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pee ee Short “Notes : Lepidoptera and Mammalia. 
_in a wood near e killed a rabbit nf pus cuniculus), which had been 
driven out of a Sl by ‘a ferr On examination, both upper an 
_ lower incisors were found to be curiously malformed. ae A ones 
project rhs the lower jaw, ‘but slightly -acchboghge and are sed a 
length of 20mm. The upper ones fea e gto 5 etn sonia round fag copes 
lip and have ae points buried in the fur. As seque of this 
‘ornamentation’ the r possessor fet the ental eanasites 4 was not in 
NOTES—LEPIDOPTERA. 
-_Orthotelia sparganiella near sage ine tr ec PN sollectian with 
me at Shepley Mill Dam, 2oth August, ae S. L. Mosley secured severa 
specimens of this ad ddition to the fis f West Yorkshire ea 
G. T. Porritt, Crosland Hall, Ha ‘Mdetatield’ pee November 8. 
Xylophasia hehe rate at Laren ee insect eae years 
ago seems to hav n fairly common in a r Huddersfield, but of 
late years has s one a een. Thi eg ear i was widely distr mation 
over the district, "ait I took ite even in my own garden.—GEo. T. PORRIT 
Huddersfield, 4th November 1898. 
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NOTES—MAMMALIA. 
Curious ee in Teeth of Rabbit.—Last Nebo: a keeper 
it (Le 
€ poo ese 
the best conclition, Sine ot gh about six months old.—E. G, BayForD, 
noobversd 23rd November 1898. 
inds in ‘Ribbiesdale, —At Horton, eben speeding towards 
the Scottish border by Settle and Carlisle, will have noticed on the opposite ee 
of the valley to where Penyghent holds vigil the igh southern scars 4 
ughton, ted, as it were, by débri e ries above, f 
which at this point are w dat altitude of 1,6 above, sea level, a 
e upper beds of limestone resting ur upturned Silurian slates, which 4 
present an interesting geological object — At the north en this ‘ 
quarry during s e action of blz g the face of rock disclosed = 
the presen ye ted k b wards 0 “i 
yards in length, the height at the entrance being about 15 feet. 4 
Quarrying has been carried on here for some time, so that the mouth 
of the present cave will be upwards of 65 yards from the face of the former 
cliff edge. Evidence, however, seems to show that at some remote period 
sc aimee: sisi y opened to the former face of rock, and followed 
a 5 course, along which workmen found, in quarrying, 
caves, th e- earth not having altogether filled up 
e mouth of the present cave a number of bones were 
ontains 14 bones referable to ee aC ee 
mur, Bear (Ursus ferox); 2, tibia, fragm ea 
.s , Bear; ibia, Bear; got young, 
one tooth, Bear; 11, rib of Wolf (Canzs lupus); 
Fox (Canis oie I ra sang lapagretrs a it, Volf : 
2, 3 T 20. i 
Wie nr ese big 4 ae 4, Horse; Nos, 8, 22; and 28). 3 
and 32, —. 
Both co ieadty eve $y Mr. Wm. E. Hoyle, M.A., of | 
the Owens Colleg: a Monee Manchester, who will retain oa T conectiaas 
hat museum, 
At present the cave is blocked by débri Upon its removal, no doubt 
further Ee cipiation will reveal additio ak. evidence of the life that once 
peptone during nh hoes otic cye mee of time when tropical forests covered 
Ww the perfect peace of nature reigns. 
