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riiyata, Fourc. The other names can be allotted to the varioua 

 forms which were formerly considered as separate species. la 

 addition there is either the same or a practically identical species in 

 N. America, with named forms, which probably should be treated 

 as a race of oar European fnrcatn. 



Mr. Barnett exhibited a long series of hi. fmrata, mainly from 

 Darenth, most of the specimens being large, and one a tine example 

 of the Difitscata form, with no trace of marking. 



Mr. S. Ashby exhibited eight specimens of the rare beetle f.enia 

 crirhsnm swept near U,ye, Sussex, in April last, by Mrs. Asbl)y and 

 himself. 



Mr. Bunnett exhibited a series of the Rhyncophorous beetle 

 Attelahiis nitena {nn-ciili(i)ii)i(leii) with examples of the topmost leaves 

 of oak twigs rolled by the larvffi. He also showed larvfe and pupae 

 of the Homopteron, Ledra aiin'ta. 



JULY 8th, 1920. 



Mr. Newman exhibited living larvae of Phry.nis liromica, 

 from eggs laid by a female captured in Dorsetshire, in May of the 

 present year. The ova hatched on May 31st, and by July 7th 

 twelve of the larvae were full fed. Their habit was to rest in the 

 glaring sun and to feed only on the blossoms of Lraliiint lenmi and 

 of G. molliKjo, with which they were supplied. Fuchsia they abso- 

 lutely refused, and much preferred growing (Jaliitui to cut sprays. 

 Some of the larvae were still quite small. They were apt to attack 

 each other if confined in close quarters. 



Mr. Withycombe exhibited a half-grown larva of Satumia pyri, 

 from a batch of ova sent to him from France. He also showed the 

 Liverwort, Marchantia pob/iiKirpha, calling attention to the peculiar 

 stalked female organs (carphocephala) developed on the thallus ; 

 also the rare Roman nettle, Urtica piltilifera, from his garden at 

 Walthamstow where it appeared as a weed. 



Mr. L. E. Dunster exhibited a series of Melitaea aininia, taken 

 in May, in Somerset ; and a series of Epinephele tithonns, taken in 

 August, 1919, showing additional spots on the forewings. 



Mr. Carr showed a series of Btenthu euphrosyne, taken at 

 Crockham Hill, Kent, including a somewhat suffused example. 



The President exhibited the solitary bee, Calletes liaviesana, bred 

 from cells found at Shanklin, together with various parasites and 



