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YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS AT GUISBOROUGH. 



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Mr. T. A. LoFTHOUSE writes : — From an entomoloijical 

 point of view, the weather on the occasion of the Guisboroug-h 

 meeting- was not all that could be desired. The most of the 

 previous week or ten days having been both wet and cold, while 

 on the Saturday, although it kept fine, it was very cold, and 

 insect life was naturally much less in evidence than it otherwise 

 would have been. 



In the macro-lepidoptera some twenty species or so were 

 noticed, mostly only single specimens, among the principal 

 beings Cosmia frapesina, Polia chi, Clejcen's viniinalis var. 

 obsciim, Larenfia olivata, Cidaria poptilata and triincata^ 

 Melanthiii bicolorata^ etc. ; a number of Tortrices and Tinaeae 

 were beaten out when working for larvae. These are mostly 

 to determine yet, and if anything of note occurs among them, a 

 note will be sent to the ' Naturalist' later. 



Alder, mountain ash, fir, birch, oak, etc., were beaten tor 

 larvae, but with very little result, larvae of Hypsipetes riiberata 

 and trifasciata, Venusia cambfica, Eupitliecia indigata and 

 lariciata, Hylophila prasinana, Habrostola tripartita, and Bonibyx 

 jcallunce were among the species noted. 



In the district covered by the meeting some interesting 

 species were taken within about a week of the date of the 

 meetings, among- them being Noctua depuncta, N. glareosa, N. 

 .dahlii, Calocanipa solidaginis, Orthosia suspeca, Xanthio fulvago 

 \2S. flavescens^ Cirrhcedia xerampelinu, Agrotis agathina, Epione, 

 .apiciaria,Oporabia filigranwiaria, T/iera firniata, etc., also larvee ot 

 Eupithecia fraxinata , Acronycta lignstri, ?ind Dianthcccia cucubali. 



Mr. M. L. Thompson reports that the following beetles were 

 met with along the route from Ayton to Guisborough : — 



Nehria brevicollis, F. 

 CalatliHS melanocephahis^ L. 

 Bolitobius triiwtatuSs Er. 

 S fen us impress us. Germ. 

 Oxytehis fetracan'nafus. Block. 

 Adalin obliterata, L. 

 Mysia oblungognftatti, L. 

 Atiatis orellafa, L. 

 Halyzia i^-giittata, L. 

 Brachypterus urticce, V. 

 Meligcthes tpneus, F. 

 Meligetlies picipes, Stm. 

 Aphodius Jitnetarius, L. 

 Aphodius merdiiriits, Fr. 



ApJwdius coiitaiuiiiatus, Hbst. 

 Lema lic/ienis, \'at. 

 Luperus rufipes. Scop. 

 Senii vln halensis, L. 

 Phyllutreta iindulafa, Kiits. 

 Crcpidodeni ferruginea. Scop. 

 Apion dirJtrouni, Bed. 

 Apion nigr-ifarse, Kirb. 

 Apion virens, Hbst. 

 Apion huinile. Germ. 

 SffopJiosoniiis coryli, F. 

 Sfrop/iosonins lateralis, Pk. 

 Pliyllobius calcaratus, F. 

 Ceuthorhynchus contractus, Marsh. 



.1906 December i. 



