Report of the Field Meeting held at Horsiey on 

 July 14th, 1906. 



By W. J. Kaye, F.E.S. 



On July 14th an excursion was held at Horsiey. The previous 

 announcement for this outing was that Clandon was to be the scene 

 of operations, but as it was found that the proposed new route to the 

 north of Clandon Station involved a serious tea difficulty, it had to 

 be abandoned, with the result that Horsiey was decided upon. All 

 things considered, the choice was quite a happy one. In the first 

 place, it was some time since the Society had held one of its 

 excursions here, and many members were glad to renew their 

 acquaintance with the delightful bit of country known as the 

 " Sheep Leas." 



The weather was ideal, and typical of what we expect mid-July to 

 produce. The sun blazed from a well-nigh cloudless sky, and this 

 had the effect of mustering a goodly number of members for the 

 afternoon's meeting. The Leas had scarcely been arrived at when an 

 Argyn /lis ag/aia made its appearance, and this was quickly succeeded 

 by a number of others, most of them apparently in fair condition. 

 The sight of these fine insects on the wing soon called up a show of 

 nets, and for a full half-hour or more the spectacle might have been 

 seen of collectors of all ages wildly chasing the many A. aglaia. 

 Those who still found their limbs pliant were well rewarded with a 

 goodly number of specimens. 



Of other butterflies there were very few. Aphantopus hyperanthus, 

 Lyccp.na corydon (1), Cvpido minima (over), Augiadcs sylvanus 

 (1), and Pieris napi being the only species recorded. There were 

 many moths, however, to be obtained, as the subjoined list will 

 show. Of the plants and the other orders of insects no records 

 have been sent in, which is the greater pity, as the locality would, 

 doubtless, give very interesting results. Many of the more con- 

 spicuous plants have been recorded in previous volumes of our 

 " Proceedings." It is more particularly in the other orders of 

 insects that information would be most welcome on a future 

 occasion. 



I have to thank Messrs. Alfred Sich, Percy Richards, W. J. 

 Ashdown, and Henry J. Turner for the records of Lepidoptera here 

 appended : 



Acronyctapsi, Hecatera seretia, Dianthtxcia carpophaga (very common 

 in larval stage where Silene grew abundantly), Toxocampa pastinum, 



