178 THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORB, 



HorsJei/. — South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society. — Field Meeting held on Saturday afternoon, May 13th, at 

 Horsley, six miles from Guildford. The members assembled at 

 Waterloo about two o'clock, as tlie Committee had arranged, and after 

 an hour's pleasant ride, mainly through a fine collecting district, we 

 aiTived at our destination. No arrangements had been made for a set 

 tea, so we all proceeded to fortify ourselves in various ways for the 

 loss, with the full intention to wcn-k till dark prevented us. The first 

 capture, I lielieve, was Euchloe canlamines, L., on the roadside near the 

 inn, and quickly nets were swinging in all directions for Emmelesia 

 albnlata, Schiff. was crossing the road in numbers. We entered the 

 field to the right, and were soon busy with the pretty but swift Heliaca 

 tniehrntd, Scop. Here were more E. cardainines with Pieris napi, L.. 

 Si/ricJithus malcce, L. and Nisionades tages, L. ; somewhat Avorn Poh/- 

 ovunntus phheas, L. ; Lyccpna {cams, Rott. and Ccenonympha panipliilns, 

 L., freshly emerged ; Euclidia mi, Clerck, E. ijlyphica, L. and Pyrauftta 

 purpuralis, L., in their usually damaged state ; and, of course, the two 

 pests, Cramhus horhieUiis, Hb. and C. pn-atellus were well in evidence. 

 Adjoining these fields was a shady pond, which produced, among other 

 treasures, several species of Atjahns to our only Coleopterist. Proceed- 

 ing along the edge of the Avood many Geometers were driven out ; 

 LoiiKispiUs^ iiiarginata, L., Cabera pusaria, L., Acidalia remutaria, Hb. 

 and Asthena candidata, Schiif., in good condition ; one or two Baptn 

 temerata, Hb., and a single Zonosoma annuJata, Schulz were cai^tured. 

 The larvae of Cleora licheaaria, Hufn. Avere searched for, but failed to 

 put in an appearance. Almost every bush of spindle Avas SAvarming 

 Avith the larvfe of Hyponoineufa eronymella, L. A short lane produced 

 the loA'ely nest of a Wood Warbler {PhUloscopiis .sibilatria, Bech), 

 with se\"en eggs. Close by, among some young birch and under- 

 wood, Euchclia jacobcece, L., Avas in full force, and an odd Pararge 

 megcera, L. was noted Avith Melanippe montanata, Bork. Here, too, our 

 botanists got rcAvarded, for spikes of Orchis mascida, L. Avere found, 

 Avith 0. inactdata, E. not yet in floAver. Wandering through the 

 fields, the beautiful larA'as of Diloba C(frnleoceph(da, L. Avere seen 

 defoliating the sloe and E. albnlata, Schiff. Avas in swarms flying over the 

 grass in the field next the Guildford Road. Geometrina larA'a?, including 

 the l)eautiful Hybernia defoliaria, L., seemed j^lentiful Avberever any 

 beating Avas done. Crossing the road by the church, Ave took the i^ath 

 leading to the Sheep Leas. Under the beech trees on the right Avere 

 many spikes of Cephalantliera grandijiura, Bab., with a few Listera 

 ovata, Br. There Avas also Daphne laureola, L. When the open Leas 

 were reached, there Avere the " blues," L. astrarche, Bgstr. and L. icarus, 

 Rott., Avith C. pamphihts in large numbers, gradually seeking rest, as 

 the sun Avent doAvn, on tall stems of grass and other elevated coigns of 

 vantage. On our return these Avere all quiet, and A'ars. Avere eagerly 

 sought, but success Avas nil ; at the top of the Leas more than two 

 dozen Avere counted on the dead floAver spikes of burdock. A plant of 

 deadly nightshade {Belladonna afropa, L.), Avhich, on a former A'isit 

 of the Society, Avas more than scA-en feet high, Avas again rearing its 

 head, and on an old stump near, the allied Solanuin nigrum, L. Avas 

 groAving. All tlie Inirdock leaves around this jjart Avere Avell riddled 

 l)y the laiwa> of Ariptilia g<dactodactyla, Hb., and a few late ones Avere 

 found liy the searchers. Now Ave dispersed, and afterwards, Avhen 



