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Phyllobius uniformis, MARSH. 
a alneti, F. 
Otiorrhynchus tenebricosus, HERBST. 
Tychius picirostris, F. 
Coelhiodes quadrimaculatus, L. 
Rhinoncus subfasciatus, GYLuL. 
The sectional reports were made after tea at Grimsby. Mr. 
H. Preston and Mr. C. S. Carter spoke on the Geology. Mr. 
Dennison Roebuck on the Conchology, and others on their 
several departments. 
The Fifty-sixth Field Meeting was held at SPALDING, on 
July 18th, and at HOLBEACH, on the following day. On the 
first day the journey was made to Surfleet, a district interesting 
enough as regards the artifical schemes of engineering relative to 
the draining of the Wash area, and also on account of the making 
of land in this part of the County. Whilst some counties are 
bemoaning their fate by coast erosion, Lincolnshire seems to be 
benefited by their loss. As Naturalists however the area worked 
could not be said to have been particularly successful. 
In the evening the President lectured at the Spalding Gentle- 
men’s Society, Spalding, on Primitive Man in Lincolnshire, and 
the members were well repaid for their attendance at this 
distinguished Society’s meeting, both by the lecture and the 
opportunity of seeing the many valuable books and specimens 
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brought together by this Society. 
The botanical recorder was Mr. H. W. Burchnall. As usual 
_ Every plant not known at sight was taken and submitted to 
the Botanical Secretary of the Union. This only revealed more 
