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12th last) the day of the Field Meeting of the South London Ent. 

 and Nat. Hist. Socy., I simply collected, that is I captured without 

 selectimi, and with the exception of several ab. seiiti-sijngrapha 

 hardly knew what I had got till setting them. 



" In round numbers I took 100 females and 25 males, of these 8 

 were the so called roystonensis, 7 females and 1 male. Ten days 

 later I only took 1 female in 40, the 5 males I took in addition were 

 paired, but quite normal. I could make the percentage even 

 higher for both occasions, but I have only reckoned as roystouensis 

 those with wings appreciably smaller not those slightly so. If the 

 shortening of the wings followed a rule, I could understand 

 bestowing a distinctive name, but where it is now one side, then 

 another, now forewings, then hindwings, then a mix up of the two, 

 or only one or three of the wings. Why, I should have to invent 

 another set of names before I could say which form of roystoneufiis 

 I was referring to. The proposition is absurd." 



SEPTEMBER 9th, 1916. 



Field Meeting at Westerham, Kent. 



Leader.— B.Y. J. Turner, F.E.S. 



This was a very pleasant autumn meeting, which brought 

 together about a dozen members and friends. The early party 

 wandered along the slopes of the Downs picking up a few blue 

 females of Pidyommattui icarus and noting Ccenonympha paniphiluSy 

 some Goiiepteryx rliainni, a specimen of Pieris napi, and a Vanesaa io. 

 On one slope large masses of the parasite Cuscuta epithyuinm were 

 found in flower. The afternoon party went through the woods 

 towards Limpsfield and were subsequently met by the morning 

 party on Crockham Hill. Thence an eastern direction was taken 

 for beating, but as there were few discoveries and time had flown, 

 the path was taken through Squerries Park back to Westerham 

 village to tea. Among the captures were Lyfjris testata, Teras 

 containinana, Grajtltolitha ra»iella and G. penlderiana, Cerostoma 

 costella, and C. radiatella with other small species. 



SEPTEMBER Wth, 1916. 



The meeting was taken up with an exhibition and discussion of 

 Pararye ayeria, introduced by the President. 



