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brown. Another from Oxshott had the underside of the hindwings 

 almost of a red colour, devoid of markings. 



He also exhibited a specimen of var. obscnra of Cleoceris viiiii)ialis, 

 from Yorks, together with the typical form and an intermediate. 



Mr. Withycombe exhibited the following taken from pines by 

 beating, at Oxshott, viz., Panolis ])iniperda, larvae of Ellopia jirosa- 

 piaria (faaciaria), an imago of Chnjsopa vulgaris, and larvae of C. 

 prosina, which feed on C/ieriitex lands (also exhibited). 



Major Cottam reported that he had taken both P. piniperda and 

 Pohjploca fiavicornis in mid-March, at Oxshott. It was stated that 

 P. piniperda in some seasons came to sallow blossom, though in 

 .other years not one would be seen. 



APUIL 21th, 1922. 

 Mr. K. G. Blair, B.Sc, F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Messrs. A. D. Hobson, of Highgate; W. Rait Smith, P.E.S., of 

 Bickley ; and A. G. West, of W. Dulwich, were elected members. 



Mr. E. E. Green, F.E.S., gave an account of " British Coccidae," 

 with black-board sketches and numerous coloured figures of species 

 and their depredations. (See page 12.) 



Mr. Grosvenor exhibited a store box containing the displayed 

 collection of the species of the genus F.ndrosa {Setina): E.irrorella, 

 E. roscida, K. kiihltceini, E. aio-ita, with the named forms and local 

 races from many localities, from the late Dr. Chapman's collections, 

 and which were to be placed in the British Museum. 



Mr. Step exhibited, on behalf of Lieut. G. E. Step, a living speci- 

 men of the Salamander {Sala)iiaudra )iiaculosa), found under a heap 

 of stones by the roadside in the Foret de Boulogne, at Easter. Its 

 discovery was due to the finding of a dead specimen with an incision 

 in the abdomen, pointmg to the probability that, in spite of its 

 warning colours, it had been attacked by a raptorial bird which, 

 however, had declined to make a meal of it. The occurrence of the 

 species so far north was considered unusual. 



MAY nth, 1922. 



Mr. C. B. Leechman, of Parley, was elected a member. 

 Mr, Hugh Main exhibited Zeryntlna {Thais) polyxena, bred from 

 a larva taken at Hy^res ; and some wingless sand-beetles, Pimelia 



