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About fourteen members in all attended, and a very pleasant after 

 noon ramble was made along the foot of the chalk hills west of 

 Reigate, known as CoUey Hills. 



From the reports sent me, pretty well the same species were noted 

 by the later coming members as mentioned above. Mr. R. A. Adkin 

 sent in a full list containing the same species of Mollusca as those 

 observed by Mr. Step, but noting in addition white forms of Clausilia 

 laviinata and Cochlicopa li/brica, with Bulimus obscia-iis, Helix 

 ericetoruvi, H. hispida, Hyalina glabra, H. nitiditla, If. aysfalHna, 

 and Ario7i hoi-tensis. INIr. Brown and Mr. Rayward reported the 

 same species of Lepidoptera as Mr. Carr and myself, except that the 

 latter took a solitary specimen of Fhibalapteryx vitalbata. Mr. 

 Montgomery's and my own observations or captures, not included 

 above, were : — Theda riibi seen, a large "white," presumably P. 

 brassicce, one P. napi, a "plume" not identified, and odd specimens 

 of "micro-lepidoptera " — Sciaphila sul)Jeciana, Dichrorampha plu7nba- 

 gana, Adela viridella, Inairvaria muscalella, Dasyce7-a sulphurella, 

 and Elachista argentella {cygnipennella). The larvae of Diloba 

 acruleocephala were also found, but they were very small. One 

 member found the nest of the meadow-pipit {Anthus pratensis) con- 

 taining four eggs, which showed very extreme variation in colouring, 

 from one with most of the dark colour massed at the larger end and 

 very intense, to another with the colour very uniformly spread. This 

 " find " was of course duly photographed. 



To sum up the observations at the meeting, one can safely say that 

 everything was late and scarce ; and, although the day was delight- 

 fully fine, the lesser forms of life evidently put little trust in the, for 

 this year, unusual genial appearances, for not even the hardest workers 

 could produce a list of observations of any respectable dimension. 



The usual " substantial tea " was provided for the party at the 

 Railway Inn, and an early train brought us back to London. 



