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was broken up, the members wandering away singly, or in twos and threes, 

 to collect what they would or could for the space of one hour by the clock. 

 All appeared to have made good use of their sixty minutes ; and if some had 

 not made many captures, they had at least travelled far, as it was some- 

 thing beyond the appointed time ere the last straggler had reached the 

 rendezvous. Mr. Billups was busy among the Diptera, &c. (see list below), and 

 the Lepidopterists had some sport with Setlna irrorella, Acidalia omata, and 

 the usual pot-pourri of the " hilly field" at this season of the year, com- 

 prising various Pterophoridaa, Crambidse, and Tortrices. The members 

 being again assembled Mr. Briggs resumed command, and marched them 

 back to Leatherhead, where he most hospitably entertained the whole party 

 at his house. 



At the meeting of the above Society held on the 26th of last month 

 Mr. Billups exhibited types of the insects taken at Mickleham by himself; 

 and although, as previously stated, the actual working time was limited to 

 some sixty minutes, still Mr. Billups managed to get a considerable number 

 of insects of many Orders together; and to show what may be accom- 

 plished with a little energy, in a comparatively short time, it may not be 

 uninteresting to enumerate some of the captures. Diptera was the most 

 largely represented Order, there being twenty-nine species, consisting of 

 the following : — Scatopse notata, L. ; Dllophus febrilis, L. ; Bibio marci, L., 

 and johannis, L. ; Simulium reptans, L. ; one species of Ohironomus, not 

 determined ; Pachyrrhina crocata, L. ; Tipula oleracea, L. ; Pachygaster 

 leachii, Curt. ; Nemotelus nigrinus, Fin. ; Beris clavipeSj L., and clialybeata, 

 Foerst. ; Hcematopota pluvialis, L.; Chrysops ccecutiens, L. ; Leptis scolo- 

 pacea, L. ; Leptogaster cylindricus, Deg. ; Dioctria rufipes, Deg., and 

 baumhaueri, Mg. ; Dysmachius trigonus, Mg. ; Bhamphomyia sulcata, Fin. ; 

 Empis tessellata, F., and Uvula, L. ; Dolichopus ceneus, Deg. ; Leucozona 

 lucorum, L. ; Conoids vitellinus, Lw. ; Tetanocera punctulata, Scop. ; Platy- 

 stoma seminationis, F. ; Aciclia heraclei, L. ; and Spilographa zoe, Mg. 

 Hymenoptera, twenty-three species, among which were types of the 

 following sub-families : — Three species of Diploptera, namely Odynerus 

 parietum, L. ; Prosopis communis, Nyl. ; and Notnada alternata, Kirby 

 the Ichneumonidse having ten representatives, i. e. Cliasmodes motatorius 

 Fab. ; Ichneumon vaginatorius, Lin., I. luctatorius,Li., and I. latrator, Fab. 

 Colpognathus celerator, Gr. ; Diccelotus puniilus, Gr. ; Phceogenes planifrons 

 Gr., and fulvitarsis, Gr. ; Hemiteles bicolorinus, Gr. ; and Pezomachus dis 

 tinctus, Foerst. : while Proctotrypes ater, Hah, Codrus apterogynus, Hal. 

 Lag nodes pallidus, Foerst., and Ghelogynus lapponicus, Hal., filled a gap 

 in the Oxyuradse : Callimome regius, Ns., and Syntonaspis caudata, Ns., 

 were the only species of Chalcididse obtained ; while Rhodites rosce, L., 

 and B. eglanterice, Hartig, represented the gall-makers, or Cynipidse. 

 Two species of sawfly, or Tenthredinidae : — Boplxorus pini, L., and Hylo- 

 toma cyanea-crocea, Cam., bringing up the balance of Hymenoptera. 

 Only five species of Coleoptera were taken, these being — Scaphisoma agari- 

 cinwn, 01.; Cistela murina, L.; (Edemera lurida, Marsh.; Magdalinus 

 atcrrima, L. ; and Clytus arietis, L. Hemiptera had three representatives, 

 in Pantilus tunicatus, Fab. ; the not common Stiphrosoma leucocephalum, 

 L. ; Plagiognathus arbustonmi, Fab. Philcenus exclamationis, Thuub., 

 being the only species of Homoptera ; one solitary species also represented 

 the Neuroptera, Stenopisocus cruciatus, L. In all 104 insects were captured 

 by Mr. Billups, representing 10 families : in addition to which there were 



