296 Waddington : Yorkshire Naturalists at Wykeham. 



Valvata piscinalis was found to be numerous. In Beedale the 

 following- species were recorded by Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, 

 F.L.S. : Arion ater, A. subfuscus, A. hortensis, A. minimus, 

 Limax agrestis, L. arborum, and Pupa ringens, all of which had 

 been found either on the day of the excursion or in his pre- 

 liminary exploration two or three weeks before. 



The Entomological Section was officially represented by its 

 President, Mr. Geo. T. Porritt, F.L.S., F.E.S., and one of its 

 Hon. Secretaries, Mr. John Wadding-ton, who reported that the 

 Lepidoptera taken were : — 



Melanthia albicillata. 

 Eupisteria heparata. 

 Abraxas ulmata. 

 Acronycta leporma. 

 Minoa chagrophyllata. 

 Emmelesia affinitata. 

 Emmelesia alchemillata. 

 Odontopera bidentata. 



Libellula depressa 



(Not in the list). 



Argynnis paphia. 

 Argynnis ag-laia. 

 Argynnis euphrosyne. 

 Argynnis selene. 

 Chelonia plantaginis. 

 Orgyia pudibunda. 

 Asthena blomeri 



(A good capture). 



The Dragonflies taken were :- 

 Cordulegaster annulatus 



(New to the county). 



The Trichoptera and Neuroptera taken were : — 

 Ecclisopteryx guttulata. Chloroperla grammatica. 



Rhyacophila dorsalis. Isopteryx tomentium. 



Sialis fuliginosa. Nemoura cinerea. 



Mr. Porritt also took a nest of Vespa britannica, which was 

 presented to the Hull Museum ; Mr. Bayford also took a speci- 

 men of an Ichneumon-fly {Rhyssa persuasoria L.) and Smymthurus 

 fuscus, a common species of Anoplura, but one not often recorded. 



Mr. E. G. Bayford, who spent the week-end at Wykeham, 

 sends the following list of Coleoptera which he obtained : — 



Cicindela campestris L. 

 Carabus catenulatus. 

 Pterostichus niger Schall. 

 Calathus cisteloides Panz. 

 Calathus flavipes Fourc. 

 Notiophilus biguttatus Fab. 

 Amara trivialis Gyll. 

 Bradycellus similis Dej. 

 Trechus minutus F. var. 



obtusus Er. 

 Harpalus ruficornis F. 

 Anchomenus marginatus L. 

 Anchomenus dorsalis Mull. 

 Helophorus nubilus F. 

 Helophorus brevicollis Thorns. ? 

 Stenus picipes Steph. 



Tachyporus chrysomelinus L. 

 Adalia bipunctata L. 

 Adalia obliterata L. 

 Mysia oblongoguttata L. 

 Anaitis ocellata. 

 Halyzia 18-guttata L. 

 Scymnus suturalis Thunb. 

 Coccinella xo-punctata L. 

 Silpha rugosa L. 

 Pityophagus ferrugineus F. 

 Rhizophagus parallelocollis Er.. 

 Rhizophagus dispar Gyll. 

 Omosiphora limbata F. 

 Brachypterus urtica? F. 

 Geotrupes sylvaticus Panz. 

 Melanotus rufipes Herbst. 



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