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  singly 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  the 
  lime 
  trees, 
  and 
  

   although 
  one 
  might 
  often 
  collect 
  a 
  dozen 
  or 
  more 
  ova 
  from 
  one 
  

   small 
  tree, 
  it 
  was 
  seldom 
  that 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  a 
  leaf. 
  

   As 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  appearance, 
  he 
  thought 
  that 
  situation 
  was 
  a 
  chief 
  

   factor, 
  but 
  in 
  one 
  old 
  garden, 
  where 
  he 
  had 
  taken 
  many 
  freshly 
  

   emerged 
  specimens, 
  they 
  were 
  almost 
  always 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  trunks 
  

   of 
  the 
  trees 
  or 
  an 
  adjoining 
  fence, 
  with 
  the 
  wings 
  still 
  limp, 
  daring 
  

   the 
  afternoon, 
  but 
  in 
  this 
  case 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  until 
  about 
  midday 
  that 
  

   the 
  sun 
  shone 
  fully 
  on 
  the 
  spot. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  B. 
  Adkin 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  common 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  on 
  

   the 
  limes 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  suburban 
  houses, 
  and 
  described 
  his 
  method 
  of 
  

   getting 
  those 
  out 
  of 
  reach 
  with 
  a 
  stone 
  and 
  string. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Sperring 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  larvfe 
  would 
  feed 
  well 
  on 
  birch, 
  and 
  

   could 
  be 
  bred 
  of 
  full 
  size. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  West 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  pupfe 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  

   oaks 
  in 
  Greenwich 
  Park 
  very 
  commonly 
  many 
  years 
  ago. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Edwards 
  said 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  invariably 
  found 
  the 
  larva 
  on 
  old 
  

   lime 
  trees, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  only 
  recently 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  met 
  with 
  them 
  on 
  

   elm. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Sperring 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  imagines 
  bred 
  from 
  the 
  pupae 
  dug 
  

   under 
  elm 
  trees, 
  in 
  his 
  experience, 
  were 
  very 
  small. 
  He 
  had 
  met 
  

   with 
  the 
  pupae 
  in 
  some 
  number 
  under 
  elm. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Dennis 
  recorded 
  alder 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  food-plants 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  

   in 
  Hyam's 
  Park. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Main 
  suggested 
  that 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  interesting 
  to 
  breed 
  the 
  

   species 
  for 
  statistical 
  purposes, 
  i.e., 
  from 
  a 
  Mendelian 
  point 
  of 
  view. 
  

  

  MAY 
  2m, 
  1918. 
  

  

  Field 
  Meeting 
  held 
  at 
  Chingford. 
  

  

  R. 
  T. 
  Bowman, 
  C'nncI 
  actor. 
  

  

  Chingford 
  was 
  selected 
  again 
  this 
  year 
  for 
  a 
  Field 
  Meeting, 
  which 
  

   was 
  held 
  on 
  May 
  25th. 
  

  

  The 
  morning 
  was 
  fine 
  and 
  the 
  weather 
  propitious 
  for 
  the 
  occasion, 
  

   and 
  this 
  helped 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  outing 
  an 
  enjoyable 
  and 
  successful 
  one. 
  

  

  The 
  morning 
  party 
  wandered 
  through 
  the 
  glades 
  of 
  Epping 
  

   Forest, 
  in 
  which 
  larvae 
  of 
  Tortrix 
  viridana 
  and 
  Cheimatobia 
  brutnata 
  

   were 
  suspended 
  from 
  the 
  oaks 
  and 
  hornbeams 
  in 
  thousands 
  and 
  had 
  

   caused 
  an 
  almost 
  complete 
  defoliation 
  of 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  trees. 
  

  

  The 
  members 
  who 
  came 
  on 
  in 
  the 
  afternoon 
  joined 
  the 
  morning 
  

  

  