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Entomologist members were in strong force, there being six 

 on the moors during the afternoon. Several Emperor MotJis 

 were noticed dashing abont the moors, and provided much exercise 

 with very little result to some of our members. Three or four 

 species of butterflies Avere noticed, the most noteworthy being a 

 specimen of the Ureen HairdreaJ^, the first that has been noted on 

 Eston Moors that I am aware of. A number of other species of 

 both butterflies and moths were noticed, but they, being only 

 common species, do not call for sjjecial mention, with one 

 exception, that being T. hiundularia, specially noticeable on account 

 of some very finelj' marked and dark S2:)ecimens that occurred on 

 fir and larch trunks. 



Among the birds noticed during the afternoon the Cuckoo 

 seemed to be very plentiful. A Grasshopper Warbler was heard. 

 It was noticed that the warblers seemed to be very backward in 

 their nesting operations. 



On reaching Guisborough some of the members spent some 

 time in looking over the objects of archa?ological interest in the 

 Church, including the fine De Brus Cenotaiih. 



The next meeting was fixed for June 7th, on which day it 

 was proposed to walk from Ayton Station to Kildale ria Little 

 Ayton and Easby ; owing, however, to it raining very heavily all 

 day, this meeting had to be abandoned. 



The fourth meeting took place on June 21st, wlien a party 

 of about 1 5 journeyed to Picton and walked from thence to Yarm, 

 the day being very fine; but owing to an expected guide not 

 turning up, and the party being unable to get any local information 

 as to a path through the fields, the journey had to be made by 

 the road, which I am informed did not prove very interesting, 

 although a few specimens of a fairly good moth, H. arhuH (one 

 of the smaller yeJlow underwings), were taken by an entomologist 

 of the party ; and the Ticajj Blade Urrliis was noticed a.s being 

 very abundant in one or two places en route. 



The next excursion M'as one arranged as the result of the 

 Rev. J. HaAvell's lecture on the Evolution of Cleveland Scenery 

 (which he gave to the Society in April last^. The party of upwards 

 of 20, on arrival at Commondale Station on Saturday, July 5th, 

 were taken charge of by the Rev. J, HaAvell, M.A., who kindly 

 acted as guide, the route being from " Commondale Station through 



