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cannot do otherwise than accept the honour, and trust that we shall 
work together as before, to the continued success of our Society. 
REPORTS OF FIELD MEETINGS IN 1905. 
Leith Hill — June 24th, 1905. 
Leader. —Mr. V. Eric Shaw. 
Members met at London Bridge and caught the 2 p.m. train for 
Dorking; as the train stopped at Holmwood, which was nearer the 
collecting ground, the party travelled on to this station. A mile’s walk 
brought us to the collecting ground, where about 40 species of macro- 
lepidoptera were taken, including Cep phis advenaria, Macaria liturata, 
Eudalimia maryaritatafiidaria truncata, Erastria amata,Paehysbetularia, 
Phytometra viridaria, Ptilodon camelina, and Hypena crassalis. 
After tea, at the Plough Inn at Coldharbour, a further visit was 
paid to the collecting ground. 
About fourteen members and visitors attended, and although no 
rare species was taken it was generally agreed that the district was one 
of considerable promise. 
Clialfont Road — Saturday, July 8tli, 1905. 
Leader. —Mr. L. B. Prout. 
Thirteen members and four visitors attended, arriving by various 
routes and at various times, but all meeting for tea at the “ Cyclist’s 
Rest ” (White Lion Inn) at about 6 p.m. During the early part of the 
day the woods and lanes in the neighbourhood of Chorley Wood, and 
between that point and Chalfont Road, were worked, and Pdvula 
sevicealis, Euphyia amniculata (unanynlata ) and picata, Mesoleuca 
albicillata, Ochyria quadrifasciata, Astliena luteata, and other species 
were taken, besides one or two A. blomeri, as an earnest of what was 
to follow. Later on, the party in practically full force worked a small 
wood near Chalfont Road station, and here Spilote ( Abraxas ) sylvata 
was found in countless myriads, mostly in wasted condition, whilst 
Aathena blomeri was exceptionally common, over 150 being secured, 
and many making their escape. The majority were settled on beech 
trunks, as many as eight being once counted on a single tree; but they 
were, as usual, very shy. Envois prasina (her bid a), Euphyia picata, 
Mesoleuca albicillata, &c., were also seen in this wood, and a few 
members who stayed for “sugaring” added Thyatira batis, Bombycid 
duplaris, &e., to the “bag,” and had a specimen of Cosmotnche potatoria 
fly up to their lights. Altogether, 50 or more species of “ Macros ” 
were recorded as observed, and a fair number of these were of sufficient 
interest to be worth taking, so that the excursion may fairly be regarded 
as an entomological success. 
