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in the haughs of the Whittingham water, among Petasites vulgaris, etc., 

 where they also fonnd a single specimen of the singular Mac ^isia testaceella, 

 and one of the new species of Eupithecia which Mr Doubleday has named 

 palustraria. On the following day, June 1st, they visited Presmennan 

 copse, and Deuchrie Dod wood, on the side of the Lammermoors, and in this 

 fine old ground, found the beautiful Lithocolletes spinolella not scarce in 

 some dwarf sallows, along with Grapholita campoliliana, and one specimen 

 of Tinea listrigella. Phlceodes frutetana was abundant in the birches, and 

 Tortrix ministrana, Ephipiphora scutulana, Nematopogon Panzerella, Adela 

 viridella, etc., etc., occasional among the underwood." 



I understand tliat some of the rare or critical species that Mr 

 Logan obtained at Presmennan among the Microlepidoptera are 

 not yet wrought out. 



Only a few water-hens and coots were observed on the lake, on 

 the day of the Club's visit, the broods of ducks not being visible. 



After a view of the lower section of the lake from the farm 

 garden, and an examination of two very large sweet Bays 

 (Laurus nohilis) which have escaped the frosts, the company re- 

 turned to Stenton to inspect the admirably- carv en granite monu- 

 ment to the Eight Hon. P. 0. Nisbet Hamilton : the Belhaven 

 aisle, the old stone font of Stenton pre-lleformation Church ; and 

 the well-finished interior of the new church. The Pood Well, 

 the property of the Duke of Poxburghe, was pried into, and its 

 water pronounced to be none of the purest. 



Biel has many attractions to the Club. In the interior is a 

 treasury of art and taste, every room shewing perfection of 

 decoration and arrangement ; out of doors there is a triumph of 

 the bedding-out system of floral ornamentation, combined with a 

 perennial border ; and the dark-hued conifers, singly disposed 

 upon a smooth tender-hued grassy lawn, are pictures in them- 

 selves. 



More rooms were open on this occasion than when the Club 

 last visited Biel House, and a new erection, a chapel, has since 

 then been attached to the western end. The pictures and other 

 objects of interest have been previously described in the Club's 

 annals. The visitors were charmed with what they saw ; to 

 most of them everything was new. The Pev. George Marjori- 

 banks, of Stenton, pointed out what wasmost worthy of attention 

 amidst so much that was exquisite. Pefreshments were here 

 again presented. The lengthened drive, ornamented with lines 

 of yew trees, between the house and the post road, waB much 

 admired. On the return to Linton, the carriages passed within 



