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through the hedge so closely that it might well have been 

 passed by unnoticed, had not some other circumstance drawn 

 attention to the particular part of the hedge on which it 

 was resting ; and a solitary Nisoniades tages, that rested 

 in a cart-rut so sleepily that it was easily boxed, were the 

 only species reported. Nor were the night-flying species 

 found in any more encouraging numbers, although the 

 beating-stick was applied with no lack of assiduity to the 

 under-growth along the route, and a diligent search made 

 of the tree trunks and other likely resting places. Fair 

 numbers of Asthma candidata fluttered out of the disturbed 

 under-growth, and was the only species met with at all 

 commonly. The beech woods produced odd specimens of 

 Drepana cidtraria {unguicida) and Zonosoma linearia ; while 

 Coremia furrugata, Cidaria suffiunata, and Phibalapteryx 

 vitalbata were found along the hedge-rows. Ephippiphora 

 nigricostana, Tortrix ministrana, Adela viridella, Nemophora 

 swammerdammella, N. schwarziella, Micropteryx thunbergella, 

 Nepticula ruficapitella, and N. atricapitella were also noted. 

 Of the many plants of burdock searched, only a few produced 

 larvae of Aciptilia galactodactyla, which is often so common at 

 this season. Larvae of Gelechia sequacella and G. tceniolella 

 were reported to be fairly common. 



The Coleopterists of the party met with somewhat better 

 success. Beetles were by no means uncommon on flower- 

 heads, and the sweeping-net was seldom tenantless ; the 

 following among other species being reported by Mr. Walker : 

 Harpalus pimcticollis, Homalota brunnea, Brachinus crepitans, 

 Leistus spinibarbis, Mycetophagus atomarius, Malthinus frontalis, 

 Telephones clypeatus, Luperus flavipes, Gonodera luperus, Poly- 

 drusus ptevygonialis, Brachysomus echinatus, C euthorrhynchus 

 nigrinus, C. constrictus, C. cochlearice, Chrysomcla distinguenda, 

 to which Mr. Ashdown adds Rhagium inquisitor, which he 

 took on flowers of Vibernum lantana. 



A small bee, taken by Mr. Walker and passed on to Mr. 

 Edgar of Maidstone, proved to be the rare Andrena proxima, 

 Kirby. 



Snails were not easy to find, owing no doubt to the un- 

 usually dry state of the atmosphere, and it was but few 

 examples of even such common species as Helix nemoralis, 

 H. cantiana, and H. aspersa, that were met with. Of Cyclo- 

 stoma elegans there was an abundance of dead shells scattered 

 about, an examination of which suggested the probability of 

 a considerable amount of colour variation in the district, 

 but a sufficiently large number of live ones were not obtain- 



