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Hadena protea. Everingham (/.^.)- 



Hadena glauca. Fairly common. One exceptionally dark 

 variety taken, Harden Moss, Huddersfield {G.T.F.). 

 Saltaire {KB. and /.B.). 



Hadena dentina. Fairly common, Saltaire {KB. SLud/.B.); 

 one specimen, Cotherstone ( IV.H.). 



Hadena suasa. Mr. G. T. Porritt, in his List of Yorkshire 

 Lepidoptera, published July, 1883, says of this species 'rare, 

 but rather widely distributed.' 



The species is taken annually at Askham Bogs, York, 

 where some years (as 1897) it is by no means uncommon. 

 Hull, however, is its head-quarters in Yorkshire, and there 

 it is generally common. The late Mr. J. Hames, of Hull, 

 a practical and enthusiastic entomologist, usually obtained it 

 in considerable numbers at sugar, and from eggs deposited 

 by captive females reared large numbers of the moth. 



The larvae are very easily reared. Mr. W. J. Pickering, 

 of Hull, another experienced entomologist, also obtains 

 this species in abundance. Askham Bogs, June 10, 

 sugar {R.D.) ; sugar, Doncaster {H.H.C.) ; six specimens, 

 sugar, Skipwith, new to local list {CD. A). Askham Bogs, 

 sugar, common {S. IV.). 



Hadena thalassina. Common, at sugar, Hull {IV./.F.) ; 

 Middlesbrough, sugar {T.A.L.). 



Xylocampa areola (lithoriza). 



Calocampa exoleta. Everingham {/.S.). 



Calocampa solidaginis. 'More abundant than we have 

 ever found it before, Harden Moss' {G.T.F.); plentiful at 

 Sheffield on hawthorn trees (Z. S. Brady); freely at rest on 

 firs, Middlesbrough {T.A.L.) ; more abundant than in 1896, 

 Wilsden {E.F.B.), previous to which it had not been 

 observed in the district, although Mr. Butterfield and his 

 brother had worked the locality for a good many years, 

 where it has been abundant this and last year, 



