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where it occurred, on the low rushes, but could also be picked 

 off the taller species of rushes late in the evening. D. lim- 

 bata, Pz. from Wanstead Park, Essex, also Farnham and 

 Sunbury ; not common, chiefly on Iris and Sparganum. D. 

 semicuprea, Pz., abundant in the same localities as the last 

 species. D. simplex, F., found principally in running water, 

 and not so commonly in Surrey as the two previous species. 

 D. vulgaris, Tsch., Esher and Farnham ; commonly on Typha 

 latifolia about two years ago, but scarce this year. D. clavipes, 

 F., Esher ; not common this year. D. sericea, L., Esher, Sun- 

 bury, Farnham, and Rainham, Essex, commonly. D. discolor, 

 Pz., seven or eight specimens swept from the marsh near the 

 Basingstoke Canal. Cryptocephalus lineola, F., by sweeping at 

 Esher. Corymbites tessellatus, L., Esher and Woking. Tele- 

 phones lateralis, L., and Phyllobrotica quadrimaculata> L., Farn- 

 ham ; Malachius ceneus, Sunbury, four other species, occurring 

 in Surrey, viz., M. bipustulatus, L., common everywhere ; M. 

 viridis, F., Farnham ; M. ruftcollis, moderately common at 

 both Farnham and Esher ; M. pulicarius, F., not commonly, at 

 Esher only ; Cionus scrophularicz, L., common ; C. tuberculosis , 

 Scop,, not common, Farnham ; Lebia chlorocephala, E. H. ; 

 Tanymecus palliatus, F., and Clytus mysticus, L., all from 

 Esher. 



Mr. Rice said he had made inquiries as to the kangaroo 

 which, at the last meeting, Mr. Sheldon said he had seen at 

 Leith Hill, and had ascertained that it was the property of 

 W. J. Evelyn, Esq., M.P., who turned some of these animals 

 loose about five years since. A pair bred the same year, and 

 some of their offspring were still living, but were rarely seen 

 except by the keepers. 



Mr. John T. Carrington added that he recollected the 

 turning out of these animals being recorded in The Field. 



The Secretary read a letter from the President recording 

 the unusual abundance of Pieris brassiccz, L., and P. rap&, L., in 

 the neighbourhood of Eastbourne, Sussex, and calling attention 

 to their settling in numbers around puddles in the freshly- 

 watered roads of the town. 



Mr. J. T. Carrington stated he had had many opportuni- 



