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one often sees small holes scratched in the earth, it would appear 

 that some small animals, perhaps squirrels, are able to detect the 

 presence of the truffles. One or two only of the many fungi found 

 are here referred to. Some interesting species of those strange 

 " plant-animals," the mycetozoa, were met with, but on them I am 

 not able to report. As darkness came on our small party made its- 

 way to Oxshott and had tea together before making towards home. 

 "Mr. Tamer who was the sole representative of the morning 

 party spent his time collecting the genus Feronea along the hedges 

 of the path leading from the " covers " to Abrook Common. A 

 varied series of Teras containinana was obtained, and a few late 

 examples of other species." 



OCTOBER 12th, 1916. 



Mr. W. J. Kaye exhibited a specimen of the new species of 

 Ornithoptera recently figured and described in the "Ann. and Mag. 

 of N. Hist.," 1915, p. 59,, pis. iv. and v., as (). joirciii. It was from 

 New Guinea. 



Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited several specimens of the extreme 

 melanic form of Boannia consonaria from East Kent ; examples of 

 a fine melanic form of B. comortaria from Warwickshire, very 

 much darker than any form known from other localities, together 

 with an interesting intermediate specimen ; a good series of full 

 sized var. rossica of Callimorpha doiiiinnla from Kent; and a bred 

 series of Dicranura bicnspis from Tilgate Forest. 



Mr. A. E. Gibbs exhibited a case of further specimens of Faranje 

 (Bfjeria var. ef/eridea from S. Devon, and read the following notes : — 



" It will be remembered that at a recent meeting I exhibited a 

 number of specimens of the spring brood of var. ei/erides captured by 

 Dr. Perkins and myself at Paignton. I drew your attention to the 

 fact that Dr. Perkins was conducting some rearing experiements 

 and gave you an idea of the direction in which his observations 

 were leading. I have now received some most interesting memo- 

 randa from him which I should like to lay before the Society. 

 When I was in South Devon at the end of April and the beginning 

 of May freshly-emerged females were fairly common, but females 

 appear to have been less in evidence later on. The comparatively 

 few captured by Dr. Perkins in May and up to the middle of June 

 (excepting one or two, evidently virgins, freshly-hatched specimens) 



