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larvae, also, are tempted by the warmth of the season and the sun to 

 come out of their hiding-places, and starve in consequence of their not 

 being able to find food, and many are thus destroyed by birds, mice, and 

 other vermin ; the ground being soft, beetles and other underground 

 enemies prey on them ; this would not be the case in hard weather, 

 where the ground is hard frozen or covered with snow. We are well 

 aware that some of the larvse commit great havoc in our orchards. 

 Chimatobia brumata is a pest in the Kent orchards, and the fruit 

 growers are trying experiments for their destruction. 



In October, 1889, 1 was visiting one of these orchards, where I found a 

 tenant just commencing liming the trunks of the fruit trees ; he had 

 fastened a narrow band of paper tightly round the collars of the trees, 

 just below where the trees began to branch, and this paper he had 

 painted over with some sticky material ; the females being wingless 

 were not able to reach the branches, and many were entrapped on the 

 paper. I suggested that, in place of liming the trees in October, he 

 should put it off till the middle of January, as the moths, in the event 

 of the weather proving mild, would deposit eggs till probably the end 

 of December ; and by liming the trees in the middle of January all the 

 eggs would be encased in the Ume and would therefore not hatch ; 

 whereas, if the trees were hmed in October the Ume would set, and the 

 insects could lay their eggs on it with impunity, and the larvse would 

 be able to infest the trees. Whether my suggestion has had any 

 beneficial result I am unable to say, as I have not again visited the 

 orchard. 



Some time since I prepared some lists of Lepidoptera and had them 

 bound in parts, with a hope that all those members taking an interest 

 in this work should, at the close of each season, insert in those lists the 

 captures of all scarce and new insects taken, say, vdthin 20 miles of 

 Croydon, or even at a greater distance, if it was thought advisable. 

 The lists consist of : — 



Genera. Species. 



Ehopalocera 28 66 



Sphingina and Bombycina ... 11 36 



Noctuina 93 294 



Geometrina 85 272 



The remainder consisting of Pyralidina, Tortricina, Tineina, Ptero- 

 phorina, and Alucitina. I have left the preparation of these lists for 

 those who collect them. If the lists are properly filled in, noting the 

 dates and places of aU captures, they may become very useful books of 

 reference to those who come after us. — John Berney, Hon. Sec. 



Eeport of the Photographic Sub-Committee, January, 1890. 



I have pleasiure in reporting that during the past year, the Photo- 

 graphic Section has increased from 43 to 60 members, and that the 

 meetings on the whole have been well attended, especially the lantern 

 evenings. 



Eight excursions have been made during the summer, viz. : — April 

 26th, to Westerham ; May 10th, to Coulsdon ; May 17th, to Horley ; 

 June 7th, to Merstham ; June 28th, to Guildford ; July 26th, to Hever ; 

 August 16th, to Caterham ; and September 13th, to U^jper Warlingham. 



The largest muster was to Horley, on which occasion 23 members 



