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Mylia Taylori, Hook. Ingleborougli, Penyghent, W. West. 

 M. anomala, Hook. Eiccall, W. West. 



Eucalyx obovata, Nees. Clapham, W. West. Goathland, M. B. 

 Slater. 



E. hyalina, Lyell. GoatMand, Slater and West. 



Jungermannia lanceolata (in fruit), Shipley Glen, W. West, jun. 



J. cordifolia, Hook. Penyghent, W. West. 



J. sphaerocarpa, Hook. Penyghent, Bingley. W. West. 



J. riparia, Tayl. Rokeby, M. B. Slater. 



J. exsecta, Schmid. Harrogate, F. A. Lees. 



J. minuta, Crantz. Goathland, M. B. Slater. 



J. capitata, Hook. Grosmont, M. B. Slater. 



J. bicrenata, Lindb. Do. do. 



Aneura sinuata, Dicks. Near Huddersfield, C. P. Hobkirk. 



Sph^rocarpus terrestris, Sm. Castle Howard, G. E. Massee. 



(To he continued.) 



INSECT-HUNTING IN SCOTLAND.* 

 By Nicholas Cooke. 



About last meeting, our worthy secretary suggested that I should 

 write a paper on the above subject for the next meeting, which I 

 willingly consented to do, and thought of commencing by making 

 some excuse for the matter of it ; bnt when we consider the simple 

 fact that the richest clothing worn by the ladies of all lands is the 

 produce of a moth, insect-hunting needs no apology, nor does it want 

 recommendation. 



When I thought of the many delightful hours I have spent whilst 

 hunting for insects, in company with other kindred spirits (some of 

 whom are gone to a brighter clime and happier hunting-grounds), the 

 words of a poet were brought to my recollection : — 



" Man cannot stand beneath a loftier dome 

 Than this cerulean canopy of light, 

 The Eternal's vast, immeasurable home, 

 Lovely by day, and wonderful by night ; 

 Than this enamelled floor, so greenly bright, 

 A richer pavement man hath never trod. 

 He cannot gaze upon a holier sight 

 Than fleeting cloud, fresh wave, and fruitful sod — 

 Leaves of that boundless book writ by the hand of God !" 



My first journey to Scotland was in June, 1864, in company with 



my sons Benjamin and Charles. We arrived at Rannoch on the 25th 



* Eead before Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society, Feb. 28th, 1881. 



