Peacock: Naturalists at Lincoln. 



Lias in this pit can be ascertained. Local members were urged 

 to keep a close watch for future developments in this pit, both- 

 above and below, and to make as complete a collection of 

 fossils as they could, so that the museum might benefit from 

 this most interesting- section. 



Newball Wood being on boulder clay there was not much in 

 the floral way to report ; Mr. J. S. Sneath kept the register for 

 the day. The best species were as follows : — • 



Hypericum humifusum. Convallaria majalis. 



Agrimonia Eupatoria. Scilla nutans. 



Sanicula europsea. 



The Mosses were collected by Mr. Thomas Stow and named 

 by his daughter. Considering the dry weather, they were not 

 a bad gathering". 



Atrichum undulatum L. Eurhynchium Swartzii Hobk. 



Polytrichum commune L. Eurhynchium striatum B.&S. 



Polytrichum juniperinum Willd. Plag-iotheciumdenticulatum B.&S. 



Dicranella heteromalla Schp. Amblystegium serpens B.&S. 



Dicranum scoparium Hedw. Hypnum cupressiforme L. 



Fissidens taxifolius Hedw. Hypnum purum L. 



Mnium undulatum L. Hylocomnium splendens. 



Mnium hornum L. Hylocomnium squarrosum B.&S. 



Homalia trichomanoides Brid. Hylocomnium triquetrum B.&S. 



Thamnium alopecurum L. 



Thuidium tamariscinum B.&S. Hepatic. 

 Brachythecium rutabulum B.&S. Lophocolea bidentata Nees. 



Brachythecium velutinum B.&S. 



Eurhynchium piliferum B.&S. Lichens. 

 Eurhynchium crassinervium B.&S. Cladonia pyxidata Fr. 

 Eurhynchium praelongum B.&S. Peltigera canina L. 



Dr. Cassall looked after the Lepidoptera. He had little 

 occupation, and so assisted me in my work of general collect- 

 ing. For the Insects and Spiders the Revs. A. Thornley and 

 O. Pickard-Cambridge have kindly acted as verifiers. The 

 Lepidoptera were but three species: — Triphcena pronuba, two 

 i<n~\ se of Cabera ptisaria, and one of Clisiocampa populi. 



The Insects submitted to the Rev. Alfred Thornley by me 

 Were only a small gathering, but contained some very interest- 

 ing species. 



I 1 EMIPTERA (HETEROPTERA). 



Podisus luridus Fab. A northerh 



about it he informs me that he 

 has never seen a British example 

 of this form. This specimen was 

 record for this species. giyei, to Mr. Saunders. 



Nabis brevipennis Hahn. Five Miris Uevigatus Linn, 

 examples. One developed ? , Five examples, 



a form which is very rare. In Lygus pratensis. 

 a letter I had from Mr. Saunders Phytocoris tiliae. 



H)oo August I. 



