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therein. Mr. Hugh Mam, living larvae of Blatta germanica bo illustrate their 

 colourless condition on Brat emergence. Mr. II. St. J. Donisthorpe, examples of 

 (a) Agrilus biguUatus, F., found in Sherwood Forest, July, 1908, not taken in 

 Britain for about thirty years, (his being the first record for the Midlands; (b) Pyro- 

 pterus affinis, not uncommon in Sherwood Forest, July, 190S ; (<•) a species of I'hora, 

 with pupse bred from larva* which came out of the body of a C/erus formicarius 

 taken alive in Sherwood Forest with the Agrilus, and probably parasitic on it; 

 (</) Trogolinus anglicanus, Slip., a specimen taken at Bembridge, August 3rd, 1908, 

 with a specimen from Plymouth, and only known before to occur in New Zealand 

 and at Plymouth ; (e) Phyto melanocephala, Mg., bred from woodlice taken at 

 Bembridge, Isle of Wight, August, 1908, with pupse, and a woodlouse with Dip- 

 terous pupa in situ. The life-history of fly was hitherto unknown, though the larvae 

 of Bhinophora atramentaria, Mg., a nearly related species, have been recorded as 

 parasitic on Outsat* as, this. Mr. A. Harrison, a gynandromorphous example of 

 Pieris napi, bred from parents taken in North Cornwall this year. Mr. E. R. 

 Speyer, a case of rare and interesting dragonflies taken in the British Isles, 1908, 

 including (a) Sympetrum fonscolombii, Selys, taken in Hertfordshire on June 24th 

 and July 27th, respectively, the ? probably the first taken in England ; (b) Soma- 

 tochiora metallica, Lincl., a $ captured in Sussex on August 4th, being the first 

 authentic record of this insect in England; (c) Anax imperator, Leach, a o* caught 

 in Hertfordshire on June 24th with Libellula depressa, $ in its jaws; (d) Libellula 

 depressa, Linn., two $ ?s taken late in the season, showing the appearance of blue 

 powder on the abdomen ; and (e) Libellula quadrimaoulata, Linn., four specimens, 

 two taken in Sussex, showing the remarkable difference in the amount of suffusion 

 on the wings in individuals ; the other, two from widely different localities, one 

 from North Wales showing great, and one from Ventnor, Isle of Wight, showing 

 very little wing-suffusion. Mr. Norman Joy, a number of Coleoptera new to the 

 British list, including Sunius lyonessius, Joy , and Cryptophagus hirtulus, Kr., from 

 the Scilly Isles ; Anisotoma flavicornis, Bris., and Corticaria linearis, Payk., from 

 Bradfield ; C. longicollis, Zett., from Epping, and Oxypoda perplexa, Muls., from 

 Cornwall. Mr. II. M. Edelsten, specimens of Mschna isosceles and Libellula fulva 

 from the Norfolk Broads, taken in June last, and Orthetrum cxrulescens from Chag- 

 ford, taken in July. Mr. W. J. Lucas, a spike of the grass Molinia cxrulea with dead 

 Syrphids, Melanostoma scalare, Fabr., attacked by the parasitic fungus Empusa 

 muscse, found on Esher Common, October 3rd, 1908. Many or most were attached 

 by the point of the head only in a very peculiar manner, and apparently all were 

 females. Mr. O. E. Janson, a specimen of Cryptamorpha desjardinsi, Gruer., found 

 by Mr. C. F. Selous in his house at Barton-on-Sea, Hants, on June 26th. This 

 beetle is recorded as living in banana plants in Mauritius and Madeira, and may 

 have been introduced here in the banana fruit. Mr. G. C. Champion, on behalf of 

 Mr. W. West, who was present as a visitor, specimens of the following insects : 

 Aleochara crassiusvu/a, Sahib., taken at Great Yarmouth in May, 1908 ; varieties 

 of Donatio, dentipes and D. simplex, from Caistor Marshes ; Nobis boops, Schiodte, 

 taken at Esher in August, 1908 ; and Idiocerus seurra, Germ., taken at Blackheath, 

 Kent, in September, 1908. Mr. L. W. Newman, specimens of (a) Crymodes exults 

 from the Shetlands, including the rare female ; (b) Callimorpha dominula, two 

 yellow aberrations bred from East Kent ova. In 190G a yellow ? was bred. This 



