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to and intermingled with nettles. Messrs. Kirkaldy and Turner 

 came to the conclusion that Eysarcoris lies concealed in the flower- 

 heads and under the leaves of the Stachys, coming out on the 

 upper parts of the leaves during bright sunshine. Picton and 

 Lethierry, in their catalogues, state " Europe " as the distribution of 

 the species, but in the short time at disposal Mr. Kirkaldy could not 

 trace records from Italy or Scandinavia. Centrotiis corniitus, Linn., 

 was found in great abundance, but only by beating oak trees. 

 Bucaille says, " Sur les genets, les Pteris aquiiina, les jeunes 

 chenes." A few specimens of Tomaspis vul/iemfa, Germar (= Tric- 

 cophora sangut/iole/ita of many authors) were captured, beaten from 

 oaks — in fact, oak trees afforded by far the best sport of the day. 



Although the Mollusca abound at Horsley, but little search was 

 made for them. Amongst the few secured were Zoin'/cs nitididus. 

 Helix aspersa, H. caiitiana, H. caperata, H. virgata, and Cyclostoma 

 elegans. On the trunks of the beech trees in one place there were a 

 number of forms of H. caperata, and the shell was well protected on 

 the bark. 



As is usual on the chalk in June, flowers were plentiful, the follow- 

 ing being some of the best amongst them : — Milk-wort {Foiygaia 

 vulgaris)^ woodruff (^-ijr/t'r///a odorata), cross-wort {^Galium cruciatuni), 

 white campion {Lychnis vespertina)^ tufted vetch ( Vicia cracca), 

 slender tare ( V. fetrasperma), bird's-foot trefoil {Lotus cor/iiciiiatus), 

 dogwood {Cornus sanguinea), spindle-tree {Euonymus europceus), 

 rest harrow {Ononis arvensis), hroom {Cytisus scoparius), purging flax 

 {Liniini catharticuni), rock-rose {Heliantliemum vulgare), sanicle 

 ( Sanicula europcca ), wood forget-me-not {Myosotis sylvatica), germander 

 speedwell {Veronica chamcedrys), thyme-leaved speedwell ( V. serpylli- 

 foiia), louse-wort {Pedicularis sylvatica\ bugle {Ajuga repians), early 

 purple orchis {Orchis mascuia), fragrant orchis {Habenaria conopsea), 

 lesser butterfly orchis {LL. bi/o/ia), <^rtat butterfly orchis {LL.clilorantha)^ 

 white helleborine {Cephalaiitiiera pallens)^ guelder-rose {Viburnum 

 opulus), and yellow dead-nettle {Lamium galeobdoloii). The fly 

 orchis and the bee orchis were sought for, but were not found. 



During the day a few very good instances of "protective re- 

 semblance " were noticed. While walking up to the village from 

 Hoisley station with Messrs. Carr and Richards, the latter called 

 our attention t(j the hedge-bank. I could at first see nothing of 

 interest there, but it at length dawned upon me that a " dead leaf " 

 on a grass stem was not really such, but a poplar-hawk moth hanging 

 at rest in its characteristic fashion. 



Later in the day, when Mr. Step was on the point of taking a 

 photograph of a butterfly orchis, he noticed a brown, crumpled leaf 

 lying on a nettle close by. Recognising shortly that it was not a 

 leaf, but an "angle-shades" moth, he secured a photograph of it. 

 His eye being thus educated he soon afterwards found another 

 angle-shades, but this time it was a leaf ! 



I accompanied Mr. Richards to some rough ground where the 



