NOCTURE. 69 



Acronycta megacephala TV.V. Askham Bog {W.F.); 

 Bishop's Wood {T.F. and C.S.) ; Bradford {J.IV.C); 

 Bramham {J.Sm.); Huddersfield {/-V.); Pontefract 

 {B.H.) ; Richmond (/ Sang) ; Sheffield {A.D.). 



Acronycta aini L. This species, always considered a great 

 rarity, used to be taken not uncommonly at Scarborough 

 by the late Mr. T. Wilkinson. It has also been taken re- 

 peatedly some years at EdUngton Wood near Doncaster, 

 and at Haw Park, near Wakefield, in both of which locali- 

 ties as well as about York I have no doubt it might be 

 taken every season if well worked for. 



The following records will shew its distribution : — 

 Bishop's Wood {C.S.) ; Bramham, twice on birch [J.Sm.); 

 Brantingham near Brough {Ent. W. Int., viii. 195) ; Don- 

 caster {W.W. and others) ; EdUngton Wood {J.H. and 

 others) ; I took a larva there on the upper side of an oak 

 leaf on August 5th, 1882 {G.-T.F.) ; Guisborough {W. 

 Jeffrey, Ent. W. Int., iv. 188) ; Huddersfield, one at sugar 

 by Mr. J. Varley, and one by Mr. F. Dearnley at Norton- 

 thorpe, on June 8th, 1874 ; Leeds, one in 1858 {F. Oates, 

 Ent. W. Int., p. 203) ; Rotherham, in 1876 {/a?nes Floor); 

 Scarborough, not uncommon {T.W.); Selby, in 1878 

 {T.F.); Sheffield (A.B.), one on June 14th, 1874 (f^ 

 Sheldon, Entom., vii. 178) ; Wakefield, not very uncommon 

 ( W.T., C. W.F., G.T.F, and others) ; York, not uncom- 

 mon { W.F.). 



Acronycta ligustri W.V. Local. 



Beverley ! {N.F.D.) ; Bramham {J.Sm.) ; Bramley 

 Fall Wood near Leeds (^.^.); Pontefract (^.Z^) ; Scar- 

 borough !! {F. IV.) ; Sheffield, in old Ust {A.F.) ; York, not 

 ■ uncommon ( W.F.). 



The York specimens generally are so different from 

 southern ones that at first sight I quite failed to recognize 

 some shewn to me by Mr. Prest. The large blotch towards 



