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path on the left soon after reaching the main road, worked their 

 way along the side of the Down in the direction of Otford ; in the 

 course of their ramble meeting, among other things, with a small 

 colony of At/riadex tlwtis {bellar(fus) and a wasted specimen of Cupido 

 minimus. The afternoon party reached Otford station soon after three 

 o'clock, where the members of the earlier party were awaiting them, 

 and a start was at once made for the downs. Some took the path 

 by the side of the " kennels,' and in a field near the top of the hill 

 met with the pupae of Zi/f/aena filipendulcE in great profusion on 

 the grass stems, and from one of these a five-spotted form was 

 reared, but it was noted later that where the species occurred on the 

 low ground at the foot of the Downs the larvae were not full-fed. 

 Having gained the Kingsdown road a start was made in the direc- 

 tion of that village, with the intention of turning down through the 

 woods and joining up with the other members of the party at the 

 chalk-pit, but as it was found that a large part of the district was 

 under military control, and that anyone found wandering was liable 

 to arrest, it was thought to be prudent to return by the lane to the 

 Kemsing road, and in that way join the other members. This 

 brought us along the half mile or so of a low park paling, on which 

 were found at rest quite a number of Hecatera serena and a 

 specimen each of (Jucnllia unibratica and Hepialiis liipilinus and so 

 on to the little bit of still-open down by the chalk pit, where the 

 remainder of the afternoon was spent. From reports which several 

 of the members present were good enough to send me a note of, the 

 following among many other species were taken, Pyrameis cardui, a 

 solitary worn specimen was seen flying over the top of the hill, 

 Bithys querciis and Callophrys riibi met with sparingly, Augiades 

 sylvanus in some numbers, and Rudidia glyphica fell to the lot of 

 the morning party. Acidalia siibseiiceata, Anticlea nigmfasciaria 

 and Crambus chrysonuchellun occurred sparingly. A rather well- 

 marked form of Oxyptilus heterodactyla (teticrii), Mimceseoptiltis fuscus 

 [pterodactyliis), Feronea aspersana, Sciaphila virgaureana, and Catop- 

 tria hypericana were all more or less abundant on the short herbage. 

 Perhaps the most interesting capture of the day was that by Mr. 

 Sich of Anacanipsis coronillella, a species previously recorded only 

 from Surrey ; the present specimen, the identification of which has 

 since been fully verified, thus proving a new record for the county 

 of Kent. Mr. Sich further reports that a couple of pupae spun up 

 in leaves of maple produced Tuitrix viridana, but adds that some 

 oak trees were not far distant, and that some larvfe in rolled sallow 

 leaves produced the grey form of Tachyptilia populella, also that 



