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Lepidoptera, including those of Aventia flexula, Hepialus huniull, Phiialapteryx 

 lapidata, Enodia ki/jwranthus, Leiicania pollens, &c. Mr. Stonell, several vai-ieties 

 of British Lepidoptera. I\Ir. Ansorge, five specimens of Dytiscus circumflexus, 

 taten from one small pond at Northwood. Mr. Eayward, ova of Pachnobia 

 rubricosa and Saturnia pavonia, from Wimbledon and the New Forest, respectively, 

 and the larvae of Nocttia baja. Mr. Tonge, an album of photographs of ova. The 

 chief species were Thais poli/xena, var. cassandra, Brephos notha, Tephrosia 

 biundularia, T. cinctaria, Demas coryli, and Selenia lllunaria. Mr. Turner, larvae 

 and cases of the following species of the genus Coleophora (1) C. pyrrhulipennella, 

 a black silken case on heather from Mr. Main in the New Forest, and Mr. West at 

 Shirley ; (2) C alcyonipennella, a very similar case but not so compressed, on 

 Cenfaurea nigra, from Eanmore ; (3) C solitariella, a slender whitish tubular case, 

 on Stellaria holosten, from Mr. Sich at Chiswiek and also fi'om Lewisham ; (4) 

 C. hemerobiella, a tubular, upright dark brown case, on hawthorn, from Mr. Sich, 

 Chiswiek ; (5) C. alhitarsella, a compressed, blackish, hairy case, on marjoram, sent 

 by Mr. Bankes from Dorset ; (6) C. olivacella, a long slender brown case, on 

 S. holoslea, the rare but close companion of C. solitariella, from Lewisliam ; and 

 (7) C. lineolea, a large rough case on Ballota nigra, from Lewisham. Mr. Main, a 

 very large species of " Silver-fish," which came over from Java in a cargo of sugar. 

 Mr. McArthur, a nice series of finely marked Agrotis cinerea, from Brighton. Mr. 

 Barnett, Pliisia moneta, from Welling, Kent. Mr. Carpenter, a photograph of a 

 pupa of Enchloe cardamines. Mr. Lucas gave a very interesting address with 

 lantern illusti-ations, on " British Orthoptera." 



May 26fh, 1904.— The President in the Chair. 



The President referred in suitable terms to the loss Entomology had received 

 by the death of Mr. MacLachlan, F.R.S., a member of the Society for many years. 

 After similar expressions of regret from Mr. Rowland Brown, as brother officer in 

 the Council of the Entomological Society of London, from Dr. Chapman, as a personal 

 friend for many years, and fi'om Mr. Adkin, as near neighbour and friend, a vote of 

 condolence with the relatives was passed. 



Dr. Chapman exhibited (1) a few species of butterflies taken at Pont du Gard 

 (S. France), including a fine specimen of Chrysophanus gordius and some Syrichthus 

 sidas ; (2) a larva of Thais polyxena, var. cassandra, suspended for pupation, 

 showing the curious adjustment of the girth ; and also a pupa of Libythea celtis, 

 showing how curiously the suspended pupa lies against the surface of attachment. 

 Mr. Carr, the larva of Phorodesma bajularia, in its covering made of the debris of 

 the male flowers of the oak. Mr. West (Greenwich), a short series of the rare 

 Coleopteron, Osphya bipunctaia, from Gloucester, to show the extreme sexual 

 dimorphism. Mr. Sich, the pupa of Ocypiis olens. Mr. Turner, cases and larvse 

 of (1) Coleophora viminetella, from Chalfont, on sallow; (2) C. badiipenn el I a, froni 

 Lewisham, on elm ; (3) C. ochrea, sent from Dorset by Mr. Bankes, on Helianthe- 

 mum imlgare ; and (4) C. ibipennella, feeding on birch, and found by Mr. Sich at 

 Ashtead ; also a pupa case of Adela viridella protruding from its cui'ious fiddle- 

 shaped cocoon. Mr. Main, reported larvse to be very scarce in the New Forest, and 

 members generally considered the season late. Mr. Rowland Brown read a paper 

 entitled " Collecting Butterflies in the Alps." — Ht. J. Tuenee, Hon. Sec. 



