is'J7.] 23n 



Oberea oculata, taken at Wicten Fen. Mr. Bedgeley sent for exhibition a specimen 

 of the Dragonfly ^schna oyanea which had been taken in the Borough on July 

 18th. 



August 12th, 1897.— Mr. R. Adkin, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. McArthur exhibited a fine bred series of Toxocanipa cracccB from North 

 Devon. Mr. Edwards, young larvae of CaUimorpha Hera, which he had just re- 

 ceived from the French Alps, where the imagines absolutely swarmed. Mr. J. N. 

 Smith, on behalf of Mr. Fitzgerald, a remarkably smoky variety of Melanippe 

 montanata, one of a pair taken at the same time and place. Mr. Tolhurst, the 

 curious telescopic larvte of Eristalis tenax from a tank of foul water in his garden. 

 Mr. West, of Greenwich, specimens of the Hemipteron, Atractotomus mail, which 

 he had taken on whitethorn at Lewisham. Mr. Ficklin, larvee of Dianthoecia nana 

 from the Land's End. Mr. South, two bred specimens of Peronea permutana from 

 Eastbourne, which differed very considerably from the Wallasey type. Mr. Adkin, 

 a small brood of Abraxas grossulariata, which exhibited none of the peculiarities of 

 the female which deposited the ova. 



August 2Qth, 1897. — The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Tutt exhibited the egg of Polyommatus Corydon, which had never been 

 previously described, and remarked on its beautiful reticulated appearance ; a living 

 Mantis from Aix-les-Bains, which had fed ravenously on cockroaches ; a Tlpula with 

 beautifully marked wings ; and specimens of an Orthopteron which was abundant 

 and active on the wing about 9 a.m. near Susa, and remarked on its protective 

 colouration : on behalf of Mr. Tuck, of Bury St. Edmunds, he also exliibited a nest 

 of Vespa rufa, which had been attacked by the larva of Aphomia sociella, and which 

 was about a foot deep in a bank ; part of the nest of Bombus lapidarius, attacked 

 by the same species, and which had been taken from a rat's hole in a pigstye ; and 

 further, a nest of Bombus Latreillellus similarly attacked, taken from a mouse's hole 

 in a pasture : they were all taken during the few previous days. Mr. Adkin, series 

 of Bryophila muralis {glandifera) and B. perla from Poole, with series from East- 

 bourne for comparison. Mr. McArthur, specimens of Larentia salicata from North 

 Devon, small and dark compared with those from other localities ; a second brood 

 specimen of Smerinthus populi ; and a series of good varieties of A. grossulariata 

 bred this year.— Hy. J. Turner, Hon. Secretary. 



ON A COLLECTION OF COCCIBM, PRINCIPALLY FROM CHINA 



AND JAPAN. 



BY W. M. MASKELL. 



During the year 1896 Mr. A. Koebele, so well known as an en- 

 ttusiastic helper of fruit growers in their warfare against insect pests, 

 made a journey through the Far East with a view to collecting Coccidce 

 and other injurious insects. The modern facilities for traffic and easy 

 communication have greatly increased the spread of these pests, and 

 Mr. Koebele's principal object appears to have been to obtain, as far 



