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Mr. Hugh Main exhibited Badhamia ntricnlaris (Mtjcetozoa), from 

 Epping Forest, where he had met with it on decaying sticks. 



Mr. ]>ownian exhibited a fine melanic specimen of Hihernia 

 defnliaria from Epping Forest, with the ciUa pure white. 



Mr. Barnett exhibited a bred example of Heniaris fucifonnis 

 from Horsley with all the wings much narrower than in normal 

 specimens, the marginal borders much wider and somewhat trans- 

 parent, except on the inner side, which was quite black ; the costa 

 of the forewings was more widely dark, the antennas had the club 

 less developed, and the disc of the wings was covered with scales. 



Mr. Priske exhibited shells of Helix Iwrtensis, showing the range 

 of marking, and including unhanded white examples. 



Mr. Tatchell exhibited an example of Vijraineis atalanta with a 

 large blue patch on the disc of the left hindwing above, and a 

 gynandromorphous specimen of Poli/onniiatns n'a;/(.s taken near 

 Shrewsbury in 1916; the R side was male and the L side female. 



Lieut. L. A. Box exhibited various species of Hymenoptera, and 

 contributed the following note : — 



" 1. Cerceris arenaria, L., and a Dipteron found in association 

 with it having striking structural and chromatic resemblance, 



"2. A female and a male of IVx/^a norrenica, Fab. 



" 3. A series of Crabro capito.sus, Shuck., reared from ash twigs, 

 as described by me in the " Ent. Mo. Mag." for January last, and 

 which I have since discovered to be of frequent occurrence in Surrey, 

 Kent, and Sussex. 



" 4. Specimens of Mellinus arvenais, L., with Dipterous prey. 



" 5. The Chalcid Syntomaspu cyanea, reared from galls of iJnjo- 

 phanta divima from Co. Kerry. This is a new record for Ireland, and 

 possibly for the British Isles. Also, for comparison, Sijntoniaspis 

 littoralis, common in oak-apple galls from Hayes Common. 



" 6. The Chalcid, Diomorus armatus, Sch., reared from cocoons of 

 Crabro clavipes, L., in bramble sticks. The economy of this species 

 has hitherto been unknown, but the two other Continental species 

 of the genus D. kollari and L>. calcaratus have been bred from 

 bramble sticks containing respectively the wasps Crabro rubricola 

 and iSti(/iiiiis pendnlus." 



Poli/ploca jiavicornu was reported as abundant at Wimbledon on 

 March 11th, and Apochebna hispidaria was also reported as being in 

 numbers. In Tyrone the larvae of Melitaa anrinia were only just 

 awakening from hibernation on the hill slopes, while those on the 

 lower ground were still quiescent. 



