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Apparently it had just emerged from hibernation, havmg spent the 

 winter in some part of a chimney where it had got very evenly 

 coated with a fine deposit of soot. The clogging of the spracles, 

 and consequent death of the insect, had been averted, doubtless by 

 the hibernating wasp's habit of folding her wings close to her sides. 

 At first, viewed from above, she was entirely black ; but as soon as 

 boxed she began to clean her face, eyes, and forelegs, soon accumu- 

 lating a little ball of soot in the process. Fearing that the cleans- 

 ing mi-ht be completed, she was transferred to the cyanide bottle. 



The°exhibitor sought to impart a mild flavour of humour to his 

 exhibit by introducing it as V,.pa carbonaria, sp. nov.-an imposi- 

 tion that might have succeeded elsewhere. 



Mr Enefer reported the finding of three larvae of Acromrta aim, 

 at Penzance, in August, 1921, from which he had bred one imago 

 and an ichneumon, the third still remaining in the pupal stage. 

 He added a short account of the life-history and distribution of the 

 species in the British Isles. 



Mr Step reported that of the Cleora lichenaria larvae he exhibited 

 at a previous meeting only one had developed an imago. The rest 

 had extended their feeding two weeks beyond the larva wh.ch had 

 pupated, and now all of them showed cocoons of ichneumons on 



their bodies. 



Mr Grosvenor referred to the fact that the larva of Attacus 

 atlas, in India, when ichneumoned, similarly extended the period of 



its feeding. 



Mr Withycombe exhibited a specimen of the Neuropteron 

 Chrysopa dnrsalh, bred from a larva beaten from the pmes at 

 Oxshott, in 1921. The only known localities for the species were 

 Oxshott (in 1900), Kings Lynn, and Colchester. He reported that 

 the dragonfly, Ubdhda depressa, was ovipositing freely at Straw- 

 berry Hill, on June 7th. Many ova were extruded per minute. 

 Thev have a gelatinous covering and appear to come oft in a stream, 

 but directly they touch an obstacle they come off singly and become 

 attached. As they sink through the water they probably adhere to 

 the leaves and stems of water plants. Mr. Blair remarked that 

 Chrysopa perla seemed to him to be more common than usual this 



year. 



Mr. Coulson reported the capture of a specimen of Phry.rus Irvor- 

 nica on a doorstep at Merton, Surrey, on May 15th. 



Mr Bunnett exhibited ova, larvae, and imagines of ^Jdasoma 



