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the party turned for tea. The walk produced Coremia designata on 

 trunks, a single Enpisteria ohliterata from stunted alders, and a nest of 

 Bomhi/x nemtria, strange to saj^ feedhig on birch. After a hearty tea 

 at the porter's cottage, we rambled over the heath, taking abundance of 

 Pempelia pahtmbella, with EupHhecia nanata sparingly, and one or two 

 Agrotls porphijrea ; Acklalia subsericeata was taken in some numbers 

 just at dusk. Mr. Lewcock, who lost the train, and did not join the 

 party till the return journey, made the following report on the Coleop- 

 tera observed : — " I started to meet the 2.17 train, but just missed it by 

 two minutes. Under the circumstances, I decided to take the next 

 train to Surbiton, and walk round by the fields through Claygate to 

 Oxshott, and collect by the way. I arrived at Surbiton about 3.15, and 

 turned to the left coming out of the station, making for the foot-path 

 which skirts the railway bank, and eventuallj' turned into Claygate 

 Lane. Having on one occasion seen a specimen of Megapenthes lunicoUis 

 taken almost under my nose in this lane, I began working for it. l)ut 

 without success. However, I found a single MordelUstena humeralls 

 sitting on Heradeum flowers, and I may here record that I also 

 obtained one on June 20th, 1891, at the Eynesford excursion. In other 

 Umbellifera?, I found several Grammopdera fahacicolor, a species common 

 to this locality. In elder blossom, one Quedius cmentus, which occurs 

 sometimes under bark, but only singlj' ; also several Anthocomus fasci- 

 atus, a prettv little red and black malacoderm which is frequently found 

 during June at Claygate. By using the sweeping net among the 

 meadow plants, several Centhorhynchis campestris and Prasocuris aticta 

 turned up, with a few Ceuthorhynckus cocMeavio}, Gymuftron pascuorum, 

 and several Ajjions. All these are common to the locality. Of course, 

 one meets with many species over and over again by working at one 

 place, and it would be quite useless to record all the species found 

 there ; for instance, I met with ten species of Telephorns, and, with the 

 exception of T. fuscicornis and T. discoideus, all are common. It may be 

 worthy of remark that at Eynesford, in 1891, T. fnscicornis was the 

 commonest of the group in that district. Another very common beetle 

 on birch, hornbeam and a variety of things at Claygate, is Luperns 

 hetnlinn^, and common enough it was on Saturday, falling literally in 

 hundreds into the umbrella. The Black Pond was reached soon after 

 7 o'clock, but nearly all Donacice had retired for the day, so that only 

 D. sericea, with the intermediate forms to D. comari were to be obtained. 

 Two or three CoccineUa ocellata were found on the reeds, and one or 

 two Erirhiiius nereis. The final capture was a nice specimen of Crypto- 

 cephahis liaeola, making the third caj^tured at this spot by myself. A 

 gi-eat many odd and common things put in an appearance, such as 

 Adimonia caprce, Strophosonius limhatus, but these captures are all 

 decidedly uninteresting." This ended another very successful and 

 pleasant field outing of this Society. The next meeting will be at 

 Westerham, Kent, on July 15tli. — Hy. J. Turner (for the Committee). 

 Lalce District. — I did a little collecting in the Lake District during 

 the latter end of May and the beginning of June, and had the common 

 experience of finding insects out unusuall}^ early this year. On 

 May 26th, at Witherslack, I took Lencophasia sinap)is, a little the worse 

 for wear, and on the well-known hillside near the Derby Arms, I took 

 Lyccena ahus and L. rar. salmncis. MeJanthia albiciUata was just coming 

 out and in lovely condition, and Venilia maculata was common in one 



