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the results of his talk would be that those present would at 

 least refrain from injuring toadstools when they saw them. 

 He ventured to make that suggestion because he knew that 

 many Englishmen appeared to consider it their duty to go out 

 of their way to kick over toadstools, and felt an inward 

 satisfaction when they had done so. 



On Tuesday, Canon Du Port, Mr. Massee, Mr. Rea, Mr. 

 Jos. Larder, Mr. J. B. Robinson and Mr. T. H. Burditt 

 explored Acthorpe and adjoining woods and were well satisfied 

 with their discoveries. The first wood examined was the 

 larch plantation at Fotherby, and this proved the best of those 

 visited, the fungus flora being totally distinct from that seen on 

 Monday. The specimens, however, were of too critical a 

 character to enable a decision to be given on the spot. Among 

 those found were Spathularia flcfyida, Hygrophorus psittacinus^ 

 Stropharla teruginosa, which has a very pretty bluish colour, 

 Laftarius blennius and Tricholoma rutllans. Among ferns were 

 noticed Nephrodium dilatatum and N. Fillx-mas^ specimens of 

 the latter being very generally sterile. 



A LINCOLNSHIRE COLEOPTERA 

 RECORD WANTED. 



By REV. A. THORNLEY, M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S., 



South Leverton, Lincoln. 



MY objecl: in this short paper is to induce Lincolnshire 

 people to assist us in making complete the Natural 

 History record for the county. 1 believe a great 

 many would help if they only knew how. They think that a 

 great deal of time and a great deal of knowledge is necessary 

 before they can do anything useful towards this objecl:. This 

 is indeed not so. All that we would ask for is the collection 

 of material. There are many friends, specialists in particular 

 departments, always ready to work it out. In this paper I 

 plead especially on behalf of the Coleoptera or Beetles, not 

 that I consider these as surpassing in interest any of the other 

 productions of nature, but I hope by means of them to 

 illustrate how much interesting and useful work may be done. 

 It will be necessary to point out at once that for our purpose 



