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  party 
  at 
  Grimstone's 
  Oak, 
  and 
  a 
  walk 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  

   High 
  Beech. 
  

  

  Several 
  members 
  beat 
  for 
  larvae, 
  and 
  reported 
  having 
  obtained 
  

   larvte 
  of 
  Hylopldla 
  bicolorana 
  and 
  ApocJieima 
  {Nyssia) 
  Iiispidaria 
  

   from 
  oak. 
  

  

  Imagines 
  that 
  were 
  either 
  netted 
  or 
  observed 
  included 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  . 
  — 
  

  

  Pieris 
  brassicd, 
  Pieris 
  napi, 
  Gonepteryx^ 
  ritamni, 
  Hesperia 
  [Syrich- 
  

   thiis) 
  malv(C, 
  Rumicia 
  pJdceas, 
  Nola 
  confusalis, 
  Lithosia 
  sororcula, 
  

   Drepana 
  cultraria 
  (iin(iuici<la), 
  Triaena 
  {^Acronicta) 
  psi, 
  Xylocauipa 
  

   areola, 
  Venilia 
  Diacularia, 
  Tephrosia 
  crepuscidaria, 
  also 
  a 
  fine 
  melanic 
  

   example 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  Panayra 
  petraria, 
  Acidalia 
  reniutaria, 
  and 
  

   Melanippe 
  sociata. 
  

  

  The 
  Coleopterists 
  reported 
  having 
  secured 
  examples 
  of 
  Silpha 
  

   quadriinafi(lata 
  and 
  Calosoma 
  iiiqitisitor. 
  

  

  The 
  party 
  returned 
  to 
  Chingford 
  in 
  time 
  to 
  partake 
  of 
  tea, 
  which 
  

   was 
  provided 
  at 
  Martin's 
  Cafe 
  at 
  6.30 
  p.m. 
  

  

  JUNE 
  13th, 
  1918. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  announced 
  that 
  Prof. 
  F. 
  A. 
  Dixey, 
  M.A., 
  M.D., 
  F.R.S., 
  

   had 
  been 
  chosen 
  and 
  elected 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  Honorary 
  Members 
  of 
  

   the 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  evening 
  was 
  mainly 
  devoted 
  to 
  an 
  exhibition 
  of 
  living 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  of 
  Natural 
  History. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Ashdown 
  exhibited 
  living 
  larvie 
  of 
  Anatis 
  ocellata 
  and 
  of 
  

   other 
  " 
  Lady-beetles 
  " 
  feeding 
  on 
  Aphides 
  and 
  Lepidoptera 
  larvae, 
  

   besides 
  being 
  cannibals. 
  Also 
  larvae 
  of 
  Galerucella 
  vihurni 
  which 
  

   had 
  been 
  in 
  myriads 
  on 
  both 
  species 
  of 
  Yihurnniii, 
  and 
  some 
  

   Longicorns 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  Epping 
  Field 
  Meeting 
  and 
  kept 
  alive 
  on 
  

   rotten 
  wood 
  and 
  apple-rind. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Robert 
  Adkin 
  exhibited 
  living 
  larvae 
  of 
  Eiiproctis 
  similis 
  [ain-i- 
  

   fua) 
  and 
  E. 
  chrysorrhaa, 
  together 
  with 
  their 
  winter 
  nests. 
  He 
  

   pointed 
  out 
  that 
  K. 
  siinilis 
  was, 
  in 
  hybernation, 
  a 
  solitary 
  species, 
  

   each 
  larva 
  making 
  a 
  separate 
  hybernaculum 
  for 
  itself, 
  which 
  it 
  

   appeared 
  was, 
  in 
  natural 
  conditions, 
  usually 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  food- 
  

   plant 
  at 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  two 
  twigs, 
  or 
  some 
  similarly 
  protected 
  posi- 
  

   tion 
  ; 
  the 
  hybernaculum 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  two 
  divisions, 
  in 
  the 
  outer 
  of 
  

   which 
  the 
  larva 
  cast 
  its 
  skin 
  before 
  retiring 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  chamber 
  to 
  

   pass 
  the 
  winter. 
  In 
  spring, 
  having 
  once 
  left 
  the 
  hybernaculum 
  the 
  

   larva 
  did 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  return 
  to 
  it. 
  E. 
  chrysorr/um, 
  on 
  the 
  con- 
  

  

  