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April 23rd, 1903.— The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Harrison and Mr. Main exhibited a long bred series of TcBnioeampa 

 munda from ova laid by two females captured in 1902 in Epping Foi-est. The 

 series exhibited all the forms of the ground colour, from v. pallida and v. grisea 

 to an extreme form of v. rufa. Many were sprinkled witli dark scales as in T. 

 pulverulenta. Most of the specimens were of tlie x. geminatus, with six well 

 developed black spots in the siibmarginal line. Mr. Turner, (1) specimens of 

 Blabophanes imella and Lita cethiops from Bonhill, Dumbartonshire : (2) a series 

 of Si/ones griseu.i, taken on broom at Horsell Common by Mr. Kemp and himself; 

 (3) living larvae and cases of the following Coleophonr : C. qenUt(B from Loughton, 

 C. ccBspititiella from Loughton, C. pyrrhulipennella from Woking, C. albifarsella 

 from Ashstead, and C. auricella from Locarno ; the last named sent by Dr. Chap- 

 man. Mr. Goulton, a variety of Noctuaf estiva, with the external half of the wing 

 beyond the stigmata of a very deep chestnut-brown ; and a variety of Plusia 

 gamma having various red markings and darkenings, forming v. rufescens. Mr. 

 West (Greenwich), specimens of three species of Hemiptera from Box Hill, Cori- 

 melcena scarahaoides, Tropisiethus holosericeus, and Tettigometra imp ressopunctata . 

 Mr. Carr, living larviB and cases of a Psychid, Bacotia sepium, beaten from fir in the 

 New Forest. Mr. Step, living specimens of Aiilhrenus museorum. The Secretary 

 had heai'd from various members who were spending Easter on the Continent. Dr. 

 Chapman had stated that at Locarno the weather was cold, but some twenty species 

 of butterflies were observed on April 20th. Mr. Sich had noted Papilio Podalirius 

 as common near Lake Como. Mr. Tutt had had very fine weather at Hyeres. Mr. 

 Cant and Mr. MacArthur reported having seen a furze-chat hawking very success- 

 fully for Brephos parthen ias. 



May \Uh, 1903.— The President in the Chair. 



Mr. Shakespeare, of Kingston-on-Thames, was elected a Member. 



Dr. Chapman exhibited a pair of Grcellsia Isalellce bred from larviB found at 

 Bronchales in 1901 ; a piece of bark from the Italian Riviera closely set with the 

 helix-like cases of the Psychid Apterona crenulella, which was locally abundant in 

 1902. Mr. Carr, larvaa of Ellopia prosapiaria (fasciariaj and Bryophila perla 

 from the New Forest. Mr. Step, photographs of Panolis piniperda and Tephrosia 

 punctularia in their position of rest on tree-trunks. Mr. West (Green wicii), three 

 species of somewhat uncommon StaphylinideB, Mycetoporus angular is, sivaong dried 

 leaves at Shirley, M. nanus, in moss at Box Hill, and Pseudopsis sulcata, in decayed 

 vegetable matter at Oxshott. Mr. Kirkaldy made remarks on the Maternal 

 Solicitude of female insects for their young, and asked members to make observa- 

 tions on the subject during the present season. Mr. Turner called attention to an 

 instance of birds attacking butterflies, and asked the members to furnish the 

 Society with details of any case whicli came under tlieir notice. It was suggested 

 that members who were making photographs of Scientific Objects should give the 

 Society a print, so that an album could be arranged to illustrate some line of study. 

 Tlie ova of the Lepidoptera were very little known, and might form a good subject 

 for investigation. — H. T. Tuenek, Hon. Secretary. 



Entomological Society of London : May 6th, 1903. Professor E. B. 

 PoULTON, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., President, in tlie Chair. 



The President exhibited one of the original invitations to join the Society, issued 



