160 Field Meetings. 
Whinnyhill. Geum wurbanum, Spergularia rubra, Lysimachia 
nemorum, Helianthemum vulgare, Sedum anglicum, S. Telephium, 
Galium saczatile, Euphrasia officinalis, Gnaphalium dioicwm, Carex 
panicea, C. binveris, Pinguicula vulgaris, Vicia angustifolia, Polygala 
vulgaris (blue, pink, and white specimens), Corydalis clavicu- 
lata, Nephrodium spinulosum (not common), and Polypodiwm 
phegopteris on the hill and in the fields and wood near 
Southwick mansion-house.  JLinaria cymbalaria at the bridge, 
and the following on the way to Douglas Hall :—Anchusa 
sempervirens, Lithospermum officinale (rare), Geranium sanguineum, 
Rosa spinosissima, Glauz maritima, Primula veris, Anthyllis 
Vulneraria, Blysmus rufus, Triglochin maritima; and Erodiwm 
cicutarium (rare) at Douglas Hall. 
Mr Lennon supplies the following note respecting the entomo- 
logical finds :—So far as I have seen of this current year, all the 
various orders of insects appear exceedingly scarce. Entomo- 
logical experience tends to prove that after a mild wet winter, 
such as we have had this season, insects are as a rule much 
scarcer than after a cold hard frosty winter. The results of last 
Saturday present a case in point. The day was exceedingly fine 
—just such a day as one would naturally expect to find teeming 
with insect life; and if there is a spot in the south of Scotland 
where an entomologist would expect to find insects in abundance, 
it would doubtless be in those beautiful woods and grounds round 
Southwick House. No doubt they are there when the seasons 
are suitable for them. Among the diurnal Lepidoptera we 
observed faded specimens of <Anthocharis Cardamines, Satyrus 
Megera, Cynthia Cardui; also some fine specimens of the Argyn- 
nidi, but whether it was Argynnis Selene, or A. Euphrosyne, could 
not be defined, as the insects were on the wing. Coleoptera were 
very scarce. In some damp boggy places Hlaphrus cupreus put m 
an appearance. Under stones on the high ground we found 
Carabus catenulatus and C. violaceus, Clivina collaris, Dyschirius 
ceneus, and globosus. Among the Hymenoptera we found fine 
specimens of Bombus Lapidarus, B. Locorum, B. Virginalis, Apathus 
Vestulis, and A. Campestris. 
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