208 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS AT THE HOLE OF HORCUM. 
Byturus tomentosus. * Apion fagi. 
Aphodius fossor. Hypera plantaginis. 
ii Otiorhynchus picipes. 
Aphodius luridus Sitones regentsteinensis 
Aphodius fimetarius. Polydrosus undat 
Geotrupes sylvaticus. Polydrosus cervinus. 
Dolopius marginatus. Polydrosus mican 
um inquisitor, Anthonomus ulmi 
Gonioctena pallida. Blaps mucronat 
Lochmezea capreze. Meloe proscarabzeus. 
Rhynchites betulz. 
Mr. Roebuck collected in the valley just north of Levisham 
various dipterous insects, which were sent to Mr. P. H. Grimshaw, 
as well as a grasshopper (Zeftix dipunctatus), which was common, 
an ephemerid (Leftophlebia marginata), and a caddis-fly (Limane- 
philus sparsus), for the names of which we are indebted to Mr. Geo. 
T. Porritt, F.L.S. 
For the Botanical Section its Phanerogamic Secretary, Mr. A. H 
Pawson, reported as follows :—The botanists of the party examined 
a large tract of ground. Several were on the spot on Saturday and 
spent the Sunday, under the able guidance of Mr. Braim and Mr. 
Clarke, on the moors between Horcum and Cross Cliff, visiting the 
habitat of Zrientalis and Cornus suecica. They were thus free on 
Monday to ascend the valley to its head, and even to cross the 
watershed to Goathland, while the main body worked the ground 
nearer the starting point. The season had long been so backward 
that delighted surprise was felt at the enormous advance which vege- 
tation had made in the brilliant sunshine and genial warmth of the pre- 
vious fortnight. It may be said that the lost time had been regained. 
Yet the second week in May is an early date for flowering plants. 
Chiefly those which mature their buds under the earth, and push 
their bloom directly from the ground amid a cluster of guardian 
leaves, as the cowslip, the daisy, and the dandelion, make the great 
show at this period. Again, some others which make shift, though 
looking withered and almost dead, to keep above ground during the 
bitter winter to be the more ready for the long-expected spring, a5 
the ground-ivy and the large stitchwort, can contrive to be alm 
even with them. But the dampness, no less than the rigour, of our 
English winter, compels most of our herbs to retire underground 
completely until the warmth of April tells them that they may safely 
emerge, and as in most species much leaf and stem has to be made 
before the flower can be formed, no great progress can be expected 
by this time. Yet these early flowers are so bright of hue, and appeat 
in such immense quantities, that at no season of the year is th 
country more charmingly clothed than in the spring. The meadows 
Naturalist, 
