PIL MEETING S,, 1206. 
The first meeting of the year, and the Forty-ninth Field 
meeting of the Union was held on May 31st, in a district not 
previously visited by the members. Detraining at LUDBOROUGH, 
the party drove through the marshes to NORTH SOMERCOTES. 
DONNA NOOK was the outlying point of the journey, and 
though the working part of the day was short owing to the 
lengthy journey to the ground a successful day resulted. 
Yhe soils crossed were Purple Boulder Clay, Estuarine 
alluvium—Terraces of the same above the present level of highest 
spring tides—Sand Dunes of old Sea Beach now inland, and the 
modern Sand Dunes and Fitty Marsh of the present shore. 
About 130 species of plants were observed, but none of them 
could be called very rare. The following are some of the best. 
Anthriscus vulgaris, Apium graveolens, Artemisia maritima, Carex 
avenaria, Cevastium tetvandrum, Cynoglossum officinale, Dipsacus 
sylvestris, Echium vulgare, Evythreea pulchella, Festuca rubra, Glaux 
maritima, Hippophae, Juncus Gerardi, Juncus maritimus, Lactuca 
virosa, Lunavia annua, an escape, Marrubium vuigare, Myosotis 
collina, Myriophyllnm spicatum, Orchis incarnatum, Psamma 
arvenaria, Rumex hydrolapathum, Stellaria_ holostea, Triglochin 
mavitimum, Valeriana olitoria. 
The mollusca observed were few Arion minus under a log, 
Helix itala,and H. nemoralis var. rubella was twice as plentiful as 
libellula at Thrush Stones. ‘The first named variety also showed 
much the heavier and more confluent banding. 
Paludestrina Jenkinsonii was found in the marsh drains. 
The Lepidoptera noted was. 
Pievis vapae, Lycaena icavus, Pievis napi, Euchelia Jacobee, 
Cenonympha pamphilus, Elachista vufocinerea, Larvee of Aspis 
udmanniana, Porthesia similis, Zygena filipendulae, Bombyx 
guercus, Arctia caja, Diloba ceruleouphala, Odonestis potatoria, 
Abraxas grossulaviata, Cheimatobia brumata, and a few others as yet 
undertermined were taken, 
