Peacock : Lincolnshire Naturalists at Scunthorpe. 



Eurhynchium praelpngum B.&S. Hypnum eupressiforme L. 



*Plagiothecium denticulatum B.&S. *Hypnum stramineum Dicks. 



*Amblystegium serpens, B.&S. *Hypnum cordifolium Hedw. 



Amblystegium filicinum DeXot. Hypnum euspidatiim L. 



*Hypnum liuitans (group Rotae) Hypnum Schreberi Willd. 



var. falcifolium Ren. *HyIocomium splendens B.&S. 

 Xew to Lines. Hvloeomium squarrosum B.&S. 



Those marked with the asterisk (*.) are new to Div. 2. 



Two Hepatics were taken : — Lophocolea bidentata L. on the 

 lane between Scunthorpe and the viaduct, and Marchantia 

 polymorpha near the viaduct. The geologists took some beauti- 

 ful specimens of the Mardiantia, showing - fructifications and 

 gemmae, from an old disused face of ironstone in the Lindsey 

 Ironstone Quarry at Scunthorpe. 



The only lichen taken was Peltigera canina on the lane 

 between Scunthorpe and the hill-top before the viaduct. 



The Rev. W. Fowler says : — The only fungus worth men- 

 tioning in the report was a fine clump of Panas conchatus Fr. 



Mr. C. S. Carter, M.C.S., reported that the Conchological 

 Section was represented by its President (Mr. W. Denison 

 Roebuck, F.L.S.) and Secretary (Mr. C. S. Carter, M.C.S.), 

 who were conducted by the Organising Secretary. A start 

 was made along the road going westward towards the viaduct, 

 where the reddish variety of Helix cantiana was found to be 

 common. None of the typical form were found. The most 

 interesting shell found in this road was one of H hispida, 

 which was approaching a scalariform monstrosity, and 

 Mr. Lionel E. Adams' remark ('Collectors' Manual,' p. 79) 

 ' I think it may be stated that wherever H. rufescens is found 

 there will H. hispida be found also, though the converse is by 

 no means true,' was substantiated, for, while H. hispida w T as 

 common, not a single H. rufescens was found. Reaching the 

 escarpment, a turn was made into the wood on the right hand, 

 where a fine dark example of Limax maxi?nus was taken, also 

 Arion minimus, one specimen of Helix arbustorum and two of 

 Cochliocopa lubrica var. fusca. Returning to the road, we pro- 

 ceeded to the viaduct, where in a small stream were found 

 Limncea peregra, Limncea truncatula, and Bythinia tentacidata. 

 From here we proceeded to the railway embankment, where our 

 best find of the day was made — a living specimen of Ccecilioides 

 acicula. This is the first time it has been taken alive in the 

 county. A dead shell of Hyalinia fulva ; Helix caperata was 

 very fine and its var. ornata common. It was noticeable 

 that this species was somewhat partial to Ants' nests, a great 



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