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  JVNE 
  27th, 
  1918. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Main 
  exhibited 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  Herb-robert 
  {Geranium 
  roberti- 
  

   ^niun) 
  attached 
  by 
  short 
  stalks 
  to 
  leaves 
  and 
  other 
  objects 
  close 
  to 
  

   the 
  ground. 
  They 
  looked 
  uncommonly 
  like 
  ova 
  of 
  an 
  insect 
  for 
  

   which 
  they 
  were 
  at 
  first 
  taken. 
  It 
  was 
  stated 
  that 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  this 
  

   plant 
  were 
  of 
  two 
  kinds, 
  one 
  with 
  a 
  silky 
  appendage 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  

   without 
  such. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Moore 
  exhibited 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Cooke 
  specimens 
  of 
  Jortri.v 
  

   viridana, 
  and 
  said 
  that 
  in 
  cleaning 
  a 
  jay 
  for 
  mounting, 
  some 
  three 
  

   dozen 
  pups 
  of 
  this 
  moth, 
  with 
  clusters 
  of 
  ichneumon 
  cocoons, 
  

   several 
  medium 
  sized 
  larvfe, 
  mangled 
  remains 
  and 
  portions 
  of 
  a 
  

   large 
  acorn, 
  were 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  crop 
  and 
  throat. 
  The 
  imagines 
  

   exhibited 
  had 
  emerged 
  since. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Priske 
  exhibited 
  the 
  rare 
  blue 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  beetle 
  Calosowa 
  

   inqnhitor, 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  Forest. 
  He 
  also 
  showed 
  the 
  large 
  egg 
  

   mass 
  of 
  the 
  Avater-beetle 
  Hijtlnijihili<s 
  jiiceus:, 
  attached 
  to 
  the 
  underside 
  

   of 
  a 
  leaf 
  of 
  Potainor/eton, 
  and 
  pointed 
  out 
  the 
  " 
  mast," 
  a 
  peculiar 
  

   projection 
  which 
  would 
  stand 
  above 
  the 
  water. 
  Also 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  

   Mollusca 
  Helix 
  as/'ersa 
  and 
  H. 
  nemoralis, 
  referring 
  to 
  the 
  summer 
  

   epiphragm 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  shell 
  was 
  closed 
  during 
  aestivation, 
  and 
  

   pointing 
  out 
  a 
  more 
  opaque 
  spot 
  in 
  both 
  cases, 
  which 
  was 
  said 
  to 
  

   •cover 
  the 
  respiratory 
  organs. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Neave 
  exhibited 
  an 
  extremely 
  pale 
  brown 
  form 
  of 
  Hesperia 
  

   vialco', 
  taken 
  by 
  him 
  on 
  Chipstead 
  Downs, 
  June 
  6th, 
  1918, 
  and 
  an 
  

   example 
  of 
  Polyommatiis 
  icarus 
  ab. 
  icariniia, 
  with 
  considerable 
  

   dimmution 
  in 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  spots. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Sperring 
  exhibited 
  several 
  examples 
  of 
  Aiiriadcs 
  t/ictis 
  from 
  

   Cuxton, 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  submarginal 
  spots 
  were 
  unusually 
  dark 
  

   and 
  well-developed, 
  in 
  another 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  spots 
  were 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   sagittate, 
  and 
  in 
  another 
  the 
  basal 
  spots 
  were 
  practically 
  absent 
  on 
  

   the 
  hind 
  wings. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Main 
  called 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  male 
  imago 
  of 
  

   Ptychopoda 
  {Acidalia) 
  aversata 
  rests 
  on 
  the 
  four 
  front 
  legs 
  with 
  the 
  

   hind 
  pair 
  extended 
  ; 
  the 
  female 
  rests 
  on 
  six 
  legs. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Hy. 
  J. 
  Turner 
  exhibited 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Chapman 
  a 
  larva 
  of 
  

   the 
  Western 
  American 
  Orf/yia, 
  (K 
  retnsta 
  from 
  California. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  B. 
  W. 
  Adkin 
  exhibited 
  on 
  behalf 
  of 
  Mr, 
  E. 
  Bertram 
  Kershaw 
  

   a 
  specimen 
  of 
  Lycana 
  avion, 
  L., 
  a 
  male 
  with 
  the 
  markings 
  on 
  both 
  

   upperside 
  and 
  underside 
  limited 
  to 
  the 
  discoidal 
  and 
  marginal 
  spots, 
  

   the 
  remainder 
  of 
  all 
  four 
  wings 
  on 
  both 
  upper- 
  and 
  undersides 
  being 
  

   free 
  from 
  markings. 
  The 
  specimen 
  was 
  taken 
  in 
  North 
  Cornwall 
  

  

  