affected insects and plants alike. Members attended meetings of 

 the South London Entomological Society at Ham Street on June 8th 

 and others at Wrotham and SevenoakSo The Kent Field Club met at 

 Chilham, Hothfield and Woolwichwood and all happened to be on 

 fine days. At Hothfield on July 6th the temperature reached Sy'^J^o 

 and there were a lot of insects on the wingo The section meeting 

 was at Westwood on Juine 1 9th at the beginning of the heat wave. 

 Everything was very dried up: there v/ere a lot of moths on the 

 wing mostly in poor condition, very difficult to catch in the 

 dark of the trees. Butterflies were generally scarce, Westwell 

 appears to have lost at least six species - the Chalk Hill, 

 Adonis, Silver-studded and Small Blues, the Brown Hairs treak and 

 the Dark Green Fritillaryo In view of agricultural encroachment 

 their retxim is unlikely. The Speckled Wood is nov/ ividely 

 distributed. For the rest the Red Admiral and the Comma had a 

 good innings in the Autumn, The Painted Lady appeared rarely in 

 singles, I have heard of only two Clouded Yellows, one at 

 Dungeness in September and another (a Worn j) at Egerton in 

 October, The very rare migrant, the Longtailed Blue was taken at 

 Folkestone Downs on September 8th by F, Knight, It was a fresh f 

 and is nev/ to the local list. 



There were no outstanding migrations of moths in 1 957e The 

 Silver Y. was generally common and continued late into early 

 November, The Humming Bird Hav/kmoth vra.s very scarce, Mr, P, Cue 

 took a fresh ^ Bedstraw Ha¥/k Celerio galii Rott in his garden in 

 Ashford on July 24th and Mr, W,Lc Rudland trapped a Convolvulus 

 Hawk in his garden at Y/illesborough in September, The highlights 

 of the season Vvrere a night at Lydd-cn-sea on June 28th in v/hich 

 Canon Edv/ards and S, Wakely were kept up until 4.0 a,mo and a 

 night in the Blean Woods on June 29th when three of our m.embers 

 took a memorable catch which is still being sorted out. The 

 three spent the whole of the next day setting their captures and 

 failed to parade for "washing up" duties. These nights occurred 

 during the heat wave \7hich favoured the emergence of many insects 

 retarded by the previous cold. Worthy of special mention is the 



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