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left the jar undisturbed, and have this year bred a batch of them. I 
have not been disappointed. No 7'.'. huhnuila have come to light.” 
Hydrilla palustris at Wicken.— Mr. Clark recorded the capture 
of about 30 specimens. 
.July 16th, 1898.— Excursion to Wksterham. — Leader, Mr. L. B. 
Front.—Messrs. Front and E. Heasler took an early train to Wolding- 
ham, and worked eastwards along the chalk to Westerham, but the 
only find of note during the day was Acoiitia liu-tnnm, which fleiv 
somewhat freely during the fitful gleams of sunshine which occasion¬ 
ally broke the dulness of the day, and of which ten specimens were 
taken. The party arrived at Westerham station at 3.45 to meet the 
afternoon contingent, which, however, only consisted of Mr. Tremayne. 
The commons south of Westerham were worked during the afternoon, 
but not with much success. Three young larviu of Vicranum rinnla 
were found on aspen, a few Jioaruna rcpaiidata occurred on tree-trunks 
and Jhijialus piniaria were still common on the wing. A good specimen 
of Mclanipin’ linaiii/iilata fell to the net of Mr. Heasler, and another of 
Macaria litiirata to ]\Ir. Tremayne. The juniper was beaten without 
success, as had been the clematis in the morning. Somewhat disap¬ 
pointed, the members returned to the village at 6.30, where tea was 
partaken of at “ The George and Dragon.” Afterwards dusking was 
tried in some woods at the other end of the village, but again with little 
success. Jl. piniarta was the only insect that was really common, 
though Ht’jiialns /icctua and Aridalia arcrsata flew in some numbers. A 
specimen of LithoAa was found sitting on the bracken, but 
a likely-looking Noctuid captured on the way back to the station proved 
to be only Vlttsia i/auniia. The party returned by the 9.30 train from 
Westerham. 
July 19th, 1898. — Coleopteua from the New Forest. — Mr. W. 
Hawker Smith exhibited Hulohiiia ohictiK, Lagria hirta, Liupnx nchu- 
losiis, and ('tiri/iiddtrs trssdlat.Ks, from the New Forest. 
Faii.ure of huoarino in Jury. — -Mr. C. Oldham, one Ciiniato - 
jdiara (icidann from hipping Forest, one Adda dcgverdla and series of 
Diptcri/i/ia scabn'iixcida (piitastri), from the same district, reporting that 
sugar was not attracting moths, the result of four nights’ work being 
one insect captured, hut that happened to be ('. ocularis. Members 
now at the New Forest had written to friends reporting that sugaring 
was meeting with little success there, attributing the failure to the 
abundance of honey-dew. Members on holiday in Norfolk lamented 
the same lack of night sport. 
Coleoptera from Heat, district. — Mr. F. B. Jennings, in an 
excursion to Deal, walking across the sandhills through to Sandwich, 
had taken eight Hjijicra fascindata, and specimens of Ihmacia nionjan- 
i hid is and l>. nigra. 
August 2nd, 1898. — Variety of Hydiuecia nictitans. — IMr, H. 
Ainslie Hill, a puzzling variety of II. nictitans, large, and without 
trace of white in the reniform, a fresh-conditioned insect taken in the 
New Forest in 1894. 
Acontia i.uctuosa at Westf.rham.- — Mr. E. Heasler, six specimens 
