40 



July, 



Mr. Hall, 1 case of Lycanidre. 



Mr. Bliss, 5 drawers of Exotic Lepidopiera. 



Mr. C. H.. Williams, life-histories of 4 species o^ Lepidopiera. 



Mr. Vincent, case of Neiiroptera and Trlchoptera. 



Mr. Eley, a small collection of Coleoptera. 



The Society's Typical Collection of British Insects was on view. 



An interesting feature was a variety of Entomological and other objects ex- 

 hibited under microscopes. 



Mr. W. A. Pearce exhibited mounted Botanical specimens. Mr. Step water- 

 colour sketches of British Fungi. Mr. A. E. Pearce water-colour studies of British 

 and foi'eign plants. 



Waltee a. Pearce, Honorary Secretary. 



[The modest official report scarcely does justice to the excellence and. im- 

 portance of this exhibition. All Orders of insects were well represented, and the 

 condition of the specimens left nothing to be desired from a purely British point of 

 view. Moreover, the recent enlargement of the scope of the Society, which permits 

 it to include Natural History generally, had a decidedly beneficial effect, which will 

 no doubt be still more apparent on future occasions. — Ei>s.]. 



ENTOMOLoaicAL SOCIETY OF LoNDON : Uh June, 1884.- -J. W. Dunning, Esq., 

 M.A., F.L.S., President, in the Chair. 



Captain Richard Holt, of Wandsworth, and F. de V. Kanes, Esq., of Kingstown, 

 Ireland, were elected Members. 



The Secretary read a letter from the President of the Society of Natural] 

 Sciences of Philadelphia inviting Members of the Society to the Congress to be held 

 there this ensuing autumn. 



Mr. Coverdale exhibited specimens of Micro (and other) Lepidopiera, illustra- 

 ting his method of mounting on pith without pinning. 



Mr. McLachlan exhibited galls on the roots of various species of Cattleya, sup- 

 posed to be produced by Lsosoma orchidearum, Westwood (vide report of previous 

 Meeting, ante p. 24). He also exhibited the shell-like larva-cases from East Africa 

 described in this Vol., pp. 1, 2. And nearly 100 microscopic slides of British 

 Aphides, prepared by the late Francis Walker in 1847, which had been presented tc 

 him by Mr. P. Hubert Desvignes, son of the late Mr. Peter Desvignes, who was one 

 of the original Members of the Society : these slides evinced great care and skill ir 

 microscopic mounting, considering that nearly 40 years had elapsed since they wert 

 prepared. 



Mr. Billups exhibited a south European ant {Cremastog aster scutellaris) caughl 

 at Grreenwich, and suggested that it might have been imported in cork. 



Mr. W. C. Boyd exhibited strawberry plants from his garden at Cheshunt 

 curiously deformed, which he thought might be due to the action of some insect oi 

 Acarus, but of which no trace could be found. The flowers were wholly phylloid 

 and the stems much shortened and flattened, so as to assume the character of tin 

 condition known in teratological botany as " fasciation." 



Mr. F. Moore communicated Description of new species of Indian Heterocerou 

 Lejpidoptera, chiefly in the collection of the British Museum, 



Mr. W. H. Patton communicated notes on the classification and synonymy o 

 Fig-insects, in which he differed somewhat from tlie conclusions arrived at by tin 

 late Sir S. S. Saunders. a I 



