. British journal of entomology and natural history. Natural history; Entomology. 92 BR. J. ENT. NAT. HIST., 8: 1995 particularly well-represented. Beetles did however include the uncommon Rhizophagus nitidulus (F.) as well as Xyleborus dryographus. We would like to thank the National Trust Countryside Manager Graeme Cannon for stimulating the visit and the Area Warden Don Otter for his company on the day. Nunhead Cemetery, London SE15, 9 July 1994 Leader R. A. Jones. Two members and one visitor joined the leader on a warm and sunny day when ten species of common butterfly were on the wing and
. British journal of entomology and natural history. Natural history; Entomology. 92 BR. J. ENT. NAT. HIST., 8: 1995 particularly well-represented. Beetles did however include the uncommon Rhizophagus nitidulus (F.) as well as Xyleborus dryographus. We would like to thank the National Trust Countryside Manager Graeme Cannon for stimulating the visit and the Area Warden Don Otter for his company on the day. Nunhead Cemetery, London SE15, 9 July 1994 Leader R. A. Jones. Two members and one visitor joined the leader on a warm and sunny day when ten species of common butterfly were on the wing and visiting flowers. Nunhead Cemetery is on the very edge of 'Surrey', VC 17, in the central tetrad 'M' of the 10-km square TQ37 and ironically several of these records were new! These included the large skipper, holly blue, green-veined white and red admiral. Roger Hawkins was similarly looking for new Orthoptera records and both the oak bush cricket, Meconema thalassinum (De Geer) and speckled bush cricket, Leptophyes punctatissima (Bosc) were found. Buddleja bushes attracted the large hoverfly Volucella zonaria (Poda) and males of V. pellucens (L.) hovered above the party. A small Prunus tree in a clearing seemed to be attracting a number of specimens of Chrysotoxum festivum (L.) to its leaves where they rested a short time, darting out and back again as if examining passing insects. The few specimens captured were males, suggesting, perhaps, that they were waiting for females. An unusual find was Cheilosia soror (Zett.) a scarce chalk downland species, the larvae of which have been reported from truffles. Nunhead's claim to fame, the Colydiid beetle Cicones undata , associated with the sooty bark disease fungus on dead and dying sycamores, was present at a number of sites. Some interesting beetles found. Fig 1. Posing in front of some overgrown Victorian monuments in Nunhead Cemetery, left to right: R. A. Jones, A. J. Halstead, A. W. Jones and R. D. Please
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