88 Dr. H. Franklin Parsons. 



perhaps to young red buds, or to droppings of birds feeding on 

 red berries, for they remained motionless in great heaps until 

 actually touched, when they hurried away rapidly in all directions, 

 80 that it was no easy matter to catch them. Mr. Murton 

 Holmes tells me that its name is Triecphora sangvinolenta, the 

 scarlet hopper. Of mollusca. Helix poinatia and Cyclostoma elegmis 

 were observed. Of the large slug, Avion empiricorum, in England 

 usually jet black, all the specimens seen were of a bright orange 

 colour. 



The flora of the limestone regions about Dinant and Han-sur- 

 Lesse is very rich, and many interesting plants were found in 

 spite of the late period of the year, and the dryness of the 

 season. The flora consists chiefly of plants which are also 

 found in Britain, though some plants more or less abundant 

 there are with us only found in a few localities, or as introduced 

 species. The following may be mentioned : — 



The white rock rose (Helianthemum polifolium). In Britain con- 

 fined to limestone cliffs in two localities in the south-west of 

 England. 



Geranium sanguineum. 



Sedum album. 



Seseli libanotis. Common ; though in Britain almost confined 

 to the Gogmagog Hills, Cambridge. 



Bupleiirum falcatiim. Common ; but in Britain confined to 

 Essex. 



Sambucus ebulus (dwarf elder). 



Chrysocoma linosyris (goldilocks). In Britain almost confined 

 to the Great Orme's Head. 



Campanula persicifolia and C. patula. 



Verbascum lychnitis. 



Melampyrum arvense. 



Teucrium chamadrys. 



Daphne mezereum. 



Rumex scutatus. 



Three species of Solomon's seal, viz., Polygonatuvi verticillatum, 

 P. officinale, and P. multiflorum ; the latter accompanied, as in 

 the west of England, by Paris quadrifolia. 



Ceterach officinariim. 



Polypodium robertianum. 



The above species are in Britain found, for the most part, in 

 the chalk districts of the south of England, or on carboniferous 

 limestone rocks in the west. Hardly any of them can be con- 

 sidered of a northern or mountain type. 



The following plants found are not natives of Britain : — 



Arabis arenosa, or allied species. 



Dianthxis cartkusianorum. 



Trifolium montanum, 



Lactuca perennis. 



