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Reigate by Mr. Shaw. It is a rare species, and was probably 
introduced in an early stage in foreign timber. 
The Rev. Ashington Bullen exhibited two old Maps of Surrey 
and Kent of the year 1593, and also a Shell (Hygronia rujies- 
cens) found at Inval, Haslemere. 
Mrs Ashington Bullen gave a resumé of some of the papers 
delivered at the Congress of the S.E. Union of Scientific Soc- 
ieties held at Hastings. Her paper was illustrated by numerous 
lantern slides. 
Meeting held at Reigate, Jan. 22nd, 1909. 
Present 25 members and friends. 
Mr. G. W. Butler, F.G.S., exhibited a series of Rocks from 
the Betchworth Chalk Pit, weighing about 4olb. They were 
chiefly pebbles of Quartzite and grit, with a few granitic frag- 
ments,and were part of a deposit of about 1oolb weight, which 
were found by the workmen and shown by them to Mr. Dibley, 
F.G.S. They occurred in the zone of Rhynconella Cuvieri. 
Similar deposits have very occasionally been found before in 
the Betchworth Quarry. 
Dr. T. A. Chapman exhibited specimens of the Chimney- 
sweep Moth (Odezia atrata var. pyrenaica) which were bred 
at Reigate from eggs brought from Gavarnie, Pyrenees. They 
are characterised by having brownish yellow scales spread on the 
wings. In England the ordinary form looks quite black. 
Mr. A. E. Tonge, F.E.S., exhibited two photographs of 
Moths, life size, at rest in nature, taken quarter natural size 
and enlarged so as to include more of the surroundings. One, 
Agriopis aprilina (Marvel-du-Jour), on green lichen on oak 
trunk, the other, Zvephrosia crepuscularia, on a larch trunk. 
Mrs. Durrant exhibited two Cowries cut into cameos and 
showing the three layers of shell. The use of Cowries for this 
purpose is unusual, helmet shells being more ordinary. She also 
exhibited an old herbal dated 1545, the work of Leonard Fuchs, 
one of the fathers of Botany and a distinguished professor of 
medicine in Bavaria, after whom the Fuchsia is named. 
Mr. E. S. Salmon, F.L.S., Member of the Council of the 
National Fruit-growers’ Federation, Mycologist to the S.E. 
Agricultural College, Wye, then delivered his lecture on: 
