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JUNE loth, 1909. 



Mr. W. J. Kaye, F.E.S., Vice-president, in the Chair. 



Mr. Stanley Edwards exhibited specimens of a Centipede, 

 Scolopendra morsitans, from Jamaica. 



Mr. Newman exhibited imagines of Dicranura bictispis from 

 Tilgate Forest. 



Mr. Main exhibited two larvae of Limenitis populi from 

 Saxony ; also egg, cocoon, and young larvse of Hydrophilus 

 piceus, the great water beetle. 



Mr. Rayward exhibited living larvse of Polygonia c-albiim 

 from the ova previously shown. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Grosvenor, ova of 

 Cyclopides palcemon {paniscus) . 



Mr. F. Noad Clark exhibited a dipteron, bred from larvae 

 voided by sheep in their excrement. 



JUNE igth, 1909. 



Report of Field Ramble — Ashtead to Mickleham. 

 Conducted by E. Step. 



A fair day in a period of wet and low temperatures 

 redeemed the leader's promise that the 19th of June should 

 be line ; and a good attendance of members testified to the 

 popularity of the district. The route selected lay almost 

 entirely over footpaths and bridle-tracks between Ashtead 

 station and Headley Lane, a couple of hundred yards of the 

 Epsom-Leatherhead road being the sole exception. From 

 this point the way lay through the larch plantation of the 

 Warren into Crampshaw Lane and the broad margin of 

 rough land at its upper part. Here the broomrapes (Oro- 

 hanche) were only just beginning to appear, though a specimen 

 or two of 0. minor was found more advanced. The Cinnabar 

 moth (Hipocrita jacohcucB) was abundant, though many of the 

 specimens were faded. A few Augiades sylvanus and Polyom- 

 matus icarus were flying. 



Crossing the cornfield we now reached the ancient Ermyn 

 Way, that runs across the Downs from Epsom to Mickleham, 

 and the rest of the afternoon was spent in traversing it. 

 Atropa belladonna was found in flower, SpircBa filipendtda 



