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ream ; and, a little farther^ we noticed, in the edges of the 

 woods, Aquilegia vulgaris, both the red-flowered and blue- 

 flowered varieties. In the rocky bed of the river, at the 

 bridge and salmon-leap of Pont-y-pair, we gathered the 

 pretty dwarf variety of Solidago Virgaurea, commonly known 

 as S. cambrica. On reaching Gapel Curig, we found our 

 friend's; Messrs. Newman and Doubleday, who were on an 

 entomological tour. We strolled out in the evening along 

 the banks of a mountain stream, which afforded us Trollim 

 europde'us, ikfyrlca Gale, acjd Pinguicula v*tt|gtji$is;fdwei also 

 took a few trichopterous insects, among which was PhilOpo-r 

 tamus scopulorum. On the banks of the lake, neanvt&e jfrtfif 

 we observed the green sandpiper (Totanus ochropus) ; we 

 also noticed the grey wagtail (iliotacilla Boarula), and the 

 merlin (Falco ./E'salon). The water ousel (Cinclus aquations) 

 is not uncommon in the mountain streams, .od/s ab-mnVro him 

 June 9. We started early? to ascend Snowdon, withevfery 

 prospect of a fine day ; but we soon found that little reliance 

 was to be placed on a mountain climate. As, however, our 

 adventures of this day have been so well detailed by my 

 friends, in their interesting paper in the Entomological Ma- 

 gazine, I shall merely advert briefly to what we collected. 

 Immediately on leaving the Pass of Llanberis, we gathered 

 Lycopodium alpinum, clavatum, and ASelagoj with jPoly- 

 trichum alpinum. On some moist shady rocks, a little higher, 

 Hymenophyllum Wilson? occurs sparingly. £axifraga stel- 

 laris is common in rills and moist places in, all parts of the 

 mountain. Many insects now made their appearance (prin- 

 cipally Carabidae), including Carabus glabratfts, ,^tenfej;u;!$ 

 and arvensis ; Helobia GyllenhahV and M&vshaMcbia ; also 

 E'later cupreus and pectinicornis ; with a Byrrhus, which 

 proves to be undescribed *. (B. alpmus Newman). In oir 

 ascent to the summit, we observed but few of the plants 

 common in alpine situations, and these occurred in small 

 quantities. The principal were, Silene acaulis, Saxifraga 

 ^ypnoides, Oxyria reniformis, and Cryptogramma crispa. 

 The clouds were so dense that we could not see many yards: 

 we therefore very soon left the summit,and retraced our step 

 to an old-copper mine which we had passed in our ascent. 

 On the banks of the small lake near it we noticed a few 

 plants of Thalictrum alpinum and Lycopodium selaginoides ; 

 while the lake afforded us some good insects ; one of which, a 

 new species of Colymbetes, has been described by Mr. News- 

 man, in the Entomological Magazine, under the name of C. 



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