CiRC. No. 98. 



Chlfs, reeling conformably on xhe lhir<l grit rocks. The rough rock may be ihen:e 

 traced l)y Horderliill to Dunford Bridge, from wiiich it occupies the tract of Scholes 

 Moor to llolmrirth. 



BOTANY.— Mr. S. L. Mosley, i-'.E.S., says the following pkints arc recorcied : 

 -'l(/ox(7 iiioscatcUliia, common at (iimthwaite : Orchis ninsd/era, received from 

 Tcinstone; and Jrolleiis e}irop(7.a. 



Mosses and Hepatics.— Mr. Charles V. Hobkirk, K.L.S., writes that 

 far as he knows very httle has been recorded of the Flora of this immediate dis- 

 trict, therefore now finds are very probable ; and he would recommend that every 

 plant noticed should either I.e recorded or gathered. More particula-rly should this 

 course be ridopted witli regard (o the Mosses and jlcpatics, and their special 

 localities noted. Carices, grasses, .^c. , should also be well searched for as well as the 

 various species and varieties of Spluv^nuin all of which should l)e gathered in quantity 

 if possible; if these are sent to him he w 111 do his best to report on them. The only 

 plants of wliich he has any certain knowledge of having been found on these Moors, 

 ^"^^-.—Rainuuidiis Lcjionnandi, D rose ra rot uiuUfoIia, Ruhns Chauhnuoi us, Chry- 

 iosploiium opposiiiJoUiim, IVahlcnhergia hederafca, Empdnim nigrum, Erica 

 ^inerea, K. tcfrali.x, Callnna vulgaris, and Ilabcuctria bifolia. A^arimis species of 

 ^acciuiu/u and EjiopJioi uiii should l^e found. 



ENTOMOLOGY.— Lepidoptera.—:Mr. W. E. Brady writes :~The moors 

 --^-round Dunford Ih-iclgc are interesting ground for lepidopterists. The number of 

 ^■species in such a locality is naturally smaller than a woodland district wouhl 

 produce, but this is fully compensated for by the great tendency to variation shown by 

 many of the common species. The following and many others maybe met witli :— 

 Larva- of Cidaria fcsfafa, C. populala and Larcu/ia didyiuaia : the last may be 

 on the wing also, and is then, especially the female, often mucli ])aler than the 

 ^ype, contrary to the tendency to dark variation which the species of this locality 

 Usually exhibit. In imagines Fidonia atomaria and /-: piiiiaria are common ; 

 J^arcnta CiVsiatai'\iW\<iA?sX^hQ.noi a little tno early) abun dant and dark ; llicra 

 ■variafa occurs; Hypsipdes eliitala developes beautiful dark forms with copper 

 ■coloured markings; Coicmia niunihiia is scarce, and Acrouycia uicuyanthidis, 

 ^i'adcna glauca, Auarla inyrfiili and rhytoiiidra <rnea, etc., may be expected. 



Mr. Jno. Harrison, F.E.S., I^arnsley, has taken the following niicrodepidoptera 

 m the district ■. — Tortrix- vibuJ.iuiua and larvae of Pciithina sauciaua (if not on the 

 ^^iwg), Pa-disca solaudriaiui on birch, rich in variety; P. occulfaua on fir trees 

 hung in wel)S, and Exapatc coug'Iaidla. 



A special look out should be kepi for the larv;^ of the rare Lasiocainpa 

 ^^irifolia~'\\nVc> Mr. S. L. Mosley, F.E.S. It has been taken near Sheffield and 

 ^Isi) near Ripon, and there is no reason why it should not occur on the hieh 

 grounds about Penistone ; the place is very likely, and i\Ir. Rose, of Barnsley, 

 s^ispects that he has once seen the larv.v there. 



Coleoptera. — Specimens of every species seen should be taken, as upland 

 I'^rms, even of common species, often dilfer considerably from the lowland indi- 

 viduals. Miscodcra ardica should be looked for, and various species of Ih-adycdius; 

 -"• coouafus and B. simi/is will be sure to be common under stones. Beinbidltun 

 ^I'mniipes he has taken, and B. nigricci-ue should be sought at the roots of grasses.- 

 ^tcrostichus paru?upu}h-tatHS has beer, taken en the western slope of the hills, 



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