THE WEEKLY ENTOMOLOGIST. 
59 
Those who make any discovery, or 
capture of a rare species, or observa- 
tion of general interest, are requested 
to communicate, at once, a notice of 
the same, to Mr. T. Blackburn, 
Bowdon, Cheshire. 
OBSERVATIONS. 
A list of lepidoptera occurring in 
the neighbourhood of Yorlc. By AV. 
Pjiest. 
Noctukni. continued. 
L. Auriflua. Abundant. 
“ Monacha. This species has been 
taken at Red House AVood and 
at Cawood. 
O. Pudibunda. Not very common. 
“ Fascelina. ditto 
“ Antigua. Common. 
•T. Cratcegi. Rare, — The Rev. G. 
R. Read used to take the larvae 
commonly on the hedges at 
Sutton and Elvington. 
P. Populi Taken at li^ht. 
E. Lanestris. Common ; some years 
abundant. 
C. Neustria. Not common. 
B. Rubi. Common. 
“ Quercus. Rather common. 
0. Potatoria. Common. 
S. Carpini. Abundant. 
AVe have now come to the end of 
the Nocturni , one or two species of 
which I may have omitted. AVe do 
not appear to be very rich in them, 
but there are some good species 
taken not very far from York, which 
can scarcely be said to occur in the 
“neighbourhood,” for instance, — 0. 
Gonostigma at Doncaster, G. Ilicifolia 
at Ripon and Sheffield, S. Celerio at 
AVakefield, and, I believe, the same 
insect at Doncaster. 
Before proceeding further with this 
list I wish it to be understood that 
I do not take my data, for numbers, 
from the last two or three seasons, 
(because they have been very unpro- 
fitable ones, and some species that are 
usually common have scarcely been 
seen,) but from my own experience 
during the last six seasons, and from 
friends who have collected even longer 
than that. 
I believe that I am wrong in stating 
that I have taken L. Helvola for the 
last four seasons, for, on referring to 
my notes, I find that I took, of this 
species the following ; — one in 1858, 
— two in 1859, — nine in 1860, and 
two in 1862. 
In concluding my remarks on the 
Nocturni I may say that though York 
is scarcely a first rate locality for 
them, it seems an average one. 
GEOMETER. 
0. Sambucaria Rather common in 
some seasons. 
E. Vespcrtaria.. Very local. Mr. 
Stainton is quite in error with 
regard to the food plant of this 
pretty species. He gives nut. 
AVe take the larva freely on 
dwarf sallow, and where there 
is no nut to be seen. Mr. New- 
man is also in error when he 
