CiRC. 152. 



garden. Records of the rarities will be found in 'Vertebrates of Huddersfield' {4d). 

 Curlew and Golden Plover breed on these moors, and Dotterel visit them in spring- 

 and autumn. 



With reference to the Note in the ' Naturalist ' this month, the Stationmaster 

 at Netherton has promised to keep the Song Thrush's nest there, in situ, until after 

 the date of the excursion, so that any member interested may see it. 



Reptiles, Amphibians.— All the three newts are found in the district, the 

 Palmate Newt quite as frequent as the others. The Blindworm is occasionally met 

 with, also the Common Lizard, and formerly the Ringed Snake. 



Fishes. — No records. 



CONCHOLOGY — Mrs. H. G. Brierley writes that in the canal at Marsden 

 and Slaithwaite Anodonta cygnea may be looked for. The canal, and some of the 

 adjacent ponds in the neighbourhood of Slaithwaite, yield Planorbis vo7-tex, P. 

 albtis, SphcBrium comeum and I.hnncea peregra. In Whitwham's list Zonites exca- 

 vatus is reported from Golcar. Helix roticiidata is fairly common in the district, 

 and the quarry in Hagg Wood is the only place in the district where H. nemoralis 

 is at all plentiful. Whitwham mentions Arion ater and IJfnax agrestis as being 

 common, and L. ftavus rare. 



Mr. S. L. Mosley writes that Ario7i cirait?iscripttis (=bourgicignati) i?,{a.n\y 

 common, but not recorded in Whitwham's list. 



ENTOMOLOGY.— 



Lepidoptera.— Mr. G. T. Porritt, F.L.S., F.E.S., writes : — Perhaps the most 

 interesting species likely to be out at the date of the excursion will be Boaniiia 

 repandata, many of the specimens in the district being remarkable examples of 

 melanism, the blackest form being exceedingly fine, and is apparently almost confined 

 to South-West Yorkshire. It is fairly common some seasons on tree trunks, 

 especially in the Fir Wood at the top of Honley Wood. Acronycta meiiyanthidis 

 and Hadena glatua are not uncommon on the stone walls about Harden Moss, and 

 this late season perhaps a few may still be found, though in an early season both 

 ought to be over. Scodiona belgiaria is usually common on Crosland Moor, where 

 also Larentia ccEsiata, Anuria viyrtilli and Phycis carbonariella occur freely. 

 Among heath in woods Acidalia fii?nata and A. inornata occur, whilst Me.lanippe. 

 galiata and Scoparia muralis should be found on stone walls in lanes. Penthina 

 sauciana and Phoxupteryx myrtillana are common among Bilberry, etc. Larvae of 

 IJypsipetes ehitata from Bilberry on the Harden Moss, and other moors in the dis- 

 trict are known to produce probably more remarkable forms of this common species 

 than any other district ; with them feed the beautiful larvse of Cloantha solidaginis. 

 Larvse of Cheimatobia boreata occur freely on birch in the woods ; and those of the 

 three species of Hybernia, aurantiaria, defoHaria, and progenvnaria, and especially 

 those of Polia chi, ought all to be collected for varieties. 



Coleoptera. — Mr. S. L. Mosley, F.E.S., writes that the higher parts of the 

 grounds to be worked have not been thoroughly investigated. Carabiis ai-vensis 

 and Bevibidiiim nigricortie have been taken, and such alpine species as Miscodefa 

 arctica should be looked for. Mel'de proscarabcEtis occurs in the firwood in Harden 

 Clough ; D^yocetes alni and Trypodendroii doniestiaim bore into the Alder and 

 Birch, while the ravages of Hyhtrgus piniperda will be only too apparent. Cicin- 

 dela campestris used to occur on these moors and probably still does if looked for. 

 Bradycellns cognatus and B. siviilis are common under stones on the moors, and 

 the alpine form of Calatlms melanocephalns with dark or black thorax is often to 

 be met with. Aphodius tessellatits has been taken in some numbers at South 

 Crosland. 



Neuroptera and Trichoptera.— Mr. G. T. Porritt, F.L.S. , F.E.S., writes :— 

 Members not specially interested in other groups, are recommended to work the 

 streams, etc. , on the various routes for specimens in these orders, when good results 

 ought to be obtained. Sialis fuliginosa occurs ; Liinnophilus luridus is common 

 about the walls on Harden Moss ; L. extricatus abundant in ponds ; Stenophylax 

 lateralis, of which the West Yorkshire form is the darkest known, is common in the 

 small streams on the moors ; ChrysoPa teiiella in trees ; and many others. 



PROGRAMME OF MEETINGS.— 



5- o p.m. — Tea ) 



6- o p.m. — Sectional Meetings > In the grounds of Crosland Hall. 

 6-30 p.m. — General Meeting ) 



Q .^ J,'™' 1 Trains leave Healey House Station for Huddersfield. 

 0-49 p.m. ) ■' 



