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Melitaea aitiinia from Kisilsk. on the Ui'al Rivet', in the S.E. Ural 

 Mts. of Russia, together with other races for comparison, including 

 proviufialin, hibernira, merope, and others from Corsica and Bavaria. 

 The Ural race was characterised bv' the submarginal band of the 

 forewings not being costally margined by black, and by the abund- 

 ant light yellow markings of the forewings. 



Mr. Withycombe exhibited a living specimen of the large Staphy- 

 linid beetle, Ewks /urtns, from the Pyrenees. 



Mr. Bell exhibited larvae of Cernra bifida, C. fnrcnla, and Noto- 

 donta 2/Vcrtr, bred from ova found in the woods near Hatfield, in 

 June, 1922. The ova of the Cenira moths are said to be invariably 

 deposited on the upper surface of leaves, but these ova were on the 

 undersides of the leaves ; and on July 22nd he had found ova of (J. 

 furciila at High Beech, again on the underside of the leaves. He 

 also showed a small larva of StaiiiDpus fagi, beaten at Hatfield on 

 July 7th. It was found on an isolated beech tree, and assiduous 

 beating failed to obtain others. On the stems of sillow he had 

 found ova which were studded with bristles and opened with a lid. 

 These hatched, and the larvae obtained attacked and sucked dry 

 the larva of one of the " hook-tip " moths. They were probably 

 ova of a Hemipteron. 



JULY -lOth, V.)-2-2. 



Field Meeting — Eastbourne. 



Conductor, Robert Adkin, F.E.S. 



Sixteen members and friends, the majority of whom had travelled 

 from Victoria by the 9.45 a.m. train, assembled at " Hodeslea " for 

 an early lunch, which having been duly negotiated, they set out for 

 a ramble along the lower slopes of the South Downs, towards 

 Beachy Head. The weather was fine and an enjoyable afternoon 

 was spent among the butterflies and moths that abound in those 

 parts. Among the more notable species met with may be mentioned 

 Colias croceiis {ediisa), of which some three or four specimens, the 

 first of the descendants of the immigrants of the spring, were taken. 

 Agriades coridon appeared to be only just coming out, several speci- 

 mens secured being in very fresh condition ; Zggaena filipendulae 

 was found in countless thousands, but among the large numbers 



