28 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA, 



rare (P./.); Pontefract {B.H.); Scarborough!! {T.W.); 

 Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield ( W.T.). 



Orgyia fascelina Z. Very local. 



Bramham {/.Sju.); Richmond {G.P.H. andy. Sang); 

 Spurn ! ! the larvae feed there on bedstraw ( W.E. C. and 

 F.W.L.); York {W.F., Ent. W. Int., 1860,/. 44, and 

 R.C., Entoin., Feb., 1842). 



Orgyia gonostigma L. Also a very local species. 



Askham Bog {W.F. and G.T.F.) ; Bishop's Wood 

 and Selby {/. W. T. and others) ; Doncaster {Stainton's 

 Manual); Rossington ( W. W.) ; Sheffield (A.D.). 



Orgyia antiqua L. Is distributed all over the county, but 

 much more commonly in the eastern than in the western 

 division. 



Demas coryli L. Not generally common, although Mr. J. 

 Smith used to find the larvae freely on beech trunks at 

 Bramham at the end of September. After a high wind he 

 has taken about a score in a. few minutes. Other localities 

 are : Filey {F.O.M., Brit. Moths, 187 1, i. 77) ; Hudders- 

 field (F.L); Pontefract {B.H.); Scarborough {T.W.); 

 ■ Sheffield (^.Z).); Wakefield ( f^Z:). 



Trichiura crataegi L. Not common. 



Bramham, larvae not uncommon at end of July 

 {/.Sm.); Richmond, larvae always on ling {G.F.JT.); 

 Sheffield {A.D.); Thirsk {G.T.); Wakefield {W.T.); 

 York {T. Wilson). 



Paecilocampa pop u 11 L. Not often common, but well dis- 

 tributed. 



Askham Bog ( W.F.) ; Bishop's Wood {/.G.) ; Bram- 

 ham, on birch trunks in November {J.Sm.); Edlington 

 Wood (J! Wilson); HsLvrogate (/. Sang) ; Huddersfield 

 {/.v.); Leeds (E.B. and W.E. C.) ; Pontefract {B.H.) ; 



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