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season too, it may be mentioned that Acronycta ligustré and 
Abrostola urtice were taken as imagines. 
Among Neuroptera I was very pleased to find the pretty and 
rather scarce Hemerobius marginatus, common in the wood 
opposite Arncliffe village, and near where also a very sparsely 
spotted form of Panorpa germanica occurred.  Chloroperla 
grammatica, Rhyacophila dosalis, etc., were about the river. 
Mr. J. Beanland gives the following list of MAcro-LeEpipop- 
TERA for Littondale :— 
Chortobius pamphilus. 
Lycena alexis. 
Acronycta pst. 
Noctua festiva. 
Abraxas grossulariata. 
Larentia cestata. 
A megacephala. a didymata. 
ve ligustrt. + olivata. 
Nudaria mundana. Ay pectinitaria. 
Miana fasctuncula., 
Caradrina cubicularts. 
Melanippe montanata. 
Coremta munttata. 
I took one C. munztata at Airton (Malham) on the 2oth July, 
and two captured in Littondale were taken to Hull by Mr. 
Wilford. 
Mr. E. P. Butterfield adds :— 
Crambus tristellus. 
Totrix ribeana. 
Metrocampa margaritata. 
Hypsipetes elutata. 
Melanthia ocellata. », jorsterana. 
Cidaria corylata. Penthina corticana. 
Eubolia mensurarta. a cynosbana. 
Sericoris lacunana. 
Sciaphila subjectana. 
fTepialus hectus. 
Scoparia muralis, abundant 
yr mercuralis. Grapholita penkleriana. 
ay truncicolalts. Pedisca corticana. 
a ambigualis. | a solandriana. 
Pepilla curtisella. 
Crambus culmellus. 
Mr. H. V. Corbett sends the following list of beetles, all 
common species :—farpalus latus (L.), Pterostichus strenuus 
(Panz.), Brachypterus urtice (F.), Serica brunnea (L.), Agriotes 
obscurus (L.), Rhagonycha fulva (Scop.), Crepidodera ferruginea 
(Scop.), Otzorrhynchus picipes (F.), Phyllobtus oblongus (L.), 
Phyllobius urtice (De. G.), Hypera nigrirostris (F.). 
Mr. J. Beanland adds that three Glow-worms were obtained 
at Hawkswick. 
ConcuoLocy.-—The conchologists, under the leadership of 
Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, were particularly pleased with the 
excursion, as they were able to report the confirmation of every 
previous record of the molluscan fauna of Littondale. They 
were exceptionally gratified to find Pupa secale. 
1907 October 1, 
