20 porritt: list of Yorkshire lepidoptera. 



(If.JV. Cheesman) ; Scarborough, not uncommon {T. W.) ; 

 York ! I^R.C. and Staintoii's Manual). 



Chelonia plantaginis L. Common and generally dis- 

 tributed, on heaths, &c. 



Bradford \{J.W.C.); Bramham Park {F. Oates, Ent. 

 W. Int.., July ird, 1858, iv. 108) ; common on the 

 Greetland and Norland Moors, Halifax {G.T.F.) ; Harro- 

 gate ( IV.E.C.) ; Richmond {G.P.H.) ; Sandbeck Park {/. 

 Ileppenstall, Newman's Entom., Aug., 1842, i. 356); Scar- 

 borough !! {T. W.) ; Sheffield {A.D.); York ! {Stainton's 

 Manual); Wakefield {W.T.). 



Chelonia caja L. Abundant all over the county. Many of 

 the best varieties at present in British collections were bred 

 in the West Riding. 



Arctia fuliginosa L. Commonly distributed over the county. 

 Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bradford ! (/. W.C.) ; Bramham ! 

 {J.Sm.); Halifax! {G.T.F.) ; Huddersfield ! {G.T.F.) ; 

 Hunslet {/.F.); IMey {/.W.T); Leeds, Adel Moor! 

 (/ W.T.); Otley Chevin {J.W.T.); Pontefract {B.H.) ; 

 Richmond {G.F.H.) ; Ripon ( /^. Lickley); Scarborough 

 {T.W.); Selby {TF. and R.H.) ; Sheffield {A.D.); 

 Weeton ! {J.F.) ; Wakefield {W.T); York( /^ C. Hewit- 

 son, in '■'■Stephens' Illustrations "). 



Arctia mendica L. Fairly common. 



Adel, Leeds {J.G.); Barnsley {/.II.); Bishop's Wood 

 {G.T.F.); Bradford (/ W.C); Bramham Park {F. Oates, 

 Ent. W. Int., June iit/i, 1859, vi. 83); Huddersfield, not 

 uncommon (6^. Z!/'.) ; Pontefract (^.^) ; Richmond (_/. 

 Sang); Scarborough (7: f^) ; Sheffield (^.Z?.) ; Wakefield 

 {W.T); York {R.C.). 



I have seen some beautiful varieties ; one, a female 

 having the black spots confluent, from Bradford, was in 

 my own possession. 



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