CiRC. No. 64. 



Tabular Hills, and moorland may be obtained, reaching from the 

 coast to the Hambleton Hills. Close by is a singular outlier, 

 resembling a vast tumulus, 200 feet high, called Blakey Toppin, said 

 to have been a sacred hill among the Druids. On the opposite side 

 of the valley, on the edge of the steep escarpment, lie the Roman 

 Camps of Cawthorne, still perfect, but much obscured by recent 

 planting. 



Botany. 



Mr. M. B. Slater supplies the following notes : — The town of 

 Pickering is situated at the southern slope of the Hmestone hills, to 

 the north of the vales of the Rye and Derwent, and stands upon the 

 banks of the Newtondale stream, just where it leaves the limestone. 

 To the north and east of it are ranges of limestone hills, with some 

 well wooded slopes and intervening dales. The following list com- 

 prises some of the rarer plants, which have been recorded from the 

 district in Baker's ' North Yorkshire' : — Trollius emvpcEus, Aquilegia 

 vulgaris, Corydalis daviculata, Astragalus hypoglottis, Hieracium 

 ccEsium, Carduus eriophorus, C. heterophyllus, Marrubium vulgare, 

 Orchis pyramidalis, Neottia ttidus-avis, Habetiaria albida, Ophrys 

 imiscifera, Gagea lufea, Convallaria majalis, &c. On the higher 

 ground in the upper part of the sti earns, are some wide tracts of 

 heathery moorland with its distinctive flora. About eight miles to the 

 north-east of Pickering is the remarkable glen called the Hole of 

 Horcum, where the rare montane plant, Cornus suecica, grows ; it is 

 found in the Scotch Highlands, but finds here on this ridge of moor- 

 land its only English locality. On the adjacent moors may also be 

 got Erica tetralix, E. cinerea, Calluna vulgaris, Trientalis eu?'opcea, 

 Vaccinium myriillus, V. viiis-idcea, V. oxycoccos, Myrica gale, and 

 Empetrwn jiigrum. The following ferns may also be met with in 

 some of the upper glens of the streams and woods : — Polypodium 

 phegopteris, P. dryopteris, Cystopteris fragilis, Aspidiu?n aculeahmt, 

 Lastrea oreopteris, L. filix-inas, Athyrium filix-famina, Asplenium 

 trichomanes, A. adiantu?n-nigru77t, &c. 



Lepidoptera. 



Mr. John Braim, of Pickering, supplies the following notes : — 

 The Butterflies are well represented in the district. I have collected 

 thirty-four species and seen Vaftessa antiopa and Colias edusa on the 

 wing. Anthocharis cardamines is common. The fritillaries are in 

 strong force ; Argynnis paphia, A. aglaia, A. adippe, A. euphrosyne, 

 A. selene, MelitcEa artemis, and Nemeobius lucina abound generally. 

 All the Vanessidse are met with, viz., Vanessa C-album, V. urticce, 

 V. polychloros, V. antiopa, V. io, V. atalanta, V. cardui. Lasionimata 

 (Bgeria, L. megczra, Hipparchia setnele, H. janira, H. tithonus, and 

 H. hyperanthus are abundant in suitable seasons. Mr. Sewell reports 

 Chortobius davzis on the summit of the watershed. Thecla rubi \s the 

 only Hairstreak taken, but others will no doubt occur. The Blues, 

 Lyccena cBgon, L. agestis, L. alexis, L. alsus, and L. argiolus, with the 

 Skippers, Thanaos tages, Hesperia sylvanus, and H. tinea are plentiful. 



Judging from the list of Butterflies, the great variety of food-plants, 

 and the diversity of country, consisting of moor and woodland, bogs 

 and sheltered valleys, there is evidently a rich harvest waiting for an 

 ardent collector of moths, but so far they have been neglected. The 



