82 PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. 



Noctua glareosa Esp. Common in woods where ling grows 

 freely, and found also in other situations, as the larva does 

 not confine itself to ling. 



Adel near Leeds ! ( W.H.T.) ; Barnsley {J.H.) ; Bing- 

 ley !! (E.F.F.B.) ; Bradford ! (/. W.C.) ; Huddersfield ! 

 {G.T.P.); Ilkley !! (^.^.) ; Richmond (a/'.^) ; Scar- 

 borough \{T.W.); Sheffield {A. D.) ; Wakefield (JV.T.) ; 

 York (W.F.). 



An extraordinary variety having the wings of a rich 

 chocolate-brown colour was taken by Mr Joseph Jackson 

 near Barnsley in 1873. It was sent to me to name, as its 

 captor quite failed to recognise it (See Enf. Mo. Mag., 

 Jan., 1874, X. 18 r). 



Noctua depuncta L. Very local. 



Doncaster (i7//^/? Reid, Zool., 1845, iii. 1199); l.^-^- 

 hmn{J. Sang); Richmond (6^./'. iT!); Scarborough, some- 

 times abundant (Zl W^. 



Noctua augur Fab. Very common, no doubt everywhere. 



Noctua plecta L. Common, probably everywhere. 



Noctua C-nigrum L. Generally distributed and rather 

 common. 



Askham Bog (ff^/'.); Balby !! ( ffT J^) ; Barnsley, 

 rsirQ{/.ff.); Beverley! {N.F.D.); Bradford {/.W.C); 

 Bramham ! (yi^'w/.) ; Flamborough Head (^.i^) ; Goole 

 {/.Harrison); Huddersfield (G^. 7: Z'.); Leeds (^.^.) ; 

 Pontefract {B.FT.) ; Rastrick {G.T.F.) ; Redcar (/. Sang); 

 Richmond {/. Sang) ; Ripon {/. Waite) ; Wakefield 

 {W.T.); Wharncliffe Woods {S.L.M.). 



Noctua triangulum Och. Not very common. 



Askham Bog (l^./^.) ; Barnsley {/.H.); Pontefract 

 {B.H.); Richmond (/. Sang); Scarborough {T.W.) ; 

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



Noctua rhomboidea Tr. A very local species with us. 



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



