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SCOLYTUS, Geoff. 

 Scolytus destructor, 01. I once found an elm mined by this beetle 

 at Wavertree Nook, the species of bark-miner being verified by 

 a dead specimen found in one of the burrows. 



DRYOC^ETES, Eich. 

 Dryocaetes villosus, F. I have taken this species very freely in the 

 bark on the roots of a tree (species ?) at Spital. 



TOMICUS, Latr. 



Tomicus laricis, F. My wife found a specimen of this species blow- 

 ing about on the Hightown sandhills, last September. 



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Scoria dealbata at Whitby.— Both Mr. Lister (Whitby) and myself 

 have taken the Black-veined Moth {Scoria dealbata) here. This does not appear 

 in the list of Yorkshire Lepidoptera as being found in the county. I think we 

 shall have at least two other fresh county species not there recorded. — Joseph T. 

 Sewell, Whitby, June 30th, 1886. 



Triecphora vulnerata in Edlington Wood, Yorkshire.— On 



the 1 2th June of this year I took a homopterous insect in abundance in the lane 

 adjoining Edlington Wood, Doncaster. I sent some to Mr. J. E. Mason, who 

 obtained the name for me from Mr. J. W. Douglas, who states that the species is 

 somewhat local, but gregarious and common where it occurs. — Geo. T. Porritt, 

 Greenfield House, Huddersfield, June 25th, 1886. 



Megachile ligniseca and Halietus rubieundus at Mable- 

 thorpe, Lincolnshire.— In June I took the rather local insect Megachile 

 ligniseca on the coast sand-hills at Mablethorpe. Seven specimens were found 

 clustered together in the corner of a box which happened to be lying on the sand- 

 hills ; others were also seen in a chink of an old post. Halietus rubieundus was 

 flying about plentifully near a sandy bank by the side of the road at Mablethorpe, 

 in which were large numbers of its burrows. It may, perhaps, be well to state 

 that my specimens of the above were identified at the British Museum by Mr. 

 Cockerell, with the kind help of Mr. Kirby. — H. Wallis Kew, Louth, July 1886. 



NOTES— CONCHOLOG Y 



Helix Cantiana in !N"otts. — I succeeded in adding this species to our 

 local list on June 3rd, found plentiful on herbage by road side (Lias Clay) at 

 Staunton, S.E. Notts., all immature, but fine, white colour predominating. — 

 C. T. Musson, Nottingham, June 5th, 1886. 



Helix lactea in Yorkshire. — At the beginning of August 1884,- Mr. 

 W. Storey, of Pateley Bridge, sent to Leeds a specimen of this fine Mediterranean 

 shell, which had been found alive in a field near the railway at Pateley, some time 

 before, by Mr. O. Kindon. No doubt it had been conveyed with the shingle 

 which is Drought to Pateley by rail from the coast. — John W. Taylor, Horsforth. 



Estuarine shells at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire.— On 16th June I 

 visited the saltmarsh near Saltfleet Haven, and found Melampus myosotis 

 (Drap.) plentiful in the higher parts of the marsh where Junctis was growing 

 plentifully. Hydrobia ulvee (Penn.) positively swarmed in all parts of the salt- 

 marsh, not only in the pools and runs of water, but also on the mud, and on stems 

 and blades of grass. A single specimen of Littorina littorea (L. ) was taken. 

 Littorina rudis vars. tenebrosa (Mont.) and similis (Jeff.) were very plentiful in the 

 muddy po ols. — H. Wallis Kew, Louth. 

 Aug. 1886. 



