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Ginothera. On the same day others were observed at the east 
end of the town, and one found its way into the interior of 
Picton House. This is the earliest appearance of the hive bee 
that I am acquainted with—V. R. Perkins, May 15, 1861. 
Note on the occurrence of Acmea testudinalis at Cullercoats.— 
During last May I took a fine living specimen of Acmea testudi- 
nalis, on the rocks immediately north of Cullercoats—probably 
the best searched locality on this well-examined coast. On the 
same day I also saw two other specimens in the possession of 
the shoemaker there, who had found one of them at Whitley, 
and the other at Cullercoats; and I am informed by our excellent 
secretary, Mr. H. T. Mennell, that one of the younger members of 
his family has likewise taken, during this spring, an individual of 
this pretty limpet, in the same locality. This species is, there- 
fore, probably not uncommon on this part of the coast at the 
present time, though it is quite impossible to suppose that it 
has existed there any considerable period. It could never have 
escaped detection till now had it done so; for certainly no place 
in the neighbourhood has had more attention bestowed upon it 
than this, by our naturalists. Consequently the occurrence of 
Acmea testudinalis at this point is the best evidence attainable in 
proof of the fact that it has only recently appeared in this dis- 
_ trict, and that, taken in connexion with other facts, it is migrating 
southward on the east, as it had previously done on the west 
coast of the island. I had, however, no doubt of the truth of 
this when, in 1859, I drew the attention of the Club to this 
matter; and since then strong corroborative evidence has been 
obtained by my friend, Mr. Howse, to whom we are indebted for 
the knowledge that this species has already extended its migra- 
tion as far south as Hartlepool—Albany Hancock, Newcastle-on- 
Tyne, 15th July, 1861. 
