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and an earwig, no doubt Forfiatla auricularia. The locality seemed 

 suitable for F. ksnei, but none were found. One earwig nymph, about 

 half grown, had on it no less than six large bright-red Acari. A 

 wrinkled black thread protruding seemed to be the fseces — about 

 half as long as the insect. ^Vas this apparently diseased condition 

 due to the presence of the Acari ? Neuroptera — Planipennia : Panorpa 

 communis ? (the larger scorpion-fly). 



The Ermyn Way was followed as far as Cherkley, and then the 

 party descended by way of Downs Lane to Thorncroft, thence by the 

 cricket-tield and Leatherhead Bridge to the Old Running Horse, 

 where, to the number of fifteen, they sat down to tea. Some of the 

 party returned from Leatherhead station, others proceeded along the 

 lanes to Ashtead, and did a little dusking around Barnett Wood on 

 the way. 



