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Cornet. At that spot be had picked up among the stones 

 two pieces which somewhat resemble the Eoman tessarce used 

 in flooring. In some entomological notes Mr. Swinton remarked 

 that the Speckled Wood Butterfly (L. cegeria) seems in 

 Guernsey to be a climatic rather than an insular variety ; 

 it is somewhat more orange than in the south of England, 

 but less so than in the south of Europe. A specimen of 

 H. Titkonus from Moulin Huet was darker than ordinary 

 English specimens, and the beetle Timarcha coriaria seemed 

 in these islands to be always blue, instead of purple as in 

 England. A large green cricket (Locusta viridissima) caught 

 among reeds at Grande Mare had the hind wings larger 

 than English and French specimens. Other grasshoppers 

 (Stenobothrus variabilis) captured in Guernsey were all 

 smaller than usual, indicating a small insular race. 



Mr. E. D. Marquand read a paper on the Mosses of 

 Sark, which is printed in the following pages, and then 

 proceeded to give a critical review of a recently-printed 

 book on the Flora of Jersey, by Mr. L. V. Lester- Garland, 

 M.A., Principal of Victoria College. Taking the whole 

 phanerogamic flora of the Channel Islands, there are, according 

 to the author, 81 species peculiar to Jersey, 35 peculiar to 

 Guernsey, 11 peculiar to Alderney, and 2 peculiar to Sark. 



Mr. Collenette made a few remarks on the history of 

 Castle Cornet, and was followed by Mr. T. W. De Guerin, 

 who added much valuable information on the subject derived 

 from the study of ancient documents, making it clear that 

 there was, in the reign of Edward I., a family in Guernsey 

 named Cornet, from whom probably the castle and the 

 street derived their names. A great deal of new light has 

 recently been thrown on the early history of the old fortress, 

 and it is greatly to be hoped that Mr. De Guerin will allow 

 his notes to be published. 



Monthly Meeting held on November 18th, 1903, Mr. E. D. 

 Marquand, A.L.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 



The Chairman read a paper on the Birds of Alderney, 

 which is printed in these Transactions. 



Mr. W. A. Luff read an interesting communication by 

 Mr. Edward Saunders, F.R.S., published in the Entomologist's 

 Monthly Magazine for October. Some extracts from this 

 paper will be given in the Annual Report of the Entomo- 

 logical Section. 



