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ottomaniis {lacteus) sent to him from Digne by Mr. Goodman. Its 

 previously known range was from Dalmatia to the Black Sea, and 

 it was unknown from France, hitherto. He also showed two other 

 species for comparison, A. Imuiicornk and A. libelluloides. 



Mr. Coxhead exhibited a twig of dogwood {Cornuti fioiu/uiuea) 

 galled by Olinntrophns {Hon)ioni>/ia) comi (Dipt.). 



Mr. Enefer exhibited living specimens of Hipparchia semele, the 

 weevil, Apion miniatnm, on dock, the shield-bug, Sijroiimstes 

 marf/inatiis and the ova of a lace-wing fly. 



Mr. Main exhibited in his subterrarium the larva of the beetle 

 Xecrophorits interraptus bred from an egg laid by a female caught 

 in a trap set in Woodford. It was expected that it would lie over 

 the winter and pupate in the next season. 



Mr. Goodman exhibited the following species of European 

 "coppers" — lleodes ritnaureae, males and females, from the 

 Engadine and S. France, H. Jdppothoe with var. eunjbia, from the 

 same localities, Chnjsophanns dispar, var. rutUus, 2 from S. France ; 

 and a British 0. dkpar from an old collection. 



Mr. Coppeard exhibited an aberration of Arctia caja in which the 

 spaces of the forewing between the chocolate banding were of a 

 beautiful pinky- white flush. He had bred six similar aberrations 

 from wild larvfe. 



SEPTEMBER 8th, 1921. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited a nest of the wasp Vespa (lermanica 

 taken at Mid-Comp Farm, Borough Green, Kent, on September 1st, 

 1921. He had counted to date 1,052 dead wasps, including 1 2 

 and Q 3 3 , while another 100 or 200 were still in the nest. There 

 were seven or more tiers of comb, with a number of closed cells, 

 probably containing several dozen papa! still alive and a few^ perfect 

 insects. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited males and females of two of the 

 many forms of the gorgeous green Omithoptera priamns, viz., race 

 heciiba from Key Island and race poseidon from N. Queensland. 

 He also showed about a dozen species and racial forms of the Pierid 

 genus Delias, most of which had white as the preponderant colour on 

 the upper sides, while the undersides were most striking and 

 brilliant in design and colour. New Guinea appeared to be the 

 central portion of the area of distribution of the species, and most 

 of the forms came from there. 



