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Mr, S. R. Ashby exhibited four drawers of his British Coleoptera : 

 the ground beetles of the genera Anchunieuiis, Benibidiitin, and 

 TrecliHS ; the Laiiiellicornes, including the genera Lucanns, Ontho- 

 ipha<i)is, and Aiihodins ; the Bi(/ire.stuUe and ElateridcB, and the 

 Weevils of the genera Bhynchites and Apion. 



Mr. Barnett exhibited a portion of a decayed gatepost which had 

 been appropriated and excavated by a leaf-cutter bee, Metjar/iile, one 

 cavity containing fifteen cells, which was considered an abnormal 

 number. He also showed a brilliantly marked young viper, with 

 intense black markings on a whitish ground, and the trunk of a 

 lizard, measuring seven and a half inches, taken from the body of 

 another viper, 



Mr. F. W. Cocks exhibited the following Coleoptera from the 

 neighbourhood of Wellington College, Berks., being the species 

 which were the more strikingly characteristic of the district : — 

 Pterostichiis aiii/iistatas, Dufts., Aiiclioiiieiius sexpiiuctatus, L., A. 

 qHad)-ipiinctati(s, de G., Ciiurejihaltm /'crNs, Kraatz, Aseiinini striatain 

 var. ayreste, F., < 'orticaria fenestralis, L., Sjihindiis diibitis, Gyll., 

 and Melano])Idla acminnata, de G. The Mehoio/iliild had been quite 

 abundant since the felling of trees had been in progress. 



On behalf of Mr. Carr, Mr. Step exhibited the Coral-wort, 

 Dentaria [Cardaiiiine) bulhifera, from near Chalfont Road, Bucks, 

 where it grows in abundance. 



Mr, H, Moore exhibited a collection of Indian Orthoptera, and 

 ,read the following notes : — 



" Through the kindness of Mr. Groavenor I am able to exhibit 

 the Orthoptera he collected when stationed at Bangalore, S. India, 

 from May to October, 1916. They are an interesting lot, and 

 though one is assured this and that are common, the pleasure of 

 possession is none the less when one handles his first specimens. 

 But when they are some of the curiosities of insect life, what one 

 has wished for and never expected to get, one feels very kindly to 

 the donor, and satisfied with himself. Happily I am not called 

 upon for remarks, but I would like to point out a few of those of 

 special interest. Of the MantidcB perhaps that of the grass I found 

 most attractive, though the prettily coloured Creoboter nrbana, Fab., 

 might appeal to others. The grass mantis, Schizocep/talns bicomis, 

 L., when unset, with its legs and body all of a tangle, was like a 

 wisp of hay, and with antennae and cerci so much alike, one had to 

 look closer than usual when pinning to discriminate the head 

 irom the tail. The curious Ci/iiiatuinera ru<iosa, L., is one 



