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swarming with dung-flies [ScatupJiaga) feeding greedily upon 

 the vile-smelhng spores. Numerous examples of Amanita 

 ntbescens were up, also Ricssula hdcrophylla and i?. ochroleuca.'' 

 Mr. Carrington gave an account of a visit he had made 

 to Bradwell-juxta-Mare on the Blackwater, near Southmin- 

 ster. Opposite was Mersea Island, which had been explored 

 and described some time ago by the Essex Field Club. In 

 the neighbourhood was Brightlingsea and extensive salt 

 marshes. The sea walls in many parts has been recently 

 repaired, after the damage done by the storms of 1897, 

 although much of the land which had then been submerged 

 had not yet been reclaimed. Artemisia viaritinia and the 

 samphire were most abundant plants, but the Sikne mari- 

 tima was very rare. The species of the family Chenopodiaceae 

 were most common. Hesperia lineola was present in the 

 district, and the abundance of ruined stems of sparganium 

 raised hopes of Nonagria sparganii. Herons, gulls, terns, 

 redshanks, and plovers he had noticed in plenty. The 

 broad dykes, with their fringes of reeds and luxuriant growth, 

 gave good promise of Odonata and Neuroptera. The spot 

 was interesting also from an archeological point of view. 



JULY 26th, 1899. 



Mr. F. NoAD Clark in the Chair. 



Mr. Fremlin exhibited a store-box of insects from Storno- 

 way, including numerous interesting series and forms of 

 common species, taken during several weeks' holiday in June 

 and July of the present year. He stated that it was light 

 enough to read the whole twenty-four hours. The lark often 

 commenced to sing at one o'clock in the morning. There 

 was but little opportunity for collecting on account of the 

 weather. It was exceedingly damp, and the sun rarely 

 appeared until two o'clock in the afternoon, going again 

 behind the clouds by six. At half-past nine one might begin 

 dusking, and small Lepidoptera might be taken for an hour or 

 so. Sugar was a complete failure ; only three moths came 

 to it. x\s regards Lepidoptera, there were not many species 

 to be obtained, but those that were noticed were in some 

 numbers. There was no wooded district in Lewis, but an 

 alternation of bleak moorland, rugged mountain, rock, and 

 lake. The country was most interesting from an archaeolo- 

 gical point of view, and Druidical stones were common. 

 The industry of the place was all connected with the herring 



