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did not appear. This was entirely owing to the late 

 very unsettled state of the weather, for the locality 

 visited by the Society is usually exceedingly rich in insect 

 life — many varieties of moths, butterflies and beetles, 

 have been captured along this undercliff. The rare anchorite 

 moth (clostera anchoreta) was taken a few years since in 

 the larva state after having been lost so long to the country 

 as to be recorded, not a British insect, but on this occasion 

 rain and heavy murky clouds drove the insect tribe to 

 shelter, scarcely any being seen during the whole ex- 

 cursion excepting a few common larvae taken off the Bolson 

 Poplars. The Buff tip (Pygoera Bucephala notrodonta 

 Camelina) ; Herald, (Scoliopteryx Libratix) ; Poplar 

 Hawk, (Smerenthus Populi) ; Broom Moth, (Hadena Pisi) ; 

 Dot Moth, (Hadena Persicaria.) 



In the afternoon about forty ladies and gentlemen met in 

 the Pavilion Hotel to dinner. The chair was occupied by 

 the President, Lieut. -Col. Cox, and there were present several 

 representatives of the Society from Folkestone, Dover, and 

 Canterbury, among whom we observed Mrs. Cox and party, 

 J. Pilbrow, Esq., F.G.S., F.S.A., and party (Canterbury), 

 G. Dowker, Esq., Mr. Alderman Brent (Canterbury), J. 

 Raid, Esq., and party, A. Green, Esq., J. Stalkartt, Esq., 

 and party, Dr. Kersey and party, T. M. Gladstone, Esq., 

 C.E. (London), Rev. Thos. Briggs, Capel Lodge, Mr. 

 Saunders, Mr. Warman, Mr. C. Greaves, Mr. S. Harvey, 

 (Hon. Secretary), W. H. Payn, Esq., Coroner of Dover, 

 E. N. Clements, Esq., W. Jacobs, Esq., Alexander Bottle, 

 Esq., local Secretary at Dover, Mr. H. Stock, Folkestone. 

 After the cloth had been removed. 



The President rose and said there were only a very few 

 toasts which he had to propose, as the party was not of a 

 formal character. There was one toast which upon all 

 occasions took the precedence, and very properly so. It was 

 to the health of her gracious Majesty the Queen — a Sove- 

 reign who ruled her people as none other did ; and who 



