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training, which produced the most polished manners; all these qualities combined 

 with an exceedingly retentive memory, which he helped by detailed notes and e.act 

 observations, produced such a Master of Dipterology as we shall probably never 



see again. , ... 



The writer of this obituary counts it as one of the most valued treasures oHns 

 life that he had the personal acquaintance and friendship of the Baron for about 

 thirty years, and it is with the greatest regret that he has received the sad news of 

 his death. Only as recently as 1904 his '« Record " ended with the words, " I now 

 conclude, at the age of 76, in good health and with unimpaired eyesight." 



a. H. Yerrall. 



The South London Entomological and Natural History Society: 

 Thursday, July \2th, 1906.-Mr. R. Adkin, President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Bellans, of Bedford Part, was elected a Member. 



Mr. aoulton exhibited the living larv^ of PJiytometra viridaria {a^nea) 

 feedinc. on Polygala vulgaris and also larvae of Cidaria suffumata. Mr. Step, ova 

 and larv^ at different instars of Dicranura vinula and a series of photographs of 

 Lepidoptera at rest. Mr. Turner, ova in situ of Coleophora vimineteUa on willow 

 C solitariella on Stellaria holostea, and one imago of Goniodoma Ihnomella bred 

 from Statics Umoninm stems from Southend. Mr. West (Greenwich), short series 

 of Cryptoceplalns parmJns and C punctiger, and Balaninus cerasorum from 

 Darenth Wood, taken on July 1st. Mr. Garrett, living larv^ and pup^ of meUoe 

 cardami.es. Mr. F. B. Carr, a cocoon and pupa of Sarrotlripus undulanus 

 {revayand). 



Thmicy, My mh. 190e.-TIie President in the Chair. 



Mr Wert (Ashteadl exhibited a short series of Plmia mo.da obtained in 

 his garden. Mr. Moore, a varied series of T!pir,eplele janira from Boulogne. 

 Mr.Eayward,p«p. of Polyommatus corydon and TkecJa rM, the former from 

 larv. reared on horse-shoe veteh. and the latter from ova laid on flower heads of 

 dogwood; also ova of Lyc^na arion and TUUn. a,!,o», and referred to the rela- 

 tively small size of the former. He further reported that of some 30 larvae of 

 P coryion taken at Beigate on June 18th, nearly all were attended by ants, 

 For»u.«/a».,and gave most interesting details of their interrelafons Mr. F, 

 Noad Clark, a photograph of the ova of TrocUVurn eralronifor.us, laid by a ? 

 taken by Mr. Edwards at Horsley. Mr. West and Mr. Ashby, 13 spee.es of Long,- 

 corns taken in the New Forest from May 26th to June 9th, ineluding .^.^."-m, 

 Callidinm violaceu,n (in numbers), AnopUdera ,e.guUata, Leiopn. M,,.,, 

 CJytus ,nyaic,., To.otus .,eM)anu.. &e. Mr. E. Adkin, the beautiful red form 

 var /»™»<.W«, Hub., of Miava hUoUria. Mr. Noad Clark, beautiful m.cro photo- 

 graphs of the ova of four species of Coleophora reeently obtained by Mr. Turner, 

 together with an enlargement of the mieropyle of each. Mr. Tonge, a pho.ogra,* 

 showing the proteetive resemblance of the larva of CatocaU nupta. Mr. Sich, 

 (I) living specimens showing a ease of MMlerian mimicry between the Gelechud, 

 Securvaria (Aphananla) nanella. and a Hemipteron, Phytocorh titi^, frequenting 



