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Thursday, April 24th, 1913.— The President in the Chair. 



The evening was devoted to a special exhibition of specimens of orders 

 other than Lepidoptera, and was a most successful meeting. Mr. W. West 

 (Greenwich) placed on the tables 16 drawers of the Society's reference collections 

 (British), viz. : — two of Orthoptera presented by Dr. Malcolm Burr, two of 

 Neuroptera presented by Mr. W. J. Lucas and Mr. W. J. Ashdown, one of 

 Hymenoptera and eleven of Coleoptera. Mr. West also exhibited twelve drawers 

 of his own collection of British Heteroptera, Homoptera, and Psyllina. 

 Mr. E. A. Newbery, a number of new and rare species of British Coleoptera, 

 including Apion selonsi, Trachyphlwus digitalis, Lathrohium ripicola, Homalota 

 aquatilis, Myrmecopora brevipes, Thinobius pallidus, Cartodere argus, Dermestes 

 peruvianus,Bledius denticollis, B.filipes,B.secerdendus, Ceuthorrhynchus parvulus, 

 Laccobius piuyit^rascens, Orthochxtes insignis, etc. Mr. Priske, varied forms of 

 Geotrupes mutator from Hanwell. Mr. Ashdown, examples of Hemiptera and 

 Hymenoptera taken in Switzerland, including Cicadetta montana, Mlia acumin- 

 ata, Harpactor iracundus, Mutilla europsea, etc. Mr. Sheldon, two species of 

 " fire-fly " met with on the continent. Mr. Hy. J. Tui'ner, Homoptera from South 

 America resembling Lepidoptera in form and marking, including the beaixtiful 

 Poeciloptera phalmnoides ; Heteroptera of bizarre form and marking from Colombia, 

 etc., including Apiomerus hirtipes with two cui-ious processes (" flags ") at the 

 anal extremity of the abdomen ; two large-bodied Orthoptera from the Transvaal 

 used as food by the natives ; and a box of large and conspicuoiTs insects from 

 the interior of Western Australia, Aculeata, Diptera, Ichneumonidae, Odonata, 

 etc. Mr. K. Gr. Blair, living scorpions, earwigs, and glowworms from Monaco, 

 and gave his experiences in the United States of the " flashing " of the fire-flies 

 and an accoimt of the experiments there carried out with artificial " flashing." 

 Mr. E. Step, the rare Dipteron Oncodes gibbosus, alittle hump-backed " spider- 

 fly," and gave an account of its life-history and habits, etc. Mr. Buckstone, 

 insects of various orders from New South Wales. Mr. Main, two species of 

 cockroach, and a large glowworm, etc. Mr. Ashby, Hemiptera and Coleoptera from 

 Oyo, Southern Nigeria, and his collection of Donacia, Chrysomela, and Crypto- 

 cephalus (Coleoptera). Mr. Gibbs, a case containing specimens of the saw-flies. 

 Sir ex noctilio aiid Sirex gig as, and examples of the damage caused to fir timber 

 by their larvae. He also showed a case of the various groups of the sub-order 

 Hemiptera, and gave notes on the two exhibits. Mr. H. Moore, two drawers 

 of Orthoptera., one mainly European, the other large exotic leaf crickets ; 

 a box of Xylocopidae from all the warmer parts of the world ; a case of 

 Lantern-fliea (Fulgoridse) ; foreign insects introduced to Deptford by shipping, 

 such as Blabera cubensis, Acheta bimaculata, Acridium segyptium, etc. ; and 

 a selection of Orthoptera and Homoptera to illustrate a note on " Singing 

 Insects." Mr. Andrews, types of 63 species of Diptera taken in the months 

 of March and April chiefly at sallow blossom. Mr. Coxhead, specimens of plant 

 galls and some very beautiful water-coloiu* drawings of the same, and the gall-fly 

 Uromyces ficariae under the microscope. Mr. West (Ashtead), four species of 

 Collem,bola under the microscope. Mr. Edwards, large and conspicuous species 

 of Phasmidx, Mantidx, Gryllidse, and Hymenoptera chiefly from British North 



