iv. 



PAGE 

 An Ancient Interment on the Verne, Poitland, by J. C. Mansel- 



Pleydell, Esq., F.G.S., F.L.S 232 



Report on the Returns of Rainfall and Observations on the 

 Flowering of Plants and Appearances of Birds and Insects in 

 Dorset during 1891, by M. G. Stuart, Esq 239 



PLATES AND ENGRAVINGS. 



Frontispiece ... THE LATE MR. HENRY BURDEN, OF BLANDFORD. 



FACING 

 INSCRIBED STONES IN ST. MARY'S CHURCH, WAREHAM... xli. 



ROMAN WAREHAM AND THE CLAUDIAN INVASION 



I. Ground Plan of Wareham "j 



II. Ground Plan of Gloucester I 115 



III. Castra Preetoriana, Rome ... J 



MYCETOZOA ... 130 



LAMPROTHAMNUS ALOPECUROIDES 



1. Lamprothamnus alopecuroides, Braun (nat. size) 



2. Branch (twice nat. size) 



3. Whorl (magnified) 



4. A nucule 



DORSET LEPIDOPTERA IN 1891 



upo3cilia Geyeriana. Larva and food plant Pedicularis 



Palustris 168 



KlMMERIDGE COAL-MONEY AND OTHER MANUFACTURED 

 ARTICLES FROM THE KIMMERIDGE SHALE 



I. Objects of Kimmeridge Shale, from the collection of the 

 late Mr. Durden Carved Figure of a Lion, Armlets, 

 Ring, and several Discs (coal money) ... 178 



II. Objects of Kimmeridge Shale. Dorset County Museum. 

 1, 2, Feet of a Stool (?), (South Street, Dorchester). 

 3, Fragment, use unknown (Dorchester). Hogg Loan 

 Collection. 4. Armlet (Fordington), presented by the 

 late Rev. H. Moule. 5. Spindle- whorl (Bagber Pottery- 

 site). Presented by J. C. Mansel-Pleydell, Esq. ... 178 



MONSTROSITIES OF LITTORINA RUDIS 



Varieties of Littorina Rudis, Maton, magnified 191 



BRITISH SPECIES OF FALSE-SCORPIONS 



(Plates A, B, C) .231 



ANCIENT INTERMENT ON THE VERNE, PORTLAND 



Plan and Section , .. 232 & 234 



