176 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 



Mr. J. A. Butterfield, B.Sc, of London, mentions (Ento- 

 mologists' Record, vol. 9, p. 327), a very interesting 

 instance of protective resemblance in connection with this 

 species. He says : 'At rest it has a most remarkable re- 

 semblance to the excrement of grouse, the male particularly 

 so. It folds its wing round the body, clasps a stone with 

 its legs, and raises its body to an angle of about 30 deg. 

 Its markings, colour, shape, and mode of attachment make 

 the imitation almost perfect' 



Sphinx cassinea. Common at light, Everingham (/.S.). 



Cucullia verbasci. Larvae common, July, Beverley {J.L). 



Cucullia umbratica. Everingham (/.S.). 



Gonoptera libatrix. Stanley (W^ 6^. C). 



Plusia chrysitis. Very scarce, Beverley (y.Z.); rare, Grange 

 Hall ( IV.B.) ; Stanley ( W.G.C.) ; rare, Saltaire {F.£. and 

 J.B.). 



Plusia festucae. At flowers of sunflower, Sept. 15, Skipwith, 

 an addition to local list {CD. A.) ; Sandburn Common 

 {W.H.), August; Askham Bogs, several {R.D. and>S. W.). 



Plusia iota. Very scarce, Beverley {/.L.) ; rare, Grange Hall 

 {Brooks) ; rare, Saltaire {F.B. and /. Beanland) ; Stanley 

 {W.G.C). 



Plusia pulchrina (v-aureum). Scarce, Grange Hall ( W.B.). 



Plusia gamma. Very common, Beverley {J.L.). 



Anarta myrtilli. Middlesbrough (T^.^-^.Z.) ; Rombald's Moor 

 ( W.H.) ; Strensall Common ( IV. If.); Halifax {E./l.). 



Heliacia tenebrata. Anlaby {Porfer). 



Euclidia mi. Common, Drewton Dale, June {J.L). 



GEOMETR.F. 

 Uropteryx sambucaria. Fairly common, Beverley (y^Z.) ; 

 Middlesbrough {T.A.L.); Sandburn, fairly common, July 27 

 {R.D.); Sahaire {F.B. zndJ.B.); Stanley (ff^C^.C). 



Trans. Y.N.U., 1900 (pub. Dec. 1900). Series D, Vol. 5. 



