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is not dissimilar to that of the horse chestnut in appearance. 

 The Catalpas belong to the Biynoniacece. 



2. A witches' broom formed on larch by the fungus Exoaacus 

 tnrgidus. This fungus coramonl}' forms •witches' brooms on birch, 

 but also at times on chestnut, hazel, hornbeam, alder, cherry, 

 elm, pine, and other treee. Sometimes these brooms are of large 

 dimensions. 



3. Cherines pini. — The pine aphis, on young Scots' pine, to which 

 it often causes considerable damage. 



Mr. R. A. R. Priske exhibited long and varied series of the land 

 molluscs, Helix aspersa, H. aibiistonnn and Cijloatotna eleyana. 



Mr. Colthrup exhibited a large number of varieties of the eggs of 

 the tree pipit, meadow pipit and skylark, together with a consider- 

 able number of clutches of eggs of various species, each containing 

 a cuckoo's egg, and pointed out the apparent resemblance to the egg 

 of the foster-parent in many instances. 



Mr. Smallman exhibited : — 



(1) A selected series of Blackbird's eggs showing range of color 

 and shape, including one with a very rough and hard shell of dull 

 lavender colour, and one very small egg. 



(2) A similar series of Robin's eggs ranging from dark fuscous 

 to pure white. 



Mr. Main exhibited the living larvfe of the fire-fly, Lnciola italica, 

 bred from ova laid in June, 1914, at Lugano. They had fed upon 

 portions of slugs. He also showed a specimen of the Neuropteron 

 yeiitoptera coa obtained by Mr. Bowman at Cintra. 



Mr. Frohawk exhibited an egg of the ivory gull [Paynphila ebnrnea), 

 collected by F. G. Jackson at Cape Mary Harmswortb, Franz Josef 

 Laud, August 7th, 1897 ; previous to this expedition only four 

 specimens of this egg had been recorded ; and he also showed a 

 clutch of four eggs of the great or solitary snipe [Gallinaijo tnajor) 

 from St. Petersburg, 23rd May, 1906. 



MAY 13th, 1915. 



Mk. a. E. Tonge, F.E.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 



Mr. Leeds exhibited several aberrations of each of the following 

 species : — 



A. Fulyommattis icartis. 



