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pretty scenery of the Isis banks was great admired by the visitors. 

 Arrived at the landing-place, a start was at once made for the 

 wood, about a mile distant, the party being under the leadership 

 of the late Mr. G. H. Grosvenor and Commander J.J. Walker. 

 It was an unpropitious day for collecting, everything being 

 dripping with moisture, but some of the lepidopterists present 

 made a determined attempt to find something, though scarcely 

 an insect was to be seen on the wing. The only result was one 

 fine fresh Sarrothvipus iindiilanus Hiibn., beaten out of spruce, 

 and a few Tortrices and Tineai, including the interesting little 

 Psoricoptera gihhosella Zell., found on the trunks of the oaks. 

 Sweeping the herbage at the sides of the wood-paths, before the 

 rain came on, resulted in the capture of one or two not altogether 

 common beetles, such as Tachyporus formosus Matt., Longi- 

 iarsus lycopi Foudr., Orohitis cyaneus L., Hylesinus oleiperda 

 Fab., and a specimen of the well-marked ab. siihlincata Weise, 

 of Adalia ohliterata L. A few small Staphylinidœ {Gyrophœna, 

 Homalota, etc.) w^ere found in fungi, and the handsome Philon- 

 thus decoras Grav. was apparently not uncommon under dead 

 leaves ; while some oak logs near the woodman's house contained 

 Scolytus intricatiis Ratz. The small amount of work that was 

 possible gave but a poor sample of the well-known entomological 

 riches of this famous wood, and collecting was all too soon at an 

 end, as a heavy downpour of rain drove everybody into such 

 shelter as the thickest available spruce-firs could afford. When 

 the rain abated somewhat, the party adjourned without loss of 

 time to the pavilion in the wood, where tea had been hospitably 

 provided by the President and Fellows of St. John's College. 

 At 6 p.m. a move was made for the steamer, which was reached 

 just in time to escape another tremendous shower, which only 

 ceased just before the party disembarked at Folly Bridge, having 

 spent a pleasant and interesting afternoon despite the adverse 

 meteorological conditions. 



