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piphora bimnculana, Sericostomd costella, etc., whilst the local 

 Cymatophora Jiuctuosa occurred in the larval stag-e on birch. 

 Among trichoptera the most interestins>- find was Cruncccia 

 irrorata, as it confirmed the only previous record of the species 

 as a Yorkshire insect, nearly forty years ago. Other species 

 were LimnopJulus sparsus (common) and Drusus minulahis. 

 Among neuroptera the genus Henicrobins was well represented 

 by the six species nifidiiliis, niicnns, subnebulosus, atrifrons, 

 Intesccns, and stigma, the first three in plenty. 



The Yorksliire Coleoptera Committee was represented bv its 

 President, Mr. E, G. Bayford, Messrs. H. H. Corbett, M.R.C.S., 

 and H. Ostheide. Mr. Bayford reports that very few beetles 

 were seen. He did not arrive until the afternoon and devoted 

 his attention to the fungi with indifferent success. The following 

 beetles have been determined : — 



Pterostichus vulg-aris L. Serica brunnea L. 



Ocypus cupreus Rossi. Rhag;iiim bifasciatum F. 



Bolitobius trinotatiis Er. In rotten stump. 



Cryptophagfuslycoperdi Herbst. Apteropeda orbiculata Marsh. 



In puff-balls. Strophosonms corvli F. 



Common on tree trunks. 

 For the Botanical Section Mr. H. H. Corbett writes : — Those 

 members who devoted their attention to the phanerogamic 

 botany of the district did not start out with any great expecta- 

 tions of the discovery of new additions to the local flora, nor 

 even with the expectancy of finding any very rare species. In 

 past years Salt. Gatty, and others have so thoroughly examined 

 the ground that rather would one expect to note absentees than 

 discover additions. The growth of Sheffield, and the consequent 

 fouling of the air, and increase of the number of \isitors to 

 the woods of Wharncliflfe, have probably tended toward the 

 extermination than increase in local varieties. The flora upon 

 the Lower Coal Measures is never rich in numbers, and September, 

 after a cold and wet summer, is not the best time for field botany. 

 Hieracium boreale Fr. clothed the railway cuttings and embank- 

 ments with its golden flower heads, while in the woods above it 

 gave place to its relative H. vulrratmn Yx. and another form, 

 probably referable to H. sciaphilnm Uechtrich. Solidago vir- 

 gaurea L. was frequent, as also were Neckeria clavicnUita 

 N.E.Br, and Luzula maxima D.C., while possibly the best find 

 of the day in the woods was Veronica montaiui. The ponds in 

 the deer-park produced a mud-growing form oi Ratmnciilus 

 peltatus Schrant var. floribiiiidus Bab. and R. Drouetii Godr., 

 together with Scirpus lacustris L. As an interesting bit of 



1903 October i. 



