HOLMESDALE NATURAL HISTOIiV CLUB. 



Ditula semij'asciana. Haw. Scarce ; marsh near Eedhill Station. 

 Dicrorampha alpinana, Tr. Plentiful on the 29th June, 1879, on 

 Reigate Hill, where it has at times occurred before. 



„ herbosana, Btt. A species only described as new 



last August ; Buckland. 

 He also exhibited a hermaphrodite Fidonia atomaria, showing the 

 sexes in a very marked and interesting manner, whilst the antennae 

 were intermediate, being only .ciliated ; that of the left (male) side, 

 however, was more strongly developed than the other. 



The President exhibited a box of specimens showing very curious 

 fungoid growth, from the bodies of caterpillars, chrysalides, and even 

 from insects in the winged state. The Fungi produced belonged 

 chiefly to the old genus Sphceria, now subdivided into several sections 

 according to the views of various mycologists. 



General Meeting, \Atli November, 1873. — The Treasurer pro- 

 duced the Report and Balance-sheet, which were passed, and Officers 

 of the Club for the ensuing year were duly elected. 



At the subsequent ordinary Monthly Meeting the following ex- 

 hibitions were made : — 



By Mr. Sydney Webb — nine species of Lepidoptera, hitherto 

 unrecorded for the Reigate district, viz. — 

 Pempelia carnella, Fab. Somewhat common on the downs north 



of Box Hill. 

 Phycis palumbella. Fab. Heathy places. 



Homceosoma binavella, Hiib. One specimen taken at light at 

 Redstone, 25th July, 1873. 



„ senecionis, Vaughan. One specimen taken at a gas- 



light, Redhill Station, on the same night. 

 Acrobasis consociella, Hiib. Bred from oak-leaves. 

 Anchylopera obtusana, Haw. Taken in some numbers near Three 



Bridges, 17th June, 1873, and subsequently. 

 Dicrorampha plumbagana, Tr. Common everywhere, but hitherto 



overlooked. 

 Graplwlita albersana, Hiib. Near Three Bridges. 

 Eupcecilia notulana, Zett. Same time and place. 



