220 LASTRKA MONTANA. 



An interesting species, found chiefly in damp rnountainons 

 places, yet also in bogs and marshes along with Lnstrea cristata. 

 A widely-spread species, being exceedingly common in Scotland 

 and in the north of England. In the west of England I have 

 gathered it sparingly near Bathford, in Somersetshire; Mrs. A. 

 Thompson near Selworthyj Mr. Dempster at Barnstaple and 

 Exmoor. The Rev. T. Hooper has gathered it at Brighton; 

 Mrs. Delves near Tunbridge Wells; Mr. E,. Sim at Bexley, in 

 Kent; Dr. Lee at Hartwell, in the Vale of Aylesbury; Mr. 

 W. H. Purchas in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire; Mr. T. 

 H. Thomas at Glyn Ponds, in Monmouthshire; Captain A. S. 

 H. Lowe near Malvern, Worcestershire; myself on Oxton Bog 

 and Bulwell Bog, Nottinghamshire, Rudyard, Derbyshire, and 

 at Rainhill and Gateacre, Lancashire; Mr. W. Wilson near 

 Warrington; Mr. H. Buckley at Middleton; Mr. Willison at 

 Whitby; Mr. C. Monkman near Castle Howard, Yorkshire; 

 myself at Ambleside, Rydal, Coniston, Grasmere, and Patterdale; 

 Captain A. S. H. Lowe in Teesdale; myself at Wineham, near 

 Northwich, Cheshire, and at Chaigeley Manor, Lancashire. 



Mr. T. Moore also gives Cornwall, Devonshire, Hampshire, 

 Isle of Wight, Dorsetshire, Wiltshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, 

 Surrey, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, North- 

 amptonshire, Warwickshire, Herefordshire, Staffordshire, Shrop- 

 shire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Lincolnshire, Northumberland, 

 and Isle of Man. In Wales, Radnorshire, Brecknockshire, 

 Glamorganshire, Carmarthenshire, Cardiganshire, Denbighshire, 

 Anglesea, Flintshire, Merionethshire, and Carnarvonshire. In 

 Scotland, in Dumfriesshire, Lanarkshire, Roxburghshire, Edin- 

 burghshire, Berwickshire, Stirlingshire, Kinrosshire, Fifeshire, 

 Forfarshire, Perthshire, Aberdeenshire, Argyleshire, Dumbarton- 

 shire, Sutherlandshire, Island of Bute, Island of Cantyre, Island 

 of Islay, Island of Arran, and Shetland Island. In Ireland, 

 Donegal, Londonderry, Galway, WickloA\% Clare, Waterford, and 

 Kerry. 



My brother-in-law, Mr. G. H. Allcock, found it abundant 

 about Killarney. 



Abroad it is as widely spread, being found in Hollanji, Den- 

 mark, Norway, Belgium, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, 

 Italy, Hungary, Croatia, Greece, Transylvania, and Russia. In 



