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ham, was elected a member. Xylina conformis. — Mr. W. J. Kaye 

 exhibited a series of Xylina conformis, all but one from Glamorgan- 

 shire, and remarked on its occurrence and distribution. Disease 

 AM0N(i Bees. — Mr. Newman called attention to the devastation 

 caused by some hitherto unknown disease among bees in the 

 South of England. It was most contagious, and scarcely a hive 

 remained over a large area. Short Notes on Breeding, etc. — Mr. 

 Buckstone, a bred series of Aporheiwa [Ni/ssia) hispidaria, and gave 

 particulars as to breeding. He also contributed notes on the occur- 

 rence of numerous dwarf examples of Hyhernia dcfoUaria at Eichmond, 

 the pairing of fl. viart/inaria J and H. defoliaria $ , the delayed wing 

 development of Chesias riifata, the pupation of Tripliaena proniiba after 

 hybernation without feeding, the finding of the ova of Spilosoma 

 incntliaatii on the shell of a living snail, and the occurrence of batches 

 of ova of Hadena pin on a small plum tree. Mr. Newman said that 

 A. hispidaria readily pupated in two inches of soil, if the bottom of 

 the cage was the concrete floor. Varieties of Arctia caja. — Mr.R. 

 Adkin, two varieties of Arctia caja from Yorkshire larva?. One with 

 whole of forewings dull smoky brown with very much diminished white 

 markings, the hindwings black with only a dull yellow and some ill- 

 defined patches ; the other with a concentration of the lighter colour of 

 the forewing towards the base, and of the darker colour towards the apex, 

 while the hind wings were bright orange red with much reduced black 

 markings. April ISt/i. — Miss Alderson, F.E.S., of Worksop, was elected 

 a member. Swiss Coleoptera.- — Mr. Ashdown exhibited about 100 

 species of conspicuous Coleoptera taken by him in Switzerland during 

 July, 1910. Coleoptera. — Mr. Turner, living specimens of Acjapanthia 

 asphodeli, sent to him by Dr. Chapman from Hyeres. Northern 

 Lepidoptera.— Mr. Adkin, an undetermined Agrotid from the Isle of 

 Lewis, a Sciaphila from Unst, probably referable to S. cohjiihoiniana, 

 and a l-yramein cardid in which the row of spots on the hindwings 

 was developed into an irregular blotch. Breeding of Aphantopus 

 HYPERANTHus. — Mr. Newmaii, on behalf of Mr. Oliver, a bred series of 

 Aphantopus hyperant/nis which had emerged in January and February. 

 The larvas had fed all the winter on Poa annua until pupation. Races 

 OF Brenthis selene. — Mr. Hemming, series of Brent/iis selene from 

 Warwick and Sussex ; the former were a much larger race in both 

 sexes. April 'Ulth. — Mr. P. A. Buxton, of Tonbridge, was elected a 

 member. Pupa case of ^Egeria andren^.formis. — Mr. Tonga 

 exhibited a papa case of A']yeria andrenaefonnis as found in sitii pro- 

 jecting from the burrow after the emergence of the imago. He had 

 found four such cases in nature. Mr. Kaye, a similar exhibit with the 

 living imago which had emerged in confinement. A Gynandromorph. — 

 Mr. R. Adkin, a remarkable gynandrous specimen of Bomhyx quercus, 

 with left antenna and wings ^ and right antenna and wings ? , but 

 of the J colour. It was from the Capper collection. An aberrant 

 larva. — Mr. Newman, a larva of CalUinorpha dowinula, black in colour, 

 without the yellow markings. A rare Dipteron. — Mr. Andrews, two 

 examples of the recently identified Dipteron, Hilaria a'eronetha, from 

 North Kent. North American Papilionid^. — Messrs. Edwards and 

 Turner, several species of Fapilio from North America from the 

 machaon and ylancus groups. May lltli. — Aplecta nebulosa. — Messrs. 

 Harrison and Main exhibited a long series of Aplecta nebulosa and its 



