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ENTOMOLOGY. 



Vanessa polychloros at Newsome. — A fine specimen of 

 this locally uncommon butterfly was in my garden on the 

 2nd July. — W. E. L. Wattam. 



Thecla rubi in Yorks. — ^A boy brought me a blotter fly 

 which he had taken on Baildon Moor last May, and it proves 

 to be the Green Hairstreak, Thecla rubi. My brother and I 

 took one specimen on Barden Moor in the early eighties of 

 the last century, and in later years we turned it up abundantly 

 in the same locality, so perhaps it is extending its range. — 



E. P. BUTTERFIELD. 



Bryophila perla in Notts. — I was pleased to observe a 

 freshly emerged (^ of this species in its usual environment 

 this afternoon — viz, the inside window of my upstairs study ! 

 Every year, for about fifteen years, I have had the pleasure 

 of seeing this delicate moth, on making its annual call and 

 seeing it' safely off the premises. — Albert Ernest Hall,. 

 Cranfield House, Southwell, Notts., July 6th, 1921. 



BOTANY. 



Sambricus Ebulus in Yorks. — On the occasion of a 

 recent meeting of the Mexborough Secondary School Scientific 

 Society, Sambrictis Ebulus L. was observed in what appears 

 to be a new station. The plant was growing in abundance 

 on the embankment at the north-western end of the Dearne 

 Valley Railway Viaduct over the Don, below Conisborough. 

 It is well established, forming two extensive thickets. It 

 doubtless owes its introduction here to the construction of 

 the railway. On this same occasion (June i6th) an^ en- 

 thusiastic /botanist. Miss Ivy McGrath, discovered Astragalus 

 glycyphyllos L. in some amount on the embankment (G. C. R.)i 

 west of the Conisborough Tunnel. — A. A. Dallman. 



Hypnum crista -castrensis L. near Selkirk. — The 



note in The Naturalist for May, by Mr. Jas. Murray, induced 

 me to write, and Mr. Murray kindly sent me a specimen.. 

 It was certainly due to having a specimen that I was able so 

 quickly to find it in this district. As far as the writer is. 

 aware this is a new record for Selkirkshire. The moss was 

 found in a mixed wood near Bowhill House, about 4 miles, 

 from Selkirk. Conifers are well represented, but a variety 

 of deciduous trees predominated, and where the moss' Was. 

 found very few pines were around. It was first found beside 

 a century old Scotch fir, but was more abundant a short 

 distance away under a young silver birch. It was growing. 



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