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 are fairly fossiliferous. Sponge remains, especially Ventriculites, and 

 the pointed Belemnitella niucronata may be expected. It is uncertain 

 whether any of the party will visit Little Kelk, as it lies to the east 

 of the proposed route; but there are some interesting sand hills here, 

 similar to many in Holderness, capped with boulder clay, which con- 

 tain broken marine shells of Arctic type, and consequently are of 

 inter-glacial age. In the valley bottom approaching Kilham there is 

 another such sand mould, containing seams of drifted coal, as at 

 Craike Hill, and marine shells, amongst which figures the ubiquitous 

 Tellina balthica. 



Botany. 



Mr. M. B. Slater, F.L.S., gives the following information: — At 

 this early season it is not much use going on to the hills for plants, as 

 on the dry exposed chalk wolds vegetation will have made little pro- 

 gress. Botanists had better keep to the banks of the fine trout stream 

 which can be followed for three or four miles from Lowthorpe Station, 

 as in many places the banks are wooded and have boggy ground 

 which yield some of the damp-loving mosses. The fine spring head 

 where the crystal water comes bubbling out from the chalk is interest- 

 ing. It supplies the water for the stream which flows through this 

 portion of Holderness. In the stream and along its banks some water 

 plants may be found, but at this early season very few will be in flower. 

 Mr. Slater adds that he gathered some years ago Cryphcea heteromalla 

 in the East Riding in the neighbourhood of Sledmere, and also in 

 Danes Dyke, near Flamborough. As Lowthorpe lies in the district 

 between these two localities it is possible that it may occur on the 

 trees in this district. It is a rare moss for the north of England. 

 The following is a list of plants which may be found in flower at 

 this season : — Caltha paliistris, Alliaria officinalis, Cardaniine pfa- 

 tense, Lyclinis dioica, L. vespertina, L. Jlos-cuculi, Spircea filipendula, 

 Hippitris vulgaris, Petasites vulgaris, Menyanthes trifoliata, Myosotis 

 pahcstris, Pedicidaris palustris, Nepeta glec/ioniu, Daphne laureola, 

 Arum niaculatum, Listera onata, Orchis niascula, O. uiaculata, Scil/a 

 nutans. The following Mosses and Hepatics have been seen 

 at Lowthorpe. Mosses : — Mniuni punctatuni, M. hornuni, M. undu- 

 latum, Bryiun nutans, Funaria hygronietrica, Ceratodon purpureus, 

 Orthotricum lyellii, Atrichuni undulaiuni, Amblystegium serpens in 

 variety, Neckera complatiata, Brachythcciuni rutabuhun, Rhynchostegiuni 

 confertum, Eurhynchiuni crassinervium, E. swartzii, Leucodon sciuroides, 

 Cliniacium dendroides, Hypnumfilicinuni, H. cuspidatuni. Hepatics : — ■ 

 Jiadula coniplanata, Lophocolea bidentata, L. heterophylla. 



Entomology. 



No professed entomologist api)ears ever to have investigated tlie 

 upper part of the dale, and nothing is known of its entomological 

 fauna. 



Conchology. 



The Mollusca of this little dale do not appear to have received 

 attention at the hands of conchologists, all thnt is known being that 

 in the neighbourhood of Driffield Mr. L. B. Ross, F.C.S., meets with 



