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them only sing-le specimens and mostly common species. 

 Among the best of those noted were : — 



CoLEOPTERA. — Mr. M. L. Thompson reports having met with 

 the following beetles along the route in Kilton Wood : — 



Spiders were noticed to be particularly numerous on the 

 shale heaps at Boulby. On a specimen being submitted to the 

 Rev. O. Picard Cambridge, that gentleman states : — ' It is 

 Trochora picta Hahn. $ immature, an abundant and widely dis- 

 persed species, though local, and certainly our handsomest 

 Lycosid. 



Dr. W. G. Smith writes : — Loftus was a suitable centre for 

 examining the numerous woods and the coast vegetation of 

 Eastern Cleveland. The excursion to the Kilton Valley gave 

 opportunity for seeing one of the best of the valley woods. 

 Oak and Ash are everywhere the most abundant trees, although 

 Scots Pine, Larch, and Spruce have been abundantly planted. 

 The woods are well maintained, as is the rule in the North 

 Riding, which is far ahead of the West Riding in this respect. 

 The woods on the Crinkle estate are chiefly coniferous and are 

 worked in a manner likely to provide a large quantity of useful 

 timber. The variations of the trees in the plantations are 

 reflected in the undergrowth ; one plantation of old conifers- 

 was seen absolutely devoid of undergrowth, while in the open 



Anthocaris cardatJiines. 

 Epinephele hyperanthus. 

 Asthena blotneri. 

 Eiipisteria obliterata. 

 Melaiiippe alhicillata. 

 Coremia designata. 

 Cidaria popidata. 



Hypermecia aiigustaiiw. 

 Ep h ipp ip hora hrunn ich tana. 

 Olindia idtnana. 

 Argyrolepia chica?m. 

 Glyphipteryx cnadiella. 

 A rgyresth ia pygm ceell a . 

 Pterophoriis trigotwdactylos. 



Nehria gyllenhali Sch. 

 Betnbidium atroccerideum Steph. 

 Bemhidium lit tor ale. 

 Tachyporiis obtiisus L. 

 Sten lis giittida Miill. 

 Anthobiiun minutiim F. 

 Anthobium ophthahnicum Payk. 

 Anthobiiim torqiiahim Marsh. 

 Coccinella lo-ptinctata L. 

 Halyzia i ^-guttata L. 

 Meligethes ceneiis F. 

 By turns tomentosus F. 

 Athous vittatus F. 

 Agriotes pallidulus 111. 

 Telephorus bicolor F. 

 Rhagonycha limbata Thorns. 



MaWiinus punctatiis Fourc. 

 Dryophilus pusilhis Gyll. 

 Malthodes marginatus Lat. 

 Malthodes minimus L. 

 Crepidodera transversa Marsh. 

 Plectroscelis concinna Marsh. 

 Anaspis i}iaculata Fourc. 

 Otiorrhynchus picipes F. 

 Polydriisus pterygomalis Sch. 

 Phyllobiiis calcaratus F. 

 Phyllobius argentatiis L. 

 Phyllobiiis viridiceris Laich. 

 Liosoma ovatulum Clair. 

 Orchestes sal ids L. 

 Dorytomiis maculatus Marsh. 

 Dorytofnus pectoralis Gyll. 



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