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Richmond (/. Safig) ; Ripon (/. Waite) ; Scarborough ! 

 {T.W.); Sheffield {A.B.); Thirsk {J.G.) ; Wakefield 

 {W.T.). 



Eriogaster lanestris L. Askern {S.L.M.); Bramham 

 (/.S7n.) ; Easingwold (G.T.); Huddersfield, very rare 

 (P.Z); Ilkley (E.B., Zoo/., 1866); Pontefract (B.-ff.) ; 

 Richmond {G.P.H.); Scarborough (T. ?'K) ; Sheffield, in 

 old lists {A.D.); Thirsk!! {J.G); Wakefield {W.T.) ; 

 Wilstrop (JV.E.C.) ; York (T. Wilson). 



Bombyx neustria L. A very scarce species, although so 

 abundant in more southern counties. 



Pontefract (B.JI.) ; Sheffield {A.B.) ; York, rare 

 {R.C.). 



Bombyx rubi L. Well distributed and usually common in 

 suitable localities. 



Askham Bog ( W.F.) ; Barnsley {J.H.) ; Beamsley 

 Moors {W.H.T.); Bradford!! {/.IV.C); Cottingham, 

 near Hull {H. Wilkinson) ; Huddersfield, formerly, but 

 now apparently extinct (y. F;); Keighley !! (y. T. Calvert); 

 Leeds {E.B.); Pontefract {B.H.); Richmond (/ Sang); 

 Scarborough ! {/.H.R.) ; Selby {T.F.^xvd R.ff.); Sheffield 

 {A.D.); Thorne Waste (W.F.); Wakefield (W.T.); 

 Weeton ! (/.F). 



Bombyx quercus Z. Plentiful on heaths, moorlands, and 

 other suitable places all over the county. The specimens 

 found in the West Riding, and probably inland speci- 

 mens generally, are the form known as callunse Falmer, 

 but I believe the purely coast specimens are the true 

 quercus. A single larva I picked up on Crosland 

 Moor, Huddersfield, produced on July ist, 1873, a beauti- 

 ful variety of the male, in which the usual yellow band was 

 replaced by rich olive. It was, I believe, the first record 

 of this form having occurred in Britain, but two or three 



