ba PORRITT : LIST OF YORKSHIRE LEPIDOPTERA. 



Barnsley {J.H.); Bramham ! {J.Sm.); Bretton ! 

 {G.T.F.); Farnley near Leeds {C.S.); Huddersfield 

 (/. V.) ; Pontefract (B.H.) ; Richmond {G.P.H.); Rother- 

 ham {W. B. Pryer, Ent. W. Int., June 8, 1861) ; Sheffield 

 {A.D.) ; Wakefield {W.T.) ; York {Stainton's Manual). 



Xanthia cerago W. V. Common among sallow. 



Askham Bog {W.P.); Barnsley {J.H.); Beverley, 

 " common, but rather small in size " {N.F.D.) ; Bingley 

 {E.PP.B.); Bramham! (/^w/.); Huddersfield (G^. 7: Z'.); 

 Meanwood near Leeds! {W.H.T.)\ Pontefi:act (^.^) ; 

 Richmond (/. Sang) ; Scarborough I! {T. W.) ; Sheffield 

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



The variety flavescens Esp. occurs at Huddersfield, 

 and probably wherever the ordinary form is found. 



Xanthia silago Hub. Common ; the larvae of this and X. 

 cerago may often be beaten freely out of sallows in spring, 

 or collected in the catkins. 



Adel ! ( W.H.T.) ; Askham Bog ( W.P.) ; Barnsley 

 {/.JP.) ; Beverley {N.F.D.) ; Bradford (/. IV.C.) ; Bram- 

 ham ! (f.Sm.); Huddersfield ! (G.T.P.); Meanwood near 

 Leeds ( W.H.T.) ; Pontefract (B.JP.); Richmond (/ Sang); 

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



Xanthia aurago W.V. A great rarity. 



Sheffield (/. Batty and A.D.) ; taken at Sheffield in 

 1859 by Mr. W. Laycock {Ent. Ann., i860, /. 139); 

 "Has occurred at York" {Stainton's Majtual). 



Xanthia gilvago Esp. This species was first added to the 

 British list from specimens taken at Doncaster by Mr. 

 Hugh Reid, and is still to be taken there as freely probably 

 as in any other locality in Britain. The elm hedges on the 

 way to and near Edlington Wood are well known collecting 

 grounds for it. 



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



