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Mr. Bertram Rye, who again met with it in 1895, when he captured 

 two specimens at Bookham, Sm-rey. It is, like all the Longicorns, a 

 wood borer, and is attached to pine and fir. How it had been intro- 

 duced from Scotland to the south of England, Mr. Jennings could not 

 imagine. After this interesting capture, Messrs. C. Nicholson, L. J. 

 Tremayne, Bacot, Bishop, W. H. Smith, with Miss Nicholson and 

 Miss Bacot, made for Hurst Wood. Scarcely anything flew at dusk, 

 a few Mdanippe montanata being about the only captures, though New 

 Park was tried as being better ground. Sugar also was an utter 

 failure, not attracting a single lepidopteron. Larva-beating produced 

 a few Asphalia ridens, Thccla quercus, and Psilura monacha. Messrs. 

 Harvey and Woodward, however, were successful in taking Scodlona 

 behjiiiria on Whitemoor. Mr. C. B. Smith arrived at supper time. 



A trip to Beaulieu had been arranged for Sunday, but as the day 

 was again intensely hot, the members decided not to go so far ; but a 

 collecting party consisting of Messrs. C. B. Smith, Harvey, Bacot, 

 Woodward, and Bishop left Lynwood after breakfast for Beechen Lane. 

 Mr. Bishop brought out a specimen of Epione advenaria, and Mr. 

 Bacot one of Gnophria ruhricollls. Bombijx rubi was found commonly 

 on the heath near Denny Bog, as well as a few Satumia carpini. Mr. 

 Woodward also took Litkosia mesomella and Gnophria rubricollis. The 

 larva} beaten were Tmniocampa miniosa, Asphalia ridens (a few), Thecla 

 qnercits, Amphidasi/s strataria, and Psilura monacha. The party re- 

 mained out the best part of the day, and returned by the Beaulieu 

 Road, picking up some more Scodiona heUjiaria on Whitemoor. Mr. 

 C. B. Smith had previously returned to dinner, and in the afternoon 

 he and Mr. L. J. Tremayne sauntered down to the " Bombyx " heath 

 and took several B. rabi, and coming back the Vice-President took a 

 fine specimen of Eupithecia togata from a fence. Meanwhile Messrs. 

 Jennings and W. H. Smith had spent the day at Rhinefield, and 

 taken six specimens of Macnujlossa hombijliforinis. They also found 

 several species of large Syrphidae in numbers at the rhododendron 

 blossoms. Amongst them were Sericomi/ia bnrealis, Criorrhina oxija- 

 canthcc, Volucella bowbylons var. j7??(/»rtf^/, and Myiatropa fiorea. S. 

 borealis much resembles a wasp both in its markings and in its manner 

 of flight, and when caught produces a loud humming noise by the 

 vibration of the halteres, and which resembles in miniature the crying 

 of a child. A single specimen of Conops vescularis was seen, but 

 unfortunately escaped. On the way home Mr. W. H. Smith took one 

 Metrocampa margaritaria, one Geometra vernaria, and one larva of 

 Catocala sponsa beaten from an oak close to Clay Hill. The larvae of 

 Diloba cccruleocephala and Xola cucuUatclla were abundant on the banks 

 of the Lymington river, and in Hurst Wood Mr. Jennings saw a 

 female of Dioctria ailandica, one of the predatory Diptera, with its 

 prey in its jaws. Beechen Lane and Whitemoor were the scenes of 

 the evening work. Sugar was as useless as the previous night, and 

 dusking only slightly improved. 



On Monday, Mr. 0. B. Smith, Mr. Nicholson, senior, and all the 

 ladies except Miss Saunders, elected to drive to Rufus Stone. Miss 

 Saunders spent the day collecting ferns in Pond Head and Jones's 

 Enclosures and Beechen Lane. The rest of the party started for 

 Matley Bog via Whitemoor. For Lepidoptera this was the best day 



