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scarce in most localities, and many species were early in appear- 

 ance. 



JVNE 4:th, 1921. 



Field Meeting — Eastbourne. 



Conductor, R. Adkin, F.E.S. 



At the kind invitation of Mr. and Mrs. R. Adkin a number of 

 members went down to Eastbourne for a whole day field-meeting. 

 After a ramble in the garden of our hosts and an ample lunch the 

 party took their way along the lower cliff path westward from 

 Meads, collecting on the rough weedy slopes, until Cow Gap was 

 reached, where the steep cliff path was taken and a climb of some 

 hundreds of feet brought them to the upper slopes. There the party 

 spread out over the extensive pasture land finally coming together 

 agam in the late afternoon for a very welcome meat tea kindly 

 provided by our hosts at their residence, " Hodeslea," at Meads, a 

 place of some historic interest, the house having been built and the 

 garden laid out by the late Prof. Huxley who \heve spent the last 

 years of his life. The feature of the afternoon's collecting was the 

 unusual abundance of Cupido winimus, it being met with inconsider- 

 able^ numbers practically all over the district traversed, while 

 Ajiriades thetis (bellan/us) was fairly plentiful in its more restricted 

 haunts. LarvjB of Sesia ichneiimonifoniiis were taken in the roots of 

 Anthyllk vidneraria; and many other species common to the 

 neighbourhood were also taken. 



JVNE 9th, 1921. 



Mr. A. W. Dennis exhibited stereo-photographs of the Mosses 

 Mnium Iiornnm and Bartramia jiomifonnis. 



Mr. A. A. W. Buckstone exhibited series of Colias croceus (edasa) 

 with the black border of the forewings encroaching upon the inner 

 margin, with typical forms for comparison. 



Dr. G. S. Eobertson exhibited ab. caeca oi Ap/tantoi»,s /n//,crant,is 

 and Xylophasia monoghjpha, both from the Lake District ; Spilosowa 

 wenthastri, five specimens bred from ova found on blackthorn at 

 Horsley, showing considerable variation in spots tending to run 

 together, in one specimen only a few spots were present ; TUiacea 



