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CiRC. No 99. 



BOTANY.-^Aithoiigh ibe district mapped out for investigation has received 

 mue or no atlcnt.oii from the Tluli ])otanists the immediate neighbourhood has been- 

 Jairly worked with most encouraging results. Possibly we may yet learn that 

 n thernsea lias been unwisely neglected and that it will prove equally productive 

 jnh the rest of llolderness. iJolderness taken as a whole, is, to say the least, a 

 Characteristically productive region, and, on account of its aquatic flora, it would 

 wcJi lepay any botanist whose mvestignlions have been confined to the moorlands 

 to make two or tlnee days' stay whilst in the neighbourhood, as there are many 

 interesting plants he may not have met with previously. 



]r 1^'" '^' F' ^^'^^'"'^'^^^ ■''tates that (hiring the seven years he has resided in 

 iioderness the investigation of tlie dykes and drains which intersect the land has 

 ve 1 repaid him and served him as a good substitute for the terrestrial forms which the 

 ■uistuct lacks. He adds that the following may be found, some very commonly, 

 <Jnier more rarely. yV/////„;- /uWmjj^, Nasiiiriiiun aniphilniini. Siellaria paUistris, 

 ^^////=?j viiloarts, Mynophyllnni verticillatum and J/, spkatuni, Apium c^ravco- 

 ;, /' ^-^'j^"^7;'/:/^^''^«'^^^^-'^>/^^^ Ilottouia paUstrls, LyslmacPiia niunmnlaria, Saniolus 



7^ aT'; ;vw-'''"''"(*^"'''' P'-'^^'^'t'-^-'^ Utrknlarla vid^^nris, I^umcx hydrolapathum, 

 Jj'phajaiijo/ia^nd 7. angnstipolla, Spaixauium siuiMex, Lcmna trisiUca and Z. 



jcOrr/irM, Alisma ranunculoides, Hydrocharh morsns^ramc, Saq-Utaria saqiitlfolia, 

 />/ AV///AV uml>cl/a/us, l^olamogeton cnspns, I\ pectinatus, I\ dmsus, ZalinicMIia 

 J>almtns, Sarpiis laciistris and Carex divisa. 



9nn]^^'"^^^'■^'''''■' \Y,'\^'''"^^^^' ''"^''^ ^^^^ ^^^^" ^^'^'i" Ihe ground from Withernsea by 

 j^ana-le- Mere to Ihirtle Bridge, enumerates the following additional plants as 

 haul g been seen by hun :-..Sy.//..;-/« media var. negleaa\xi<\ Silaus praUnsis, 



hni^^. r'";'. '^^ -'//^//a'/Z^- vulncrana, Ccntaurca mqra (rayed forn^, \^^ax- 



noime Cuttmg ; Lemna glbda, pen.! near Waxholme ; [unrns compresses. Carex 



npn %r-'.rT^'-f"''''^''' ^''''^'^'■''''■'''''''^ «/r;^^;7«, Sand-le-Alere ; and Ononis spinosa 

 ■liear i hirtle Bridge. 



is ili.^^'V Vr''''" ""■■ ^^'!^ '^"'^ ^^'- ^^'''^' ^^""^"^ "^^^ essentially the flora of Withernsea 



Uiato .Hornsea,minus the plants of the Mere, and mention the following as to 



^)e Jound ,n addition to those cited by Mr. Hobins(,n and Mr. Waterflilh C^;:7W- 



liins soldcmdla, l.tnuiu caiharli.nnn, Ophioglossitm vn/ga/nm, Iris fa-tidissima, etc. 



J i ^] ^^yP^°g'^"^i^- --There appears to be no records whatever of Mosses, Hepatics, 

 ^luiens, inmgi, or A]g;v, consequently a produciive fleld is open for investigation. 



ENTOMOLOGY.— 



Lepidoptera.— M 



essrs. J. W. Boult and M. Waller state that ahhough from 



«m uuom<dogical pomt oi view Withernsea has never been an attractive locality, the 

 s eatei ]>art oi the district, particularly in the direction of Winestead, which forms 

 1 .ui oi ide (lay s programme is open to investigation. The folloA\ing insects arc on 



i) If "^V"'"'^" '" ^^'^^*'^'e^^ J'l liic immediate neighliourhood of Withernsea 

 ^sLii :-/,,,,, .,v...7 10, Sm.nnfhus populi, Achcronlia atropos, Zy<;avia filipcndiila:, 

 - ynoyx (/uerc-ns. Dirrauura idnula, Noiodonla ziczac, AL dickca, Cncidlia mn- 

 yy'"^' ^'^'''''' '''^''' ^^^- ^"^'h^^" in the district a month ago, Mr. Ed-ar R. Waite, 

 Jf'tl '• V "^''^^^ ^^y'Jt^rnated examples of J^anossa cardiii numerously on the wing, and 

 tni^^tles are searched no doul)t the larvre or pup^x.' will l)e found. 



Coleoptera.— !Mr. W. 1-. Baker believes the district to be well worth tJie 



lention ol coleoptcnsts not^^ithstan(^^nl: that the lime oi tlie year is not usually the 



\V;n ''''''*"'^'''^'*^'^ /'^'' conducting operations. The ];onds on the coast north of 



J ,/"''? ^■'^P^^-'^lly ^^^'-^^ to be very productive. In one of these ponds Arabics 



coniosiis Jias been taken, as also that interesting uater beetle, sometimes popularlv 



vnown as the squeaker beetle, I^lobius tardus, which is the only record of it to his 



uiuwledge, for the llolderness district. Anomala frischii occurs on the coast at 

 ocTiut-Je-Mere. 



iSIr. F. W. Fierke, of Hull, writes:— The local 



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CONCHOLCGY.- 



the dFi'-\''^^' be glad to comhict n.embers wlio intencft'o spend* the week's'encrin 

 f^e di.tuct over some of the best conchological grounds in the vicinity. The aquatic 





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