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felling of timber for war purposes, in allowing such enormous 

 masses of debris to lie rotting on the ground, thus forming a con- 

 venient harbour for most of those insects which cause the greatest 

 amount of damage to forest trees ; and to the absence of any 

 beginning to reafforestation. 



MAY 3\st, 1919. 



Field Meeting — Box Hill,. 



Conducted by (the late) W. J. Ashdown and Hy. J. Turner. 



The meeting was a whole day one and only a small contingent 

 of the twenty-five members and friends who attended came for the 

 afternoon. The day was fine and very pleasant, and although 

 nothing unusual at this date was reported, most of those present 

 obtained useful specimens or made notes of spots for future visits. 

 Mr. A. A. W. Buckstone took a specimen of the delavierensu form of 

 Tephrosia cri'piiscidaria from a tree-trunk alongside the Roman Road, 

 and found the larvae of Triphosa dnhitata and Scotosia rhaiiniata 

 common on buckthorn. The females of Brenthis enpJirosyne were 

 plentiful, and a few Paranje iiwi/era were seen. Probably the com- 

 monest species noted was Venilia tiiacularia. The members were 

 pleased to note that the felling of tvees in the neighbourhood was 

 by no means extensive. Tea at the Fort house was much enjoyed 

 after the day's ramble, and most of those present descended the 

 southern face of the hill to the new path recently opened through 

 the luxuriant growth along the escarpment above the Mole, and 

 thence to the station for London. Owing to the much regretted 

 decease of my colleague, who had intended to report this meeting, 

 I have nothing to add as to the Coleoptera and other orders. 

 Mr. W. .J, Lucas has contributed the following notes: — 

 " Owing perhaps to the continuous fine weather flowers were a 

 little disappointing. The hawthorn was well out and so were the 

 strawberries; but the dominant flowers seemed to be the bugle 

 [AjiKja reptaus, Linn.), usually of a brilliant blue colour, though 

 pink' spikes were found occasionally, and in one place in Juniper 

 Bottom there was a patch of plants of Forget-me-not ; the Ger- 

 mander Speedwell (Veronica chanupdri/s, Linn.), the Deadly Night- 

 shade [Atropa belladonna, Linn.), several times seen, and sometimes 

 commencing to flower; the orchids, (Jephalanthera pollens, Rich., 



