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  mannia 
  bideiitata, 
  the 
  acrocarpous 
  moss, 
  Aulacoinnium 
  (Orthopyxis) 
  

   antlror/i/num, 
  and 
  the 
  golden 
  saxifrage, 
  Chrysosplenium 
  alternati- 
  

   foliniii, 
  all 
  from 
  the 
  London 
  district. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  reported 
  that 
  a 
  swarm 
  of 
  bees 
  had 
  been 
  seen 
  at 
  Balham 
  

   to-day 
  (February 
  28th), 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  hawfinch 
  had 
  been 
  exceedingly 
  

   common 
  at 
  Bromley 
  this 
  year. 
  

  

  MAECH 
  Uth, 
  1918. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  J. 
  Ashdown 
  exhibited 
  a 
  small 
  collection 
  of 
  Cryptogams 
  

   which 
  he 
  had 
  recently 
  acquired, 
  preserved 
  in 
  an 
  album, 
  consisting 
  

   chiefly 
  of 
  Mosses 
  and 
  Lichens, 
  and 
  drew 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  Keindeer 
  Moss 
  [Cladoma 
  raiu/iferina) 
  and 
  Iceland 
  Moss 
  [Cetraria 
  

   island 
  tea). 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hy. 
  J. 
  Turner 
  exhibited 
  a 
  short 
  series 
  of 
  Colias 
  edusa 
  var. 
  

   Iielice, 
  including 
  three 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  Island 
  of 
  Cyprus, 
  of 
  which 
  

   one 
  was 
  partly 
  intermediate 
  in 
  colour, 
  the 
  ground 
  of 
  the 
  forewings 
  

   being 
  tinged 
  with 
  pale 
  orange 
  and 
  the 
  hindvvings 
  suffused 
  with 
  the 
  

   dusky 
  orange, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  of 
  edusa, 
  but 
  somewhat 
  less 
  intense. 
  

  

  He 
  also 
  showed 
  a 
  long 
  series 
  of 
  Luperina 
  [Apaniea) 
  testacea 
  from 
  

   Cornwall, 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  umbreous 
  form, 
  but 
  showing 
  much 
  variation 
  in 
  

   depth 
  and 
  detinition 
  of 
  marliings. 
  One 
  or 
  two 
  specimens 
  were 
  

   nearly 
  uniform 
  without 
  marking, 
  and 
  two 
  specimens 
  were 
  only 
  

   about 
  two-thirds 
  the 
  average 
  size. 
  This 
  form 
  was 
  afterwards 
  found 
  

   to 
  have 
  been 
  named 
  rufa. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Edwards 
  exhibited 
  a 
  long 
  series 
  of 
  Gnophos 
  glaucinaria, 
  taken 
  

   by 
  himself 
  some 
  years 
  ago 
  at 
  Macugnaga. 
  Several 
  specimens 
  were 
  

   of 
  the 
  form 
  called 
  pluvihearia 
  by 
  Staudinger. 
  He 
  also 
  showed 
  

   several 
  species 
  of 
  Setina 
  {Endrosa) 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  locality, 
  including 
  

   S. 
  irmrella 
  var. 
  anden'tiiiii 
  with 
  confluent 
  markings 
  along 
  the 
  veins, 
  

   and 
  var. 
  siynata, 
  the 
  ^ 
  form, 
  8. 
  kiihliveini 
  and 
  8. 
  aurita, 
  and 
  other 
  

   insects. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Barnett 
  exhibited 
  a 
  short 
  series 
  of 
  Hyrla 
  nmn'cata 
  from 
  Wan- 
  

   borongh, 
  near 
  Guildford. 
  They 
  were 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  light 
  ground 
  colour 
  

   compared 
  with 
  specimens 
  obtained 
  farther 
  north. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  K. 
  G. 
  Blair 
  exhibited 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  the 
  Coleopteron 
  Xebria 
  

   brevicollis 
  parasitised 
  by 
  a 
  Proctotrupid 
  sp. 
  The 
  parasite 
  larvfB 
  were 
  

   full 
  fed 
  and 
  had 
  emerged 
  from 
  the 
  back 
  of 
  their 
  host, 
  and 
  were 
  

   standing 
  on 
  their 
  tails 
  in 
  a 
  row 
  ready 
  to 
  pupate. 
  

  

  Both 
  Mr. 
  Edwards 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Blair 
  had 
  recently 
  seen 
  larvre 
  of 
  a 
  

   Syrphid 
  fly, 
  which 
  had 
  passed 
  the 
  winter 
  in 
  that 
  stage. 
  Mr. 
  Blair 
  

   had 
  also 
  seen 
  a 
  winter 
  pupa. 
  

  

  