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Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited a number of species of Ophuhres 

 (Nocfc.) from the Indo-Malay Region, including one froni New 

 Guinea. He also showed the extremely young curved black case 

 of Culeoplioia Intipennella found on oak at Chiselhurst and pointed 

 out on some of the oak twigs a very small Coccid which had sunk 

 itself into the young bark ; and small specimens of the beautiful 

 orange cup-fungus Otidea aurantia. 



Mr. A. A. W. Buckstone exhibited a very dark female specimen 

 of Buarniia consortaria taken at Oxshott in June, 1920, and said 

 that he had taken a similar one at Wimbledon about the same 

 date. He also showed hybrids of Pmicvra cnrtida <? and P. reclusa 

 ? , with typical specimens of the two species for comparison. 



Mr. Garrett exhibited a blue female of Pulycninnatiis icanis from 

 Bexley, in which the red marginal blotches were well developed on 

 the forewings, with hindwings much suffused with bluish-white. 



Mr. Blenkarn exhibited Coleoptera, including Chri/soniela (jraminis 

 from Wicken Fen, September, 1920, Klater elongatidns from the 

 New Forest, August, 1920, and Ac/abiis briinnens from Hants, August, 

 1920, where the species was oiiginally discovered. 



Mr. Barnett, for Mr. Cornish, exhibited a portion of a decayed 

 window frame in which a leaf-cutter bee, Megachile maritiuia, had 

 made a string of ten cells fashioned of cut pieces of rose-leaf. 



Mr. Frisby exhibited a complete series of British Aculeate 

 Hymenoptera, and read a paper, " The British Aculeates." (See 

 page 1.) 



There was a considerable discussion. 



NOVEMBER Uth, 1920. 



Mr. A. E. Hemming, F.Z.S., F.E.S., Whitehall, was elected a 

 member. 



Mr. T. H. L. Grosvenor exhibited a number of species of 

 Liiiienitix, Atlnjma, and Nepth from the Thibetan and Hindo- 

 Malayan Region, and called attention to the close similarity of 

 Atht/iiia punctata to Hypolinnma misippns. 



Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited a short series of Polyplnca flavi- 

 cornis, including gradations from the very dark Rannoch form 

 through variegated specimens to the very light south form. 



Mr. Bunnett exhibited a specimen of Mimas tilice in which the 

 usual transverse bar was reduced to a small triangular discal spot. 



