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N'orthern News. 



FLOWBRINO PLA!\TS. 

 Polemonium cseruleum in Bishopdale, Yorks. — This 

 plant grows in fair quantity on the limestone scars at the head 

 of Bishopdale. The situation is similar to the Grassington, 

 Arncliffe, and Malham stations, and there is no doubt that it 

 is indigenous here. In the new edition of the ' North York- 

 shire Flora,' P. ccEvuleum is only included as an alien, an escape 

 from cultivation ; this will therefore be an addition to the num- 

 ber of true native plants in that area. — Chris. A. Cheetham 



ORTHOPTERA. 

 Exotic Cockroaches in Louth. — During the Banana 

 season various creatures are found amongst the fruit, many of 

 them alive. Amongst those brought to me were four species 

 of Cockroaches, which have been kindly identified for me by 

 Mr. R. Shelf ord, as follows : — Epilampra grisea'de Geer ; Panch- 

 lora nivea Linn. ; Eurycotis finschiana Sauss. and Z., and 

 Periplaneta americana Linn. — C. S. Carter, Louth. 



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LEPIDOPTERA, 

 Exapate gelatella in Yorkshire. — On the last week in 

 October, whilst crossing the moor near Ogden Reservoir, which 

 belongs to the Halifax Corporation, there must have been 

 thousands — indeed, it would not be using exaggerative language 

 to say scores of thousands of Exapate ^elitella. It absolutely 

 swarmed, and was not confined to any particular part of the 

 moor over which I travelled. On the 8th inst I saw this species 

 in plenty on the moors near Keighley, but it was not so abun- 

 dant as on Ogden Moor. At the former station I secured one 

 female, which is by no means an easy thing to accomplish. — 



E. P. BUTTERFIELD, Wilsdcu. 



We have received the Report of the Museum Committee of the Borough 

 of Warrington. It includes a Hst of valuable additions to the collections^ 

 and particulars of the progress made in the various departments during 

 the year. 



Part 15 of J. W. Taylor's Monograph of the Land and Fresh Water 

 Mollusca of the British Isles has just been issued. It contains full details 

 of the distribution of species of Hyalinia and Zonitoides, and there is an 

 excellent coloured plate of the Zonitidcs. 



We regret to record the death of Mr. William Waite, of Cliff Cottage, 

 Clayton West, at the age of 68 years. Mr. Waite was a good ' all-round ' 

 naturalist, and took a particular interest in microscopy and astronomy. 

 He was one of the first members of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. 



Naturalist, 



