plain below. On either hand more or less wooded heaths stretch 

 away for some miles, and it was in this neighbourhood that the 

 greater part of the collecting was done ; but even those who had 

 hurried along the road in order to spend what time they could in this 

 promising spot had little more than half an hour there, and it is to be 

 feared that the greater number of the party did little more than 

 reach the brow of the hill just in time to return. 



This point is just 600 feet above sea level, and on a clear day 

 the views obtainable are among the finest in the southern counties. 

 Unfortunately on the occasion of our visit a heavy mist hung over 

 the lowlands, obliterating the distant hills and rendering objects in 

 the immediate foreground blurred and indistinct. 



The timber of the neighbourhood consists chiefly of beech, oak, 

 a certain quantity of fir and birch, the latter growing in all sizes, 

 from old trees with gnarled trunks to mere seedlings. Sallow and 

 holly are both common, and a few juniper bushes are to be found 

 here and there, and the presence of whitebeam suggests the proba- 

 bility of a certain amount of chalk or limestone in the soil. Of the 

 lower plants heather and bilberry are the most common, with patches 

 of galium and wood-sage growing among them, while along the road- 

 sides in many parts cow-wheat is to be found in quantity. 



The return was made by the same road by which we had come, 

 and on reaching the " Stanhope Arms " a substantial tea was in 

 readiness, to which thirty-four sat down, and having partaken of it 

 somewhat hurriedly the party — with the exception of some three or 

 four members, who elected to spend the evening in working the 

 slopes of the chalk hills near the railway, and to take their chances 

 by the last train — returned to town by the 7.35, an inconveniently 

 early train, but the latest that would ensure those who had to catch 

 other trains in town reaching their destinations without difficulty. 



The thanks of the Society are due to those members who sent in 

 lists of their captures, from which the following has been compiled : 



Birds. — Night-jar ( Caprimiilgus europaus), two eggs. 



Insects. — Orthoptera : Edobia livida. Neuroptera : Enallagma 

 cyathigerum. Coleoptera, ten species, viz. : Coccmella bipiinctata, C. 

 w-punctata, C. ^ -punctata, Chilochorus bipustulatus, Micraspis 12- 

 piaictata, Malthiniis punctatus, Nacerdes melani/ra, Strapkosoi/ms 

 coryli, Halyzia conglobata, Rhagonycha fulva. Lepidoptera, eighty- 

 one species, viz. : Pieris napi (larvae), Euchlo'e cardamines (larvae), 

 Argyntiis agtaia, Vanessa urticcE, V. ataiatita, Epinephele ianira, 

 Ccefionymplia panphili/s, Macroglossa stellatariifn, Lithosia niesomella, 

 Calligenia miniata, Spilosoma lubricipeda, Saturnia pavonia 

 {carpini), Phalera bucephala, Acronycta psi, Leucania lithargvria, L. 

 pa/iens, Mamestra sordida {anceps), Miana bicoloria {fnriincula), 

 Agrotis strigula (porphyrea), Triphcena pronuba, Tceniocampa stabilis 

 (larvae), Scopelosonia satellitia (larvae), Plnsia chrysitis, P. gamvta, 

 Anarta tnyrtilli, Rumia luteolata {cratagatd), Metrocampa margari- 

 taria, Eiirymene dohbraria, Boarmia f-epandata, B. chictaria (larvae), 



