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Traehelium CCeruleum, L. Wall in Candie Cemetery Lane, several plants 

 (G-. E. Derrick and T. C. Royle). A Mediterranean plant recorded in 

 Journal of Botany for November, 1892, as thoroughly established on high, 

 somewhat ruinous walls on the outskirts of St. Peter-Port, where Mr. 

 Buchanan Brown counted at least 150 blooms on August 16. He is said 

 to have known the plant there in the same profusion for quite sixteen 

 years. 



Melissa officinalis, L. Roadside below Le Tertre (IX.), a few large plants 

 near a house (E. D. M.) 



AtPiplex laeiniata, L. Common in the sand on the shore of the lowlands. 



Tamus communis, L. Path descending to Fort Bay, in fair quantity on 

 both sides of the path. 



Carex GEderi, JEhr. Abundant in a basin-like hollow on 1' Ancresse Common, 

 near l'Ancresse Lodge ; and also plentiful in a moist spot at the eastern 

 end of l'Ancresse (E. D. M.) 



Setaria ViPidiS, Beam. Roadside behind St. Sampson's Bridge, one plant 

 (E. D. M.) 



T. C. Royle, Sec. Bot. Sect. 



REPORT OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. 



The season of 1893 has been a very successful one as far 

 as our local researches are concerned, and several important 

 additions have been made to the lists of insects already pub- 

 lished. The exceptionally fine weather, which set in so early, 

 promoted an abundance of insect life, many species appearing 

 long before their usual time. 



The first butterfly, a specimen of Vanessa Urticce (the 

 Small Tortoiseshell), was captured by Mr. G. Derrick as early 

 as March 3rd, and a week later several of the same species 

 were observed flying about the cliffs near Saints' Bay. 



Melitcea Cinxia (the Glanville Fritillary) was much 

 earlier on the wing than it has been for many years. I 

 took several specimens on April 20th. In ordinary sea- 

 sons they do not begin to emerge until the first or second 

 week in May. Singularly enough we have this year to record 

 the latest date for this species, a fine male specimen being 

 taken by Mr. A. J. Hodges on August 15th, near the Creux 

 Terrible, in Sark. 



I captured a fine male specimen of Anthocharis Carda- 

 mines (the Orange Tip Butterfly) at the Grande Mare, Vazon, 

 on April 23rd ; the Bev. F. E. Lowe also records the occurrence 

 of one near his house on May 6th. This butterfly is quite 

 new to the Guernsey list, and a Jersey collector, Mr. Stanley 

 Guiton, informs me that he has taken several specimens in 

 that island for the first time during this season ; one specimen 

 only being recorded as taken in Jersey many years ago. 



Another addition to our list of Butterflies is Coenonympha 

 Pamphilus (the Small Heath), a specimen of which was cap- 



