144 Peacock : Lincolnshire Naturalists at Frieston. 



He was one of the founders of the Union, he was its first 

 President, and he had been untiring - in his endeavours to 

 promote the objects for which it was formed. He had also been 

 President of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union ; he was one of 

 the best ornithologists in England, and had added larg-ely to our 

 knowledge of the birds of the Humber district. He was a good 

 speaker, and also a good writer. If any proof of the latter 

 statement were needed, they had only to look at the last number 

 of ' The Naturalist ' where they would find an article from his 

 pen on the death of his friend, Mr. Bendelack Hewetson. The 

 description which Mr. Cordeaux there gave of his last walk with 

 Mr. Hewetson might have been penned by Audubon. He could 

 only hope that when some record of his life work was given in 

 'The Naturalist,' it would be a record worthy of his whole- 

 hearted goodness and of his all-round knowledge. 



The usual alluvium plants were observed and noted for the 

 flora. The best were as follows : — Caucalis nodosa, GLnanthe 

 Lachenalii, Senecio aquaticus (very fine), Juncus Gerardi, Poly- 

 gonum terrestre, Leptums filiformis (much over a foot long), 

 Hordeum marinum, and Spartina stricta. Althcea officinalis and 

 Marianum lactea were very conspicuous. 



The Mosses taken by Miss S. C. Stow were as follows : — 



Tortula muralis Hechv. Pleuropus sericeus Dixon. 



Barbula fallax Hedw. Camptothecium lutescens B.&S. 



Bryum argenteum L. Brachythecium rutabulum B.&S. 



Bryum capillare L. Eurhynchium praelongum B.&S. 



Bryum csespiticium L. Hypnum cupressiforme L. 



Mnium undulatum L. 



Mr. H. Preston, F.G.S., occupied his abundant leisure by 

 sweeping the following Spiders and Insects, which have been 

 duly reported on by the Revs. O. Pickard-Cambridge and 

 A. Thornley: — 



Epeira quadrata C.L.K. Hemiptera. 



Epeira umbratica C.L.K. 

 Meta segmentata Clk. 

 Zilla x-notata Clk. 

 Paehygnatha degeerii Sund. 

 Philodromus fallax Sund. 



Miris laevigatus. Several. 

 Miris calcaratus. 

 Nabis limbatus. 

 Heteratoma merioptera. 



Several. 



And the Phalangid 

 Oligolophus tridens C.L.K. 



Cixius nervosus. 

 Philaenus spumarius. 



COLEOPTERA. 



DlPTERA. 



Staphylinus stercorarius. 



Melanostoma mellinum. 



One example. 



Tenthredinid^. 



Sitones lineatus. 

 Demetrias atricapillus. 



Priophorus padi. 



Naturalist, 



