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THE BRITISH NATURALIST. [Dece MBER 



Knee- Holly, Ruscus aculeatus. Dianthus prolifer, the Pink with flowers 

 nearly hidden by brown membrane, I found on the shore near La 

 Corbiere in Jersey, a rare plant it is, but not beautiful. 



There are six hundred and thirty-six species of flowering plants, 

 eighteen Ferns, and nine Fern Allies, at present known in Guernsey. 

 But time prevents me telling you any more about them. You must 

 go yourselves, and see them growing in their beautiful island homes, 

 —the resort of the Souls of the Blest, according to an ancient 

 Norman legend. 



Birkenhead. 



Obituary. 



JAMES BATTY. 



James Batty, of 65, Fawcett Street, Sheffield, died on October 

 14th, aged 62 years. He was an excellent type of the working-man 

 Lepidopterist, and the last surviving practical worker of the old Sheffield 

 Entomologists' Club which comprised many excellent naturalists 30 

 and 40 years ago. 



Batty had an excellent knowledge of larvae and was the discoverer 

 of the larva of Tapinostola elymi and Celcena haworthii. He was a regular 

 correspondent of the late Mr. Wm. Buckler and the late Rev. Joseph 

 Hellins, and used to keep them well supplied with material for 

 description. Fie was also a good Micro- Lepidopterist and has left a 

 fairly typical collection of Tortrices behind him. Apart from these he 

 kept no collection, having sold his years ago, to, I believe, Mr. J. B. 

 Hodgkinson, of Preston. He then gave up his hobby till a few years 

 ago, when he re-commenced to exchange for species he either had not 

 seen before or was not familiarly acquainted with, but two years ago 

 he started his small collection of the Tortrices. 



He will be much missed by the writer as they have been hundreds 

 of excursions together. He (the writer) is requested by the family to 

 ask if anyone having any claims for boxes, &c, will make them direct 

 to him. A. E. Hall, Norbury, Sheffield. 



AMMOPHILA LUTARIA, Fab. 



An addition to " The Lancashire and Cheshire List of Hymenoptera Aculeata." 



With the kind assistance of Mr. Bignell, of Plymouth, I am able 

 to add this species to our List by the capture of a female, on the Black- 

 pool Sandhills one July day in 1892. — C, E. Stott, Bolton-le-Moors. 



