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ound under stones. Field crickets, Gnjll„s can,pe.tris, which were 

 located by their sound, and induced to leave their holes in the 

 bank by inserting a straw. Small scorpions {Buthus occitanns) 

 which were found ,n numbers under stones and which consumed 

 the bodies of flies. A trap-door spider which could be located by 

 no icing the movements of closing the door of its burrow. The 

 well known harvesting ant (Aphenoi/aster sp.) of the Eiviera. The 

 larvae of a species of Ascalaphus which were very sluggish in their 

 movements. The larva of the Neuropteron Palmares sp., which was 

 found resting under sand, but not in burrows, and which when 

 disturbed rapidly worked its way tail first under the sand a^ain. 

 The Wolf spider L,,cosa narbonemis. A living specimen of 

 Plebet„s an,yro<inomon, and of Melitaea didu,na with its varie^^ated 

 pupa case. '^ 



oli^'"', ^\J' ^n""^'^'^ ^^^M the leaves of ash extensively 

 galled by the small dipteron Ferrhia fraxini, Kieffer 



Mr. K. G. Blah- exhibited the " Stick Insects" Bacain. .allien., 

 Charp. from &. France, and pointed out their short antenna., in 

 contrast to La>-an.iusnu.o.ns, Br., from India, with long antennae. 

 The larva, of the Ant-lions, Palpares and ^.caZaM.; from S 

 France, and described their method of capturing prey. The larv^ 

 ojPapU.0 poaUnns from S. France, in their second inst,ar, from 

 ova. Aru.a brenpemus (Galerucid beetle) bred from larva, from S 

 ^ra^nce. Lau>pyris lusitanica, Mots., ^ ? , bred from larv.^ from 

 S France previously exhibited as pupa.. Pkot.ris penn.yl.anica, 

 i)eG., ^ 3 , bred from larva, from Washington, U.S.A. Both sexes 

 have wings and the male shows a flashy lioht 



Mr. H. Moore showed a pupa of Sp/U>u: lu,u.trl with dipterous 

 parasites which had all emerged from one hole as larv-^ ami 

 pupated outside. It was suggested that the parent had laid ego-s 

 in the already dead pupa. ^° 



Mr. Enefer exhibited the larv.^ of the "ladybird" Coccinella 

 U^nutata^ the larv. of an Antkrenn. species with'bands of co Id 

 hairs, which feeds on dried up vegetation, and the grain weevH 

 CaloMra^cnutna;^^ ,ead notes on their respective habits. 



Mr. Withycombe exhibited a living specimen of Geo.,etra 

 pap,konar,a^ he larva, of the Scorpion-fly, which he found fed 

 readily on dead insects; and stated that Panorpa ,en>.anlcus lad 

 about 20 ova in a bunch while P. .o.r.uni. laid more than 30. 



Mr. Dennis exhibited a stereo-photograph of Prin.ula .cmira a 

 very local plant found only in the North of Scotland. 



