CiRC. No 80. 

 Plumpton is 175 feet above sea level. The rivulet named Crimple, 

 which runs through a great portion of this district, and from which 

 the highly picturesque valley takes its name, rises on the high land 

 west of BeckwithshaWj and loses itself in the Nidd near Ribston 

 Hall. 



Botany. 

 Mr. J. Naughton and Mr. B. B. Thompson supply the following 

 notes : — The district intended to be gone over has not been 

 thoroughly worked, and the locality being a good one botanists may 

 reasonably expect a treat. From Hookstones to Crimple and Plump- 

 ton the following plants have their habitats : — Corydalis claviculata, 

 Teucriuin scorodonia, Linaria minor, Valeriafia officinalis, Listera ovata, 

 Spargafiium ramosum, Malva vioschata, Hypericum humifustan, Spe;-- 

 giila arvensis, Aqjiikgia vulgaris, Campanula latifolia, Artemisia 

 vulgaris. In the dam at Crimple will be found Potamogeton crispus, 

 P.natans, Myosotis palustris, M. caspitosa, Typha latifolia. Near the 

 entrance gates to Plumpton in a cottager's garden is a fine specimen of 

 Viscum album growing on an apple tree. In this neighbourhood may 

 be found Lycopus europceus, Geranium pusillum, G. sanguineum, 

 Lactuca muralis, CirccEa lutetiana, Aspletiium rufa-muraria, A. tri- 

 chomanes, Scolopendrium vulgare, Equisetum limosum, and many other 

 interesting aquatic plants. 



Entomology. 



Major Ben. Blaydes Thompson states that had it not been for the 

 records of the late Mr. John Sang of Darlington, who resided in 

 Harrogate for al)out two years, little or nothing would have been 

 known of the insect fauna of this district. It is quoted in a few 

 instances in 'Stainton's Manual,' published in 1857. During Mr. 

 Sang's short residence he appears to have devoted his attention to 

 the micro-lepidoptera chiefly, and his list of captures is very extensive. 

 The Icpidoptera likely to be found are Vanessa cardui, Lyccena 

 phlxas and Z. alsus, Thymele alveolus, Thanaos tages, Zygcefia lonicerce, 

 Nola cucullatclla, Cheiotiia pla?itaginis, Pygcera buccphala, Notodonta 

 dromedarius, Heliodes arbuti, Phytomctra a^nea, Cilix spinula, Acidalia 

 immutata, Panagra petraria. Abraxas ulmata, Larentia ccesiata, 

 Emmelesia decolorata, Coremia iinidentaria, Tanagra chcRrophyllata, 

 besides commoner species. 



In Crimple stream is to be found Astacus fluviatilis (Crayfish). 



Conchology. 



Mr. Y. R. Fitzgerald thinks that the Crimple Valley will prove the 

 best hunting ground. He has found Zonites nitidulus, Z. cellarius. 

 Helix hortcnsis, H rufescens, H. hispida, H caperata, H. rotutidata, 

 H. pygmcca. Pupa umbilicata, and Clausilia rugosa. In the Crimple 

 Stream have been found specimens of the largest Planorbis albus 

 recorded (see 'Journ. Conch.,' Sept., 1888. and Jan., 1889, p. 21.). 

 The IJmncea peregra inhabiting this stream vary very much in shape 

 and size. The otlier species to be found in this stream are Splia^rium 

 corticuiit, Pisidium amnicuin, P. fontinalc, P. pusillum, Anodonta 

 cyyncca (dead shells), Planorbis corneus and P. coviplanatus (introduced 



