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iiiselia oxycantha was spied on the trunk of an oak — lookiDg very closely 

 similar to the lichens which grow there — and was forthwith speared with a long 

 pin. Xylina rhizoUtha was also caught at rest, and the larvje of Tortrix 

 poasinana and Boarmia rcpatidata were also procured. The traces of the larva of 

 the Clearwing, Sesia culiciformis, were also observed on a birch tree. 



On the way through the woods many other Funguses were gathered, and by 

 way of balajicing the virtues of the edible kinds, it is well, perhaps, to mention 

 that the virulently poisonous Lactarius torminosus, ox necator "the slayer," as 

 it is sometimes called, was very abundant, and a very beautiful agaric it is with 

 its rich orange zones and its woolly margin. The venomous looking Lactarius 

 turpis was frequently found, Agaricus fascicular is, Ag. sublateritius, and some 

 others. 



One other agaric only shall be named, and that because it is very rare and 

 so very interesting. On a stump not far from the station Marasmius fxtidus, 

 the little ftetid marasmius were growing plentifully. More Lactarii and 

 Cortinarii were met with than could be named, for some were either new, or in a 

 peculiar form, and it is possible they may be heard of again at the Fungus Exhi- 

 bition at the Green Dragon. Suffice it to say now that the tower was visited on 

 the way back, and the station duly reached in time for the train. 



The Club mustered strongly in the field. There was the President, Thomas 

 Cam, Esq. ; C. E. Broome, Esq., F.L.S., from Bath; Frederick Currey, Esq., 

 F.R.S., Vice-President of the Linaean Society, Blacklieath ; M. C. Cook, Esq., 

 M.A., London; Edwin Lees, Esq., F.L.S., President of the Malvern Field Club ; 

 Worthington G. Smith, Esq., F.L.S., London; the Rev. William Houghton, 

 M.A., F.L.S., Preston, Shropshire ; James Renny, Esq., London ; the Rev. W. 

 Allport Leighton, Shrewsbury ; the Rev. H. Cooper Key, M.A., F.A.S. ; W. 

 H. West, Esq. , Gliffres ; Dr. Bull ; the Rev. J. D. Latouche, Stokesay ; Dr. 

 McCuUongh, Abergavenny ; J. C. Kent, Esq., Upton-on-Sevem ; the Rev. W. C. 

 Fowle, Brinsop ; W. C. Gibson, C.M.G., Sugwas; James D. Tremlett, Esq., 

 Bengal ; the Rev. R. H. Williams, Byford ; the Rev. T. T. Smith, Thruxton ; 

 William Phillips, Esq., Kingsland, Shrewsbury ; Charles Plowright, Esq., Kings 

 Lynn, Norfolk; the Rev. J. F. Crouch, Pembridge ; G. J. Jones, Esq., Wat- 

 more, Salop ; the Rev. H. Bernard Marshall, Blakemere ; Miss and Miss Marion 

 Browne, Bournemouth ; Lilburn Rosher, Esq., Trewyn ; John Lambe, Esq., 

 Hereford ; George Cocking, Esq. , Ludlow ; the Rev. S. ThackweU, Birch ; James 

 Davies, Esq., Hereford; Dr. J. H. Wood, Tarrington ; C. G. Martin, Esq., 

 Hereford; R. W. Swinburne, Esq., South Shields ; W. A. Swinburne, Esq., 

 Hay; William Miller, Esq., Hereford; J. Griffith Morris, Esq., Hereford; T. 

 Curley, Esq., F.G.S., Hereford ; the Rev. A. G. Jones, Yarkhill ; the Rev. J. H. 

 Jukes, Hereford; B. P. Morrison, Esq., Hereford; Mr. Henry Newman, Leo- 

 minster ; Mr. Henry SouthaU, Ross ; Ms. F. E. Hai-man, The Vallets ; Mr. 

 Alexander, Leominster ; and Mr. Arthur Thompson, 



They were joined at the diimer table in the evening by Sir William 

 Guise, Baxt., F.G.S., President of the Cots wold Field Club ; Lieutenant-Colonel 



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