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"The Geometrae noted included Rumia luteolata (cratccgata), 

 Venilia metadata, Ligdia adustata, Eupithecia vulgata, and E. 

 subumbrata, Acidalia omata, which was in very fresh condition 

 and fairly common, A . remutata and A . subsericeata, Ematurga 

 atomaria, Bapta temcrata, Melanippe montanata, M. rivata, and 

 M. sociata, Campto gramma bilincata and Anaitis plagiata, of 

 which species the long slender larvae were also found. 



" The small fry were common enough, but the records that 

 I have received of them are somewhat disappointing ; they 

 include Scoparia dubitalis, Crambus pratellus, C. hortuellus, C. 

 culmellus, and C.pascuellus, D ichor ampha sequana, D.plumbana, 

 D. plumbagana, and Penthina gentiana. Adela viridella, 

 Dasycera sulphur ella, Elachastia biatomella and Glyphiptcryx 

 fischeriella. Also larvae of Mimcsseoptilus phazodactylus on rest- 

 harrow, Botys ruralis (verticalis) in stinging-nettle leaves, 

 and a nest of Scythropia cratagella on hawthorn. 



" To Mr. W. West, of Greenwich, I am indebted for the 

 following list of species in orders other than Lepidoptera. 

 He reports that a couple of hours' hard sweeping pro- 

 duced many species of Coleoptera, including Conurus 

 immacidatus, Mycetophorus splendidus and M. longidus, Litho- 

 caris bruunea, Anisotoma badia, Cryptocephalus lincola, a 

 species that he was very pleased to meet with, Syncalypta 

 spinosa, Drilus flavescens, Hedobia imperialis, and numbers of 

 Apions, Sitones, Orchestes, Atomarids, Lathridius, and 

 Staphylinids too numerous to mention. The Hemiptera 

 taken included Corcus denticulatus, Metacanthus punctipes, and 

 Dicyphus anmdatus ; and the Homoptera Philcenns exclama- 

 tionis. 



" Among the flowering plants noted may be mentioned the 

 corn crowfoot (Ranunculus arvensis), the yellow wort [Chlora 

 perfoliata), the green man orchis (Aceras anthropophora), the 

 bee orchis (Ophrys apifcra), and the spotted orchis (Orchis 

 maculata). 



" Mr. Frederick Clark reports that he obtained quite a 

 nice collection of microscopic material, the result of which 

 we shall, no doubt, hear later on." 



SEPTEMBER 8th, 1898. 



Mr. J. W. Tutt, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Little, of King's Cross, was elected a member. 

 Mr. Frederick Clark exhibited some very admirable photo- 

 graphs of the eggs of Lepidoptera, including those of Ercbia 



