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cellariiis^ Helix arbiistoruvi^ H. sericea, and Succinea putris. Entering 

 the Saltburn Woods below Skelton Mill, Helix hortensis var. liitea 

 00000 turned up, whilst Pupa iimbilicata^ Helix cojicinna, and Azeca 

 were met with, though not in any abundance. The following may 

 be said to be common throughout the dale : — Clausilia lanmiata^ 

 Helix rotimdata, Helix m-bustorum^ Helix sericea^ and Liinax Icevis. 



Mr. Hudson stated that the finding of Helix hortensis confirmed 

 a previous record of his, and further extended the range of the 

 species in the district ; his present records, all made within the past 

 six years, are Thornaby near South Stockton, near Stokesley (road- 

 side), Airey-holme Wood near Great Ayton, near Skelton (road-side 

 above woods), and Saltburn Wood. 



For the Entomological Section there was no report given at the 

 meeting, the president of the section (Mr. N. F. Dobree, of Beverley) 

 having to leave by an early train. Not very much was done, how- 

 ever, the principal note being by Mr. John Braim, of Pickering, who 

 had taken the larvae of Ptei'ophorus dichrodactylus in stems of tansy, 

 and had taken some other insects of less note. 



For the Botanical Section, Mr. Matthew B. Slater, cryptogamic 

 secretary, the only officer of the section present, reported that the 

 botanical members started from Guisborough, whence they followed 

 the course of the stream, which winds down the valley and empties 

 itself into the sea at Saltburn ; Mr, R. Barnes, superintendent of 

 the Public Gardens at Saltburn, acting as guide. Mr. Barnes having 

 now resided some few years in the district, was able to lead the 

 botanists to the most likely localities for finding plants in flower 

 at this early season. Unfortunately, a dense fog prevailed during 

 the whole of the day, and only a glimpse of the beautiful wooded 

 scenery of the lower part of the glen could be obtained ; sufficient, 

 however, to enable members to judge how fine the landscape would 

 have been with bright and sunny weather. Saltburn was reached 

 about 5 p.m., when the various gatherings were looked over, the 

 result being that about eighty flowering plants were recorded as seen in 

 flower. The following Hst comprises some of the rarer plants seen: — 

 Helleborus viridis^ Cardamine atnara, Myrrhis odo7'ata (fine masses 

 of this beautiful umbelUfer met with, growing by the stream-side), 

 Petasites vulgaj'is, Glaiix 7naritima (growing on the coast), Cochlearia 

 officinalis^ A^yosotis sylvatica^ Atropa belladonna (not in flower), 

 Mentha viridis (a large patch of this, the ordinary Spearmint of 

 gardens, seen growing by the stream-side, evidently thoroughly 

 naturalized), Lamiuin piirpurcum (this common plant was growing in 

 abundance by the hedge-sides, whilst its near congener, Lajnium 

 alburn^ a plant so common on our limestone soils, was not seen, and 



July 1887. : ' 



