

 J. A. Butterfield. 

 G. T. Porritt. 

 G. T. Porritt. 



New Localities. 



...Penistone Moors. 



...Barnsley 



. . . Bradford 



...Saltaire... 



. . . Brighouse 



...Bingley 



. . . Bradford 



. . . Bingley 



...Doncaster 



...Doncaster 



Of these only two species need be further alluded to : — 

 Scoparia basistrigalis. On the occasion of the Union's ex- 

 cursion to Doncaster, on Bank Holiday, August 4th, whilst 

 collecting in company with Messrs. W. Prest and R. Hind of York 

 in Edlington Wood, we were fortunate enough to come across this 

 interesting species. It appeared to be somewhat local, but in an 

 area of perhaps a hundred or more yards square it occurred in great 

 abundance, upwards of a dozen sometimes occurring on a single 

 tree. Some years ago Mr. Prest took a few specimens at Bishop 

 Wood near Selby, but we do not remember any other Yorkshire 

 locality. 



Agrotis lucernea. The occurrence of this species in 

 various parts of the West Riding in odd specimens only, is very 

 singular^ as, with the exception of the Bradford specimen (which 

 was taken at rest on a rock in Shipley Glen on September 6th) 

 all I have seen were in beautiful condition, apparently not long 

 out of pupa. 



RARITIES IN 1879. 



Only three species have been recorded which are worthy of 

 being placed under this heading : — 



Acronycta aini. No imagos appear to have been ob- 

 served, but two larvae were taken. One, a half-grown specimen, 

 was secured by Mr. C. W. Richardson from oak in Haw Park 

 near Wakefield, on September 17th; the other by Mr. Austen Hind 



