Insects in Great Britain. 
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hours of the day, and to record only genuine visitors ; notes 
were made of what each insect was doing upon the flowers. 
The whole of the observations (one moth excepted) were 
made within three miles of Auchencairn, and a brief descrip- 
tion of the ‘ hunting-grounds 5 will now be given. 
A. Forest Hill (F. H), an open moor, on the east side of 
Ben Gairn, covered with Calluna and Erica (cinerea and 
Tetralix ), Calluna being far more abundant. Amongst the 
heather occur Potentilla Tormentilla , and Polygala. 
B. Forest Hill Road (F. H. Rd.), the road to A from 
Auchencairn. By the side of it are masses of Hypericum 
perforatum , Spiraea , Lychnis , Rubus , Leontodon , Centaur ea, 
Digitalis , and Scabiosa. 
C. The beach of Auchencairn Bay (A. B.), a grassy expanse 
covered with Aster and (less common by far) Statice , up to 
the extreme high water mark ; above this occur Senecio 
Jacobaea, Centaur ea, Ononis, Rubus. 
D. Rascarrel beach (Ras.). Rascarrel Bay is on the open 
sea and faces SE. The western end has lofty cliffs, but the 
eastern end has a large extent of flat beach above the high 
water mark, and this rises inland by a slope of about 30° to 
a height of 100 feet. The slope is covered at the top with 
Erica , Calluna , and Helianthemum ; further down chiefly 
with Teucrium ; while its lowest parts and the flat beach are 
covered with a tangled mass of vegetation, in which the chief 
flowers are Rubus, Lonicera, Senecio Jacobaea , Angelica, 
Pimpinella Saxifraga, Mentha aquatica , Geranium Robert i- 
anum , Scutellaria galericidata , Ly copus europaeus, Centaurea 
nigra , Achillea Millefolium, Scabiosa succisa , Campamda 
rotundifolia , Prunella vulgaris, Matricaria inodor a. Facing 
south, and well sheltered, this part of the bay forms an 
excellent place for insect observations and a great deal of 
time was spent here. 
E. Road fro 7 n Auchencairn to Rascarrel (Rase. Rd.). 
Along the road are masses of Senecio Jacobaea , Calluna , 
Leontodon , Stachys palustris, Gale op sis Tetrahit, &c. 
