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had captured a dragonfly, Aijrion puella. Gynandbomorphous Brenthis 

 EUPHROSYNE. — Dr. HodgsoD, a gynandromorphous Brenthis euphrosyne 

 from Ashdown Forest. Micko-Lepidoptera. — Mr. Sich, shells of the 

 ova of Coleophora niveicostella on thyme, cases of C. potentillae (?), and 

 of C. paripennella, and mines of the larvae of Cemiostoma scitella in 

 hawthorn. Lantern display of slides showing structural details 

 OF early stages in Lyc^nids. — Dr. Chapman showed a series of slides 

 illustrating various, chiefly structural, points in relation to the " blues," 

 especially Plebeins avfjus, Ac/riades coridon and A. thetis (bellanjus), 

 their larvte at various stages, characteristic hairs, honey-gland, etc. ; 

 pupal structure, such as the curious pocket in P. argus and A. thetis, 

 between segments 4 and 5 of the abdomen, to receive the ends of the 

 legs and antennfe ; the male appendages, to illustrate their character- 

 istic forms in the Plebeiids ; a series of specimens showing the teeth at 

 the end of the clasp of P. an/us, and also of a number of allied species, 

 the former showing the great variation in these parts in P. aryus, but 

 quite impossible to confound with the other species where variation 

 might be equally great, but specimens were not available for this. The 

 specimens were all pressed quite flat so as to be readily comparable. 

 September 22;ui?, 1910. — Eivieran Agriades coridon. — Dr. Chapman 

 exhibited a bred series of a second-brood of Ar/riades coridon from ova 

 laid by spring imagines taken in the Riviera. Variation of Malacosoma 

 NEUSTRiA. — Mr. West (Ashtead), a bred series of Malacosoma neustria, 

 containing a good proportion of very light and very dark forms in 

 both sexes. Diptera. — Mr. Andrews, short series of the Diptera 

 Pef/onujia setaria and Isopogon hrevirostris from Chattenden and Shore- 

 ham, Kent, respectively. Aberrations of Lepidoptera. — Mr. Newman, 

 a Celastrina argiolus $ with very wide black margin and spotted 

 fringe, a Pachnobia hyperborea in which a radial segment of the hind- 

 wing has the rich markings of the forewing, an orange Arctia caia 

 with forewings having only a few small blotches of dark marking, 

 several forms of Angerona prunaria, uniform and rich marbled, an 

 Adopaea lineola with xanthic discal patches on all wings, and an 

 Abraxas grosstdariata, extremely pale, with only a few scattered traces of 

 black and yellow markings. Aberration of Zanclognatha grisealis. 

 — Mr. Kaye, for Mr. Percy Richards, a curious and unique specimen 

 of the genus Zanclognatha with an apparent combination of the 

 markmgs of both Z. grisealis and Z. tarsipennalis, but considered as 

 being the former species. Galls. — Mr. Step the galls of Cynips kollari 

 (?) from Bookham, and compared them with V. tinctoria (?) brought 

 from the Riviera by Dr. Chapman. The Middlesex home of Clausilia 

 biplicata. — Mr. Sich read a paper on the above subject, and gave a 

 description of his garden and its natural history at Chiswick as it was 

 years ago. October ISth, 1910. — A local Homopteron. — Mr. West 

 (Greenwich) exhibited a series of the Homopteron, Limotettix sticto- 

 gala, beaten from tamarisk at Deal. It was gradually extending its 

 range. Photographs. — Mr. Tonge, photographs of the j^oung larvae of 

 Celastrina argiolus attacking ivy buds, and Vanessa io and Pyrameis 

 atalanta at rest. Aberrations of Lepidoptera. — Mr. Newman, melanic 

 examples of Bryophila perla taken at Folkestone, a suft'used pink 

 specimen of Anthrocera trifolii, an example of Spilosoma menthastri 



