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catenulata B.S. {Leskea calenulata Mitt.), Myiirella julacea B.S. ; just below 

 these, on Yorkshire sandstones, Andrcea peirophila Ehrh. and A. Rothii 

 W.M. 



This Pseudoleskea was the feature of the Stockdale excursion, being the 

 most frequent moss on the walls and limestones at the top of the pass. 

 In Iveasden Beck the grit types were well displayed. Catharinea crispa 

 James and C. iindulata W.M., with shorter and wider leaves than usual, 

 grew through sand accumulations, as did Polytrichum comnntne L. On 

 rocks in the stream Fontinalis squamosa L., Hypiiitin ochraceitm Turn, 

 and its var. ffacciditiii, and Hyocomium flagellare Schp. 



On Tuesday some limestone screes were examined, and the typical 

 mosses Hylocomimn riigosum D.N. and Cylindrotheciitm co)!ci)iinii)i B.S. 

 {Eutodon orthocarpus Lindb.) seen. Crossing Crummack Dale on the 

 Austwick grits, two Andreseas, A. petrophila Ehrh. and A. cvassinervia 

 Bruch., were gathered at the low elevation of 800 ft. 



Birds. — Strangers to the district were struck with the number of 

 Wheatears and Ring Ousels on the hills, and the Snipe in the wetter 

 places, whilst the Curlew and the Redshanks on the moors, with Sand- 

 pipers and Dippers on the streams, lent a further interest with their calls. 



Insects. — Few butterflies were seen, but the days were not very sunny ; 

 the Whites, the Small Heath, Small Tortoiseshell, Common Blue and 

 Meadow Brown were the only ones noted. The most interesting moth was 

 the Antler, being very abundant and widely distributed. 



Mschna jiincea Linn, was the only dragon-fly taken on the excursion, 

 but later in the week on Austwick and Lawkland Mosses this was again 

 seen, and Syrnpetruiii scoticnm Don. was just emerging for the first time 

 this year, whilst a solitary Pyrrhosoma tiymphula Sulz. alone remained 

 of the numbers seen in June and July. 



Among Diptera the clouds of daddy-long-legs in the pastures called 

 for most attention, the common one on the JNIosses being Tipida pahidosa- 

 Mg. ; another was the hover-fly Sericomyia borealis Fin., both ^ and 2 

 being taken. Other interesting flies were Heliophilits pendulus Linn, 

 and Bibio pomonce F., this being the first appearance of the latter this 

 year in this locality ; Culex pipiens L. was also in evidence. 



o :- 



We should like to congratulate the Curator of the Colchester Museum 

 on the valuable list of additions in its report for 1917-1918 just to hand, 

 and on the concise but useful definitions. We miss the illustrations, 

 which have been a useful feature of these reports. 



Dr. J. W. H. Harrison gives details of several northern species in 

 ' Gleanings from my Notebooks ' in The Entoniologisi for September. In 

 the same magazine Eucosmia undidata is recorded for Cumberland, and a 

 ' very beautiful observation ' of Hyppa rectilinea, presumably from the 

 same area, though the locality is not given. 



We have received the following extract from a Huddersfield paper : — 

 ' The editor of The Naturalist severely rates the editor of the " Bible 

 Students' Monthly " for a very unwise tirade against evolution. It 

 might do the latter some good if he would borrow a book at some good 

 library called " The Origin of Species," by one Charles Darwin, and read 

 it carefully. And it would do the editor of The Naturalist no harm to attend 

 a Salvation Army meeting, although I have not much hope for either in 

 their present state of mind — six of one, etc. Before we can get any good 

 out of anything we must first believe there is some good in it. Will the 

 person who brought the bat to the Museum let me know where it was 

 caught ? ' The last sentence seems a bit disconnected, but is helpful. 

 We are not quite sure of the drift of Mr. Mosely's remark. In any 

 case we admit it might do us no harm to attend a Salvation Army meeting, 

 and it would possibly do Mr. Mosley no harm to have a night at the 

 Tivoli ! But I hope we should both feel very much out of our element. 



1918 Oct. 1. 



