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Mr. H. W. Andrews exhibited the following species of Diptera : — 



1. Dioctria oelandlca, L., a species he had looked for years to find. 

 It was taken in one corner of a field only, near Farningham. It 

 could be easily recognised by the zigzag black markings across the 

 forewings. 



2. Catabomba pi/rastri, L., $ var. unicolor, Curt., from Shoreham, 

 Kent. 



3. Urophora cardiii, L., bred from thistle galls, found at Shore- 

 ham ; parasites bred from the galls were also shown. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited the curious " flue-brush " beetle, 

 Rhina barbirostris, from S. America. 



Mr. F. J. Coulson exhibited (I) Xi/lophasia inonoi/lypJia var. infus- 

 cata, taken August 2nd, 1922, at Wimbledon Common ; also alight 

 brown form from Merton, Surrey. 



2. Boarmia yeinmaria, one ^ and three 2 ? of a blackish 

 speckled form, bred in 1922, from ova of a wild female taken in 

 1921, at St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex. Examples of the normal 

 form bred with the above specimens, and two var. perfnmaria forms 

 bred from Wandsworth Common larvae, were shown for com- 

 parison. 



Mr. T. H. L. Grosvenor exhibited eggs of the following Raptores 

 from Northern India : — 



1. Pondichery Vulture. Found at the village of Jamsher, Jul- 

 landar District of Punjab. The nest is very large, instances have 

 been known where the material used has weighed two to three cwt. 

 One QQg only is laid, and the nest is always placed at the top of the 

 highest tree in the district. 



2. White-backed Vulture. These birds are gregarious during 

 nesting, several nests often being in one tree. They are placed at 

 any height from the ground, and contain one egg, rarely two eggs. 



3. Egyptian Vulture. The nest is usually placed at a height of 

 14 to 20 feet from the ground, generally on the main trunk, where 

 the boughs commence to branch out. Two handsome red-mottled 

 eggs are laid. 



4. White-tailed Eagle. A common carrion feeder in the North 

 Punjab. The nest is placed in a thorn bush about 15 to 20 feet 

 from the ground, and two white eggs are laid. 



Mr, Step exhibited living examples, male and female, of the 

 Pyrenean Newt {Mol(je pyre)iaei(s = a>ipe)) which he had received from 

 Mr. A. de B. Goodman, who had captured them in a stream on the 

 Porte Gavarnie route at an elevation of 600 feet. Its distribution 



