67 



remained all day at rest oa an oak fence skirting a public path 

 along which people were continually passing. 



Dr. Chapman in referring to the flight by day said that a species 

 he had met with on the uplands of Spain, C. cnnversa, one of the 

 " yellow " underwings, was accustomed to fly in considerable 

 numbers in daylight. 



Mr. Wolley Dod said that he was only acquainted with about 

 four species in Alberta and that but few species occurred in 

 Canada, the Eastern States of America were the great home of the 

 genus, and specialists had given big prices for many of the rarer 

 forms. 



Several members had met with C. niipta resting in the sun-light. 



On behalf of Mr. P. J. Barraud, Mr. Gibbs exhibited several 

 specimens from Salonika and contributed the following note : — 



" Pte. P. J. Barraud, R.A.M.C, has sent me home from Lembet 

 Camp, Salonika, where the Ambulance to which he is attached is 

 stationed, a skin of a lizard, which I think I am right in calling 

 Aijaina stellis, L. At any rate there are only two species of Agama 

 found in Europe and the other one is confined so far as our 

 continent is concerned to a limited area in the Caucasus. The 

 range of this species is S.E. Europe, Asia Minor, Syria, N. Arabia 

 and Egypt. Pte. Barraud says the lizard is common among the 

 rocks and there are many smaller green lizards and numbers of 

 tortoises. Lembet Camp is about 4 miles N. of Salonika and 

 about 400 ft. above sea level. 



" I also exhibit a large centipede sent home by Mr. Barraud from 

 the same place. I believe it to be the S. European species known 

 as Seolopendra ohsciira, this of course is not an insect, it belongs to 

 class Myriopoda, which includes the centipedes and millipedes. In 

 the Eastern Counties the centipede is called ' Forty-legs,' which is 

 nearer the truth than its better-known name of centipede, for I 

 believe our common English species of Scolo]iendra has 21 legs on 

 each side. The examples I show you have 19 pairs of legs. It is said 

 by biblical scholars to be the creature spoken of in Leviticus, xi., 

 30, as the ' mole ' in the list of ' creeping things that creep upon 

 the earth, and which are unclean.' " 



JUNE 8th, l'J16. 



Mr. W. J. Ashdown exhibited male and female specimens of the 

 Coleopteron Cri/ptocfp/talitH corijU to show the sexual dimorphism. 



