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The ^^aturalist. 



pcufandra, S. orrifa. Pofamogcfon 2m:>' '^'>:'^r,j;iis. Orchis luccmiata, Eahe- 

 nariahin'Ua. Cryptogams : Euuisd' ■■ ">,;. Mosses : Leucoh'yum 



glaucum, EncaJypto. strq^foco.rprf. lin-.o,. ■ ■ n:i>Jorc, 11 fascicular e, 



E. cancsccus. 0,ihotnch"rn Ci'j:n-\it,>nu .. crl^mm, Climacium 



dc'/idru'^ '//< I' ncndatirrii^ H. adancuni, H. ochrai\'^(m. Hepaticie : 



Scapaj!i' . . V 'da, Xai'dia compressa. Ten lichens^ including Cladoiiia 

 ■mngifenna, Usuca harbata. Farmelia capcrata, Platiisma glaucum. 

 Fungi: Peziza stercorca. Bi'^iaria sarcoldes. Alga3 : Mcsocarpus scalaris, 

 llofhrix fldccosa. From the above list it Tvill be seen tliat I did not meet 

 yriili CofuJodon uinhnicKs or Circaia alpina, yd\ic\\ (according to ^' West 

 Yorksliii-e) are likely to be found in Hodder-dale ; nevertheless some 

 contained in it, if not plants which can be called rare, are interesting as 

 occurring in that district. Further search in the. higher grounds would 

 probably result in the discovery of species not included in either the 

 West Yorkshire " List or the one given above. — W, Fowler, Liver- 

 sedge ^'icarage, July 11th, 



CoLEOPTEEA AT HoEXSEA. — List of beetles captured at Hornsea, 

 June 22nd : — Bcmhidiurn conci)inU'm, B. liitiduh'^t. Hisfci' hhnacidatus, 

 Cercijon nicJanocephalus, Aphodus ater, A. prodyonws. A. Inridus, Afhous 

 hiTinorrlioidaJis. Tdcphon'.s hicoJor, Ischnomera lurida, Phyllohins Alneti, 

 Erij-himus acrididiis. — E. B. Weiggleswoeth. 



A]!fOTHER Insect Pest. — Some days ago ]\Ir. Tolson of Dal ton sent me 

 for examination a box of savrfly larva?, which are occurring in immense 

 numbers on the outskirts of this town, being noticed in hundreds even on 

 the highroads, pathways, on walls, &c. Knowing but little of the 

 hymenoptera I submitted them to Mr. E. A. Fitch, F.L.S., of Maldon, 

 Essex, who writes as foUo^vs : — Your larvfe are I believe unknown 

 larv£e of one of the Doleridm. * I have had the same larvas as 



destructives to grass in great abundance this year from Rochdale, 

 in Lancashire, and from Romford in this County ; here they are accom- 

 panied by a plague of lepidopterous larva?, but I cannot get sufficiently 

 good specimens to say whether they are H. p<jp':\iris, C. graminisj ov 

 what ; both these I believe are represented. " — Geo. T. Poeeitt. 



The Teal xestixg at Eiccall Co^orox. — On Whit-monday, my 

 brother and I came across t^Yo nests of the teal at Eiccall Common. They 

 were both made of moss. ftatlier>. :iiul uown. and were buili on one of 

 those small islands Avhicli are situated in the centre of the largest lagoon. 

 ^eart'1 one of the nests, we found an egg of the teal, from wliich a 

 young bird had evidently been hatched, which left us thoroughly satisfied 

 as to the identity of the nests. Though teals are to be seen at Riccall all 

 the summer through, I have not previously met with an instance of its ^ 

 breedmg there. — Waltee Raixe, July loth. 



The Loxg-eaeed Owl beeedixg at Eiccall. — ^Miile rambling 

 through the fir woods to the east of Riccall Common, we met with the 



