154 Goulding: Lines. Naturalists' Union at Mablethorpe. 



branacea (on stones, sea-weeds, etc.), Alcyonium digitatum, 

 Alcyonium parasiticum, Actinia ?nesembryauthemum, A. coriacea. 



The butterflies observed on the wing- were the Painted Lady 

 (Vanessa cardni), the Wall (Satyrus megcera), the Common Blue 

 (Lyccena icarus), the Small Copper (Polyommatus pklceas), and the 

 Small Heath (Chortobius pamphilus). The principal beetles were : 

 Agelastica halensis (extremely abundant), Coccinella 22-punctata, 

 C. 1 i-pu nctata , Notoxus monoceros (the Rhinoceros Beetle), 

 Lagria hirta, Calathus mollis, C. cisteloides, Anomala frischi, 

 Crypticus quisquilius , Choleva tristis, Otiorhynchns ovatus, Cneo- 

 rhinus geminatus, Sphceridium scarabceoides, Trechus minutus, 

 Oxyporus rufus, Geotrupes spinifer, Sitones hispid ulus, Broscus 

 cephalotes, Hypera punctata, Philonthus politus, Dromius linearis, 

 and JEgialia arenaria. 



The entomologists also captured a variety of other insects 

 which (together with some taken on the sand-hills a few days 

 previously) have been identified by the Rev. A. Thornley, of 

 South Leverton. These included three Dragonflies (Sympetrum 

 striolatum, Lestes sponsa, and Agrion puella), a Sawfly (Athalia 

 rosce), two abundant Grasshoppers (Stenobothrus bicolor and 

 S. parallelus), two Ants (Myrmica rubra and Lasius flavus), and 

 the following- Flies : — Machimus atricapillus, Chrysops ccecutiens, 

 Tetanocera punctulata, Sepedon sphegeus, Dilophus febrilis, 

 Oliveria lateralis, Sphczrophoria dispar, Sarcophaga carnaria, 

 Philonicus albiceps, Rhingia rostrata, Lucilia sericata, L. corni- 

 cina, L. ccesar, Eristalis tenax, E. arbustorum, Syritta pipiens, 

 Myospila meditabunda, Scatophaga stercoraria, Ptychoptera con- 

 taminata. 



The records also included : — False-Scorpions (Chelifers) ; 

 a curious ''Sea-Spider" found by Mr. Carter, which seems to 

 correspond with Pycnogonum littorale, figured in Nicholson's 

 'Manual of Zoology'; and several specimens of the Common 

 Lizard (Zootoca vivipara). The Chelifers have been identified 

 by the Rev. O. Pickard-Cambridge as Chelifer latreillii and 

 Chthonius rayi. 



In the afternoon, after tea, the usual meeting for dis- 

 cussion of the day's proceedings was held, brief remarks 

 being made by Mr. Burton, Mr. Sneath, Mr. Crow, Mr. Carter, 

 and Mr. R. W. Goulding, who communicated to the meeting 

 apologies for non-attendance from the Rev. J. Conway Walter 

 (President), Rev. E. A. Woodruffe-Peacock (Organising Secre- 

 tary), both of whom were absent owing to ill-health, and also 

 from the Rev. A. Thornley, who was lecturing in Edinburgh. 



Naturalist, 



