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comparing notes, several additional species were added to our lists, 

 including one Epione advenaria, Hb. One Bapta bimacnlata, Fb., 

 Biipalm piniaria, L., CIdaria associata, Bork., Phi/tometra viridaria, 

 (Jlerck ((etiea, Hb.), lodis ladearia, L., Ematarga atomaria, L. and 

 Sfreaia clathrata, L. were recorded ; Anaitis plaijiata, L. and Botijs 

 hijaJinalh, Hb. were just emerging ; specimens were also taken of Bofj/s 

 ftiscalh, Scliiff (? Ed.), Xanthosetia liamana, L., Cidaria cori/Iata, Tlmb. 

 and Melanippe riimta, HI). Our micro-le})idoj)terists, among otlier things, 

 noted the cases of Psi/che hirsutella, Hl>. {fasca, Sta.), and imagines 

 of Carpocapsn grof^sana, HaAV. Enpcec/Vd cilieUa, Hb., Gh/phipten/x 

 fnscoLHridella, Haw., and EUichlsta argent ella, Clevck {ci/gn/pcnneUa, HI).). 

 Our return over a portion of the same gTOund was more productive in 

 specimens, but only Phalera hncephula, L. and Zonosoina liaeariti, Hb. 

 (tr Hi lie aria, Bork) were new. The inner man now needed attention, 

 and although the accommodation was but meagre, ample justice, as is 

 usual with our members, was done to what Avas put before us. The 

 walk to the station through the quaint village produced a sjjecimen of 

 Melanthia ocellata, L., and two of oixr number Avho had gone to the 

 rhododendrons, reported that, to their disgust, all were burnt, together 

 with much of the surrounding forest. Our journey home was most 

 pleasantly s^^ent in relating experiences, and I believe all returned 

 thoroughly pleased with the outing, and heartily wishing that the next 

 field outing, to Oxshott on June 10th, under the able guidance of 

 Mr. R. South, may be both as enjoyable and as successful as this one 

 had been. — Hv. J. Turner (on behalf of the Committee). 



Wei/mouth. — The most striking instance that I have noticed (in the 

 very little collecting that I have done), of the earliness of the season, 

 is that Steganopti/cha snhseqnana, which is generally not out until the 

 l^eginning of May or the extreme end of April, was (|uite Avorn, and 

 almost over at the latter date. — N. M. Richardson. May ISth, 18'J3. 

 North Oxon. — During a week sp)ent at Whitsuntide, near Eustone, 

 the weather was rather iinsettled, and sugar proving entirely useless. 

 I did very little among the Xoctu,*;. Geometers Avere, hoAvevcr, Hying 

 freely at dusk, and I took a stroll round the hedges and lanes CA^ery 

 suitaV)le CA^ening ; the commonest sjDecies l)y far Avas Melanlppe riionta- 

 nafa, Avhich seemed alwaiys ready to fly, day or night. Cidaria russata, 

 Avith several varieties, including ceiitnvi-notata, Avas also common, as 

 Avas M. sociata. Amongst other species beaten out Avere Axthena Inteata, 

 Abraxas nlinata (singly), Phihalapteryx tersata, Larentia pectinitaria, 

 Emmelesia decolorata, A. candidata, Melanthia ocellata, Cidaria suffumata 

 (very Avorn), Camptogramina bilineafa (first occurred May 24th), Cidaria 

 corylata, etc. Altogether during the Aveek, I obserA'cd over 25 species 

 of ( xeometers, Avithin a radius of a few hundred yards of the farmliouse 

 Avhere I was staj" ing. Noctu^ were flying in plenty, but were not 

 attracted to sugar, the only capture Avas a very dark Xylophasia rurea 

 var. combnsta, Avhich, from its condition, had been out some time. A 

 day spent at Wyclnvood Forest, on Wliit-Monday, resulted in the 

 capture of about 3U Ncnieobim Incina, mostly rather faded ; evidently 

 this local species was, like most others, oiit much before its usual time. 

 Larva3 seem very plentiful, and the trees shoAV traces of their ravages 

 on all sides. Hepialus hnmuli Avas first noticed aljout the fields on 

 May 21th, and I captured a very large ? , conspicuously larger than any 

 in my series. H. lupidinm was very common, darting about most 



