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previous meeting had extended their feeding two or three weeks beyond 

 the normal time and were found to be ichneumoned, except one which 

 had developed to an imago in the normal period. 



Mr. Coulson reported the capture of i'hn/.nis lintniiru at Merton, 

 Surrey, on May 15th. 



Mr. Preston, butterflies from Macedonia. 



Mr. Bunnett, ova, larvae and imagines of Melanoma /lupidi (Col.) 

 from Oxshott, where it was very comiuon just now. 



Various reports were made of the occurrence of Coliaii croceKs {edusa) 

 on the N. Downs, etc. 



Jhik' 22nd. — Mr. Step exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Turner, from 

 Freshwater, I. of Wight, flowers of Orcltis incarnata and of the 

 Buckbeaia {Menyanthes trifaliata) both abundant in the marshes and 

 said that he reported Iris pseHilacorim and L. foetid iaaiuia were flowering 

 and abundant, but that insects were remarkably scarce. 



Mr. Staniland, Ftero'tnat/iiis qicfas and Archon centaio-ns (Col.) from 

 the Gold Coast. 



Mr. Withycombe, the Neuroptera (1) Osnnjlns chii/sops alive with its 

 larva ; (2) Sialia lutaria and a living larva ; (3) Jthone fnsca from 

 Australia and a preserved larva ; (4) I'xychopsis leonina from Africa and 

 a preserved larva from Australia ; (5) Steiiosmylns e.ccimis from New 

 Zealand; he also gave notes on their life-histories. 



Mr. Buckhurst, Hesperia iiialcae ab. (aras from Effingham. 



Mr. Enefer, a shoot of sycamore and a root of ash deformed by the 

 attacks of gall-flies. 



Mr. Goodman, aberrations of (1) I'anwssius apollu much approach- 

 ing P. deliioi, from St. Martin Vesubie ; (2) P. ddiiis with sparser 

 markings than usual ; (3) A Parna.ssiits with characters intermediate 

 between delins and apollo suggestive of a natural hybrid. 



Mr. Syms, a larva of Riiralis hetidae and a larva of Anthoidiaini:^ 

 vacca (Col.) in its cell for pupation. 



Jidy IStli. — Major Stuart Maples, Monkswood, Huntingdon, and 

 Messrs. H. Candler, Broad Eves, Ashtead, and E. !>. Watson, 

 Winthorpe Grange, Newark, were elected members. 



Mr. R. Adkin, two specimens of a dark grey form of (rraiimiesia 

 triijratinnica (trilitiea) from Abbots Wood, where the species had been 

 unusually common at sugar. 



Mr. 13uckstone, living larvae and pupae of Pyiameia rardiii, the 

 ground-colour of the pupae varying from pale grey to blackish. 



Miss A. K. Loch, a uniformly pale yellow aberration of Ihentliis 

 eupluosyne with quite normal spotting, from Worth, Sussex. 



Mr. H. Main, several items brought by him from the S. of France. 

 (1) Larvae of the ant-lion, Palpates libelluloides; (2) The Teuebrionid 

 beetle, Pimdia yallira ; (3)Cases of the large Psychid, Aca)it/itipsyvliv 

 atra [oparella) with young larvae; (4) the spider, Lyrosa tiarhoneiisis, 

 discussed by Fabre ; (5) the spider, Clatho daraiuli, found under stones ; 

 (6) the Myriapod, Snitiyera araneoides said to be poisonous ; (7) Larvae 

 of the butterfly Thais nimina. 



Mr. Cheeseman, living larvae of Attacus cynthia and Samia cecropia, 

 two large silk-spinning moths. 



Mr. Enefer, the larch weevil Lipants (^Molytes) yenuanns from 

 Farningham, Kent. 



