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no one recognised. Mr. Noad Clark has since reported that he has 

 no doubt that it is the rare dusky crane's-bill, Geraniiuu plucitm. 

 In one of the meadows the curious adder's-tongue fern Ophiofflosfiuin 

 ruili/atiiDi occurred, Alliuvi iirsiniDn was met with in the woods, 

 where Aspernla odomta, the woodruff, was abundant. Very fine 

 specimens of the bugle, Ajiiija reptans and of Laniiuui (jaleohdolon 

 occurred. Perhaps the rarest plant found, although it had already 

 shed its flowers, was the coral-root, Dentaria hidbifera, whose 

 stems were conspicuous with their jet black bulbils in the axils of 

 the leaves and flower pedicels. 



Most of the party kindly sent in notes on their captures, and 

 expressed themselves very pleased with the outing and with the 

 possibilities of the locality, although " nothing very exciting " 

 occurred. One member, however, went so far as to say " it was 

 one of the most enjoyable Field Meetings I have ever attended, 

 pleasant company, glorious weather, and a right down jolly tea." 



JUNK 8th, 1911. 

 Dr. T. a. Chapman, F.Z.S., F.E.S., in the Chair. 



Mr. H. W. Andrews exhibited examples of many genera of the 

 Dipterous family, Si/rp/iida-; of the individual specimens a large 

 number were from North Kent. 



Captain P. A. Cardew exhibited an aberration of Anarta 

 conliijcra, taken at Rannoch in May of this year, in which the hind- 

 margin and base of the forewings were of an unusually pale grey. 



Mr. S. Blenkarn exhibited about 150 species of Coleoptera taken 

 in the Isle of Wight from April 28rd to May 10th, of which more 

 than 40 were species of Geodephaga up to the end of the genus 

 Boiihidiitm. There were among them two species new to the Isle 

 of Wight list, viz., Taclii/nsa uiidiratica and (jalerueella cabnarit'nai.s. 



Mr. 8. W. Gadge exhibited a box of Lepidoptera, pinned so as 

 not to show the pin through the thorax. It looked a neat method, 

 but the insects could not be moved without the forceps. 



Mr. Stanley Edwards exhibited a box of species of the genus 

 CharaxeK, including C. pi/rrhus from Amboyna, C. delphis from 

 India, C. citJuewn, (J. Hiiiaraipialis, C. pelias, and C. tiridates from 

 Africa. He also showed larvte of Dilaba cwndeoccpliala feeding 

 on laurel, received from Kev. G. Wheeler and obtained at Bourton 

 in Gloucestershire. 



Dr. Chapman exhibited the living larvie of Callophryu an'n from 

 the South of France. 



