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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



*Pterostichus asthiops F. One each by Mr. Soppitt and myself, 



at the base of Ingleborough, April 3rd, 1885. 

 Badister bipustulatus F. One given me by my friend, Mr. T, 



Hey of Derby, taken on Ingleborough, 1887. 

 Calathus melanocephalus L. Common in the neighbourhood 



of Ingleborough. 



■^Var. nubigena Hal. On the sides and at the foot of Ingle- 

 borough, 1884 and 1886. 



Anchomenus albipes F. At the foot and in the neighbourhood 

 of Ingleborough, common. 



Byrrhus fasciatus F. Not uncommon on the summit of Ingle- 

 borough, 1884. 



NOTE—LEPIDOPTERA. 



Stigmoilota dorsana at Axwell. — On the 27th May I observed several 

 specimens of a pretty little Tortrix [Stigmottota dorsana) on the wing, in a field 

 at Hagg Hill, near Axwell. — Thos. H. Hedworth, 31, Spoor Street, Dunston- 

 on-Tyne, July 2nd, 1888. 



NOTE—COLEOPTERA. 



Carabus glabratus and other Beetles in the Lake District. — Amongst a 

 number of beetles kindly given me by our energetic friend, Mr. W. West, F.L.S., 

 and taken by him in the Lake District in June 1884, were four specimens of the 

 rare Carabus glabrattis Payk., three of which were taken on Scawfell Pike, and 

 one on Serjeant Mann, 2,000 ft. There were also several examples of Nebria 

 gyllenhalii Sch., Carabus catenulatus Scop., very fine, Geotrupes sylvaticiis Panz., 

 Let7ia cyanella F. , and Corymbites cupreus var. ceriiginostis F., all taken on the 

 above-mentioned hills and on Helvellyn. For the names of some of them I am 

 indebted to the kindness of Dr. Ellis, F.E. S., of Liverpool, who is ever willing 

 to assist his co-workers. — ^J. W. Carter, Bradford, July 14th, 1888. 



NOTES— BOTANY. 



Varieties of Viola odorata. — I have found the red variety alluded to by 

 Mr. Gain, in South Notts, in two localities, but in very limited numbers in each 

 place. The red colour is very similar to that in the common Mallow. The white 

 and blue varieties are abundant with us on the heavy lands, but the white is most 

 plentiful. I believe the blue to be decreasing. — F. B. Whitlock, Attenborough, 

 Notts., 3rd July, 1888. 



Ceterach officinarum in Wensleydale still. — A friend of John Percival's 

 having stated that specimens of the above rare Yorkshire fern were growing on the 

 masonry of a certain bridge, Mr. Percival last week (July 1st — 7th) visited the 

 locality, and had the satisfaction of confirming the report. It would be unwise to 

 indicate the spot more precisely than this : the station is in the Askrigg (middle) 

 third of Wensleydale, and it is not the Coverdale-head locality recorded by 

 Mr. M. B. Slater, nor is it the same as the Appersett Bridge and wood-yard wall 

 station of Baker's ' North Yorkshire.' In this latter place it has long been extinct, 

 and in Mr. Percival's station it may possibly have been planted. I examined both 

 walls of the bridge many times when resident at Hawes, and am quite positive it 

 was not there in 1884-6. Mr. Percival adds the satisfactory information that there 

 are six or seven roots of the fern, and that being high up on the wall, it would 



require a ladder to extirpate it. — F. A. Lees. 



Naturalist, 



