The following publications are available - please send cheque made payable to Butterfly Conservation with your order to Mrs M.C. Frost, 10 Chellsway, Withernsea, HU19 2EN.

For further information please ring 01964 613671 or e-mail:christine.frost@yorkshirebutterflies.org.uk

All prices include post and packaging

Argus Number 59

Joint moth and butterfly annual report for 2009 from
Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union.

Limited Edition.

Cost £12.00

Limited Edition

TO BE PUBLISHED JOINTLY IN 2011 by BC Yorkshire & the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union to CELEBRATE the YNU'S 150TH BIRTHDAY

George Porritt (1848-1927) was Yorkshire's first YNU County Lepidoptera Recorder and the first-ever person to collect the county's butterfly and moth records together systematically. Through a journal called Entomological Transactions of the YNU he published his first Lists in parts between 1883 and 1886. Then in 1904 he produced a Supplement followed by a slightly updated summary in the Victoria County History in 1907. Finally we have recently discovered a little known Hull Area List published in 1922.

Not only are copies of his Lists rare today, but they are also very difficult to understand. Nomenclature of genera and species is in Latin, often using names we are no longer familiar with. The order of names is quite different to the one we use today. Family groupings are different and some species treated as one may be two or more today and sometimes vice versa!

To make sense of Porritt's work we are reproducing his Lists in modern systematic order, with the contents of the 4 Lists one under the other for each species, which in itself makes interesting reading! Each species will be headed by the British Checklist number and the current English and Latin names. We have also added in comments where relevant. Porritt's words will be in black with annotations in colour. It will be an A5 paperback of approx 320pp, with full colour cover; designed and edited by Howard Frost, with Lists re-arranged and annotated by Harry Beaumont, Terry Crawford and Howard Frost, and including a biography of Porritt by Geoffrey Fryer. It will be well illustrated with photos and line drawings plus 8 pages in colour drawn from Porritt's collections.

THIS WILL BE A VERY LIMITED EDITION - perhaps fewer than 300 copies - largely limited to the number of orders placed in advance by JULY 15th 2010 at £18 plus £3.00 towards packing & postage = £21. A small number of copies will be available after publication at £30 plus p&p. Order now to ensure your copy! We suspect this will become be a much sought after book in the future!

BECOME A SPONSOR: In order to ensure that we have sufficient funds to pay for this edition and to include all the colour work planned, we would welcome sponsorships from individuals, societies and other bodies. Sponsors pay a minimum amount of £30 (to include up to two names) for which they will be sent a 'free' copy of the book and will have their names enrolled in the sponsorship list to be included at the front of the book. Society or Group Logos can be included at no extra cost. Donors of £50 or more will be sent two copies of the book unless they request otherwise. The sponsorship list will close on July 15th 2010. Copies of Logos (as JPEGS) need to be sent in well before this date.

Please make cheques payable to 'Butterfly Conservation' and send to Howard M Frost (Porritt Offer), 10 Chellsway, Withernsea, HU19 2EN. (Note: This is not being planned as a profit-making project but if any profit does result it will be shared equally between BC Yorkshire and the YNU.) Please include full address details plus telephone and email if available. All orders and donations will be acknowledged by email if given, by post if not. If all goes to plan it is hoped to send out orders in January 2011. For queries Howard can be contacted via email on: frost283@btinternet.com or phone: 01964. 613671.

Argus Number 57

The branch journal featuring articles on Chasing the Painted Lady, Moth recording at Elvington, the AGM, County news round up and much much more!

A Few Copies remaining

Cost £5.00

Argus Number 56

Joint moth and butterfly annual report for 2008 from
Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union.

Limited Edition.

Cost £11.50

Limited Edition

Argus Number 55

The branch journal featuring articles on Alfred Tetley, Changes, Nick Lawman's first moth trapping season, Exploring Hungary with John Brookes, the Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner and much much more.

SOLD OUT

Argus Number 54

Joint moth and butterfly annual report for 2007 from
Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union.

Cost £11.00

Argus Number 53

The branch journal featuring articles on Strensall, Lepidoptera round about Scarborough, Yorkshire Air Museum Nature Reserve, Butterfly Watching in Switzerland and much much more.

Cost £5.00

Argus Number 52

Joint moth and butterfly annual report for 2006 from
Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union.

Limited Edition.

Cost £10.00

Argus Number 51

The first new format colour edition of the branch journal.
Including articles on the Orange Tip life cycle, Butterflies in Hungary and Gibraltar, report from the AGM at Doncaster, reports from field visits and much much more!

Cost £5.00

Argus Number 50

Joint moth and butterfly annual report for 2005 from Butterfly Conservation Yorkshire Branch and the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union.

Cost £7.50

Past Editions

A small number of past editions of Argus are still available these include numbers:

Gardening for Butterflies - Dr. Margaret Vickery, edited by David Dunbar.

Tips on how to make your own butterfly garden, choice of plants for both caterpillars and butterflies and advice on protecting local habitats

Cost £5.50

Sorry this item is temporarily out of stock.

The State of Britains Larger Moths
Cost £5

The Red Admiral booklet
Cost £3

The Holly Blue booklet
Cost £3