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skirts for nearly a mile had to be passed with little more than an 

 occasional tap from the beating stick, or a moment's halt to net a 

 stray moth that had started up at our approach, such species as 

 Hylophila prasinana, MeliDiippe montanata, Cabera piisaria, and so 

 forth, being common enough. Our path now turned sharply to the 

 left, round the further corner of the wood, some grass land being 

 on our right, and here some of the commoner Crainbi were plentiful. 

 Crossing a by-road, passing an old chalk pit on our left, now occu- 

 pied by a cottage and some most odorous manure heaps, uphill 

 through some corn-fields and down the other side, we arrived back 

 again into the Banstead Road, which we had left some mile or so 

 lower down when we took to the footpaths. Taking to the road 

 again, we pushed on for the village, on our way falling in with our 

 worthy treasurer and his wife, who, it seems, had been cycling 

 around the neighbourhood in the hope of meeting the party at an 

 earlier stage of its operations. Our numbers were thus increased 

 to the respectable total of twenty-seven. The Victoria Hotel at 

 Banstead was soon reached, and it is unnecessary to add that ample 

 justice was done to the "tea " that there awaited us. 



The return to the station was made by the road, the delightful 

 freshness of the early evening being most enjoyable, the only regret 

 being that that terrible tyrant time — for trains on these newly-made 

 lines do run to time — would not allow us to linger by the way to listen 

 to the song of the birds, and capture the numerous insects that were 

 just coming on evening flight. 



In conclusion, the thanks of the Society are due to the various 

 members who have sent in notes of their captures and observations 

 during the meeting, from which the following lists have been com- 

 piled, and not the least to Mr. Step for the very full list of plants 

 observed in flower. 



Birds. — Song thrush {Turdiis musiais), blackbird {T. meru/a), 

 hou^espa.Yrow (Passer domes/iaiS), and cirl bunting iyEmberiza cir/us), 

 nests and eggs. Nightingale {Dai/lias /tisciiiia) in full song on our 

 return to Chipstead station. 



Spidkrs. — Epeira ciiaibitina, Ergatis benigiia^ Clubiona brevipes, 

 Dolomedes mirabi/is (mature c^, ? ). 



Insects. — Hymenoptera : Cephas pygmccus. Coleoptera : Noiio- 

 phihis bigi/tiatiis, AleocJiara /litida, Sun ins a/igi/sf(7fiis, Oxytehis 

 iriusfi/s, Coccinella 1 1 punctata. Scymnus frontalis, Cychrannis luteus. 

 By turns sambiici, Me/anotus rufipes, Athous niger, A. hcemoi rhoida/is, 

 A. vittatus, Telephorus rusticus, T. testaceus v. Hmbatus, T. pal/idus, 

 Ma/thodes Jibuiatus, Malachms bipustulatus , Malachius viridis, 

 Priobium castaneuvi, Clytus arietis, Grammopiera ruficornis, Crypto- 

 cephalus hypochcerides, Liiperus fiavipes, Bruclms cisti (on Helian- 

 themum), Tenebrio molitor, Ciste/a muj ina, Anthicus floralis, CEde- 

 mera /urida, Baryiwtus obscurus, Strophosonius cofyli, Polydrosus 

 cervinus, Phyllobiics oblongus (and others of the genus), Anthouomus 

 pedicularius, O relies tes fagi, Ceuthorrhynchus asperifo/iaruin, C. 



