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  taining 
  large 
  species 
  of 
  Solitary, 
  Fossorial 
  and 
  other 
  Wasps, 
  includ- 
  

   ing 
  some 
  formidable 
  looking 
  Sculia, 
  the 
  other 
  containing 
  Bees 
  from 
  

   many 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world, 
  including 
  a 
  large 
  species 
  of 
  Meijachile 
  from 
  

   S. 
  Africa, 
  which 
  uses 
  the 
  mounds 
  of 
  the 
  Termites 
  as 
  the 
  sites 
  of 
  

   its 
  burrows, 
  and 
  some 
  fine 
  Etiglossa, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  West 
  exhibited 
  cases 
  containing 
  his 
  collection 
  of 
  British 
  

   Coleoptera 
  of 
  the 
  families 
  DijtiscicUE, 
  Gt/ruiiihc, 
  and 
  Hydrophilida., 
  

   containing 
  fine 
  series 
  of 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  British 
  species. 
  The 
  very 
  

   rare 
  species 
  Spercheiis 
  emarginatus 
  was 
  from 
  West 
  Ham. 
  

  

  He 
  also 
  showed 
  his 
  collection 
  of 
  British 
  Orfchoptera. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  

   species 
  of 
  BlattuUc 
  included 
  immature 
  examples. 
  The 
  rare 
  grass- 
  

   hopper, 
  Metreoptera 
  [Fiatycleh) 
  roeselii, 
  and 
  the 
  common 
  cricket, 
  

   ^'cniobius 
  si/lvestris, 
  both 
  from 
  the 
  New 
  Forest, 
  were 
  pointed 
  out. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hugh 
  Main 
  exhibited 
  the 
  living 
  larva 
  of 
  the 
  tiger-beetle, 
  

   Cicindela 
  caiiipestris 
  from 
  Epping 
  Forest, 
  in 
  a 
  burrow 
  constructed 
  

   in 
  one 
  of 
  his 
  observation 
  cages. 
  He 
  also 
  again 
  showed 
  the 
  cage 
  

   containing 
  the 
  British 
  trap-door 
  spider, 
  Atypus 
  affinis, 
  and 
  pointed 
  

   out 
  the 
  now 
  much 
  lengthened 
  aerial 
  tube 
  which 
  the 
  spider 
  had 
  since 
  

   constructed. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Priske 
  exhibited 
  three 
  sinistral 
  specimens 
  of 
  Helix 
  nenwralis 
  

   from 
  Bundoran, 
  Co. 
  Donegal, 
  and 
  also 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  British 
  fresh- 
  

   water 
  shells, 
  showing 
  the 
  considerable 
  variation 
  in 
  Limncca 
  pereyra. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  H. 
  Moore 
  exhibited 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  of 
  Orthoptera, 
  and 
  

   contributed 
  the 
  following 
  note 
  :^ 
  

  

  Colours 
  of 
  Orthoptera. 
  — 
  " 
  Primarily 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  my 
  exhibit 
  

   is 
  to 
  show 
  the 
  diversity 
  of 
  colours 
  found 
  amongst 
  the 
  Orthoptera, 
  

   but 
  the 
  motive 
  that 
  prompted 
  it 
  was 
  to 
  see 
  how 
  far 
  they 
  could 
  be 
  

   arranged 
  in 
  the 
  order 
  of 
  the 
  spectrum. 
  The 
  resources 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  

   collection, 
  however, 
  have 
  not 
  been 
  sufficient 
  for 
  the 
  purpose, 
  but 
  the 
  

   selection 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  make 
  supports 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  the 
  

   idea, 
  and, 
  though 
  of 
  no 
  scientific 
  value, 
  is 
  at 
  least 
  a 
  pretty 
  and 
  

   interesting 
  way 
  of 
  demonstrating 
  the 
  attractiveness 
  of 
  the 
  Order. 
  

   The 
  misfortune 
  is, 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  colours 
  are 
  so 
  evanescent, 
  that 
  after 
  

   a 
  few 
  years 
  in 
  the 
  cabinet 
  very 
  little 
  remains 
  of 
  their 
  former 
  beauty, 
  

   so 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  unable 
  to 
  use 
  some 
  I 
  intended. 
  Other 
  colours 
  are 
  

   fairly 
  permanent, 
  at 
  least 
  such 
  I 
  conclude 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  most 
  

   of 
  those 
  I 
  show 
  are 
  20 
  and 
  more 
  years 
  old, 
  a 
  little 
  altered 
  perhaps, 
  

   but 
  still 
  far 
  from 
  shabby. 
  We 
  have 
  no 
  conspicuously 
  coloured 
  

   species 
  in 
  our 
  fauna, 
  but 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  Care 
  to 
  look, 
  a 
  great 
  diversity 
  

   of 
  colouring 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  several, 
  for 
  instance, 
  Stenohothrus 
  

   elegans 
  is 
  very 
  varied, 
  and 
  as 
  to 
  S. 
  hicolor, 
  ^ 
  vndticolor 
  ' 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  

   truer 
  name. 
  But 
  that 
  is 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  everything 
  but 
  their 
  wings, 
  

  

  