94 president's address. 



Phascum nitidum. Near Croft Wood, Durham. 



— ■- multicapsulare. Wet, clayey bank, Gibside Wood. 



Orthotrichum Bruchii. Near Wardrew, Gilsland. 



Drummondii. Banks of the Tees, near High 



Force. 



. phyllantlium. Near Newbiggin-by-the-Sea. 



Bartramici ccdcarea. Chesterholm. 



arcuata. Near the waterfall, above Wardrew, 



Encalypta streptocarpa. Cupola bridge, Whitfield. 



ciliata. Roman Wall, near Sewing Shields, 



Mr. W. Dinning of Gateshead, writes that he caught a Cam- 

 berwell Beauty on the 14th of August, on the banks of the 

 South Tyne, about a quarter of a mile above Haltwhistle. When 

 he first saw it, it was coming over the river, and flew into a wild 

 raspberry bush, a few feet from where he was standing; he 

 caught it with a net before it had time to rise. 



The extraordinary influx of this rare insect, last year, deserves 

 particular notice. In addition to the above, many instances of 

 its appearance are recorded below. On reference to Wailes's 

 Catalogue, its previous rarity in the district will be found. 



John Hogg, Esq., of Norton, communicates the capture of 

 Vanessa Antiope at Wynyard, on September 28, and also near 

 Stockton, about the same date. 



The late J. C. Backhouse, Esq., of Darlington, states, in the 

 " Zoologist," 6276, that he took the Vanessa Antiope at Black- 

 well, near Darlington, at the end of August, and the Colias 

 Edusa, another butterfly rare in this district, at the same place 

 and date. 



P. J. Selby, Esq., in the ^' Transactions of the Berwickshire 

 Club," records the capture of the Camberwell Beauty at Twizell, 

 near Belford, in September; and 



Mr. E. Mounsey communicates the capture of a specimen of 

 the same insect at Castle Eden on the 15th September. 



Mr. William Backhouse informs the Secretaries that he has 

 taken the Harvest Mouse at St. John's, Weardale, 800 feet 

 above the level of the sea — a very unusual circumstance. 



Mr. J. A. Stephenson, of Gateshead, writes that he noticed a 



