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Report of a Field Meeting at Leatherhead Downs, held 

 on July 9th, 1904. 



Conducted by Edward Step, F.L.S. 



The attendance of members at this meeting was small in spite of 

 the fine weather. The party met at Ashtead station, some of the 

 members having journeyed by each of the two routes, and proceeded 

 by the village and Crampshaw Lane to the Downs. On the partly 

 open plantation beside the footpath here the tall broomrape {Oro- 

 banche elatior) was again conspicuous, and among the other plants 

 in flower we noted the following : Ceniaiirea scabiosa, Cala??iintha 

 aa'nos, Anthyllis vi/lneraria, Hippocrepis comosa, Papaver rhceas, 

 Helianthemum chamacistus, Ononis repens, Pastinaca sattva, Dauais 

 carota, Viola tricolor-, Tragopogon pratense, and Convolvulus arvense. 



Along the Ermyn Way we found Campanula trachelium, Bryonia 

 dioica, Papaver somniferufn, Atropa belladonna, Spircea filipendula, 

 Phyteuma orbiculare, Thymus serpyllum, and at Cherkley we en- 

 countered Mr. Turner with spikes of Neottia nidus-avis, which he had 

 brought from Mickleham, where he reported having also seen plenty 

 of Verbascum lychnitis. 



Observations and captures of insect life include the following : 

 Mr. Turner — larvae of Cucullia lychnitis, most of them covered with 

 ova of an ichneumon. A few hours next day resulted in the success- 

 ful cleansing of these, and Mr. Turner had the satisfaction ultimately 

 of rearing and pupating them. Lepidoptera on the wing, he reported, 

 were scarce, but in the afternoon a quiet corner had produced plenty 

 of Mijnaseoptilus fuscodadvlus, and later he pointed out a linnet's 

 nest in a juniper-bush. 



Among Lepidoptera Mr. Ashdown reports Cidaria fulvata, C 

 dotata, Emmelesia decolorata, Alelanippe procellata, Eubolia limitata, 

 and Scopula olivalis. Mr. Edwards' list includes : Epinephele 

 ianira, Ca'nonympha pamphilus, Lyaena icarus, Augiades sylvanus, 

 Adopffa ihaumas (linea), Pieris rapte, P. brassicce, Drepana falcula, 

 Melatithia bicolorata (rubiginala), AP. albicillata, Melanippe rivata, 

 Cidaria fulvata, Eubolia plumbaria {palumbaria), E. limitata {men- 

 suraria), Hemithea strigata {thymiaria), Hecaiera serena, Crambus 

 pascuellus, and one example of the Dipteron, Volucella bombylans. 

 Mr. South, in addition to the Lepidoptera previously named, mentions : 

 Habrosyne derasa, Acontia luctuosa, Hypena probocidalis, Acidalia 

 diniidiata, Eupithecia sobrinata, Asthena luteata, Coremia designata, 

 Eucosmia vetulata, Crambus perlellus, Alucita {Aciptilia) pentadactyla, 

 and Orihotienia striana. Mr. Lucas contributes the following : Or- 

 thoptera : Nymphs of Leptoplyes punctatissima, Meconema varium, 



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