326 Yorkshire Naturalists at Great Ayton. 
COLEOPTERA.—Mr. M. L. Thompson reports that the 
following Beetles were met with along the route through. 
Airyholme Wood, along the moorlands ridge above Gribdalegate 
and through Lonsdale to Kildale. The list also includes a num- 
ber of species taken by Mr. W. P. Winter while searching for 
spiders :-— 
Notiophilus palustris Duft. 
Nebria brevicollis F. 
Calathus melanocephalus L. 
C. flavipes Fourc, 
Olisthopus votundatus Pk. 
Trechus minutus F. 
Helophorus brevipalpis Bed. 
Homalota xanthoptera Steph. 
H. fungi Grav. 
Antalia impressa Ol. 
Gyvophena gentilis Er, 
Tachinus rufipes De G. 
Bolitobius trinotatus Er. 
B. pygmeus F. 
Mycetoporus clavicornis Steph. 
Quedius mesomelinus Marsh, var. 
fageti Th. 
Q. molochinus Grav. 
Philanthus varius Gyll. 
Stenus impressus Germ. 
S. nitidiusculus Steph. 
S. tavsalis Linn. 
Oxytelus tetracavinatus Block. 
Halyzia 14-guttata L, 
Meligethes eneus F. 
Atomaria fuscipes Gyll. 
A. pusilla Payk. 
Ephistemus gyvinoides Marsh. 
Advrastus limbatus F. 
Cyphon coarctatus Payk. 
Malthodes marginatus Lat. 
M. mysticus Fries. 
Phyllodecta vitelline L. 
Longitarsus gracilis Kuts. 
Apteropeda orbiculata Marsh. 
Crepidodera transversa Marsh. 
Rhinosimus planivostris F. 
Anaspis maculata Fourc. 
Anthicus flovalis L. 
Apion apricans Hbst. 
Otiorhynchus picipes F. 
Sitones lineatus L. 
Liosoma ovatulum Clair. 
Rhamphus flavicornis Clair. 
Grypidius equiseti F. 
Celiodes quercus F. 
Anthophagus testaceus Grav. 
Proteinus brachypterus F. 
Adalia obliterata L. 
The most interesting of these insects is Mycetoporus clavic- 
ornis (type form) of which a single specimen was swept from 
mixed herbage on the edge of Airyholme Wood. Although the 
variety forticornis has twice occurred at Saltburn, the type 
form does not appear to have been previously met with in 
Yorkshire. 
Ceuthorhynchus evice Gyll. 
C. contractus Marsh. 
Botany.—Dr. W. G. Smith writes :—The week-end gave 
an excellent opportunity for examining a series of woods on the 
escarpments and slopes of the western end of the area of Cleve- 
land, north of the Esk. A short time was spent on the moor 
proper, just sufficient to indicate the strong contrast between 
the vegetation of the shallow moor soils, now ina very dry state, 
and the more luxuriant growth of the moister lower slopes. 
A feature of this district of the Clevelands is the large extent of 
the moor-plateau and the heathery slopes planted up with 
Scots Pine and Larch. Several of the older woods illustrate 
how well these steep Cleveland slopes are adapted to produce 
useful timber. Some of the more recent plantations include 
a considerable proportion of Japanese Larch; this species is 
now being tried in many parts of Britain to see whether it will 
prove more resistant to larch-canker, and in Kildale woods it is 
Naturalist, 
