1 8 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. 



Wakefield (JV.T. and others); Yarm, i860 {Ent. Ann.^ 

 i86i)j York, in 1877 {W.P.). 



Sphinx ligustri L. A rare species in Yorkshire, but is re- 

 ported from Bridlington {M.L.) ; formerly near Castleford 

 {C.S.); Hull (/. Young, Ent. W.Int); Scarborough 

 {Staifiton's Manual); ^&\hy {R.II. dsid T.F.) ; Sheffield 

 {A.D.) ; Wakefield (IV. T.); York, two larvee in 1877 (/ 



Deilephiia euphorbiae Z. Stainton's Manual gives Scar- 

 borough as a locality for this species, but the record needs 

 confirmation. 



Deilephiia galii IV. V. A great rarity, but has occurred as 

 follows : — 



Bishop's Wood (/.G.) ; Bradford, two, one in 1878 

 {/.W.C); Huddersfield, several {John Armitage and 

 P.I.); Hull, in 1859 (/. Young, Ent. W. Int., p. 5); 

 Scarborough, three (T. f^) ; Sheffield (^.Z).) ; Spurn, a 

 larva in 1877 {P. W.L.) ; Wakefield {W.T.) ; York {Stain- 

 tonh Manual). 



Deilephiia lineata Fab. As great a rarity as the last. 



'Qsixn^l&y {StaintoJi's Manual) ; Birstall, one by Mr. 

 Isaac Binns, on July 23rd, 1867 or 1868 {G.T.P.) ; Heb- 

 den Bridge in 1865 (S. Gibson, Ent. Ann., 1866,/. 151); 

 Huddersfield, a very fine specimen on July 9th, 1859 {E. 

 Carter, Ent. W. Int., 1859,/. 42); Middleton, Sept. 

 26th, 1868, by Mr. Thorp {Science Gossip). 



Chaerocampa celerio I. Another great rarity. 



Brantingham Thorp, George Norman {Zool. 1847); 

 also at Brantingham in 1865 {J. H. C. Kingston, Science 

 Gossip, i'S,6$) ; DoncSiStex {Stainton's Manual) ; Hudders- 

 field, several, one in a street in the town, in 1868 {G. T.P.); 

 Middlesborough ( W. /agger, Ent. Mo. Mag., Jan., 1870) ; 

 Wakefield, "one in 1849, one of my first captures " {J. 



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