^2 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. 



dersfield(y". F;); Pontefract (^.i^); Richmond (y. Sang) ; 

 Scarborough {/.H.R.) ; Sheffield {A.D.) ; Wakefield 

 ( W.T.) ; York ! {Stainton's Manual). 



Scodiona belgiaria Hilb. Generally common on heaths. 

 In the Thorne Moor specimens the males are darker and 

 • have a more irony appearance than south West Riding 

 examples. 



■ Adel, Leeds! {C.S. and/. W.T.); Bingleyl {E.F.F.B.); 

 Bradford (/ IV.C.) ; Halifax !! {G. T.P.) ; Huddersfield ! 

 {G.T.F.); Ilkley {A. Denny); Scarborough! {T.W.); 

 Sheffield (A.D.) ; Thorne Waste near Goole ! {G.T.P.). 



Fidonia carbonaria L. The following note appears in the 

 Entomologists^ Weekly Litelligencer of May loth, 1856, 

 i. 44 : — " April 24th, ascended Engleborough, on the 

 Lancashire side^ behind Ingleton ; when about half way up 

 took the first Eupisteria carbonaria I ever saw alive ! 

 C. S. Gregson, Edge Lane, Old Swan, Liverpool, May 

 3rd, 1856." The record needs confirmation. 



Fidonia atomaria Z. Apparently abundant on heaths 

 throughout the county. In the West Riding (and probably 

 elsewhere) the males are much smaller and darker., but 

 the females paler, than southern specimens. 



Fidonia piniaria Hub. Widely distributed and generally 

 abundant in fir woods. In the males the ground colour 

 is pure white, whereas in southern specimens it is yellow. 



Adel (IV.H.T.); Barden ! {E.F.F.B.) ; Barnsley 

 {J.H.) ; Bingley ! (E.F.F.B.) ; Blubberhouses {Lord Wal- 

 singham); Bradford {J.W.C.) ; Bramham ! {/.S/n.); 

 Doncaster {W.W.); Halifax !! {G.T.F.); Harrogate 

 (W.E.C); Horsforth, Leeds (C.S.) ; Huddersfield 

 (G.T.F.); Pontefract (B.H.) ; Richmond (G^.Z'.Z^ and 

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

 Wakefield (W.T.); Weldon Wood (C.S.); York !! (E.B). 



Trans. Y.N.U. Series D, Vol. 2. 



