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until recent years quite unknown in Lincolnshire, He also men- 
tioned that he had seen within the last few months the very rare 
Phylloscopus viridanus in Lincolnshire, the variety superciliosa in York- 
shire, and another variety proregu/us has been recorded for Norfolk, 
A most hearty vote of thanks was accorded the Rev. Conway 
Walter for the trouble which he had taken to entertain and instruct 
them. Carriages were then ordered, and the party dispersed for 
Louth and Horncastle. So ended what was pronounced by all who 
joined in it to be a most agreeable and successful excursion. 
Mr. James Eardley Mason has supplied the following interesting 
report on the observations made during the day on Economic 
Entomology and on the Heteropterous Section of the Rhyncota :— 
Declining the proffered drive from Horncastle Station the recorder 
made his way to Holbeck on foot, mainly by the highroad, examining 
the various crops as he sauntered along, hat in hand, under the 
shade of his umbrella, upon as sweltering a day as he ever walked 
a six-mile stretch in. The views of the wide fenland, bounded by 
the hills of the ‘Cliff? westward and southward, dominated in the 
north-west by the grand towers of Lincoln Minster, caused many 
a halt and backward look as the ascent of the long slope to 
Greetham Hill Top was slowly won. Neither Hessian Fly in the 
Wheat nor ‘gout’ in the barley, due to Chlorops teniopus, bebo 
noticed. Turnips also showed no signs of the attack of various 
lepidopterous larvze (Agrostis, Mamestra, and others) so common in 
dry seasons at the root as it first begins to thicken for the bulb. 
Luncheon over, a start was made on the borders of the upper lake, 
when the following species of the Heteropterous division of the 
Rhyncota were met with :— 
Scolopostethus affinis Schill. One. 
Gerris sp. Many noticed on the water, all immature. 
Ploiaria vagabunda L. Several off Spruce Fir (Adies sp.) ; some 
immature. 
Nabis lativentris Boh. Two undeveloped. 
Anthocoris sylvestris L. (nemorum L. et auct.). A few. 
Phytocoris longipennis Flor. A few on Ash ( Fraxinus 
excelstor). One very dark specimen. ‘ 
Ocoris pteridis Fall. A few, both developed and undevelope 
mature individuals. 
Lygus Pabulinus L. One. Sk 
icyphus epilobii Reut. Abundant on the Crimson Willowher 
(Lpilobium hursutum). 
‘“torhinus angulatus Fall. Several. 
Oct. 1897. 
