1 9 2 



NOTE on LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Abundance of Vanessa to at Silverdale, West Lanes. -On the 



nth inst. I was botanising on the Scar Limestone at Silverdale, West 

 Lancashire, and was much pleased to find many butterflies on the wing 

 which are decidedly scarce about Liverpool. Vanessa to was especially 

 abundant and in fine condition ; also Anthocharis cardamines, Gonepteryx 

 rhamni, and Pieris brassicce. — J. A. Wheldon, Liverpool, 14th May 1901. 



NOTE on WORMS. 



* Leech ' near Louth : its Habits, etc. — In the spring of this year 

 I brought home, amongst other creatures, a small ' Leech ' about Y% in. long, 

 white, semi-transparent, the alimentary canal red (which colour disappeared 

 after a short period of captivity) ; it had apparently eight ' eyes.' I kept it 

 in a small glass globe. Noticing it one day somewhat swollen, I took it out 

 and discovered a cluster of 1 eggs ' of a greenish white colour, globular in 

 form, attached in some way to the underside of the animal. On 1st July 

 I discovered these ' eg-gs ' had 'hatched,' and were being brooded. I sep- 

 arated them, 2i in number, placing them in the globe again one at a time, 

 also the adult. Four days after I took it out again, and I found them 

 collected together as before. — C. S. Carter, Louth, 17th September 1900. 



NOTES on FLOWERING PLANTS. 



Toothwort near Louth. — On 1st May I found the Toothwort 

 {Lathrcea squamaria) in Grisel Bottom, Burwell Wood. It was exhibited 

 at the meeting of the Louth Antiquarian and Naturalists' Society last 

 night, when I was informed by Mr. Crow and Mr. Larder that it had not 

 been found in the district before, and is at their request recorded. — C. S. 

 Carter, 172, Eastgate, Louth, 10th May 1901. 



Aberration of Wild Hyacinth near Doncaster.— On 2nd May 

 I gathered in Edlington Wood a specimen of Scilla festalis Salisb., which, 

 for want of another name, may be called var. longibracteata. The bracts, 

 which in normal examples are about half the length of the pedicle and 

 flower combined, are in this form greatly developed, the lowest being 5 in. 

 in length and all exceeding the flowers. Moreover, they are not of the 

 blue colour such as they are in normal specimens, but are of a bright green, 

 similar to the green of the leaves. — H. H. Corbett, Doncaster, 6th May 

 1901. 



Dates of Leafing of Horse Chestnut and Blossoming of Cherry 

 at Wetwang-on-the-WoIds, 1870-1001.— I beg to forward the follow- 

 ing notes, taken by me at Wetwang-on-the-Wolds for a series of years. 

 The same two trees were selected every year. 



Horse Chestnut. 

 First Green 

 Leaf. 



... April 26 



Cherry Blossom. 

 First Full 

 Blossom. 



Horse Chestnut. Cherrv Blossom. 



Date. 



8 79 

 880 

 881 

 882 

 883 

 884 

 885 

 886 

 887 

 888 

 889 

 890 



E. Maule Cole, Wetwang, 3rd May 1901. 



April 7 



April 10 



April 25 



May 1 

 April 28 

 April 19 



May 10 

 April 9 



April 10 

 April 28 



M ay 5 



May 8 

 May 5 

 April 22 



Date. 



1891 

 1892 



1893 

 1894 



1895 

 1896 

 1897 

 1898 

 1899 

 1900 

 1901 



First Green 



First Full 



Leaf. 



Blossom. 



May 3 • 



May 8 



April 23 .. 



May 3 





April 1 1 



April 10 



April 13 



April 20 







April 19 





April 22 



April 23 



April 24 



April 24 .. 



April 29 



April 20 



May '2 



April 20 



April 27 



Naturalist, 



1 JUN. 1901 



