3g8 Yorkshire Naturalists at Wharncliffc. 



Chairman having explained that it was precisely twenty-five 

 years previously since the Union had visited Wharncliffe Woods, 

 A report of that excursion, written by Mr. Roebuck, appears 

 in 'The Naturalist' for October 1878 (pp. 46-48). 



Mr. A. White reported for Vertebrate Zoology, and made 

 particular mention of the herd of Red Deer which the members 

 had been privileged to see. 



For the Conchological Section the Rev. E. P. Blackburn 

 reports : — On leaving the rest of the party the conchologists 

 worked downwards to the river, making a very careful examina- 

 tion of all kinds of likely and unlikely places to find mollusca. 

 After crossing- the railway in the wood beyond we found amongst 

 dead wood some Hyalinis, which we took to be Hyalinia pura, 

 but these, on subsequent investigation, proved to be immature 

 specimens of Hyalinia that were too immature to identify. As 

 we found one specimen of Hyalinia alliaria at the same spot 

 they would doubtless be of that species. When we reached the 

 river we found it in flood, and so were not able to make any 

 investigation. Stranded above water mark was one dead 

 specimen of Limncea peregra, very oxidised, which had evidently 

 been washed down the stream. We found also in the wood on 

 the way down Arion ater var. brunnea. It was a fine specimen 

 and of unusual colouring. Near Wharncliffe Lodge we investi- 

 gated various ponds, which, except a small one near the house, 

 used by the cattle for drinking purposes, yielded no results. 

 Out of this we secured a good number of Pisidiiim pusilhim. 

 Mr. Bayford, in seeking for insects, secured a Hyalinia excavata, 

 one of the rarer kinds, which was in good condition, and was 

 much greener in shade than usual. An Arion ater was also 

 reported at Deepcar Station, but was not verified by us. These 

 certified finds make the total number of species secured five, 

 an increase of four on the record of the previous visit. On no 

 previous occasion have we ever found so little on an expedition. 



Mr. J. Waddington reported that entomologically the district 

 had not been productive of a large number of species. His sec- 

 tion consisted of Messrs. G. T. Porritt, J. Waddington, E. G. 

 Bayford, A. Whitaker, H. Staniforth, and others. Messrs. 

 Porritt, W. Tunstall, and B. Morley had made a preliminary 

 visit to the wood a few days previously. 



Mr. Porritt writes : — Very few lepidoptera were seen, and 

 the best species taken, including both visits, were fine melanic 

 forms oi Boarfnia repandata and Cidaria russata, ordinary forms 

 of Orthosia snspecta, Trypiicena fimbria, Xanthia silago, Ephip- 



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