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from oak, 1918. P/ii/llopertha horticola, L., a black var., 1916, on 

 heather. To»>o.ria bitjuttata, Gyll., one on beechlog, 1918. Cleonns 

 nebidosns, L., one in 1918. Caiabus nitcus, L., a specimen or two 

 on heath at Matley each year. 



Neuroptera. — (hniylus chrysops, L., a few seen each year, com- 

 mon in 1918. Sialis fidiyinosa, Pict., several each year. iSotlio- 

 chrysa fidviceps, Steph., one at Stanhope, Durham, 1917. N, 

 capitata, F., 1916, '17, and '18, one each year. Hemerobins coiicinnus, 

 Steph., sometimes common. H. (jiiadrifasciatiis, Rent., 1916, one 

 only. 



Odonata. — Gomphns viili/atifisiiiia, L., several seen, only one netted, 

 1915. 



Hymenoptera. — MtitiUa europim, L., six specimens in the five 

 years. 



Dii^TKRA.—EchinoDiyia ynissa, L., one specimen in August, 1914. 

 Tijndidd, six species unnamed. 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited the original edition of Gerarde's 

 " Herbal or General History of Plants," " imprinted in London by 

 John Norton, 1597." He said these old Herbals, published some 

 centuries ago, of which the one exhibited was a very good 

 example, were of great interest, and appeared to have been written 

 as much for the benefit of the physicians as the botanists. Not 

 only was each species figured, described, and given both an English 

 and a Latin name, many of these same names being in general use 

 at the present day, but a great deal of further information was given. 

 Thus, under "The place " we are told of situations where the plant 

 would be likely to be found ; under " The time," the months of the 

 year when it would be in blossom ; " The names " by which it was 

 known to earlier authors and in other countries ; " The tempera- 

 ture " apparently referring to the sensation caused when tasted ; 

 and finally, under " The virtues," we are given a list of its medi- 

 cinal properties, some of them no doubt fantastic, yet we shall all 

 agree that mustard " is mixed with good success with drawing 

 plaisters," even to the present day. 



Mr. Stanley Edwards exhibited a number of large species of 

 Exotic Coleoptera, Orthoptera (Mantids and Phasmids), Bees, with 

 Pseudoscorpions, and the curious Spider Gasterocantha species. 



Mr. L. A. Box exhibited the following species of Hymenoptera. 

 Nomacia roberjectiana, a rare bee from Leicestershire. Nomada 

 lathhuriana _ local, from Warwickshire. Crabro intemiptits, a rare 

 wasp from Leicestershire. Pempkredon wurio, also rare, from 



