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dragon, Rosa arvensis, blackberry, etc.; and described the methods 

 of seed-distribution of these plants. 



He also showed the " thin sideways " shape of the coclu'oach 

 and centipede, a form affording facilities of hiding away in crevices ; 

 two phases of the eclipse of the moon ; a common earwig with no 

 forceps developed ; a cocoon of Henierobius (jiiadrifasciata ; an 

 Acalofihiifi larva, and a young larva of Chn/so/m perla. 



He added a few slides of the former appearance of the Black 

 Pond at Oxshott and contrasted recent photographs of the same 

 area, and called attention to the vast development of Midinia 

 cerulaea the moor grass, with which much of the former woodland 

 was now covered. 



Mr. A. W. Dennis exhibited slides of the ova of a Ciniex. 



Mr. E. J. Bunnett exhibited slides of Clematis vitalba to contrast 

 back and front lighting ; eggs of moth, probably Tii/i/uiena 

 pronuha laid on a cotton thread ; egg cocoons of Fairy lamp Spider, 

 Ai/roeca hninnea ; egg mass of frog to compare with the egg rope of 

 the toad ; Bnjohia speciosa (a mite) ; Ptilinns pectinicornis, ^ and 2 

 showing the beautifully pectinated antennae of the ^ ; Piaplddia 

 macidata, a "Snake fly"; larva and pupa-case of KiirrJu/para 

 tirticata with Parasitic diptera and eggs ; corner of the eye of 

 Eristalis; Wing of Earwig ; and larvte of jfi';7'ocfl ////*« limaciiia, the 

 Pear- Slug sawfly. 



OCTOBER 13th, 1921. 



Mr. A. W. Vesterling, 107, Castle Street, Battersea, London, 

 8.W. 11, was elected a member. 



Mr. C. D. Soar gave a lecture on the " Hydracarina or Water- 

 mites," and illustrated it with a large number of lantern slides of 

 various species, their structural details and life-history, together with 

 the coloured drawings he had prepared for a monograph of the 

 group. (See page 3.) 



Mr. Grosvenor exhibited a series of the chief species of the genus 

 Zi/fiaena in the Palfearctic area. 



Mr. Blenkarn exhibited the scarce weevil Epipolaens calii/iiiosns, 

 which he had found under stones on the Dover cliff's, on September 

 3rd, 1921. 



Mr. Newman exhibited a series of Itioiiicia pidaeas captured in 

 July and August, including ab. obsoleta, ab. eleas, a golden shaded 



