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land some few acres in extent, at the foot of which the Kemsing- 

 Otford Road is again joined. The railway station is hardly a mile 

 to the right, and the " Bull Inn " less than another half-mile further 

 on. The whole round from the station and back again is thus 

 compassed in, approximately, three miles, the hedgebanks, woods, 

 downs, and fences by which it is bordered affording an opportunity 

 for an infinite variety of collecting throughout its entire length. The 

 accompanying map will no doubt make clear, even to those who had 

 not the advantage of being present, the route taken and the positions 

 of the woods and downs worked over. 



I do not think I shall be guilty of maligning any of our friends if 

 I say that little serious collecting was undertaken by the party, 

 although the copious notes received from some two or three mem- 

 bers go to prove the ever-present exception to any general assertion. 

 I am especially indebted to our President and Messrs. F. I\L B. Carr, 

 A. Harrison, and A. E. Tonge for notes on plants observed and 

 Lepidoptera taken, and to the Rev. F. H. Wood for his remarks on 

 spiders, from which the following lists are compiled, and to whom I 

 take this opportunity of expressing my thanks. But are not the 

 primary objects of field meetings the opening up of new areas for 

 work, and the friendly intercourse among members in the midst of 

 the objects that they make their common study, rather than any hard 

 individual collecting during the brief space of time available oh such 

 an occasion? If this be so, I think we may congratulate ourselves 

 upon the attainment of yet another successful field meeting, which 

 was brought to a close by the usual substantial tea, provided at the 

 " Bull Inn," after which the party returned to town by the 9.37 train 

 from Otford Station. 



Birds' Eggs. — Blackbird's {Tiirdus inerula) nest with two eggs; 

 thrush's (Z! musicus) nest with four eggs, one of them nearly round, 

 and one with three only large black blotches. — F. M. B. Carr. 



Spiders. — Cbtbiona holosericea, Theridioti lineaium, Epeira cucur- 

 bitina, E. atrica {callophylla), E. umbratica (near cocoon), E.indinata, 

 Xystkus {Thotnisus) cristatus, Pisiira {£)olomedes) mt'rabth's {carrying 

 cocoon). 



Lepidoptera. — Pieris rapcB, Euchlo'e cardamines, Chrysophanus 

 {Pofyotntnatus) phlaas, LyccBJia teams, Syrichthus malvcB, Thanaos 

 tages, Hepialus lupulinus, Eiichelia jacobcece, Spilosoina viendica, S. 

 hibricipida, Agrotis cifierea, Dianthacia capsophila, Hadena genistce, 

 Ptitnia luteolata {cratcegatd), Venilia iriaculata, Tephrosia crepusai/aria 

 (F. M. B. Carr), T. punctularia, Zonosoma linearia {tri/inearia), 

 Asthena lufeata, A. cafididata, Acidalia ornafa, A. retnuiaia, Cabera 

 piisaria, Bapta bimaculata {ta7?iinata), B. temeraia, Eupithecia 

 venosata, E. scabiosata {subiimbratd), E. oblongata {centaureaia), E. 

 vulgata, Melatithia ocellata, Melanippe sociata {subtristata), M. 

 ntontanata, M. fluctuata, Anticlea rubidaia, Coremia unidentaria, C. 

 designata (propiignata), Camptogram?na bi/ineata, Phibalapteryx 

 Z'italbata, Atiaitis plagiata (very abundant), Scoparia dubitalis 



