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names have been suggested. I have selected specimens from my 

 collection which seem to resemble some of those described by Tutt, 

 and have attached to them some of the names he suggests. 



" What is, to me, more interesting is local variation. With regard 

 to this Tutt suggests two distinct races. (1) The ordinary dark red- 

 brown form characteristic of the central European races, (2) a dis- 

 tinct yellow race approximating to the extreme southern (Lambessa) 

 and eastern Russian and Asia Minor forms. 



"The former appears to be the general type from the coasts of 

 Lancashire, Cheshire, Devon and the heaths of the New Forest, 

 whilst the latter appears to be confined to the Kent and Sussex 

 coasts between Dungeness and Beachy Head. 



" So far as my experience goes I quite agree with these views, but 

 I am disposed to think that the specimens from Lancashire and 

 Cheshire differ considerably from those of the south-western 

 counties, and that soil and situation do much to lead to local 

 variation. 



"Up to the present I have been unable to fully confirm some of 

 the views I have formed, but I shall be very grateful for help in the 

 matter. 



" I have brought Pachygastria trifolii for exhibition largely on 

 account of the more simple division of the forms than Tutt has 

 favoured us with as compared with the other Lachneides. I should 

 warmly welcome exhibitions and discussions upon other members 

 of the group, and would, if my time allows, do my best to assist 

 them." 



JUNE l^th, 1915. 



Field Meeting at Otfobd, Kent. 



Leader. — Robert Adkin, F.E.S. 



The portion of the southern escarpment of the North Downs 

 adjacent to the village of Otford has already formed the rendezvous 

 for our Field Meetings on more than one occasion, and considerable 

 lists of insects, etc., noted there have been published ("Proc," 1903, 

 p. 47, 1912, p. 96). It will therefore be necessary in the following 

 report to mention only such species as have not been previously 

 recorded, or those that some special circumstance makes it desirable 

 to again refer to them. 



A morning party took train to Shoreham, and following a foot- 



