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Anatis ocellata L. On firs. 
Coccinella 1o-punctata L. On firs. 
Halyzia 14-guttata L. On firs. 
Elater balteatus L. Under bark of firs. 
Melanotus rufipes Herbst. In decaying fir-stumps. 
Rhagium bifasciatum F. In decaying fir-stumps. 
Lochmza capree L. On birches. 
Lochmza suturalis Thoms. On heather. 
Deporaus betule# L. On birches. 
Apion hzmatodes Kirby. On nettles. 
Polydrusus cervinus L. 
Ceuthorrhynchus pollinarius Forst. On nettles. 
For the Geological Section, Mr. W. Lower Carter, M.A., F.G.S., 
Secretary, the only officer of the Section who was present, 
reported that the sections had been visited under the leadership of 
Mr. T. C. Mitchell, F.S.A., and that a few common Lower Lias 
fossils had been found. Their first visit was paid to the large gravel 
mounds which flank the Swale for some distance, and shut off the 
swampy hollow of Leckby Carr from the river. These mounds are 
composed of rounded gravel embedded in a sandy matrix. This 
gravel appears to be of glacial origin, and is full of pebbles of grit 
and limestone from the Carboniferous beds, as well as others from 
beds ranging from the Silurians to the Lias. A large boulder of shap 
granite was seen in the river-bed not far from Leckby Carr, which 
indicates with great accuracy the direction in which the flow of ice 
must have taken place. Thence the party proceeded to view the two 
sections of the Lias beds which are exposed by the stream. The 
first is near Leckby Carr, and consists of a mass of Lias clay 
apparently resting on a deep red sandy clay, and overlaid by two feet 
of river sand. The question as to whether this Lias is in situ was 
warmly discussed, but there did not seem sufficient evidence to 
warrant an alteration of the line of fault marked on the Ordnance 
map. Near Asenby the Swale makes a sharp bend, and has eaten 
into the cliff, exposing a good section of the lower Lias beds. They 
consist of tenacious, blackish clay, with bands of concretionary lime- 
Stone at intervals. After photographing this section, a start was made 
for Baldersby Park, where a fine erratic, of millstone grit, weighing 
probably three tons, was examined, measured and photographed. 
The Botanical Section was under the guidance of Mr. William 
Foggitt of Thirsk, and, considering the early date and the very 
backward spring, showed tolerably satisfactory results. Between 
Brafferton and Leckby Carr the following species were noticed :— 
August x8. 
