Report of the Field Meeting- held at Wendover on 

 July nth, 1903. 



By Hy. J. Turner, F.E.S. Read Ja7uiary i^th, 1904. 



A VISIT to the north-west escarpment of the Chiltern Hills at 

 Wendover a year or two ago induced me to suggest that a field 

 meeting of the Society should be held there. The Council, therefore, 

 I suppose, requested me to arrange for one to take place, and 

 although I should much have preferred some one with more know- 

 ledge of the locality to have led, yet I endeavoured to do my best. 

 The original date chosen, July 25th, was somewhat late for an 

 elevated and usually dry locality ; so when the date was very kindly 

 altered to July nth to suit my personal convenience, there seemed a 

 better prospect of a more successful meeting from a collecting point 

 of view. Unfortunately members who had practically looked forward 

 to joining were, owing to the tardy alteration of date and other causes, 

 unable to attend, and less than a dozen met to enjoy the capital 

 hospitality of the " Shoulder of Mutton " near the station. 



As usual, the company, small as it was, split up into two sections. 

 The advance party, consisting of Mr. South, Mr. Scollick, and myself, 

 again divided, the two former staying at Chalfont Road, where, by the 

 bye, they took only one example of Abraxas sylvata and one of 

 Asthcim blomeri, while I, alone, went on to investigate a remote part 

 of the Wendover area, and more particularly to see what dragonflies 

 were to be obtained around the large reservoir, which is so con- 

 spicuous a feature on the plain seen from the top of the beacon. 



The second party arrived late, and appeared to be almost exhausted 

 and at their last gasp from the terrible deprivation they had suffered 

 on their journey. Their compartment, I understand, had been full, 

 and the term " full " generally means something on Saturday after- 

 noon about 2 o'clock on a London suburban railway, on the Metro- 

 politan Railway in particular, and on the Baker Street Extension 

 especially. However, all things have an end, and a few minutes of 

 fresh air with a short, brisk walk soon produced a revivifying effect 

 and sufficient impetus to give the necessary physical endurance for a 

 climb of some hundreds of feet to the top of the Chilterns. 



The weather was beyond, far beyond, one's expectation for such a 

 year. It was simply delightful, and I think we all thoroughly 

 appreciated it. 



I have received three lists of captures, which I will take in order. 

 Mr. South reports Epinephele jrtrtina [ianira), Aphantopus hyperan- 

 thus, Painphila syh'a?ius, and Polyovunatus icarus as the only Rhopa- 



