114 Preston: Lincolnshire Naturalists at Scuntkorpi 



Hkteropi i k \ | Bugs). 



MeHinus arvensis. Ono j . 



I VW't us pratonsis. 



Calocoris bipunctatusi 



Phytocoris lonj^iponnis. 

 Nyssius thyrai (under plants of 



Eristalis arbustorum, 

 Eristalis pertinax. 

 Eristalis tenasb. 

 Bristalis hordeola. 

 Syrphus ribesii. 

 Syrphus luniger. 

 Syrphus balteatus. 

 Platichirus albimanus. 



Melanostoma mellinum. 

 Spha?rophoria sp. 

 Syritta pipiens. 

 Rbtngia rostrata. 

 Cyrtoneura stabulans. 

 Leptis sp. 



Chloromyia Formosa. 

 Qliveria lateralis. 

 TluMova ( plobeia ?). 

 Siphdna gentculata. 

 Tetanoeera reticulata! 

 Pedicia rivosa. 



Dim e r \. 



Erodium i. 

 Peritrechus luniger (under plants 

 of Erodium). 



Aphrophora alni. 

 Philaenus spumarius* 

 Cixius aervosus. 



I I VM BNOP I KK A. 



Bombus terrostris. 

 Bonfebus bortorum, with one ex- 



ample of the entirely black var. 



harrisellus. 

 Bombos agTorum. 

 Vespa germanica. 

 Vespa sylvestris (visiting as usual 



flowersof Scrophulariaaquatica I. 

 Andrena denticulata. One & . 

 Halictus cylindricoB. S • 

 Sphecodes gibbus. Two <Js. 



LEPIDOPTfiRA. — The bad weather quite prevented anything 

 much being done in this order. Some of the members, how- 

 ever, obtained some fine larvae of the Eyed Hawk Moth 

 [Smerinthus ocellatus) ; and a beautiful larva of an Acronycta, 

 I think, was found on willow. In many places the ragworts 

 were entirely stripped of their leaves by the larva; of the 

 Cinnabar Moth {Euchelid jacobcece). The following common 

 butterflies were noted : — The Meadow Brown, Gatekeeper, 

 Small Heath, Green-veined White, and Small Copper. Also 

 the following moths : — Eubolia mensuraria ; Abraxas grossida- 

 riata (Currant Moth) ; Pyrausta purpuralis, but very worn ; and 

 a small Plume. Mr. Preston greatly interested the company at 

 tea-time by exhibiting a huge larva of the Death's Head Hawk 

 Moth {Acherontia atropos), a species which seems to be rather 

 common this year. The same gentleman also exhibited from 

 the Grantham district Sirex gigas, a very fine savvfly, found 

 boring into pine logs ; and the following interesting Coleoptera, 

 taken by Mr. Worsdale at Grantham : Cychrus rostratus, Cassida 

 nobilis, Serica brunnea, Athous niger ; also an interesting bug, 

 Sehirus bicolor. 



The following Mosses were taken by the Rev. W. W. 

 Mason : — 



Polvtrichum gracile Dicks. Milium undulatum L. 



Ceratodon purpureus Brid. Brachythecium purum Dixon. 



Tortula ruraliformis Dixon (rarely Amblysteg-ium filicinum DeXot. 

 found inland). Hypnum cuspidatum L. 



Naturalist, 



