CiRC. No. 78. 

 j)Jiegopteris, P. dryopteris^ and in the hilly pastures, Ophioglossum 

 vulgatum zxi^ Botrychium lunarda. -^ ~- 



- Mr. C. P. Hobkirk, F.L.S., states that no specific list of Mosses 

 hi the Holme Valley and the hills above appears to have been 

 compiled. It would therefore be advisable to note all the species 

 observed during the excursion. Amongst those already on record 

 from the upper valley of the Colne which may also possibly 

 turn up in similar situations in the Holme may be mentioned :=-- 

 Of Sphagnum several species on the moors and moorland valleys, as 

 a'cuti folium, squarrosum, intermedium, subsecundum, dr^c, Weissia 

 viridula frequent, DicJiodontium pellucidum, Dicranella squarrosa 

 (Harden Moss), Brachydontium trichodes (Holme Moss), Phascum 

 bryoides, Didyviodon rubellus, Racomiirium heterostichum (found on 

 the Marsden Range and should be looked for), Splachfium sphcBriaim 

 (Holme Moss), Philonotis fontana, Bryum pseudo-triquetrum (Slaith- 

 .waite) Mnium hornum, Tetrodontium browtiianum (Harden Moss), 

 Hyocomium fiagellare (Wessenden), Hypnum vernicostim (Slaithwaite), 

 IP. patientice (Thurstonland), H. ochracetim and H. cordifoliiun (Saddle- 

 -worth, should both be looked for) ; Hylocomium loreiun and 

 II. squarrosum. 



Entomology. 



--' Mr. G. T. Porritt, F.L.S., F.E.S., writes as follows :— The district 

 for investigation" should prove rich entomologically, including as" it 

 does, so m.uch of both moorland and woodland. Of Lepidoptera may 

 be expected the following : — Imagines .• Hepialus hedus, Notodonta 

 cameli?ia and N. dromedarius, Acronycta me^iyafithidis and A. rumicis 

 var. salicis, Chortodes araiosa, Xylophasia rurea (fine vars.), Maviestm 

 anceps, Apamea basilinea (richly marked forms), A. gej>nna (vars.*) 

 Hadena adusta and H. glauca, Anarta myrtilli, Amphydasis betularia 

 var. doubledayaria, Acidalia fumata, Fidonia pifiiaria, Evwielesia 

 albulata and E. decolorata, Melanippe galiata, and many good 

 Tortrices and Tineae. Larvae of the following may also be looked for: — 

 Cymatophora flavicor?iis, Trachea piniperda, Orthosia suspecta (this 

 should be specially worked for by beating birches in the woods) 

 Xanthia cerago and X. si/ago, Polia chi and P. flavocincta (for dark 

 vars.), Epunda viminalis (the imagines bred from this district are 

 very black, and are the var. obscura), Calocampa exoleta, Plusia iota 

 and P. v-mireum, Himera pen7iaria, Nyssia hispidaria, Acidalia 

 inornata, Agrotis agathina, Cheimatobia boreata, Oporabia filigram- 

 maria, Larentia ccesiata, Hypsipetes elutata, for moorland forms, &c. 



Neuropterists and Trichopterists may reasonably expect to meet 

 with the following : — Chrysopcrla graiiimatica, Isopteryx bunncisteri, 

 Leuctra fusciventris and L. nigra, Neinoura variegata, N. meyeri and 

 N. ciiierea, Sialis bitaria and S. fuliginosa, Raphidia notata and R. 

 xa77thostigma, Micronius paganus. Heme lobi its nitidulus (among firs), 

 H. uiicatis, II. hminili, II. orotypus, H. limbatiis, and H. subnebulosus, 

 Chrysopa flava, C. vittata, C. alba, C. fiavifrous, C. tenella (the best 

 British species), C. ventralis, and C. perla, Panorpa commtmis and P. 

 gerinanica, Phryganea grandis and P. striata, Limnophitus cciitralis, I. 

 vitlatus, L. affinis, and L. sparsus, Asynarchus coenosus (larvae in the wet 

 pools on the moors), Stenophylax stellatus and S. latipennis, Microp- 



