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Tea was taken at the ‘“‘ Hoy”’ inn, at South Benfleet. After tea, a 
meeting of the Club was held with the Presidentin the chair, when one nomina- 
ination for membership was read. 
The President referred to the death, a few days before, of one of our 
Members of Council, Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, Bart., and proposed that 
a letter of condolence be sent to Lady Barrett-Lennard: the suggestion was 
adopted unanimously. Thanks were voted also to the conductors. 
The President said that the company was honoured with the presence of 
Mr. E. E. Green, President of the Entomological Society, and invited that 
gentleman to speak on the entomological finds of the day. 
Mr. Green was followed by Miss Lister, Miss Hibbert-Ware, and Mr. 
Thompson,who each made some remarks on the observations of the excursion. 
The more interesting records may be summarised as follows :— 
The plants met with on the “‘saltings ’’ orin the marsh ditches included : 
Spergularia neglecta, Artemisia maritimaand its var. gallica, Arvmeria vulgavis, 
Statice Limonium, Salicornia herbacea, Sueda maritima, Atriplex patula, 
A. hastata, A. littoralis, Obione portulacoides, Beta maritima, Tviglochin n.avi- 
fimum, Juncus compressus var. Gerardi, Juncus maritimus, Scirpus marvitimus, 
Glyceria maritima, Hordeum maritimum, and Lepturus filijormis, A profusion 
of Daucus carota and Helminthia echioides in one field afforded indication of 
the high lime-content of the alluvial soil of the island (probably due to com- 
minuted shells of Cardium and other molluscs). 
Among the birds, Meadow Pipits, Yellowhammers, Curlews, Redshanks, 
Peewits, a Stonechat, Mallards, and a Willow Warbler still in full song were 
recorded on the excursion, and, in addition, Greater Blackbacked Gulls, 
Herring Gulls, Blackheaded Gulls, Common Gulls and Ring Plovers were 
seen feeding on the mud at low tide by members who stayed on the island 
for the week-end. 
Among the insects noted were a single larva of the Essex Emerald Moth 
(Euchlovis smavagdaria) feeding on the Sea Wormwood, caterpillars of the 
Mother Shipton moth (Euchidia mi) a large swarm of the beetle, 4 phodius 
contaminatus in and flying over horse droppings on a road, and equally large 
swarms of the dipteron Ephydra on Entevomorpha covering one brackish- 
water ditch. 
Two isopods, Idotea tricuspidata and Sphaeroma rugicauda, were found in 
brackish ditches on the island, and large numbers of the ostracod Cyprido- 
psis aculeata. 
The return journey to town was made by the 6.30 p.m. train from Benficet. 
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FUNGUS FORAY, LOUGHTON TO HIGHBEACH 
(57otrH MEETING). 
SATURDAY, 13T3 OCTOBER, 1923. 
An unexpectedly fine day, following a week of heavy rain, tempted some 
130 members and visitors to take part in this annual Foray, which has now 
become one of the most popular functions of the Club's year ; for the second 
consecutive occasion the Foray was made a joint one of the Club and of the 
British Mycological Society. 
