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who worked further down the line. Eventually, the members, still 

 without their President, turned towards home. The railway bank had 

 yielded Syrichthus jnalvce, NisoniadestageSj Euclidia mi, and 7^7. glijphica, 

 and one or two specimens of Lycmia icarus were also flying about. 

 One specimen of Thecla ruhi had also been taken by Mr. W. H. Smith 

 during the day. The party worked back through Denny bog and wood, 

 and on their arrival at Lynwood found Mr. Harvey awaiting them. 

 The President did not appear till some time afterwards. He had, it 

 appeared, been right up to the lucina ground, but failed to find that 

 insect, the weather being much too dull, but had been rewarded by a 

 couple of specimens of Macroglossa fuciformis, and one of M. homhyli- 

 J'ormis (the broad-bordered species). After tea the party set out to 

 sugar in Hurst Wood. Plenty of Geometrse flew at dusk, but these 

 proved to be only Larentia viridaria, Panayra ^:>6<?-rt?7a, and other 

 common kinds. Before the sugar was well laid on, rain began to fall, 

 which it soon became evident had set in for the night. We soon had 

 to return home, but not before it became obvious that not a single 

 moth was coming to the sugar ; and "assembling" with a specimen of 

 Eurymene dolohraria obtained by Mr. Bacot in the afternoon was 

 equally unprofitable. On Sunday morning Messrs. L. J. Tremayne 

 and Bacot worked before breakfast in "Jones's" enclosure for the 

 larvae of Limenitis syhilla, but without result ; and a search for the 

 larvae of Argynnis j^aphia in Beechen Lane was equally unsuccessful. 

 After breakfast the whole party started for Kinefield, with the exception 

 of Mr, Nicholson, who preferred to go for Nemeobius lucina. The day 

 was fine and bright, and the members spent some little time on Butt's 

 Lawn searching for Thecla ruhi, but they were unsuccessful, though 

 some fine specimens of Phytometra viridaria, Ematurga atomaria, and 

 Argynnis euphrosijne were taken. They then turned into Hurst Wood, 

 where hard beating produced about twenty larvaB of Catocala promissa. 

 On emerging on to the heath between Hurst Wood and Vinney Eidge, 

 the members were unable to resist the temptation of a dip in the 

 Lymington river, after which they proceeded direct to Rinefield. 

 Contrary to expectation, the rhododendrons were scarcely out at all, 

 ■though the azaleas were in full bloom, and the latter afforded most of 

 the attraction for the few insects that were on the wing. Although 

 Mr. Harvey took a specimen of M. homhyliformis almost immediately 

 on entering the avenue, scarcely any more were seen, and though the 

 members remained on the ground for an hour or two, no success 

 rewarded their patience. In the afternoon the party returned home 

 via Vinney Ridge and Butt's Lawn. In the evening Messrs. L. J. 

 Tremayne, R. W. Bobbins, Harvey, and Bacot started to dusk at 

 Matley. Going across the heath by the side of the Matley Road, 

 they turned up a few specimens of Scodiona helgiaria at rest. Mr. L. 

 J. Tremayne also took a specimen of Drepana lacertinaria flying. 

 Dusking at the bog, however, again proved a failure, as, with the 

 exception of some rather worn specimens of Pachycnemia hippo - 

 ■castanaria, nothing worth taking was netted. Subsequently the party 

 returned across Whitemoor, and took a few more Scodiona helgiaria. 

 The next day was spent by the members at Stubby Copse working for 

 Nemeobius lucina, of which Mr. Nicholson had taken seven yesterday. 

 Very moderate success, however, attended the North Londoners to-day, 



