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For the Entomological Section, its president, Mr. N. F. Dobree, 

 Beverley, reported that there was a fair muster of entomologists, but 

 the united effort merely succeeded in finding one EutJwnonia russtda^ 

 a species known to exist on the moor there, and a few quite fresh 

 specimens of Bryophila perla on the walls of houses in Market 

 Weighton, which latter is only noteworthy as proving the lateness of 

 the season. Mr. Dobree had taken them on the Rhine and Moselle 

 at the end of July this year. It was not a favourable day for diurnal 

 lepidoptera. 



The Rev. W. C. Hey reported that of Coleoptera he met with a 

 fair number of species, chiefly by shaking refuse. Among them were 

 Quedius violochi?iiis^ Phiionthus vai'ians, and Tachinus margijiellus. 

 In dung occurred Phiionthus ?nargtfiatus, Cercyon hce??i07'rhoidalis, 

 C. melanocephalus^ etc. Telephorus fiilvus abounded on umbelliferous 

 plants. 



For the Botanical Section Mr. M. B. Slater reported that the 

 botanists, under the guidance of Mr. Boyes, fortunately favoured by 

 fine weather, were enabled to explore the route mentioned in the 

 programme. At their sectional meeting, the total number of plants 

 reported was 201 Flowering Plants, 7 Ferns, 20 Mosses and 

 5 Hepaticae. The most interesting and rare plants seen during the 

 ramble were the following : — Papaver arge7none\ the double-flowering 

 form of Chelidoniiim inajus^ growing by a hedge-side at Sancton, 

 evidently a stray from the adjoining garden; Corydalis daviculata; 

 Erysimtim orienia/e, a single specimen growing amongst potatoes 

 near to a disused brick-yard, probably introduced with seeds or 

 manure ; Reseda lutea ; Siletie nodiflora ; Malva mosdiata var. alba ; 

 Melilotiis officifialis, probably an alien, introduced with flower-seeds ; 

 Spircea filipe7idula^ new to the East Riding; Epilobiuin aiigustifolium, 

 a large mass seen in a wet situation in Houghton Wood ; Bryonia 

 dioica (White Bryony) reported as growing in the district ; Apiuni 

 graveolens (Alien inland). The Black Bryony {Tamils coinmu?iis) also 

 occurs in the district. The rarer Thistles seen were : Onopordiuni 

 acanthium, Carduus 7mtafts, and C. hete7-ophylli(s, whilst C. eriophonis, 

 mentioned in the circular as occurring in the district, was not met 

 with. The only Heaths seen were Calluna vulgaris and Erica 

 teiralix. Only two Orchids were seen, Listera ovata and Spira7ithes 

 aidu7n7ialis , the latter near Houghton Wood, and one of the most 

 interesting finds of the day. Digitalis purpurea, a commonly dis- 

 tributed plant on sandy-heathery tracts, whereas on the coralline 

 limestone about Malton it is never seen except in cultivation. 

 Humulus lupidus^ the hop-plant, was reported to have been seen, 

 perhaps not truly wild ; it is often introduced, and easily establishes 



Sept. 1888. 



