NATURE NOTES 
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period of chipping is shown by the numerous cases in which the 
scratches overlie the worked surfaces. The fact that these 
intermediate types occur only on lower levels, 400 to 450 feet, 
serves to show that as a group they are later than those occupy- 
ing a more elevated position. 
An intermediate type of implements is obviously necessary 
if we are to fully maintain our claim that the still earlier Eoliths 
are geologically widely separated from the Palaeolithic types. 
It is highly probable that these implements occur in other 
districts but have not yet received the attention their import- 
ance deserves. 
To sum up the general characteristics of the two types, the 
following features may be mentioned : — 
Eoliths. — Stained, sometimes heavily rolled and often scratched, 
edges hacked, and flaking almost entirely absent. Position 
when in place of deposition : 500 feet O. D. and upward. 
Intermediate Group. — White, or only slightly stained, rarely 
rolled, much scratched and often ground down at the prominent 
surface angles ; strigil shape, rare ; edged, chipped and hacked, 
tongue-shaped implements approaching some of the early Drift 
implements from the valley gravels. Position : on lower 
ground than the plateau group, although, owing to denudation, 
sometimes accompanied by the earlier examples. 
J. Russell Larkby. 
AMONG THE 
BUTTERFLIES AND 
MAJORCA. 
FLOWERS OF 
|T may be safely predicted, I think, that in a very few 
years the enterprising wielder of the net, or even 
the possessor of a vasculum, will find no corner of 
Europe in which his activities have not been already 
anticipated. 
I once heard a great scientist boast that he had never 
“consciously ” collected anything in his life, and 1 thought what 
a joyless existence he must have led ! 
Be that as it may, here we are, on this ist of June, 1905, 
three of us, in these classical islands of the Mediterranean, and 
we may be “ mere collectors,” or we may be members of the 
exalted biological hierarchy, or a blend of the two^ — all that is 
certain is that, as far as may be practicable in the very limited 
time at our disposal, we intend to learn what we can of the 
Flora and Lepidoptera of Majorca. 
We selected this island, in preference to either of the others, 
not only because it is by far the largest of the group, but because 
the mountains are much higher, the Puig Mayor de Soller being 
nearly 5,000 feet, whilst the Toro in Minorca is only a little over 
