188 [August, 



May 26th. — Mr. Stanley Edwards, F.E.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. G. T. Lyle, F.E.S., of Wallington, was elected a member. 



Mr. Farmer exhibited a partly xanthic Mumicia plilaeas and a similarly 

 coloured Vallophrys rnhi, both from Riddlesdown. Mr. Enifer, specimens 

 of a field-cricket, sent to him from Sonlh France by Mr. H. Main, and tiie 

 red ova of a Tromhidium from garden earth. Mr. Neave, pupae of Strymon 

 pnmi from N. Huntingdon. Mr. (Jimms, o\a, o£ Cupido minwius and the beetle 

 Cri/ptocephalus avreolus from Eastbourne. Mr. Goodman, sufTused forms of 

 Ematurya atomaria from St. Martha's Hill, Guildford. Mr. Bunnett, the 

 beetle Hedobia imperialis, taken atCoulsdon. In remarks on the season it was 

 notid ihaX, l'u7nicta pJdacas was very common, Cela»trina aryiohis was vi'ry 

 scarce, and that Etdype liastata and Hemaris fucifurnds were out at Horsley. 



June 9f,h. — The President in the Chair. 



Mr. A. A. W. Buckstone exhibited series of Colias croceus {ediisn) "wWh 

 extended black border of fore-wings. Dr. G. S. llobertson, ab. caecii of 

 Apktintopus hyperantus from the Lakes, forms of Spilosoma tnenthaatri v/ith 

 spots tending to run together, bred from Horsley, pale forms of Tiliacea ourayo 

 from Box Hill, and dark ones from Torquay, and var. lavaterae of" IIesj>eri(i 

 malvae from l?ude, etc. Mr. K. G. lilair, living specimens of the Phasmid 

 Bacillus yallicus, young larvae of TJiai.'^ riwiina, Papilio podalirius, the asparagus 

 beetle Criuceris V2-punctatn, the pupae of the glowworm, and the females of 

 Epichnopteryx sp., on the life-history of which he communicated notes. 

 Mr. O. R. Goodman, the melanic form of Ilemerophila ahmptaria taken near 

 ts original locality in N. London. ]\[r. F, B. Can-, larvae of Ftilophora 

 pluniiyera. Mr. Enifer, cocoon and pupa of an Ant-Lion from S. France. 

 Mr. Grosvenor, a li\ing specimen of Tt-ochilitmi crahronifvniie and a iiybrid 

 between Zyyaeiia trifolii and Z. hippocrepidis. 



June 2ord. — The President in the Chair. 



Exliibition of Liviny Ohjects. — Mr. H. Main, a number of objects obtained 

 recently in S. France, including crickets, centipedes, scorpions, spiders, 

 trap-door spiders, earwigs, harvesting - ants, larvae of an ant - lion, of 

 Ascalap/ius, of Falparcs, etc. Mr. Coxhead, galls in ash-leaves of the Dipteron 

 Fcrrimi fraxini. Mr. Blair, the Phas^mid Varausius morusus from India, the 

 glowworm Lampyris lusitanica from S. France, and the firefly Ehoturis 

 pennsylvaniea bred from larvae from U.S.A. Mr, H. Moore, dipterous 

 parasites from a pupa of Sphinx ligustri. Mr. Step, several species of Tricho- 

 ptera. Mr. Enifer, larvae of Coccinella bipiinctata and of an Aiithreniis with the 

 grain weevil Cahtndra yranaria. Mr. Withyconibe, larvae of the scorpion-Hy, 

 etc. Mr. Carr, larvae of Bithys quercus, Xanthurlw'e vumtanaia, Tephrosia 

 vonsonaria, etc. — II Y. J. Tuhneb, Hun. Editor of Froceedings. 



