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THE ENTOMOLOGIST S RECORD. 



Mr. Tonge, slides of the ova of a number of IJi'itish Geometers. 



Mr. Staniland, slides of the galling of the wild crab by the woolly 

 aphis, Kriosoina laniijera, and of the Syrphid fly {Si/riihiiti vitripenvis). 



Mr. Withycombe, a curious fungus growth from a dead ant, a nest 

 of Osmia rufa in a door lock, the egg-mass of hhiiptim iiau/irrata, the 

 life-history of a Coniuptenj.v, etc. 



March 9f./t. — New Members.— Mr. G. C. Champion, A.L.S., F.E.S., 

 was elected an Honorary Member. Mr. L. C. Bushby, of Bromley, and 

 Mr. A. M. Massee, of Sevenoaks, were elected members. 



Lecture. — Captain J. Ramsbottom, F.L.S., gave a Lecture on 

 " Symbiosis of Fungi with the Fertilisation of Orchids," illustrated 

 with lantern slides and diagrams. 



March 23?y/. — Decease of a Member. — The death of Mr. Lachlan 

 Gibb, F.E.S., a life-member, was announced. 



Exhibits. — Mr. Goodman exhibited an aberration of Arifi/iniis aijlaia 

 with the discal blotches much increased in area and united to form an 

 irregular band. 



Mr. Grosvenor, Dr. Chapman's bred series of ('allophrjis avu. 



Mr. Turner, the remarkable silver Satyrid, Arfij/rophoriis argenteus, 

 from Chili. 



April I'dth. — Exhibits. — Mr. A. A. W. Buckstone exhibited a series 

 of Brenthis eiijihrosyne, all strongly marked, taken on high ground at 

 Horsley, compared with others taken at a much lower elevation in the 

 valley. Also a specimen from Oxshott with xanthic markings, and ab. 

 ohxetira of (.'Icoreris viini Halts from Yorks. 



Mr. Enefer, beetles attacking lentils from Egypt. 



Mr. Withycombe, the results of pine-beating at Bagshot, including 

 Panolis ]yiniperda,\?kvw^ oi Kllopia proxapiaria, C/iri/sopa nilaarix and 

 (*. prasina with its prey Cliermes laricis. 



April 21th. — New Members. — Mr. A. D. Hobson of Highgate, Mr. 

 W. Rait Smith, F.E.S., of Bickley and A. G. West of W. Dulwich 

 were elected members. 



Lecture. — Mr. E. E. Green, F.E.S., gave a Lecture on "British 

 Coccidae" with blackboard sketches and numerous coloured figures of 

 species and their depredations. 



Exhibits. — Mr. Grosvenor exhibited a collection of the species and 

 forms of the genus Endrosa {Si'tnia.) from the collection of Dr. 

 Chapman to be deposited in the British Museum. 



Mr. Step, a living Salamander {Sulantandra iinindosa) which he 

 and his son had found under a heap of stones by the roadside near 

 Boulogne. 



]\lay 11th. — New Member. — Mr. C. B. Leechman, of Purley, was 

 elected a member. 



Exhibits. — Mr. H. Main exhibited Thais pohjxcna bred, from 

 Hyeres, and some wingless sand-beetles, Pitiidia aut/idata, from 

 Egypt. 



