8o PORRITT: LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. 



Agrotis cursoria Bork. Common, at the mouth of the Hum- 

 ber, but they are much darker than southern specimens 

 {N.F.'D.) ■ Spurn !! {F. W.L.). 



Agrotis nigricans Z. Askham Bog ( fK^P.) ; Barnsley(y;J7;); 

 Beverley ! (JV.F.D.) ; Huddersfield (G.T.F.) ; Pontefract 

 {B.H.) ; Redcar (yi Sang) ; Richmond (y! Sang) ; Scar- 

 borough {T.W.); Sheffield {A.D.). 



Agrotis tritici L. Adel Moors \ {W.KT.) ; Askham Bog 

 (IV.F.) ; Barnsley, rare {J.H.) ; Flamborough Head 

 {E.H.); Pontefract {B.H.); Redcar {J. Sang); Scar- 

 borough ! {Stainton^s Manual)', Spurn !! {N.F.D. and 

 P. W.L). 



Agrotis aquilina W.V. Askham Bog ( fl^/'.) ; Scarborough! 

 {Stainton's Manual) ; Spurn !! {N.F.D. and F. W.F). 



Agrotis obelisca W.V. Scarborough, not uncommon ( TT fF.); 

 York {W.F., Ent. W. Lit, 1860,/. 44). 



Agrotis agathina Dup. The larvse are often common in 

 suitable heathery situations, but the imago is comparatively 

 seldom seen. 



Adel Moors !(/^^r.); Bingley ! (Z:./'.Z:^.) ; Brad- 

 ford (/. /^C.) ; Huddersfield {G.T.F.) ; Richmond (/ 

 Sang a.r\d G.F.H.) ; Scarborough !! {T.W.); Sheffield 

 {A.D.) ; York ( W.F.). 



Agrotis porphyrea IV. V. Very common on all heaths. 



Agrotis praecox Z. Spurn {N.F.D. and F. W.F) ; once at 



York {Ent. W. Int., 1860,/. 134). 

 Agrotis ravida W. V. Rare, except on the coast. 



Askham Bog {W.F.) ; Balby near Doncaster, one 



{W.W.); Scarborough, sometimes abundant {T.W.); 



Spurn !! {N.F.D. and F. W.L.) ; Wakefield ( W.T.). 

 Agrotis pyrophila W.V. Excessively rare. 



" Has occurred at York" {Stamton's Mamml) ; is also 



mentioned in an old list of Sheffield species, but this record 



needs confirmation. 



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



