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Hepatics. Lichen. 



Frullania dilatata L. Peltig-era canina. 



Lophocolea bidentata L. 

 Miss Stow also reports the following- Mosses from walls in 

 Careby Village : — 



Grimmia pulvinata Sm. Barbula fallax Hedw. 



Tortula muralis Hedw. Webera nutans Hedw. 



Tortula intermedia Berk. Bryum capillare L. 



Barbula lurida Ldb. Pleuropus sericeus Dixon. 



The Rev. Alfred Thornley, F. L.S., F.E.S. , reported that, 

 owing - to the distance to be traversed, there was little time for 

 stopping by the way, consequently the entomological resources 

 of this most promising district could only be sampled here and 

 there. The insects seen and taken were few, and no doubt this 

 result was owing in some measure to the long cold spring. 

 Nevertheless, at least a couple of the insects taken were remark- 

 able. A splendid Syrphid fly, Callicera cenea, a great rarity in 

 this country, was found at rest in a lane and captured. An 

 interesting bug, Podops inunctus, hitherto having only a South 

 Coast distribution, turned up 

 species seen, as far as he knows: 



The following is the list of 



Lepidoptera. 

 Pieris brassicas (Large White). 

 Pieris rapse (Small White). 

 Vanessa urticse (Tortoiseshell). 

 Epinephele janira 



(Meadow Brown). 

 Epinephele tithonus 



(Gate Keeper). 

 Epinephele hyperanthus (Ring-let). 

 Coenonytnpha pamphilus 



(Small Heath). 

 Lycasna icarus (Common Blue). 

 Acidalia osseata (dilutata). 

 Cidaria associata. 

 Hemithea strigata (thymiaria). 



DlPTERA. 



Callicera aenea. A great rarity. 



(Rev. A. Thornley.) 

 Therioplectes tropicus. 



(Found by J. E. Mason.) 

 Volucella bombylans, and 



some very common Syrphidae. 

 Orthoptera. 

 In this group many species were 

 still immature. 

 Stenobothrus bicolor. A common 

 Grasshopper which is reputed 

 1901 February 1. 



to have the power of assimilating 

 its coloration to that of the 

 ground on which it lives. 

 Leptophyes punctatissima. 



A green Locustid; the organs 

 of flight seem always to be in 

 a rudimentary condition, at least 

 in Great Britain. (Found by 

 Mr. Stow.) 



Hemiptera. 



Podops inunctus. This was a re- 

 markable find by Mr. Worsdale. 

 The insect is not uncommon in 

 the Southern Counties of Eng- 

 land; particularly on or near the 

 coast. 



Megalocaerea longicornis. 



Common. 



Aphrophora alni. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Very few were either seen or taken, 

 there being no time to stop and 

 work; which was a pity. 

 Sphseroderma cardui is perhaps 

 the only species worth mention- 

 ing. 



