SELECT CALENDAR OF BRITISH BOTANY.

Class III. Order 1. Crocus vernus, Purple Spring Crocus. Locality, Meadows. Duration, 4.

Crocus reticulatus, Net-rooted Crocus. Pastures-Suffolk. 4. Triconema Bulbocodium, Channel-leaved Triconema. Guernsey.4.

Eriophorum vaginatum, Horse-tailed Cotton Grass. Bogs. 4.

V. 1. Viola odorata, Sweet-scented Violet. Banks and woods. 5. V. 2. Ulmus campestris, cum aliis. Small-leaved Elm, with others. Hedges. 4.

VI. 1. Narcissus pseudo-narcissus, Common Daffodil. Woods and pastures. 4.

Ornithogalum luteum, Yellow Star of Bethlehem.
Scilla bifolia, Two-leaved Squill. Woods, rare. 4.
VIII. 1.

Woods. 4.

Daphne Mezereum, Mezereon. Woods, rare. 4. Daphne Lauriola, Spurge Laurel. Woods and hedges. 4. XII. 1. Prunus spinosa, Sloe, or Blackthorn. Hedges. 4.

XII. 3. Potentilla Fragariastrum, Barren Strawberry. Banks. 6. XIII. 3. Anemone Pulsatilla, Pasque Flower.

tures. 5.

Chalky pas

Ranunculus Ficaria, Lesser Celandine. Banks. 5.
Caltha palustris, March Marigold. Wet places. 5.
XIV. 1. Glechoma hederacea, Ground Ivy. Banks. 6.
XV. 2. Cardamine hirsuta, Hairy Cardamine.

places. 6.

Moist shady

XIX. 2. Tussilago Farfara, Coltsfoot. Moist shady places. 4.
Bellis perennis, Daisy. Pastures. 10.

XXI. 1. Euphorbia amygdaloides, Wood Spurge. Woods. 4.
XXI. 3. Alnus glutinosa, Common Alder. River sides. 4.
XXI. 5. Corylus Avellana, Hazel Nut. Woods. 4.

XXII. 1. Salix purpurea, cum aliis. Bitter purple Willow, with others. Meadows. 4.

XXII. 2. Ruscus aculeatus, Butcher's Broom. Heaths and

woods. 4.

XXII. 6. Populus alba, cum aliis. White Poplar, with others. Moist woods. 4.

SELECT CALENDAR OF BRITISH INSECTS.

Cicindela campestris. Haunts, sandy fields. To 7.

Leistus spinibarbis. Sandy situations. To 5.

Leistus fulvibarbis. Under stones; damp places. To 9.

Poecilus dimidiatus. Dry banks, basking in the sun-shine. To 5.

Pacilus cupreus. Pathways. To 7.

Poecilus rufifemoratus. Pathways in the north. To 7.

Stomis pumicatus. Moist places. To 7.

Gyrinus natator. Surface of the water. To 10.
Gyrinus æneus. Surface of the water. To 9.

Necrophorus Mortuorum. Dead animals in woods. To 10.
Necrophorus Vespillo, Sexton Beetle. Dead animals in woods.
To 10.

Byrrhus pilula. Pathways in sandy places. To 8.
Dorcus parallelipipedus, Lesser Stag Beetle.

To 8.

Opilus mollis. Rotten trees; in woods. To 7.
Pogonocerus hispidus. Decayed trees. To 7.
Chrysomela Litura. Broom. To 6.
Timarcha coriaria. Heaths. To 8.
Coccinella 22-punctata, 22-Spotted Lady-bird.

To9.

Pelinus femoralis. Sandy sea coast. To 4.
Proscarabæus vulgaris. Sunny banks. To 5.
Corixa Geoffroyi. Ponds and ditches.

To 10.

Rotten Ash-trees.

Weedy banks.

Macroglossa Stellatarum, Humming Bird. Gardens. To 3, 6,

Anisopteryx Æscularia, March Moth. Willow blossoms. York. To 3, 6, and 9.

Mr. Stephens has mentioned, on the authority of several continental entomologists, some of the peculiarities of the larvæ of the genus Cicindela. The depth of their cylindric retreat (eighteen or nineteen inches) appears to be much greater on the Continent than with us. I have examined in all the stages of the larvæ more than thirty holes, inhabited by the Cicindela campestris, and have never found one exceeding six inches, the majority not more than four or five. It is worth inquiry whether this difference depends on climate, or whether each species is peculiar in this respect.

Poecilus rufifemoratus. This insect, which

appears to be not uncommon in the north, is sparingly taken in the sand district of Nottinghamshire. With the exception of the Pedinus femoralis, the whole of the Coleoptera of the above list are more or less common in this neighbourhood. Mr. Bunting, of Mansfield, informs me that Necrophorus Mortuorum is frequently found on the Phallus impudicus.

Necrophorus Vespillo. Most writers on entomology have noticed the fact that this species is in the habit of burying moles or birds a considerable depth in the ground, in order to deposit its eggs in them. In this neighbourhood both the Vespillo and Sepultor, and also the Necrodes littoralis. pursue the same plan; and I should imagine most of our large Necrophaga do the same.