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OCTOBER yd, 1908. 



Field Meeting at Oxshott. 



The Fungus Foray. 



Conductor: Mr. E. Step, F.L.S. 



Again a good attendance (twenty-four), but unfortunately 

 there were few species of fungi as yet in evidence. The 

 principal forms noted were Amanita mappa, A. pantherina, 

 A. mascaria, A. rubesccns, Lactarius quietus, L. vellereus, Poly- 

 porus schweinitzii, P. adiposus, P. annosus, Russula virescens, 

 R. vcsca, and Sparassis crispa. A young beech was found 

 whose every leaf was covered with the furry galls of the 

 dipteron, Hormomyia piliger. 



OCTOBER 8tk, 1908. 



Mr. Ashdown exhibited about sixty species of Coleoptera, 

 Hemiptera, etc., taken by him during a tour in Switzerland 

 in July, 1908, including Trichius fasciatus, Mylabris floralis, 

 Tricodes apricarius, Oxythyvea stictica, CEdemcra podagrarice, 

 Leptura fulva, L. rubra, Strangalia bifasciata, Clytus massi- 

 liensis, C. vcrbasci, Obrium brunncum, Stenopterus rufus, 

 Pissodes picea ; Graphosoma lincatuni, Harpactor iracuudus, 

 Strachia ornata, Therapha hyoscyami ; CEdipoda c&rulesccns, 

 (E. miniata ; and an immature form of a Mantis. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited five specimens of Aphautopus liyper- 

 anthus bred from ova laid by a female caught in Surrey. 

 Two were of the ab. cceca form. He also showed a specimen 

 of Mclanargia galathea, var. procida, the common continental 

 form with a large increase in the area covered by black 

 scaling, bred from an ovum laid by a female taken in 

 Hampshire. 



Messrs. Harrison and Main exhibited a bred series of 

 Pscudoterpna pruinata (cytisaria) from Epping Forest larvae. 

 The series showed considerable variation. In some speci- 

 mens the submarginal light coloured line was very wide and 

 distinct, in others much less so, and in one or two it was 

 almost obsolete. One or two specimens had this line 

 present in the fore-wings or in the hind-wings only. A few 

 examples had lighter patches of colour, while others were of 

 a much more uniform green. 



Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited a bred series of Malacosonia 



