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incredible that a veritable epitome of all the secondary rocks 

 should occur in so small an area ; though the ' five-mile walk ' 

 referred to by Mr. Cole seemed indeed a long one ! On the 

 road to North Grimston are some interesting exposures in the 

 Coralline series from which many well-preserved fossils were 

 obtained. From here the party journeyed towards the National 

 School at North Grimston, arriving there about 4.30, and 

 strangely enough the other sections seemed to be assembling at 

 the same place at the same time ! It is perhaps unnecessary to 

 state that the usual ' meat tea ' was there and then provided, 

 and in view of the long walk full justice was done to the meal. 



After the tea a meeting was held, the President, Mr. P. F. 

 Kendall, F. G. S. , occupying the chair. Representatives of thirteen 

 different Societies were present. Reports of the work done in the 

 different sections were given by the respective Secretaries and 

 others, particulars of which are given above. Votes of thanks 

 were accorded to Lord Middleton for permission to visit his 

 estates, to the local guides for their help, as well as to the Vicar 

 for the use of the schoolroom. A similar compliment to the 

 President for his services in the chair concluded the meeting. 



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NOTE on LINCOLNSHIRE COCCIDS. 

 Lecanium capreas v ar. genevense at Lincoln.— On the 19th June 1902 

 I took on the Fossdyke, north side, in Lincoln, Div. 6 W., on a twig of Haw- 

 thorn ( Cratcegus oxyacantha) a Coccid which Mr. R. Newstead has determined 

 to be Lecanium caprece var. genevense $ . — J. Eardley Mason, 42, Carholme 

 Road, Lincoln, 25th June 1902. 



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NOTES on COLEOPTERA. 

 Ravages of Harpalus ruficornis in Holderness.— At a recent 



meeting- of the Hull Scientific and Field Naturalists' Club, Mr. J. Porter 

 reported that at one or two localities in Holderness strawberries were 

 being- damaged by the ravages of Harpalus ruficornis. This beetle eats 

 away the strawberries around the seeds, and disfigures them. — T. Sheppard, 

 Hull, 31st July, 1902. 



Three Cumberland Longhorns. — This year I have taken both Asemum 

 striatum L. and Pachyta octomacidata F. in this neighbourhood for the first 

 time. Neither species is, apparently, common. A. striatum was found 

 sitting on a cut fir pole, which was lying on Orton Common, near Carlisle, 

 on 15th June. On the same day, but on the other side of the woods, 

 Saperda popidnea L. was about in fair numbers. Had the afternoon been 

 bright, instead of dull, Saperda would have been much more in evidence, as 

 it flies freely when the sun is shining. I first found this beetle abundantly 

 in this same place on nth June 1899. In 1900 it was never seen, so that 

 evidently it takes two years to complete its metamorphosis. A single 

 specimen of Pachyta octomacidata Fab. was taken by me in Gelt \\ pods, 

 near to where the Hell Beck joins the Gelt, on 27th July last. It was sitting 

 on a head of Hemlock in the bright afternoon sunshine. J AS. Ml RRAY, 

 11, Close Street, Carlisle, nth November 1901. 

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