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NOTES— LEPIDOPTERA, 

 Satyrus tithonus in Lincolnshire.— in looking over the pages of 



Newman's 'British Butterflies' (p. 95), I find that the author there states that he 

 has no records of the occurrence of this generally common species in Lincolnshire. 

 I do not know whether it has since been recorded elsewhere for that county, but I 

 may state that I obser\-ed it in great abundance about a dozen years ago near 

 Owston Ferry, and more recently, 1882 and 1884, near Gainsborough. — J. W. 

 Carter, Bradford, September 8th, 1884. 



Hepialus humuli.— I shall be glad to know if a much richer and 

 stronger marking in the females of this species has been noticed by other 

 lepidopterists this season. In a number of specimens brought into the house by 

 my children, the orange markings on the yellow ground were much broader and 

 more immerous than I ever noticed them before. Indeed a large specimen now 

 before me makes a very beautiful variety. There is little doubt this common 

 species would amply repay ' working ' in our county, especially in the hilly moor- 

 land districts. — Geo. T. Porritt, Huddersfield, October 17, 1884. 



Agrotis ripse at Spurn: a Correction.— In the report of the 



Yorkshire Naturalists' Union at Spurn, it is mentioned at p. 92 that the larvae- 

 of Agrotis riparia were plentiful. The name should have been given as A. ripce. 

 —Eds. 



Melanippe unangulata: a species hitherto unrecorded 



from Yorkshire. — I have for some time past been engaged at intervals in 

 obtaining infoi-mation with a view to compiling a list of the macro-Iepidoptera of 

 Barnsley and neighbourhood, and in connection therewith Mr. George Wilson, of 

 Wakefield, kindly furnished a list of those species taken by him at or near Haw 

 Park. Melanippe iinangiilata was included therein, much to my surprise, the more 

 so as it finds no place in Mr. Porritt's excellent 'List of Yorkshire Lepidoptera'; 

 fearing, therefore, some mistake, I corresponded with Mr. Wilson on the subject, 

 with the result that he maintained his previous opinion ; since then I have had the 

 pleasure of seeing this species at his house, and of receiving from him specimens 

 w^hich are now in my cabinet. In conversation with him he stated that M. unan- 

 gitlata had been taken by Mr. Lumb, also of Wakefield, at least twenty years ago 

 (say 1865) at Haw Park, and further that they both have taken it there in different 

 seasons up to 1879, since which year he does not remember observing it ; inasmuch, 

 however, as during the past five years they have done but little collecting, there is 

 eveiy reason to suppose that it is to be met with yet, if worked for at the proper 

 season. This appears satisfactorily to establish it as a Yorkshire species, and as 

 such I suppose we must regard it in future. — Wm. E. Brady, Barnsley, November 

 15th, 1884. 



Stenopteryx hybridalis and Argyresthia retinella at Hud- 

 dersfield. — These two species, though generally common, have not previously 

 been recorded for this district. Of .S. hybridalis which seems to have been unusually 

 abundant in the country this year, Mr. G. W. Crosland, junr., took two specimens 

 on the north side of the town. A. retinella I have found not uncommonly in 

 Butternab Wood.— Geo. T. Porritt, Huddersfield, October 17, 1884. 



Phoxopteryx diminutana in Yorkshire.— Among some micro- 



lepidoptera which I had put on one side from doubt as to their names, but which 

 I submitted to ^Nlr. C. G. Barrett, when he paid me a visit here several weeks ago, 

 was a specimen of this species. I took it in Bishop's Wood on the occasion of the 

 Union's visit to Sherburn on the 2nd of Tune last. It is new to the county. — Geo. 

 T. Porritt. Huddersfield, Oct. 17th, 1884. 



Coleophora fusco-cuprella : a correction.— a le^s satisfactory 



result of Mr. Barrett's visit to me, is that for the present ' Doncaster ' must be 

 erased from the Yorkshire List as a locality for Coleop^hora fitsco-aiprella {Asychna 

 fusco-cilieUa). The specimens taken there had been named for me as such, but Mr. 

 Barrett satisfied me they were not that species. — Geo. T. Porritt, Huddersfield, 

 17th October, 1884. 



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