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Rooms in Oxshott Village for the most acceptable meat 

 tea. 



Mr. Step writes as follows: — " In the woods a few fungi 

 were found, among them being Coriinarius papulosus, C. pur- 

 purascens, var. subpurpurascens, Laccaria laccata, and a pale 

 form of it with long stem and small pileus ; also StropJiaria 

 aeruginosa and Lactarius vellerens. On the footpath from 

 Hook to Claygate was found Lepiota proccva, and in Rushet 

 Lane (between Ashtead Woods and Chessington) a number 

 of the beautiful var. puellaris of the same species. About 

 Prince's Coverts Angelica sylvestris was prominent, also 

 Lycopus europceus." 



Mr. Ashdown notes Goneptcryx rhamni, Amphipyra pyra- 

 mided, and Emmelina monodactylus, as the more notable 

 Lepidoptera ; and of Coleoptera Lebia crux-minor. 



Mr. Cowham notes the larvae of Drepana laccrtinaria, 

 Cilix spinula, Lophopteryx caiuelina, Selenia illunaria, Geo- 

 metra papiliouaria, Zonosoma pcndularia, and Eupistcria oblite- 

 rata (licparata). 



Mr. Lucas writes as follows: — "While passing through 

 Prince's Coverts we found in a clay rut, that was negotiated 

 with difficulty, a fine female of ChirocepJialus diaphanus, a 

 Crustacean belonging to the Branchiopoda of the Entomo- 

 straca. It was nearly an inch in length, and was carrying an 

 egg-case. The first discovery of this animal in the coverts 

 was on ioth May, 1905. Since that date I have seen it in 

 the same locality on 18th June, 1905 (in company with Mr. 

 D. J. Scourfield) ; 23rd June, 1906; 6th April, 1907 (a large 

 specimen) ; and 19th September, 1908 (the present instance). 



"The Orthoptera noticed were the common earwig (For- 

 ficula auricularia), the small earwig (Labia minor), and the 

 Locustid, Meconcma varium, the first and last obtained by 

 beating. A pair of M. varium were placed together in a 

 box without food, and the female was afterwards found to 

 have consumed a great part of her ' better half.' 



" Some small fluffy galls were sent on to Mr. G. T. Lyle, of 

 Brockenhurst, who says : — ' They are made by C ecidomyia 

 veronica:, and I take the plant to be Germander Speedwell. 

 The galls are mature, and all contain full-fed larvae, many of 

 which are preparing for pupation. The galls are multilarval, 

 and pupation takes place within them, but not, / think, until 

 the spring.' 



" Mr. J. F. Rayner examined for me the fungi from the 

 London clay, some of whose names follow: — Amanitopsis 

 vaginata ; Lactarius torminosus, top salmon, edge woolly, gills 



