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Taylor says (" Ent. Mo. Mag.") that this should be a common 

 species in the South of England. The specimen I have was taken 

 at Beckenham on May 25th, and kindly identified by Commander 

 Walker." 



Mr. Buckstone exhibited an extremely fine variety of Brenthis 

 selene, taken at Wanborough near Guildford. The whole of the 

 usual transverse markings on the forewings were absent. Only 

 three costal blotches were present, and the sub-marginal markings 

 consist of an imperfect row of black spots. The hindwings also 

 had the sub-marginal row of black spots, with only a good-sized 

 discoidal mark and a small basal spot. 



Mr. W. J. Kaye exhibited a huge leaf of the black poplar picked 

 up in Mr. Gibbs' garden at St. Albans ; the tree was some 80fc. in 

 height and the leaves were all exceptionally large this year. The 

 one exhibited measuring 12^in. by 12in. 



Mr. Lucas read a paper entitled " Bracken " (see p. 1), and 

 illustrated his remarks with a large number of lantern slides 

 mostly from photographs taken by himself. Some of these are 

 reproduced in Plate I. 



NOVEl\fBER Wi, 1911. 

 Field Meeting at Oxshott, 



Conductor: Stanley Edwards, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S. 



Owing to the exceptional season the meeting originally 

 arranged for October was deferred until early November. The 

 Fungus Foray is usually a favoured meeting, attended by a good 

 number of members. On this occasion some seventeen members 

 and friends were present and much enjoyed the late autumn 

 ramble, though the available daylight was short. Very few species 

 of Fungi were in evidence, and many common species were either 

 completely absent, or only represented by stray examples. Even 

 Amanita rubcscens was not met with, and only one or two odd 

 specimens of the beautiful and conspicuous A. miiscaria were seen. 



The most noteworthy of the species found were : — Otidea 

 aurantia, a very beautiful orange-coloured fungus, Phlebia contorta, 

 Tremellodon (/elatinosum, Calocera viscosa and Cordyceps ophioglos- 

 soides, together with the Myxomycete, Leocarpus vernicosus. 



