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for pupation. Mr. Huo'li Main, larvae of Papilio alexanor from the sotith of 

 France. Mr. H. Moore, a short series of Colias edusa taken in the Forest of 

 Arques, Dieppe, in Angiist. Mr. Priske, a ? cockroach, Periplaneta orientalis, 

 with the ootheca still attached to her. Mr. F. D. Cooke, the pvipas of Pyrameis 

 cardui to show the difference between those spun up on white muslin and those 

 on darker material. Mr. Newman, long series of Dianthcecia carpophaga, 

 specimens of D. capsincoLa, and D. capsophila, and Kentish Dianthcecia, identical 

 with Isle of Man D. capsophila. Mr, Blenkarn, Haliplus icehnckei with aberrant 

 aedeagus, a specimen of Clytus arietis with the first yellow belt reduced to a 

 minvite spot, an imusually small example of Philonthus puella, and specimens of 

 the rare Coleopteron Pentarthrum huttoni from the cellars of Messrs. Moet and 

 Chandon. 



August 22nd. — Mr. B. H. Smith, Vice-President, in the Chair. 

 Mr. Edwards exhibited the exotic butterflies Thaumantis diores from Assam, 

 Discophora lepida from Ceylon, Tenaris selene from the Malay Islands, and 

 T. honrathii from Madagascar, all belonging to the Asiatic section of the 

 Morphinx; and specimens of Opsiphanes boisduvalii from Mexico, referring to 

 the conspicuous tuft of scent-hairs. Mr. Newman, a very long series of Pach- 

 nobia hyperhorea from Eannocli, showing much variation, a short very uniform 

 series from Shetland, where the species was fast disappearing from the attacks 

 of Ichneumons ; a few Ci-ymodes exulis from Shetland, including a very pale 

 specimen, and a long series of his inbred yellow form of Callimorpha dominula, 

 with the only intermediate he had obtained. Mr. Sheldon gave a very 

 interesting account of his holiday near the N. Cape in search of butterflies and 

 bird's eggs. Mr. Sich, specimens of Coleophora apicella taken at Byfleet in 

 June, where its food-plant Stellaria grami7iea grows abundantly. Mr. Adkin, 

 the ova of a Chrysopa, which were on unusually short stalks. Reports were 

 made that larvae were very scarce this season, especially in the New Forest, 

 Bryophila perla was noted as very scarce. Agriades coridon was still common in 

 Hertfordshire, and several var. semisyngrapha had been taken, while the ? s, 

 varied from very deep black to khaki-coloured groxmd. Capt. Cardew noted 

 the curious fact that B. muralis was common at Folkestone, but completely 

 absent from Dover, where apparently conditions were most favovu-able. — 

 H. J, Turner, Hon. Secretary. 



NOTES ON THE BRITISH SPECIES OF LONGITARSUS, Latr. 



(A GENUS OK VOLEOPTERA). 



BY J. R. LE B. TOMLIN, M.A., P.E.S., AND W. E. SHARP, P.E.S. 

 {^Continued from p. 204). 



Sect. VIa. — Species small (not exceeding two mm. in average length), testaceous, 

 with sutural line rufescent, narrow, sometimes almost obsolete, 

 punctuation comparatively strong and somewhat seriate. 



