H.D.E. Hope Department of O.U.M. Entomology Oxford University Museum Parks Road Oxford OX1 3PW I.T.E. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology Monks Wood Experimental Station Abbots Ripton Huntingdon PE17 2LS S.C.M. Southend Central Museum R G. Payne. Assistant Curator (Natural History) Victoria Avenue Southend-on-Sea. Essex SS2 6EX S.L.E.N.H.S. South London Entomological and Natural History Society (now British Entomological and Natural History Society - q.v.) THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB WAS FOUNDED IN 1880 TO FOSTER INTEREST IN, AND TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF THE NATURAL HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX. Further information can be obtained from: The General Secretary, Essex Field Club, Passmore Edwards Museum, Romford Road, Stratford, E15 4LZ. 136