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Q^ndAci'iaaant/tidixijiliora, Br.; Rock-rose {Heliantlieiiiiiin cIiaDmecistiis, 

 Mill.), commencing to flower ; the Greater Celandine {('Iwli (Ionium 

 viajiis, Linn.), and tbe wood Sanicle {Saiiicida eitropua, Linn.). 



"Insects, however, were more in demand, and of these the 

 following were noted : — 



" (hthoptera. — A large female Tetri.r bipnnctatiifi, Linn., was taken 

 — dark, with some whitish markings on the hind femora. A con- 

 siderable number of Fnr/iciila aiiricidaria, Linn., were obtained by 

 sweeping or beating. They were chiefly females, but there were at 

 least two male-! ; no doubt all had hibernated. Of some the wing- 

 tips bore a small pale spot, so distinctive a mark of var. consi'icua, 

 here. 1 saw one young nymph. 



" K])l(eiiiernjitera. — Specimens of the large May-fly, Kiheniera 

 danica, Miill., were very numerous, their pale abdomens showing up 

 conspicuously as they flew. 



" 'hloiiota. — Two specimens only were seen — Aiirion piiella, Linn., 

 female, and Kncdlanma (■i/atliii/cniiii, Charp., female, the latter quite 

 teneral. Both were taken in Juniper Bottom. 



" Xi'itrojitera. — Both sexes of the Alder-fly {Sialis lutaria, Linn.) 

 were taken at the Mill Pond, Leatherhead, while we were waiting 

 for the train conveying the rest of the party. The Snake-fly 

 {lia]dndia inacidiroUis, Steph.), male and female, were obtained by 

 beating on Box Hill. One Hfinerobiiis oroti/inis, Walleng., was 

 captured, and two Hemerobiid cocoons were found on Box Hill ; 

 both produced imagines later. In each case the active pupa left the 

 cocoon before disclosing the imago. One cocoon was elliptical in 

 shape, about 5mm. long and 2-5mm. wide, and was constructed in 

 the axil of a twig on a small branch of dead wood. The material 

 was a very thin lace-work, within a still flner lace-like web. The 

 pupa escaped from one end, and the imago was disclosed about June 

 Gth. The species turned out to be Heiin'i-dbimi huiindi, Linn. ' The 

 other cocoon, though made of a somewhat open lace-work of 

 yellowish silk, was not so transparent as that of H. huiindi. It was 

 also elliptical, about 7mm. long and 3-5mm. wide, and was spun on 

 a needle of a conifer, probably the Scotch-fir. The imago in this 

 case appeared about June 8th, and promised to be our largest species 

 of the genus — Hemerabiiis co)ici)i)n(s, Steph. The blue-green Lace- 

 wing, Chnjsojia perla, Linn., was taken, and the Scorpion-fly 

 [PiuiDrfia ijeruianica, Linn.) — a male and a female, the latter being 

 teneral. 



" Lepidoptera.- — Butterflies noticed were : Whites (species not 



