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 out, which is generally supposed to be the northern equivalent of the 

 Silkstone Coal. The whole of the district is very much dislocated by 

 faults which add considerably to the beauty and variety of the scenery. 



Botany. 



Messrs. C. P. Hobkirk, F.L.S. and P. F. Lee give the following : — 

 The carboniferous rocks are nowhere noted for an exuberant flora, 

 but on the high grounds, along the streams, and in the deep woods to 

 be traversed in this excursion, some not common plants should be 

 gathered. The following have been noted (chiefly recorded by 

 Messrs. Lee and Rushforth). About Horbury, Barbarea stricta, 

 Acorus calamus, Potentilla norvegua, Myrrhis odorata, Hottonia 

 palustris, &c. ; Hartley Bank, Carex pallescens, Nitella opaccr, and 

 the curious submerged habitat of Polytrichum conunune and Mnium 

 honiiini noted at British Association Meeting at Manchester (1887) by 

 ]\Ir. Hobkirk ; Bullcliffe Wood, Lepidium campestre, Papaver diibiicm, 

 Brachy podium sylvaticufii, Sic. ; Bretton, Rauunadiis auricoinus, 

 Epipactis latifolia, Jiuicits supiniis, and J. uliginosus, Carex flava, 

 Aspleniuin trichoniaues, and Cephalozia Lamtnersiatia. In some old 

 brick ponds here, probably several freshwater Algce will be found ; 

 Coxley Valley Woods, Cardaiimie aiiiara, C. flexuosa, Erodmin vios- 

 chatum, Agrimonia Eiipatoria, Veronica viontana, Plaiitago media, 

 Habenaria viridis, Listera ovata, Scirpiis sylvaficiis, Sparganiwn sim- 

 plex, Carex fragilis, C.loiigibracteata, Cflava, C.syh'atica, C.lcevigata, 

 Scolopendrium viiigare, Nephrodium spiimlosuvi, &c. ; Stocksmoor, 

 Hydrocotyle vulgaris. Erica tetralix, Veronica scutellata, Senecio eruci- 

 folius, Carex pilulifera, &:c. ; Elinley \\'Oodhouse, Draba verna, Adoxa, 

 Viola odorata, Campanula latifolia, Taraxacum erythrospermum, Carex 

 flava, C. panicea, C. 7'ulgaris var. (not named), &c. 



Entomology. 



Mr. W. ]'l Brady, Barnsley, sujjplies the following notes : T/iccla 

 rubi has been once taken a short distance from the park, and the 

 following species are more or less common within or adjoining the 

 projjosed route, viz. : Smerinthus ocellatus, Sesia bembeciformis, the 

 whole of the Plepialidic, including fine varieties of ZT. velleda, Procris 

 stalices, Arctia mendica, Ep/iyra punctaria, Asthena sylvata (scarce), 

 Fidonia piniaria, Emmelesia decolorata, Melani/iia albicillata, Mela- 

 uippe liastata, Cidaria suffumata, Cilix spinula, &c. Careful search 

 should be made for Melanippe unangulata, which is reported to have 

 Ijeen taken at Haw Park some years ago. The larvre of Chesias spar- 

 iiata may be looked for on Broom, and the Lime trees in the park 

 may be expected to yield larvae oi Xantliiacitrago. Epundaviminalis 

 ]arv;\: will probably be found freely in the roUecl-up leaves of Sallow 

 and are worth taking as the si)ecies m this district often yields a good 

 j)cr-centage of interesting mclanochroic forms ; the leaves rolled by 

 E. viniinalis are frequently occupied by the carnivorous caterpillar of 

 Cosmia trapezina ; care should be taken to exclude this pest from the 

 <ollcrting-l)ox or the speedy destruction of many viniinalis is inevit- 

 able. 



