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After the early orchids have all gone, the spider goes to the 

 meadow thistle and lives among the florets. Dealing with bees, 

 the lecturer said he had a great number, and, until recently, 

 was able to handle them with impunity; but last year whilst 

 photographing some bees belonging to a friend he had the 

 misfortune to be badly stung. The curious part was that, 

 when he had recovered and visited his own bees for the first 

 time after the occurrence, he heard their danger-note, and they 

 promptly attacked him. Some subtle change had taken place 

 in him, and he had become an object of intense dislike, and 

 was no longer able to approach even near his own hives. 

 Photographs were shown of the old-fashioned wasteful " skep " 

 and the modern frame hives, and of "foundations" with bees 

 at work on them. One of the brood-comb showed workers 

 busy, some young bees emerging, and also included the queen. 

 Sonir photomicrographs of parts of the bee and wasp were 

 shown, and the adaptation of the mouth-parts in each described 

 and compared. The mole-cricket next claimed attention. It 

 is an interesting creature in many ways, but is rather diflicnlt 

 to obtain. It leads a subterranean life, and only conies out at 

 dusk. Its note is curiously ventriloquial, in that it sounds 

 quite far away while it may actually be at one's feet. The 

 larvae of the Puss moth and the combative habits of the Lobster 

 moth larva were dealt with, and were followed by a very 

 interesting series of photographs illustrating the emergence 

 of a butterfly from the pupa-case. An autochrome slide of the 

 fully developed insect, a Peacock butterfly, was shown. This, 

 Mr. Martin-Duncan said, was one of six attempts to get a 

 satisfactory photograph, the others being spoilt through move- 

 ment during the necessary comparatively long exposure. The 

 " eye " markings on wings were then noticed, and a number 

 of interesting photographs, including several autochromes, were 

 projected. The lecturer quoted instances where he had placed 

 Purple Emperors in an aviary. So long as the butterfly flew 

 about the birds appeared rather alarmed ; but when it settled 

 down, and folded its wings, so covering up the "eyes," it had not 

 much longer to live. 



