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were invariably black, while in the latter they were brown. 

 3. The thorax of the former species was always much 

 darker. 



Mr. Turner exhibited living larvae with their curiously 

 contorted cases of Colcophora siccifolia, found by Mr. Sich and 

 himself near Chiswick. 



JULY 2$th, 1908. 



Field Meeting at Byfleet. 

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



As usual, when the Society goes to Byfleet, the early ones 

 go on to Woking and work along the canal. This generally 

 occupies the time up to three o'clock, when they are joined 

 by their less fortunate companions who can only manage to 

 get away for the afternoon. 



Insects, as a whole, were not so plentiful as in former 

 years ; but Mr. F. B. Carr was fairly successful with larvae 

 beating. 



The following were the Lepidoptera noticed, according to 

 lists kindly furnished by Messrs. Sich and Ashby : 



Aphantopus hyperanthus, Augiades sylvanus, Adopcea flava 

 (liiica), Lithosia griscola, and v. stramincoia, Porthesia similis 

 (auriflua), P. chrysorrhcea, Dvcpana laccrtinaria, Calymnia 

 trapezina, Epione apiciaria, Metrocampa margaritaria, Pseudo- 

 terpna pruinata (cytisaria), Mclanippc unangulata, Gillmcria 

 pallidactyla (bertrami), very common, Ncmotois cupriacellus, 

 Aristotelia ericinella, common on the heather in the marshy 

 part beside the canal, where Glyphiptcvyx thrasoneUa was 

 common. In a recess among bushes where Lotus uliginosus 

 was growing, almost hidden away among the grass, Mr. Sich 

 noticed the mines of Cemiostoma lotclla and Ncpticula cryptella, 

 but not commonly. Among the larvae taken were Smerinthus 

 ocellatus, Dicvanuva vinula, Notodonta ziczac, Uvaptcryx sam- 

 bucaria, Bapta temerata, etc. 



Mr. Ashby communicated the following list of Coleoptera 

 taken : 



CocciJula rufa, Brachypterus gravidas, Cercus rufilabris, 

 Adrastus liinbatus, Scirtes hemisphericus, Rhagouycha fusci- 

 coniis, R. limbata, Malthodes minimus, Donacia simplex, D. 

 scmicuprca, Zeugophora subspinosa, Cryptoceplialus labiatus, 

 Chrysomela polita, Phyllodccta cavifrons, P. vitellincc, Phyllo- 



