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species found here; for instance, I met with ten species of 

 Telephorus, and with the exception of T.fuscicornis and T. discoideiis, 

 all are common. It may be worthy of remark that at Eynesford, in 

 189 1, T. fuscicoriiis was the commonest of the group in that district, 

 Another very common beetle on birch, hornbeam, and a variety of 

 things at Claygate, is Luperus befiiimus, and common enough it was 

 on Saturday, falling literally in hundreds into the umbrella. 



"The Black Pond was reached soon after 7 o'clock, but nearly all 

 the Donacia had retired for the day, so that only D. sericea, with 

 the intermediate forms to £>. coinari, were to be obtained. Two or 

 three Coccinella ocellata were found on the reeds, and one or two 

 Erirrhbius nereis. The final capture was a nice specimen of 

 Cryptocephahis li?ieola, making the third captured at this spot by 

 myself. A great many odd and common things put in an appearance, 

 such as Adimonia caprece, Strophosomus livibatus, but these captures 

 are all decidedly uninteresting. I joined the party at Oxshott 

 Station for return journey at 9.27." 



So ended another very successful and pleasant field meeting of 

 this Society. 



Notes on the Unusual Abundance of Polyommatus 

 phlaeas, L., in 1893. 



By F. W. Hawes. Read September 2W1, 1893- 



About ten years ago there appeared in a volume of the " Entomo- 

 logist" a note calling attention to the then scarcity of the small 

 co'^Xi&c P. phlceas, L., in these Islands, the writer giving it as his 

 opinion that this little species is, or was, following in the wake of its 

 larger relative F. dispar, Haw., and gradually becoming extinct so 

 far as concerns Great Britain. Happily since that time F. phlaas 

 has steadily gained ground, culminating during this season in an 

 abundance at the present date which may well be termed extraordinary. 

 The first brood, together with many other species, appeared 

 abnormally early, being well out at the beginning of May (the first 

 specimens having been seen in April commonly), and speaking lor 

 my own neighbourhood, where the species is always present in 

 varying quantity year by year, the second brood was on the wing 

 about July loth, or fully three weeks before the usual time. This 

 brood, which is the most regular as to time and numbers, scarcely 

 ever fails to put in an appearance during the first week in August : 

 but this year by that time many of the resulting larvse were full- 

 grown ; and the third brood began to emerge during the last week 

 in August, and was well out early in September. In fact, except for 

 a slight lull at the beginning of August, specimens were to be seen 



