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Mr. R. W. Robins subsequently suggested that 

 these belonged to the American bass tree; Mr. 

 Battley, flowers of the bee orchis {Ophrys apifera), 

 from Reigate Hill; Mr. Quail, a box of micro- 

 lepidoptera, including Asrotea nemoralis and 

 Pterophcra tephradaelylus , taken near Heme Bay. 

 Mr. Simes said that Mr. A. C. Smith had been 

 taking Meliiwa cinxia in plenty, at Guemsej-. ilr. 

 Battley gave an account of a trip to Northampton- 

 shire, at Whitsuntide, where he had taken Cartero- 

 £ephalus palamon, and larvse of Thecla pruni, T. 

 vj-album, T. betulce, Asteroscopus sphinx, Trichiura 

 cratagi, etc. He had also noticed some ptire white 

 flov/ers of the purple bugle (Ajuga reptans). Mr. 

 Bacot read the following notes on the genus 

 Smerinthus : "I have lately been assembling the 

 species of Snurinthus in my garden at Clapton. 

 On the 7th, I took four 5. tUia between 8.50 and 

 9.25 p.m. With S. poptdi and S. ocellatus, I find 

 it necessary to place the female on a bush, or to 

 leave the cage open, when a male will usually be 

 found in, copula with the female next morning. 

 The males of these species do not, so far as 

 my experience goes, assemble till after midnight, 

 probably just before dawn. I think I have at last 

 hit upon a reasonable explanation of the eye-spots 

 on the hind wings of S. ocellaius. If the moth is 

 disturbed when resting, it raises its fore-wings and 

 suddenly exposes the eyes. The effect is rather 

 startling, and is probably effective in scaring any 

 small bird that might interfere with it. In breed- 

 ing S. :ili(B, I have found that though the lanae up 

 to about their third moult do very well on fresh 

 yotmg shoots of the lime, they require less 

 succulent food after this moult, and thrive best on 

 the smaller dark green, fleshy leaves from the top 

 or upper branches of the tree." Mr. R. W. Robbins 

 recorded one Zonosoma annulaia, from Chattenden. 

 Mr. Prout recorded Acontia luctuosa. Scoria limata, 

 and the lar\-3S of Saturnia pavania on oak, from the 

 same district. !Mr. Prout also recorded eight 

 Setina irrorella, seven Acidalia ornata, Anaitis 

 plagiata in great abundance amongst the St. John's 

 wort, but very worn, and Philabaptcryx vitalbata, 

 from Boxhill, taken on July gth. Mr. Jennings 

 said he had been working up the local lists of 

 Diptera and Hymenoptera, and reported progress. 

 To the Diptera he had added twenty-three species, 

 and had also met v\-ith one or two insects which 

 occurred rarely last year, notably Mintho przceps 

 and Mersdon equestris. , In the Aculeate H%-men- 

 optera he had added several new bees, amongs: 

 them Melecta armata, one of the parasitic bees, vvhich 

 he took from the burrows of Anthophora filipes in 

 Epping Forest in April. In the Tenthredmidae, 

 Ichnetunonidae, and allied families of Phytophagous 

 Hymenoptera, a fe-.v new species had occurred, 

 but our Ust at present vras a very short one. 

 On Saturday, Jtily nth, the Society made an 

 excursion to Leigh. The party tra%-elled by the 

 3.8 train from Fenchurch Street to Benfleet, and 

 proceeded to Candy Island, ha\-ing heard that 

 this was now the best locality for Hesperia linecla. 

 The coveted insect, however, was not fotmd during 

 the afternoon, and entomology was almost a per- 

 fect blank. Messrs. C. S. Nicholson and L. J. 

 Tremayne found a few plants, including Vicia 

 tetrasperma, Lepidium ruderale and Torilis nodosa. 

 The members enjoyed a very good tea at an inn by 

 the river, and subsequently returned home by a 

 late train. Other members of the Society were in 

 another part of Candy Island during the afternoon, 

 and took H. Hne'Dla in some numbers. — La-snn.-i J. 

 Tremayne, Hon. Sec. 



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