2 8o YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS AT BOROUGHBRIDGE. 



The Conchological section was represented by its president, Rev. W. C. 

 Hey, M.A., of York, who reported to the meeting, and by one of its secretaries, 

 Mr. John Emmet, F.L.S., of Boston Spa. The most noticeable find of the day was 

 that of a new locality for the local species Liimicea glabt-a^ found by Mr. Roebuck 

 in a ditch by the railway side, not far from Roeclifife ; with it were its usual 

 associates, Planorbis spirorbis and Physa hypnoriini^ the latter being represented 

 by very small specimens, while the L. giabi-a was very fine and large. In the 

 River Tutt at Staveley and elsewhere were numerous specimens of Ancylus fliiviatilis; 

 while in the fishpond at Staveley, filled with vegetation, such as the two species of 

 water-lilies, were abundance of Physa fontinalis, Planorbis albiis, P. coiitoj'his, 

 Ancyliis lacustris v. aibida, and BytJiinia tentaciilata. The pond also yields 

 A)iodonta cygnea, as evidenced by a specimen brought by Mr. Knubley. Lifjmcea 

 triLiicatiila, found by the Rev. W. C. Hey, completes the list of ii freshwater 

 shells. Of slugs 4 species were found, all about Copgrove Woods, viz: — Arion 

 ate7', A. hortensis, LiiJiax agrestis, and Z. Icevis. All the species of land shells 

 found were obtained in Copgrove Woods, the list being : — Siiccinea piitris, Zonites 

 ciystallinus, Z. cellarms^ Z. nitididus, Helix aspersa (one, young), H. hoj'tensis, 

 II. cantiana, H. ricfescens, H. hispida, H. concinna, H. i-otimdaia, Clausilia 

 riigosa, and Zua lubrica^ altogether 13 in number, bringing up the whole list for 

 the day to 27, by no means a satisfactory total. The members of this section were 

 also interested in observing a bed of subfossil w^ater shells which was exposed 

 along the banks of the Tutt for some distance, and which yielded the following 

 species: — Sphairitim coTueitm (several), Pisidium piisilhwi, P. fontinalc, Bythinia 

 tentaciilata (abundant), Planorbis cornens (a few), P. contortus, P. cotnplanatus, 

 P. carinatus., limncea peregra, L. palnstris (all five numerous), L. stagnalis {2^i^vi), 

 and Succinea pntris (a few) ; and had time permitted of an extended search both on 

 the river bank and in the mole heaps in the adjoining fields, no doubt others would 

 have been found. Mr. Knubley brought a similar collection of subfossil shells 

 from the site of an old pond at Staveley, which included single specimens of 

 Planorbis corneus, linincea peregra, Sphcei-ium corneum, and LimncEa aiiricularia, 

 and several each of Planorbis albiis, P. carinatiis, and Bythinia tentaciilata. 



For the Entomological section, whose president was occupying the chair of the 

 general meeting, Mr, Rudolph Rosenstock, B.A., of Leeds, who had been working 

 at the coleoptera during the day, was called upon to report. In lepidoptera the 

 results were meagre, nothing being mentioned but Siuammerdainia comptella and 

 S. pyrella, both of which had occurred in Copgrove Woods. In coleoptera 

 Mr. Rosenstock had taken Leistus ferrugineus L., Copgrove; Anchomenus angiis- 

 ticollis Fab., Copgrove; Pterostichus striola Fab., Copgrove; P. vielanarius 111., 

 Copgrove; Ainara comjimnis Panz., Copgrove; Harpalus j'ujicornis Fab., Cop- 

 grove; Halipliis lineatocollis Marsh., Copgrove; Agabus niaculatiis L., Copgrove ; 

 Tachyporiis chrysemelinus L., Copgrove; Quedius tristis Grav., Copgrove; 

 Stenus sp. ?, Copgrove; Helophorus intermedins Muls., Hydrobiiis fiiscipes L. , 

 these two were taken in a ditch by the railway, Roecliffe (W. D. Roebuck) ; 

 Sphceridiuni scarabceoides L. Copgrove; Cercyon hcemorrhoum Gyll., Copgrove; 

 C. nielanocephalum L., Copgrove ; Aphodiiis fossor L., Copgrove ; A. ater De G., 

 Copgrove; A. nitiduhis Fab,, Copgrove; A. liiridus Fab., Copgrove; A. con- 

 taiiiinatus Hbst., Copgrove; A. testudinarius Fab., Copgrove; Pyrochroa 

 riibens Fab,, Copgrove ; Coccinella variabilis 111., Copgrove. 



For the Botanical section, its president, Mr, Thomas Hick, B.A., B Sc, of 

 Harrogate, and Mr. John Jackson, M.P.S., of Wetherby, acting in the absence of 

 the secretaries, reported that the route taken was under the guidance of Rev. E. P. 

 Knubley, and was from Copgrove Station to Lofftus Hill, on to Farnham, thence 

 along a Roman road to Walkingham Hill, and from there to Copgrove Park and 

 St. Mungo's Well. The botanists then proceeded a short distance along the banks 

 of Tutt river, and across fields to Roeclifife, passing those lumps of 'cement' 

 — as irreverently suggested by one of the party — the remarkable monoliths 

 called the ' Devil's Arrows,' and on to Boroughbridge. Of the rarer plants found, 

 the following may be mentioned : — Stellaria neniorum, Prumis communis, sub-sp. 

 insititia, P. Cerasus, Campanula glomerata, Hydrocharis Morsus-rance, Orchis 

 Morio, Asplenium Adiantum-nigrum, and Botiychiiun Lunaria. The Bird's-eye 

 Primrose [Primula farinosa) and Solomon's Seal {Polygoiiatiim multijiorum) were 



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