y8 Field Notes. 



males. The statement made by Mr. Butterfield that, in spite 

 of the winter of 1916-7 having been a long and dragging one, 

 yet more Pied Wagtails were seen about than usual, was 

 confirmed by the observations of Mr. F. Rhodes in Lister 

 Park, Bradford. *—H. B. Booth, Ben Rhydding. 



MOLLUSC A. 

 Paludestrina minuta in Lines. — On August 25th, 1904, 

 I collected a considerable quantity of very small Paludestrina, 

 thickly encrusted, from a drain between Grainthorpe Haven 

 and ' The Fifties,' which did not appear to be referable to 

 P. ventrosa and have therefore remained unidentified until 

 quite recently. In consequence of recent notes by my friend, 

 A. S. Kennard, F.G.S., I sent some of this collection to him 

 which he has identified as Pahidestrina minuta (Totten). 

 Associated with them were a few small P. iilvce (= stagnalis), 

 but, unlike P. minuta, these were not encrusted. This interest- 

 ing species has only recently been detected in the British 

 Islands. — C. S. Carter, Louth, Lines. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Agrotis obscura Brahm {ravida Hb.) at Bubwith, 

 East Yorks. — During the past season I have examined the 

 inside of the bedroom windows of my house at dusk and have 

 found moths extremely abundant. The windows were left 

 open at the bottom for the moths to enter, and although no 

 light was shewn it was usual to capture about half a dozen 

 specimens on each window. The majority of these were 

 such abundant species as Mamestra brassicce L., Triphcena 

 fronuha L., and comes Hb., Amphipyra tragopogonis L., 

 Hadena oleracea L., Xylophasia monoglypha Hufn. diVA Apamea 

 didyma Esp. (the latter species in bewildering variety and 

 easily exceeding the others in point of numbers) ; but there 

 were a few other species represented and among these latter 

 is a specimen which Capt. H. D. Smart, M.C., R.A.M.C, on 

 looking over the collection, recognised as Agrotis obscura 

 Brahm. This species is rare in Yorkshire except on the coast, 

 but has been taken in the East Riding at Hull. Its nearest 

 inland locality to Bubwith is Askham Bog. — Wm. J. Fordham, 

 Bubwith, December 5th, 1917. 



HOMOPTERA. 

 Homoptera of West Cumberland. — The following species 

 of Homoptera were met with in the neighbourhood of Seascale, 



* A party of Pied Wagtails, about 20 in number, passed over my 

 house on Jan. loth, about 3-30 p.m., flying direct from N.E. to S.W. A 

 smaller party passed over about the same time on the following afternoon. 

 For some reason which I have not been able yet to determine, my house 

 seems to be in a direct line of a regular wagtails' flight. — R.F. 



Naturalist, 



