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dispersed through the Forest. The result is obvious — insect depopula- 

 tion ! I saw dozens of L. argiolus (which swarms at Sutton) dying and 

 dead, slaughtered by the ruthless "billycocks" of tourists. The woods 

 are free to all comers ; why not reserve a few plantations of this vast 

 acreage in the interests of Natural Science 1 The undergrowth is not 

 very rich within the woods, but it is widely different to what we find in 

 the north. I found over 30 pupae by digging, but sugar proved a failure, 

 only one moth G. lihatrix, being attracted by the intoxicant. I took a 

 very nice series of E. lariciata on the wing, and some curious dark T. 

 crepuscularia amongst other things. — S. D. Bairstow, Huddersfield, 7th 

 June, 1880. 



Notodonta dictmoides near B arnsley. — Whilst collecting on the evening 

 of the 21st June last, in Lunn Wood, about three miles from here, I 

 secured a specimen of Notodonta dictoeoides. The moth, which is a fine 

 male, was taken at rest on the shooting-box. — Wm. E. Brady, 1, Queen- 

 street, Barnsley. 



Yorkshire Coleoptera. — I shall be grateful to any reader of your 

 valuable magazine who will at any time furnish me with specimens of 

 beetles, or notes of captures in Yorkshire, for the benefit of the members 

 of the Yorkshire Union of Naturalists, and the better improvement of 

 the " Transactions " of that body. — E. B. Wrigglesworth, 6, Herbert's 

 Terrace, Thornes, near Wakefield. 



TorUda squarrosa in Derbyshire. — Being engaged on a list of Derby- 

 shire mosses, I am much pleased to be able to add the above rare moss to 

 the list. I gathered the plant a few weeks back near Bakewell, and am 

 inclined to believe that it has not hitherto been found so far north. Of 

 course it is barren, as usual. I enclose a specimen. — John WniTEHEADy 

 Dukinfield, 22nd June, 1880. 



The Masham " Hypnum striatuliim.''^ — If Dr. Lees had correctly copied 

 the name for this moss, as given him by Dr. Spruce, viz., Hypnum 

 popideum, (3 major of Wilson's " Bryol. Brit.," there would have been no 

 need for Mr Boswell's " Correction of a correction " (Naturalist, July, 

 1880), for there was no mention whatever of Hypnum plumosum. The 

 moss was gathered by myself and Dr. Lees in Mickley Wood, near 

 Masham, on the occasion of the Easter Monday meeting of the 

 Naturalists' Union, and Dr. Spruce's note on my fresh specimens is as 

 follows :— " The moss you send from Mickley Wood is neither more nor 

 less than Hypnum popideum, ^ major ; it has the monoicous inflorescence, 

 the slightly scabrous pedicel, the nerve running quite to the end of the 

 slender serrulate leaf -point, &c., of that species." — Matthew B. Slater^ 

 Malton, 20th July, 1880. 



Remarkable Fungoid Growth. — About a week ago I saw several 

 mushrooms growing out of the joints of a stone wall at Horbury, some 

 I 7ft. from the ground ; one that I brought away with me was well formed 

 I and about two inches in diameter. This wall had, about eight or nine 



