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OCTOBER Uth, 1913. 



Fungus Foray, Oxshott. 



Conducted by E. Step, F.L.S. 



Owing to the long-continued drought of the latter part of the 

 summer and early autumn, fungi were by no means so abundant 

 as usual. Some rain in the afternoon somewhat curtailed our 

 activities. Mr. Edwards again kindly kept account for me of the 

 species identified, and has supplied me with the following list : — 



Amanita witscaria var. citrina, A. rnbescens, A. pantherina, 

 Laccaria laccata, var, aiiietliystina, CoUyhia maculata, C. radicata, 

 Lactariiis blentiiiis, L. torininosns, L. quietus, L. subdulcis, Bussula 

 adusta, R. niijiicana, R. virescens, Cantliarellus aurantiacus, Paxillus 

 involutns, Pleurutus Jiuxilis (a resupinate species, growing on Boletus 

 scaber), Cojirijius truncal uin, Boletus bovinns, B. olivaceus, B. luteus, 

 B. (ereus, B. scaber, Leotia lubrica, Fonies annosus, Polystictns perennis, 

 Treinellodon yelatinusuiii, Tlielephora laciniata, S/iarassis crispa, 

 Lycoperdon perlatuui, Cordyceps opJdoylossoides. 



Some beating and sugaring was done, but I have received no lists 

 of captures, except that Mr. Browne reports larvae of Mamestra 

 contiyua (full-fed) and of Pacliys betularia. Larvie Avere also taken 

 of Ellopia prosapiaria (fasciaria) (ichneumoned) and of the pine 

 sawfly [Lophyrus idni). The orthopteron, ."Stauroderus bicolur, 

 was abundant. I have since received a note from Mr. Buck- 

 stone, who noted six Thera firmata on tree-trunks, with T. variata 

 in abundance. By beating he obtained larv;? of Drej)ana lacertinaria, 

 D. falcataria, Lnphopteryx camelina, Xotodonta dromedarius, N. 

 ziczac, Cabera pusaria, C. e.vantheuiata, Seuiiothisa liturata, Biipalus 

 piniaria, Epiiyra pendularia, etc., but only in very small numbers, 

 except B. piniaria, which was common. Subsequently he obtained 

 the following species at sugar: Miselia oxyacant/ue, common, Phloyo- 

 pkora )iieticulosa, common, Scopelosouia satellitia, common, Auiathes 

 helvola [rufina), common, Amathes lychnidis (pistacina), Cerastis 

 vaccina, common, Auiathes circellaris {ferruyinea), Xuctua c-niyrtaii, 

 and Agrotis saucia. 



OCTOBER <dth, 1913. 



It was announced that a large collection of British macro- and 

 micro-lepidoptera had been added to the Society's Collections by 

 JVIr. W. G. Dawson, of Abbot's Morton, Worcester. 



Mr. W. J. Lucas read a Paper : — " The Short-horned Acridiansof 



