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through, the list may be considered satisfactory ; and there is no doubt 

 that, if energetically worked, the neighbourhood of Malton will prove 

 very productive. Mr. William Prest, of York, reported for the Entomo- 

 logical Section (in the absence of its officers) that the only insects seen at 

 Castle Howard were Pieris napi, Anthocharis cardamines, Argynnis 

 Euphrosyne, Eupithecia abbreviata, and Micropteryx subpurpurella, the 

 results being otherwise nil. Bees were equally scarce. He gave a list of 

 insects which he had taken at Sandburn during the previous day, 

 including Pieris napi, Anthocharis cardamines, EUopia fasciaria (larvae), 

 Odontopera bidentata, Crocallis elinguaria (larvae), Tephrosia biundularia, 

 T. punctulata, Macaria liturata, Fidonia atomaria, Eupithecia lariciata, 

 E. albipunctata, E. abbreviata, Thera variata (larvae, pupa and imago), 

 T. Armaria (larva), Melanippe subtristata, Anticlea badiata. A, derivata, 

 Oonoptera libatrix, Penthina prselongana. Coccyx hyrciniana, Incurvaria 

 masculella, Micropteryx subpurpurella, and Coleophora genist83colella. 

 For the Botanical Section Mr. F. Arnold Lees, F.L.S., reported upon 

 the flowering plants seen during the day, stating that — partly owing to 

 the early date of the excursion, and partly to the paucity of collectors 

 present — the number of Phanerogams noted during the day was only 

 135, a number smaller than usual . Of these only seven were worthy of 

 special mention, viz : — Ranunculus circinatus (Hutton Mill) ; Actsea 

 spicata (Hildenley Wood) ; Geranium pyrenaicum (roadside bank near 

 Coneysthorpe) ; Crataegus oxyacanthoides, ThuilL (by Crambeck Bridge) ; 

 Myrrhis odorata (several places), and Veronica montana (Gillaleys and 

 Lowdy Hill Gill). Two alien (not native) species were gathered in the 

 woods, much of the younger timber in which has been planted — neither 

 the beech nor the elm having a claim to be styled aboriginal, albeit 

 attaining great perfection at Castle Howard — these two species being 

 Geranium phseum and Sambucus racemosa, Willd., an early-flowering 

 kind of elder, semi-aborescent, with a globose cyme of yellow-green 

 flowers, and pinnate smooth-stalked leaves composed of five leaflets equal 

 at the base, the berries being red, — Mr. William West reported for the 

 Cryptogamia that the species observed included 60 mosses, the principal of 

 which were Seligeria pusilla, Eucladium verticillatum (fr.), Campy- 

 lopus flexuosus, Eurhynchium striatum (fr.), Mnium undulatum (fr.), 

 Physcomitrium pyriforme (fr.), Hypnum Sommerfelti (fr ), H. chryso- 

 phyllum ; thirteen Hepaticae, the rarer of which were Jungermannia 

 Wilsoniana, Cephalozia connivens, C. multiflora, Calypogeia Sprengellii, 

 and Chiloscyphus pallescens ; about ten species of lichens, mostly com- 

 mon ; 20 species of fungi, among them being Corticeum coeruleum, 

 Trichia chrysus, Nectria episphaeria, Spheeria aquila, S. acuta, Oidium 

 monilioides, Pleurotus septicus, Kummularia Baillardii, Hypoxylon 

 fuscum, Puccinia violae, Trichobasis mercurialis, Uromyces Ficariae, 

 ^cidium albescens, leucospermum, JE. violae, and ficariae. A 

 number of algae were collected, the best being a green variety of Batra- 

 chospermum moniliforme. — W. D. R. 



