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from N. Kent, Knchlo'e cardaiiiinen with yellow hindwings, veiy pale 

 H}ipi>crita jacohaeae, etc. 



Chrysomklidae (Col.). — Mr. Syms, Chri/^oinclo f/ratiiinis fi-om 

 Yorkshire, and ' '. hanksi from the Isle of Wight, 



Larvak of a Sawfly and a local (iRAssiioPPKR. — Mv. K. G. lilair, the 

 living larviB of the sawfly Kiiocauipa orata with its waxy secretion, 

 and the living subapteroas grasshopper lA'/itopIn/cs piiJirtafissiDia^ 

 from Oxshott. 



Reports on the Season. — Numerous reports were made on the 

 season and a discussion took place on immigration. 



September 22»'/. — Lantern Slides. — The evening was devoted to 

 the demonstrations on a long series of lantern slides by various 

 members. 



Mr. H. Main, slides of the various phases in the life-history of the 

 oil-beetle, Mehi'e proscarahoenn, a parasite in the larval stage of the 

 Anthophnra bee. Practically the whole of the details of the Ijiology of 

 the beetle were illustrated. 



Mr. Withycombe, slides showing the habit, structure, growth, and 

 development of the bladderwort Vtriciilana which entraps small 

 crustaceans and larvixi' in water, and of ViiKjuicnla the leaves of which 

 capture and digest small insects, by means of their tentacles. 



Mr. G. T. Lyle, slides of details of Lepidopterous structure, habits 

 and development. 



Mr. W. J. Lucas, slides illustrating the Black Pond area near 

 Oxshott before and after the devastation ; slides showing the fruiting 

 of many shrubs and bushes ; and a few of " other orders." 



Mr. Bunnett, slides of various larvae and imagines, etc. 



Mr. Dennis, a slide of the ova of a Cimex sp., etc. 



October 13f/(. — New Member. — Mr. A. W. Vesterling, 107, Castle 

 Street, Battersea, was elected a member. 



Lecture. — Mr. Soar lectured on " The Hydracarina or Water- 

 mites," and showing a large number of lantern slides and coloured 

 drawings of species and structural details. 



Exhibits. — Mr. Grosvenor, the chief Paljearctic species of the genus 

 Zipjaena. Mr. Blenkarn, the scarce weevil, Kpipolaens caliijinoaus, 

 from Dover. Mr. Newman, Rumicia pldaeas with ab. obsoleta, ab. 

 siifiixa, a golden form, and ab. parvipimrta ; he reported Kiiranessa 

 antiopa seen by his son at Bexley. Messrs. 0. R. and A. de B. 

 Goodman exhibited Nordnionnia ilida var. cerri, and v. aesciili, with 

 Kliiqia spini having (1) straight white line below, (2) concave ditto, 

 (8) and greatly widened ditto, all but the last two from Digne. 



October 21tJi. — New Member. — Mr. J. A. Yernon, " Lynmouth," 

 Reigate, Surrey, was elected a member. 



A LIVING Scorpion. — Mr. H. Main exhibited a female Scorpio 

 europaeiia with her family from Hyeres, and gave notes on the life- 

 history. Mr. Grosvenor had seen a N. Indian species carry its young 

 similarly. 



Local Series of E. atomaria. — Mr. A. A. W. Buckstone, several 

 local series of l^motimia atomaria from Southern areas with var. 

 mdcolorata from Burnley, including a very dark form from Horsley 

 and some pale yellow forms from Otford. 



