Swiss Habitat ofQdrex heleondstes Ehrh. 499 



Tephritis stellata Bcemer ? ; Actora ae'stuum, 8 ; Platycephala 

 planifrons ; Octhera Mantis, 4. 



Omaloptera. — Ornithomyia viridula. 



Of the species enumerated in this list, I believe Conops 

 macrocephala, Penthophora nigricans, and Anomalon obscu- 

 ratorius ? to be unique as British ; and Acrida Binglei/, 

 Cryptocephalus bipustulatus, Astata victor, Deiopeia pulchra, 

 Leucania littoralis, and Calathus angustatus have been so till 

 lately. 



I have, this season, also taken 



Lyccsrm Arion. and A\is, and Hesperia Adcson in plenty ; 

 especially the last, at Lulworth ; and have learned that it has 

 been found also at the Burning Cliff, near Weymouth : and it 

 is remarkable that it should have escaped observation pre- 

 viously. In the end of May, 1833, 1 took a single specimen, 

 only, of Actae^o^z; and, had it not been found in plenty at 

 other times, it might have joined company with liesperifl^ 

 Oileu5, Vitelliu5, and Bucephalus, in the drawers of doubtful 

 and imported species of some sceptical entomologists. 



August 5, 1834. 



Art. X. Information on the Habitat ofCarex heleonastes Ehrhart 

 in Switzerland, and on the Circumstances connected tvith the Dis" 

 covery and Identification of this Species ; tvith like Injbrmation 

 on the Qarex Gaudiniana Hoppe, By P. J. Brown, Esq., Thun, 

 Canton of Berne, Switzerland. 



The discovery of the rare Swedish Carex heleonastes (VI. 

 469.) on the turf grounds of the Schwarzenegg, near Thun, 

 in Switzerland, a spot strikingly similar to many portions of 

 the Scottish Highlands, encourages me to hope that this plant 

 may ere long be added to the British flora: and it has oc- 

 curred to me that the chances of its being detected may be 

 much increased by my placing at your disposal the few speci- 

 mens still remaining of those which I brought with me to 

 England. I therefore take the liberty of troubling you with 

 the accompanying small packet, the contents of which you 

 will perhaps have the goodness to distribute among your 

 botanical friends, more especially those resident in the north. 



The unexpected discovery of the above plant, in Switzer- 

 land, is due to the arrival at Thun of M. Guthnick of 

 Cologne, a zealous and quicksighted botanist. He, being 

 apprised that the same leisure which had enabled me to be- 

 come better acquainted than any other person with the distri- 

 bution of plants in our neighbourhood, would also allow me 



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