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England, Mr. Jennings could not imagine. After 

 this interesting capture, Messrs. C. Nicholson, 

 L. T. Tremayne. Bacot, Bishop and W. H. Smith, 

 with Miss Nicholson and Miss Bacot, made for 

 Hurst Wood. Scarcely anything flew at dusk, 

 a few Melanippe motUanata being about the 

 only captures, though New Park was tried as 

 being better ground. Sugar also was an utter 

 failure, not attracting a single lepidopteron. 

 Larva beating produced a few Asphalia ridens, 

 us, and Psilura monacha. Messrs. Harvey 

 and Woodward, however, were successful in taking 

 on Whitemoor. 



A trip to Beaulieu had been arranged for 

 Sunday, but as the day was again intensely hot, 

 the members decided not to go so far. Several 

 stayed at home, but a collecting party left 

 Lynwood. after breakfast, for Beechen Lane, 

 Denny and Matley Bogs, and Stubby Copse. 

 Beating in Beechen Lane, Mr. Bishop brought out 

 a specimen of Epioxc advenaria and Mr. Bacot one 

 of Gnophria rubrkollis. Bombyx rubi was found 

 commonly on the heath near Denny Bog, as well 

 as a few Sa'urnia carpini. Mr. Woodward also 

 took Lilhoia nusomd'.a and Gnophria rubrkollis. The 

 larvae beaten were Taeniocampa miniosa, a few 

 Asphalia ridens. Thecla quercus, Amphidasys strataria 

 and Psilura monacha. The party remained out the 

 best part of the day and returned by the Beaulieu 

 Road, picking up some more Scodiona belgiaria on 

 Whitemoor. The Vice-President took a fine speci- 

 men of EupUhicea logata from a fence. Meanwhile 

 Messrs. Jennings and W. H. Smith had spent the 

 day at Rhinefield and taken six specimens of 

 lossa bombyliformis . They also found several 

 species of large Syrphidae in numbers at the 

 rhododendron blossoms. Amongst them were 

 Serkomyia borcalis. Criorrhina oxyacanthac, Volucclla 

 i ins var. plumata and Myiatropa jlorea. S. 

 boriala much resembles a wasp, both in its mark- 

 ings and in its manner of flight, and when caught 

 produces a loud humming noise by the vibration 

 of the halters, which resembles, in miniature, the 

 crying of a child. A single specimen of Conops 

 • iris was seen, but, unfortunately, escaped. 



On the way home, Mr. W. H. Smith took one 

 ■mfa mirgaritaria. one Geometer vernaria, and 

 one larva of Ca: : ■ m j, beaten from an oak 

 dose to Clay Hill. The larvae of DUoba • 

 uphala and Sola cucullatella were abundant on the 

 banks of th>.- Lymington River, and in Hurst 

 Mr Jennings H* a female Dioctrta oelaiuti 

 of the predatory dipterous flies with its prey in its 

 jaws, i-ane and Whitemoore were the 



scenes of the evening work. Sugar was as 

 as on the previous night, and netting mi 

 desk only slightly Impri 



On-- Mr.C B. Smith, Mr. Nfobolson, 



sen., and all the ladies, except 



elected to drive to Rufus Stone. Miss Saunders 

 spent the day collecting ferns in Pond Head, and 

 Jones' Enclosures and Beechen Lane. The rest of 

 the party started for Matley Bog, via Whitemoor. 

 For Lepidoptera this was the best day of the trip. 

 The alder swamps in Matley Bog yielded Hydrelia 

 uncula, Eupisleria heperata, Hypsifetes impluriata 

 and one Erastria jasciana, while Aspilates strigillaria 

 occurred not uncommonly on the heaths, and 

 Drepana falcataria was found among the birch 

 Mr. Jennings met with the only good weevil taken 

 during the trip, a specimen of Erirrhinus bimaculatus, 

 and also the best species of Diptera taken, viz., a 

 male of Spibomyia speciosa, boxed from the side of 

 the brook running through Matley Bog. This 

 gentleman also obtained a female of Merodon 

 equestris (Syrpidae), which Mr. Nicholson had 

 taken at flowers in the Lynwood Garden. This 

 is an introduced species, having been brought to 

 England in bulbs, in which the larvae feed It is 

 now well-established in this country. The party 

 returned home early, and after a hearty tea caught 

 the 7 o'clock train back to London. 



Mr. Jennings reports the following species, other 

 than Lepidoptera, taken during the trip, in addition 

 to those already mentioned : — Geodephaga (ground 

 beetles) ; Calosoma inquisitor, two beaten from oaks, 

 and one each from hazel, beech and Hawthorn ; 

 Abax striola and Harpalus rubripes, one each under 

 log on a heath ; one Dromius 4-maculatus, and one 

 species each of the genera Pterostichus, Notiophilus 

 Harpalus and Calathus (not yet named) ; Brachelytra 

 (rove-beetles) ; Creophilus maxillosus, one under a 

 dead rabbit on Whitemoor ; Necrophaga (burying 

 beetles) ; Silpha ^-punctata, beaten commonly from 

 oaks ; 5. rugosa, one ; S. sinuata, several obtained 

 from the before-mentioned dead rabbit ; Saprinus, 

 two unnamed species from the same source ; 

 Lanellicomia, Geotrupes vcrnalis, one on Whitemoor ; 

 Trox sabalosus, one under an old rag at a spot where 

 there had evidently been a gipsy encampment ; 

 Mclolontha vulgaris, several beaten from oaks ■ 

 Phyllopertha horticola, four in various situations ; 

 Leucanus ccrvus, several ; Elateidae (click beetles) ; 

 Campylus linearis, one out of hawthorn; Colymbetes 

 noloscriccns, common on oaks; Malacodermata ; 

 \oma nobile, one from aspen ; Longicornia ; 

 ■ icra sexguttata, one on a wall ; Rhagium 

 bifasciatum, three ; A', inquisitor, one at sugar in 

 Jones' enclosure ; Clytus atlitus, two on dead wood ; 

 Toxolus mcridianus, one netted, Hying near the 

 Lymington River at Rhinefields; Strangalia nigra, 

 three from Matley Bog; Phytophaga, Clythra 

 quadripunctata, one taken by Mr. Bacot at Denny; 

 Crypioeephalus lineola, one from heather on Whiie- 

 ,.„. , , ipreae, ■■til. Phytodccta 



■ iminali;, several. Heteromt it Imto, one 



out of an oak in Hill .1 W I : Khyin opl ora 



two 1, 111 of oal 



