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children nor beanfeasters stray far from the meadows round their 

 head-quarters. By the side of the road Mr. Budgeu espied a fine 

 goat moth just emerged from its chrysahs which lay near by. 

 There was no appearance of wood near, but probably the rotten 

 stump would have been found had the sandy bank been probed. 

 The large helleboriue, Cephalanthera (jrandifiora , a local chalk 

 orchid, was found in the woods on the slopes of the valley, and 

 in the meadow below the wood we came unexpectedly upon a 

 very remarkable patch of the bee orchis in full flower ; there 

 must have been little short of a hundred blooms within the space 

 of a few yards. This seems to show that the season was not at fault, 

 or the cause of its absence elsewhere as mentioned above. The viper's 

 bugloss, Echium vuh/are, was remarkably fine on the dry sunny 

 slopes ; near here too is the classical locality of the rare Latlujnis 

 hirsutus, one of the two or three British plants found only in the 

 county of Surrey. It was in good flower, but is scarce, and 

 should be carefully protected by every Surrey botanist. From 

 the head of the Hallelu Valley, we made for the high road 

 between Warlingham and Worms Heath, and crossing it, took 

 the road to Farley, following bye-paths most of the way ; and 

 some little ignorance of the public-houses of the district was ex- 

 hibited by the nominal leader of the party, so that the promised 

 tea was deferred till later. The walk continued by a pleasant 

 path through the woods leading from Farley Green to Addington 

 Bottom, and in the well-known locality, discovered by the 

 late Mr. John Flower, the other great Surrey rarity, Teiicrium 

 Bvtiys, was found in abundance, though not yet in flower. 

 Until this discovery, Box Hill was the only British locahty for 

 the plant, and there it is now very rare. A pleasant walk up to 

 the Addington Hills brought the party at last to their long 

 promised tea. The view from the hills was particularly fine and 

 far reaching, and a rather dark wild sky made the scene almost 

 Scotch in its character. 



On July 9th, an excursion was made to Ightham, under the 

 guidance of Mr. F. C. Bayard. Mr. Budgen, who was one of the 

 party, reports that of Lepidoptera, he observed or captured 

 Vanessa urtica. and V. atalanta, also Cabera jtasaria, Fidonia pini- 

 aria, and Ellopia fasciaria. Dragonflies were plentiful, and 

 Afjiion piiella and A. minium were seen, as well as LibeUula 

 dcpresm. Of plants, were observed, Hypericum humifusum, Ver- 

 bascum thapsus, Sedum ntpestre, Epilobium angusti/olium, Galium 

 palustre, dc. 



On July 20th, an evening ramble was made (conducted by Mr. 

 Straker) to Parley Downs and Sanderstead. The party, aboutfifteen 

 in number, including several ladies, arrived at Sanderstead Station 

 shortly before six, and at once proceeded through Parley Beeches 

 on to Purky Downs, for which Mr. T. Chandler, of Purley Oaks, 



