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Yorkshire Xatiiralists at Dent. 



only common species were noted ; whilst the entire absence of 

 Trichoptera in so promising- a district was quite extraordinary. 



Mr. M. L. Thompson, F.E.S., reports that very few beetles 

 were to be found, and those were of the more common species. 

 The following- were met with on the high ground above 

 Flintergill : — 



Carahiis catenidatus Scop. Cercyoii melanocephalus L. 



Noiiopliilits aquaticiis L. Qiiedius fidiginosus Grav. 



Harpalus latus L. Coccinella lo-punctata L. 



Pterostichns ynadidus F. Brachypteriis iirticce F. 



Pterostichus vitrens Dej. Meligethes ce)ieus F. 



Pterostichiis nigrita F. Aphodius lapp07itim Gyll. 



Calathus melanocephahis L. Aphodius depressus Kng-. 



Bemhidium tibiale Duft. Aphodius contarninatus Hubst. 



Bemhidiiini atrocceruleiim Steph. Ceiithorrhynchus ericce Gyll. 



Botany. — Mr. J. W. H. Johnson, B.Sc, writes : — September 

 is more a month of fruits than one of flowers, and the botanists 

 who visited Dent must have been struck by this paucity. Long- 

 ago the Hyacinth, Celandine, and Primrose of spring have 

 disappeared, and are now almost forgotten ; the Rose of summer 

 has already given place to the red fruits of autumn, and the 

 flowers of the beautiful Campanula of last month have in turn 

 ceded their position to fertile green capsules. In such a time 

 of dearth the masses of golden yellow flowers of that ubiquitous 

 Ragwort are, perhaps, more welcome than at any other period 

 of the year. The miniature Eyebright now stands out among- 

 the shortened verdure with a particular beauty, despite the 

 general lack of the brilliant flowers of summer. Even this 

 season has its own and peculiar beauties. The grass-covered 

 hills have now assumed a brown velvety hue, and here and th.ere 

 the purple patches of heather and w^ooded gills add a charm 

 and beauty to the landscape which even that of summer cannot 

 surpass. The bright green aftermath in the valley may still be 

 seen tinged with the numerous flowers of the Meadow Cranesbill, 

 while here and there the Great Burnet lifts aloft its purple heads 

 in almost solitary grandeur. At higher elevations among- the 

 many-tinted ^slosses, the beautiful white flowers of the Grass of 

 Parnassus and the drooping scapes of the Sundew are still to 

 be met with. Here, too, the downy heads of the Cotton Grass 

 gently wave their silken threads in the moorland breezes ; and 

 close by, in striking- contrast, the rigid Bog Asphodel seems to 

 have already assumed a defiant mien ag-ainst the too rapidly 

 approaching winter. Here may still be found the fertile cones 

 of the lesser Club Moss, while on the drier patches among the 



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