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Vorks/iirc .yatuni/is/s at Askrigg. 



Mr. M. L. Thompson, F.E.S., reportini;- tor ICnionioloi;} . 

 writes that the following beetles were met with by sweeping- 

 herbage between Askrigg and Semmerwater : — 



Apion apricans Hbst. 

 Apion puncligcrunt Payk. 

 Oiiorrhynchus picipcs F. 

 Polydrusus ptcrvgomalis Sch. 



PtenSsiicht4s mtididus F. 

 Tachinus margincUus F. 

 Philonihus varius Gyll. 

 An f hob sum m inn turn F. 

 Brachvpferus urfictF F. 

 Jlcligcthcs ienciis F. 

 Afho:jS h<rmorrhoida7 is F. 

 Tc^cphorus pellucid us F. 

 Tclcphorus nigricans Miill. 

 Tclcphorus h<rmorrhoidaJis F. 

 Phagonychct limbafa Thonis. 

 JIalfhodcs mafginafus Lat. 

 Chrysomela "variaNS Schal. 

 Longftarsus sulurellus Dufi. 



Phy/Iobius calcara/us F. 

 Phyiiobius urfidr DeG. 

 Phyllobius argcnfatus L. 

 Phyllobius viridiirris Laich. 

 Phyllobius pomomr Ol. 

 PhyUobius viridicoUis F. 

 Liosoma ovafulum Clair. 

 Ca-Jiodcs geranii Payk. 

 CceJiodes quad rim aculafjis L. 



Of these, the most interesting- is Civliodcs oeratiii\ found in some 

 numbers on Gc^.r^i :!{'?: sv-v.:::ci/ui, which grows so freely in the 

 district. 



On arriving- at Semmerwater a search was commenced in 

 likelv places on the marg-in of the lake, and the following insects 

 were taken : — 



AVorm brczu'co/Iis F. 

 Loricera piJicornis F. 

 tliltenius nigricornis P. 

 Prerosfiehus nigrita F. 

 AncAomcjius aJbipcs F. 

 Anchom^jius parumpunc/iir^iS F. 

 AhcJwmenus viduus 



van morsfus Duft. 



Bcfnbidium fibialc Duft. 

 I/ybius fuliginosus F. 

 Laihrobium eJongatum L. 

 Sfctius Juno F- 

 Donacia sericea L. 

 PhyUodecfa zntJgafissinia L. 

 Phvllodecia vifeJliu(e L. 



The brilliant Chlcrfu'us niorfcornis, of which a single specimen 

 was found under a stone, has not been previously recorded for 

 this division of the county. 



CoxcHOLOGY. — Mr. T. Castle writes : Tiie conditions were 

 unfavourable for good results being obtained among-st land 

 ^lollusca, o - i/c -c an absence of rain for the previous five 

 weeks. In cc - >v . ..eoce, we were unable to confirm the existence 

 of many species recorded for Yoredale, or to add any fresh ones 

 to the list, although there is an abundance of food plants and 

 many most suitable localities in the district visited. Mill Gill 

 and Whitfield Gill being- very fine collecting--g-rounds indeed. 

 Diligent search in the streams and suitable places adjoining, 

 however, failed to turn up Puniorbis o-Iabcr, which- had been 

 reported to occur here. 



Naturalist, 



