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hopes, or by the longhig for a walk in the country with 

 pleasant companions, assembled on Oxshott Heath. After 

 some discussion on the damp state of some of the paths, it 

 was decided to take the oft-trodden route to the Black Pond. 

 Although insects were not conspicuously abundant, and no 

 rarities were captured, most of the entomologists took some- 

 thing back with them, and the botanists found various 

 interesting plants. A pair oi LitJwcolletis stettinensis occurred 

 on an alder trunk, and a specimen of the less common L. 

 hecgeriella was also taken. 



Mr. F. B. Carr has kindly furnished me with a list of his 

 captures, from which I take the following : 



Euchloc cardamines, Gonepteryx rhainni and ova, Drepana 

 lacertula, Anarta niyrtiUi, Tephrosia pnnctnlaria (abundant), 

 Cidavia silaccata, Scodionn hclgiaria, and twelve others. 

 Among the larvae he secured were those of Clcocerh 

 viminalis, Cymatophora flavicornis, Chesias spartiata, Phycis 

 betiilcr, and many others. 



After the ramble the members took tea at Wigmore's 

 Refreshment Rooms, and so brought a pleasant outing to 

 the wonted conclusion. 



MAY 26/A, 1910. 

 Mr. W. J. Kaye, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Stanley Edwards exhibited a specimen of the fungus 

 Poly poms schii'einitzii, from St. Margaret's Ba}-. Mr. Step 

 remarked on the destructiveness of this species to pine trees, 

 and stated that it was of comparatively recent introduction 

 to this country. Mr. Edwards also exhibited a specimen of 

 Sepidtaria coronaria, a species of the PezizcB group, subterra- 

 nean at hrst but becoming partly exposed. It is found in 

 spring under trees. 



Mr. Newman exhibited males and females of an Agriades 

 from the collection of the late Mr. Sabine, which were sup- 

 posed to be natural hybrids of A. coridon x A. tJietis 

 {bellargns), and stated that almost exactly similar examples 

 had been taken last year on the ground where Mr. Sabine 

 collected his specimens. He also showed ova of Sesia 

 andreniformis, deposited at the bottom of a chip-box, and 

 tucked well into crevices, which appeared to point to the 

 female in nature selecting crevices of bark in which to lay 

 them. [These ova, which were brown in colour, afterwards 

 proved to be infertile.] 



