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August 28th, 1902.— Mr. E. Step, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Edmund J. Riley, of 94, Drakefell Road, Upper Tooting, was elected a 

 Member. 



Mr. South exhibited a series of Apamea ophiogramma bred from larvae 

 taken in his garden at Tooting. Mr. Turner, a short series of Agrotis ripce bred at 

 the end of June, 1902, from larva? taken in August, 1901, at Dawlish. The variation 

 was very considerable, from very snowy forms to an exceedingly dark example. 

 Mr. Bowman, a large number of species of the genus Erebia, including series of 

 E. Zapateri from Spain, and E. Christ/ from Switzerland ; he also showed a series 

 of Melanargia Lachesis. Mr. South, ova of Tortrix piceana from Oxshott, and of 

 Betinia, pinicolana. Mr. Adkin, several masses of cocoons of a species of Apanteles 

 which had emerged from the larva? of Boarmia gemmaria in his garden. A discus- 

 sion ensued as to the cause of the curious curved position of the larval remains over 

 the cocoons. Dr. Chapman, a specimen of Scoliaula (Bohemannia) quadrimaculella 

 from Reigate. 



September Uth, 1902. — Mr. F. Noad Clark, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. South exhibited a series of Pygcera curtula bred from ova laid by a ^ taken 

 at Blatchworth. The imagines were all small and dark, and it was suggested that 

 the food, sallow, instead of poplar, was the cause. Mr. Turner, two Longicorn 

 Coleoptera taken by Mr. Tutt at Torre Pellice, viz., Cerambyx keros (Cerdo) and 

 Purpuricenus Koehleri. Mr. Kemp, numerous species of Coleoptera taken in the 

 New Forest in August, including Prionus coriarius, Halyzia 16-gidtata, Abdera 

 bifasciata, Bembidium decorum, Tomoxia biguttata, and Deronectes latus. Dr. 

 Chapman, examples of the Hesperid, Jleteropterus Morpheus, from St. Jean de Luz, 

 and cases and imagines of the Psychid, Oreopsyche Leschenaulti, from San Sebastian. 



September 25th, 1902. — The President in the Chair. 



Dr. Chapman exhibited typical examples of Euchelia jacobace bred from larva? 

 found at Bejar, and stated that the black bands or rings of the larva? were broken 

 into four black marks. Mr. Kaye, a short series of Leucania albipuncta from the 

 Isle of Wight, taken this year. Mr. Kirkaldy, a remarkable case of insect mimicry 

 in a number of Brazilian Rhynchota, Mabetia pulcherrima. A new species of 

 31irid(t was shown with the Pyrrhocorine, Theraneis oleosas, from Costa Rica, and 

 T. luridus from Brazil. Mr. Kemp, species taken by him at various Field Meetings 

 of the Society : — Wisley, July 5th, Coleoptera : Donacia thalassina, Pcederus 

 riparius, Agrilus angustuhts, Xyleborus dryographus, and Antherophagus nigricornis. 

 Odonata : Orthetrum ccerulescens. Epping Forest, September 20th, Zeugophora 

 jlavicollis and Ilybius fenestratus. Oxshott, September 6th, Coleoptera : Hydaticus 

 seminiger, Pelobius tardus, Ilybius ater, Bhantus bistriatus, Bidessus geminus, 

 Hydroporus tristis, H. umbrosus, and Coelambus impresso-punctatus. Mr. Lucas, 

 a coloured sketch of a var. of Asphalia ridens bred from the New Forest. The 

 contrast of light and dark markings was unusually strong. He also showed a 

 specimen of a very rare Dipteron, Physucephala nigra, and a $ of Ectobia 

 lapponica with its egg capsule, which it had carried protruding for 5 days before 

 dropping it. Mr. Colthrup, Lasiocampa quercus vars. (1) with splashes of yellow 

 at base of fore-wings, (2) $ with $ antenna? and wings, but body showing ova 



