1 4- Moriey : Lepidoptera oj Skehnanthorpe during 1901. 



A few larva? of Boarmia repandata, gathered from heather, 

 produced very dark insects, one almost black. Larvae of 

 Geometra pupilionaria were gathered not uncommonly from 

 birch. Sallow catkins yielded a good supply of larvae of. 

 Xanthia flavago, and X. citrago larvae were plentiful on lime. 

 In the rolled-up leaves of sallow larvae of Cleocen's viminalis 

 were very common, a species entirely melanic in this neighbour- 

 hood. 



Bladder campion pods gathered in 1900 produced imagines 

 of the following species in the breeding cages : — Eiipithecia 

 venosata, Dianthcecia cucubali, D. capsincolo , and D. carpophaga, 

 the latter being new to the Huddersfield district list. 



Amphidasys betularia appeared not uncommonly, but all the 

 insects taken were of the black form. No record appears to exist 

 of any other form ever having occurred in this neighbourhood. 



Thyatira batis, Hadena thalassina , and H. adusta were fairly 

 common at ' sugar,' and Acronycta rwnicis, though very plentiful, 

 were of the ordinary type, the very dark form being much more 

 scarce than in the preceding year, while, on the contrary, Agrotis 

 segetum was almost without exception either black or very dark 

 brown. Another species which seemed to be entirely melanic 

 was Miami strigilis, not one insect of the marbled form being 

 noticed, a form which in former years has not been uncommon 

 here. 



Anuria myrtilli was very common, and Eubolia plumbaria 

 extremely plentiful. Cidaria silaceata appeared somewhat freely, 

 and C. corylata was abundant, as many as ten being noticed 

 resting on one tree. One Melanthia albicillata was taken, 

 a species very scarce here apparently, only a few odd specimens 

 having been previously taken. 



Eupithccia pulckellata, E. assimilata, E. vulgata, E. castigata, 

 and E. subnotata were all common, while E. nanata appeared 

 only sparingly. 



Emmelesia decolorata and E. albulata were both common, and 

 one specimen of E. alchemillata was taken, making an addition 

 to the local list. 



Several Cabera rotttndaria were bred from larvae beaten from 

 birch in the preceding autumn, and Xotodonta dromedarius and 

 Halios prasinana were also bred from larvae obtained locally. 



Melanippc Ii as/a fa and M. tristata appeared only sparingly, 

 and Lonuispilis marginata was scarce. A fine $ Cidaria iruncata, 

 a scarce insect in this neighbourhood, deposited ova, which 

 produced 41 very dark imagines in the autumn. 



Naturalist, 



