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"Although the afternoon was as fine as could be desired, 

 the morning had been very wet, and the party was conse- 

 quently even smaller than had been expected. But an 

 enjoyable ramble was spent, and specimens were abundant 

 and in good condition. 



" We have already printed lists of the Oxshott fungi in 

 our ' Proceedings,' and it seems unnecessary to repeat the 

 names. It may be stated, however, that I was able to iden- 

 tify forty-nine species, and there were some others that had 

 passed the identifying stage before I had time to thoroughly 

 deal with the full collection. Seven species are additional 

 to the lists we have previously given for Oxshott. These are 

 — Amanita virosus, Stropharia squamosa, Stvopharia spintriger, 

 Ladariiis cimicarius, Boletus variecolor, Boletus impolitus, 

 Polyporus keithii. 



NOVEMBER loth, 1904. 



Mr. E. Step, F.L.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Kremlin exhibited, under the microscope, the wing of 

 Hemarisfuciformis to show both the more or less permanent 

 scales and the scales which are usually shed immediately 

 the imago commences its active life after emergence from the 

 pupa. 



Mr. Harrison and Mr. Main exhibited a short series of 

 Dianthcecia albimacula, from Folkestone; specimens of Cyma- 

 tophora duplaris, including two melanic specimens from 

 Simonswood Moss, Lancashire, and one typical Delamere 

 form, together with an example of Melanargia galatea, with 

 a streak of black running through the light basal patches of 

 white in the fore-wings, and a typical specimen for com- 

 parison. Both specimens were from N. Cornwall. 



Mr. Step exhibited photographs of the white-beam tree 

 and of a species of fungus, Phlebium radiata, found on the bark 

 of tree-trunks at Oxshott. He pointed out the curious 

 method of spore-bearing on spines which was characteristic 

 of this fungus. 



Mr. Main exhibited (i) two large Reduviid species of 

 Hemiptera, which are said to attack human beings ; (2) a 

 species of Dorylus with a small as3'mmetrical nervure in the 

 right fore-wing, both from West Africa. 



Mr. Manger exhibited a large portion of his collection of 

 the Molluscan shells of the Pccten group, and read a short 

 paper on the exhibit (see p. 23). 



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