1 6 porritt: list of Yorkshire lepidoptera. 



Hesperia Sy\wanus Fa^. Askham Bog ( ^Ki'.) ; Bishop's 

 Wood {J.G.); Bramham ! {/.S?n.); Edlington Wood 

 {J.H.) ; Ledstone {C.S.); Pontefract {B.H.) ; Richmond 

 (/ Sang) ; Scarborough ! {J.H.R.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; 

 Thorne Waste {/.H.) ; Wakefield {W.T.). 



Hesperia comma L. Not common. 



Bishop's Wood {J.G.); " Scarborough and York " 

 {E.B., Newman^ s '■'■British Butterflies,^'' p. 173). 



Hesperia linea Fab. Fairly common. 



Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Bishop's Wood {J.G) ; Bram- 

 ham {J.Sm.); Filey {G.T) ; Raskelf ! {G.T.) ; Scar- 

 borough ! (/Z^i?.) ; Sheffield (^.Z>.),; Thorner (/6^.) ; 

 Wakefield, where a bone-coloured variety has also occa- 

 sionally been taken ( ff/^ 71). 



NOCTURNI. 



Smerinthus ocellatus L. Askem (S.D.B.) ; Askham Bog 

 ( W.P.) ; Barnsley (/.If.); Bishop's Wood (G.T.); Bram- 

 ham ! {J.Sm.); Horsforth {J. P.); Huddersfield, rare 

 {G.T.P.); Pannal (JKZ*./?.) ; Pontefract (^.7^.) ; Rich- 

 mond (/ Sang) ; Scarborough {T.W.); Sheffield {A.D.) ; 

 Wakefield {W.T.). 



Smerinthus populi L. Common all over the county. 



Smerinthus tiliae L. " Once near York " ( W. C. Hewitson, 

 " Stephens^ Illustrations'"). 



Acherontia Atropos Z. Occurs now and then in all parts 

 of the county, and in the potato growing districts of the 

 east and south east is sometimes very plentiful in the larva 

 state. 



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