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could hibernate at almost any stage from quite young to almost 

 full grown, and that hibernation also took place in the pupal stage. 

 Mr. Newman stated that he saw no spring specimens in 1916 but 

 that from a female obtained in June he had ova which produced 

 imagines in September, not one remaining over. 



Mr. W. J. Kaye read the report of the Field Meeting held at 

 Ockham and Wisley on May 20th (see page 61). 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner read the reports of the Field Meeting held at 

 Clandon on June 24 th (see page 71), and of the Field Meeting held 

 at Box Hill on July 22nd (see page 78). 



Mr. Sich reported that the balsam Impatiem payri/lora occurred 

 wild in the neighbourhood of Chiswick, and also that he had 

 recently met with a larva of Mamestra oleracea feeding on ivy in 

 the Temple Gardens, 



Mr. F. W. Frohawk exhibited a $ Celaatvinn aiijiolim in which 

 there were several small streaks of 3 coloration running through 

 the wide marginal band on the left forewing, and also an underside 

 of another specimen of the same species in which there was a 

 streak of black of irregular width extending from the base of the 

 wing across the centre to the hind margin near the anal angle of the 

 hindwing. He also showed a specimen of Aryijunia cijilippe [atlijipc) 

 from an old collection, in which the black markings on the upper- 

 side were united across the disc of the wings to form a narrow 

 irregular transverse band. The specimen was large, the ground 

 colour dark and rich and the underside was quite normal. 



Mr. A. E. Gibbs exhibited a number of purse-like galls on the 

 petiole of the leaves of poplar, Popnlns niijra v. jii/ramiilalis. They 

 were ascertained to be caused by the Aphid, PempliKjua bnrsarius. 

 He pointed out the illustration of a similar species in the recent 

 " Report of the Entomological Society of Ontario " in a plate 

 reproduced from Malpighi's " De Gallis," 1686, and communicated 

 the following note : — 



" Galls of Pemphigus bursarius, ItocH. — In the garden of 

 Bricket House Hospital, St. Albans, are some Lombardy Poplars 

 growing close to the fence. Passing by them one day in July after 

 a gale of wind I noticed some of the leaves which had been blown 

 off had curious swellings on their petioles. Examination showed 

 that they were galls caused by insect puncture. My attention 

 having been arrested by these stray leaves, I looked at the tree 

 more closely and observed that a very large number of the leaves 

 had been similarly attacked. I took one of the galls home and in 



