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as it was with the grand old beech trees in their early 

 summer foliage, and the more sombre hue of the spreading 

 yews, a veritable naturalist paradise. Lepidoptera, too, were 

 abundant ; a tap at the beeches when out flew Carpocapsa 

 grossana, Haw., in plenty, also Zonosoma trilinearia, Hb. 

 and from the old junipers, here abundant, the larvae of 

 Eupithecia sobrinata, Hb., in any number. By turning our 

 attention to the yew trees, the larvae of Boarmia abtetaria, 

 Hb., Lithosia deplana, Esp., and an occasional Aventia 

 jiexula, Schiff., may certainly be secured. Hereabout, Mr. 

 Samuel Stevens first turned up the rare Pachetra leucophcsa, 

 View., and from the berries of the old yews on the opposite 

 height of Norbury, Dasycanipa rubiginea, Fb., was found in 

 some numbers by the late Mr. Walton. 



" But to return to the flowers. On the partly cultivated 

 ground beyond the Downs a few plants of Venus' looking- 

 glass, Specularia hybrida, D.C., Anagallis ccerulea, Smith, 

 and the curious ground pine, Ajuga chanKBpitys, Schreb., 

 occurred ; and at the old station I was fortunate enough to 

 meet with two specimens of Liliu-ni martagon, L., in bloom ; 

 it was quite a chance to meet it in flower. Several orchids 

 were collected, the most plentiful being Gymnadenia conopsea, 

 Brown ; and the pretty little Hermmiimi monorchis, Brown, 

 was in profusion in one locality — hundreds might be seen. 

 Only a few Aceras anthropophora, Brown, were found, and no 

 bee orchis, this in some seasons being very common there. 

 The old wall in Headley Lane produced Lactuca muralis, 

 Fresen., and Arabis sagitiata, D.C, whilst the hedge banks 

 near Burford Bridge station yielded Chelidonimn majus, L. 

 This finished my ramble, which I have tried to illustrate by 

 the living plants." 



The plants were distributed to the members present. 



JULY ^tk, 1891. 



W. H. TUGWELL, Esq., Pli.C, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. C. A. Briggs exhibited a melanic specimen of Sphinx 

 lig7istri, L., from the London district. 



Mr. W. H. Tugwell exhibited Sesia sphegiformis, Fabr. ; 

 also sticks of alder, showing pupa cases in sitii from Tilgate 

 Forest, and remarked that for the past fifteen years he had 

 taken this species in small numbers ; but that this year he 

 had been so fortunate as to find thirty pupating larvae in a 

 few hours. He bred some females in the middle of June, 

 and by assembling had captured twenty fine males. The 



