FROOEEDINOS OF THE 



Mr. Sydney Webb exhibited specimens of the Peacock butterfly 

 (Vanessa lo) showing various malformations. In one case ichneu- 

 mons had emerged from the body of the insect after it had attained 

 the perfect state, but before the wings were hardened. He also 

 referred to an instance in which the fore and hind wings on one side 

 in an individual of this species were united together at the base in 

 such a manner that one could not be expanded without the other. 



He also exhibited specimens of Stachydalis, an insect lately found 

 to be new to Britain, and easily mistaken for the common Sticticalis. 



Sir Sidney S. Saunders exhibited two specimens of Stylops 

 spencei, (the species parasitical upon Andrena atricornis) taken by 

 himself. This has hitherto been considered a very rare species, but 

 he stated that numerous captures had been made about the same 

 time at Hampstead, by other collectors. 



Annual General Meeting, Oct. \Zth, 1876. The Annual 

 Report was read and adopted. The first portion of it recounted 

 the proceedings at the Evening Meetings, including the papers read, 

 and the most interesting of the objects exhibited. It then referred 

 to the outdoor meetings of the Club. During the summer, five 

 excursions were made as follows : On April 29th, to Chilworth and 

 Gomshall ; May 27th, to Reigate Heath ; June 24th, to Godstone, 

 walking thence to Merstham ; August 5lh, to Betchworth, returning 

 by the hills to Reigate ; and September 2nd, to Gatton Park. Those 

 to Reigate Heath, Betchworth, and Gatton Park were afternoon 

 excursions only. Rather special attention at these outdoor meetings 

 was paid to Botany, to which comparatively little time was given 

 during the winter, and especially to the useful work of verifying or 

 recording the stations for any plants of rarity or interest. Veronica 

 montana, Moenchia erecta, Saxifraga granulata, and Teesdalia 

 nudicaulis were met with at Chilworth, and Daphne Laureola 

 near Gomshall. Teesdalia nudicaulis was also found on Reigate 

 Heath: Sambucus Ebulus (Dwarf Elder) and Vinca minor were 

 found to be still growing near the upper pond in Gatton Park; 

 and the Horse Radish (Cochlearia Armoracia) was also found 

 (not in flower) in the same neighbourhood, in a position where 

 it was judged to be wild. At Godstone, the extensive caves 

 were visited from which white sand is excavated in great quan- 

 tities, so largely employed in glass-making. On leaving the 

 Lower Greensand at Godstone, and coming across the valley 

 northwards to the Upper Greensand and Chalk Marl, another 

 way was noticed in which the products of the earth in this 

 neighbourhood contribute to the manufacture of glass. A quarry 



