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usually half-full of water, and sometimes almost choked 

 with drowned insects, but, unlike the sundews, this Nepen- 

 thes is not insectivorous, the creatures merely falling in 

 whilst sucking up the moisture. It docs not affect the 

 shade, but may be found under a blazing sun in exposed 

 situations. The general colour of the leaves and stem is a 

 light green, the stem reddish in places. The pitchers are 

 light green, reddish towards the aperture, and veined with 

 darker red. The lids are reddish, also veined with darker 

 colour. The incipient vessels are wholly green. The 

 flowers, which open in July and August, arc arranged on a 

 spike about 8 inches in length, but are insignificant in 

 size and colour. The plant grows about a foot in height, 

 but bends over and extends laterally. Though sometimes 

 close together, the plants do not form a regular bed. The 

 leaves branch immediately from the central stem. The 

 length of the pitchers varies from about 4 to 6 inches, the 

 diameter at the widest part from f to \\ inch. They vary 

 somewhat in shape, but those figured are typical. 



The Mourne Mountains and their Beetle 

 Fauna. 



By John W. Ellis, M.B., F.E.S., Liverpool Nat. Field Club. 



The picturesque group of the Mourne Mountains, that rear 

 their granite peaks between Carlingford Lough and Dun- 

 drum Bay on the north-east coast of Ireland, affords such an 

 excellent hunting-ground for the field naturalist — whether 

 botanist or entomologist — that no apology should be neces- 

 sary for introducing to the notice of the readers of the 

 F. N. Q. a district that has not been explored by the lover 

 of nature to anything like the extent that it deserves ; and 

 this is the more to be wondered at when one considers its 

 easy accessibility, from Belfast on the north, or from Dublin 

 or Greenore on the south, and the excellent accommodation 

 — both hotels and private apartments — provided at the 

 principal centres — Newcastle, Warrcnpoint, and Rostrevor. 

 Of these, Newcastle is, perhaps, the most convenient, 



