Fowler: Presidential Address to Lincs. Naturalists’ Union. 39 
Only about four previous occurrences are on record for Great 
Britain. On 18th September about seventy Pink-footed Geese 
About fourteen have been recorded in the ‘Field’ (2nd October, 
p. 537) as arriving on the Yorkshire Wolds on oth September, 
which is the earliest record for Yorkshire. 
A considerable amount of work has been done at the insects 
of the county by the Rev. A. Thornley and Mr. J. Eardley 
Mason: The former has a list in manuscript of no less than 
goo species of Coleoptera recorded from the county, which will 
be a most valuable addition to our knowledge when published. 
No particularly rare species have been recorded with the excep- 
tion of Monochammus sartor F., a large longicorn, found in a 
house in Lincoln. The records for Britain are few, but for my 
own part I believe that it is not indigenous, but is invariably 
imported in the larval state. Last year I commented on the 
rare appearance of the Large Heath Butterfly (Zpinephele 
ttthonus) in Lincolnshire, but I have since found that in certain 
localities it is not uncommon. I am very glad to know that the 
Diptera and Hemiptera are also receiving a share of attention 
from Mr. Thornley and Mr. Mason, as these orders are usually 
nt : 
and Nottinghamshire Diptera, the material a which has been 
supplied by Mr. Thornley. 
I do not feel in any way competent to speak of the botany 
of the county, especially as we have two botanists in the Union, 
the Rev. E. Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock and the Rev. W. Fowler, 
who are second to none in their knowledge of British botany. 
Mr. Peacock, however, informs me that the following are the 
best species that have been found among the phanerogams :— 
a Jiliforme L. from both North and South Lincolnshire, Sa/cx 
undulata Ehr. from Great Cotes, and Euphorbia portlandica L. 
| Thalictrum collinum Wallr. from the Isle of Axholme, Zrifolium — oe 
i from Skegness. The latter has been growing at Skegness for nee 
years, but was first recorded this year by Mr. F. A, Lees 
In my last address I spoke at some length on the question 
of the importance of economic entomology, which cannot well 
be over-estimated in an agricultural county like Lincolnshire, 
and I alluded to the work of Mr. J. Eardley Mason. Mr. Mason, 
whom we are all very glad to see again working among us, has — 
kindly furnished me with the following notes on insect pests © 
February Sop, : 
