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three specimens of Phcsdrophilas o'connori, Broun, a large and hand- 

 some weevil from Mount Quoin, Kaitoke, New Zealand, South 

 Island. The specimens were taken by Mr. G. V. Hudson, F.E.S., of 

 Wellington, New Zealand, at an elevation of 3900 ft., in December, 

 1910. Commander Walker also exhibited a specimen of the rare 

 Tortrix, Phalonia {Eiqicecilia) implicitana, Wocke, taken by Mr. H. G. 

 Champion at Shoreham, Sussex, August, 1911. — Mr. W. C. Crawley, 

 a female and a worker of Lejitotliorax tuberum, Fabr., subspecies 

 corticalis, Schenk, new to Britain, found with two larvae in an 

 empty beech-nut at Pangbourne, Berks, April 24th, 1904. It was 

 named by Forel as a var. with long spines. — Mr. N. S. Sennett, some 

 Coccinellids {Chilocoriis hiimstulatus) as found on Mimosa trees at 

 Mont' Estoril in Portugal, the small exudations of gum presenting 

 what appeared to be a remarkable though hitherto unrecorded case 

 of protective mimicry. — Mr. L. W. Newman, a long series of Pyrameis 

 cardui, bred from females captured at Folkestone on September 2nd 

 last. Ova were laid at once and placed in a hothouse kept at about 

 eighty degrees ; they hatched on September 7th, and larvae fed up 

 very rapidly on stinging nettle, the first pupating on September 30th. 

 Imagines started to emerge about a week later, and all were out by 

 October 16th — some five hundred in all. Considerable variation 

 occurred, but the njajority of the brood were normal. — Mr. H. W. 

 Andrews, two rare species of Diptera from North Kent, viz., Syrphus 

 lineola, Ztt., a male, taken at Bexley on July 8th ; and Sciomyza 

 simplex, Fin., both sexes, taken in the Thames marshes on June 23rd 

 and July 1st, all in the present year. Mr. J. E. Collin remarked that 

 he had only taken the latter species at Eingwood and in Sufl'olk. — 

 Mr. E. A. Cockayne, a Geometer taken at Tongue, Sutherland, July 

 5th, 1906, probably Cidaria [Dysstroma) concinnaia, Steph., speci- 

 mens of which were placed below for comparison. — Mr. J. Piatt 

 Barrett, a drawer of Melanargia galatea containing : English speci- 

 mens, altitude under 500 ft., with one aberration. Specimens from 

 the Alps, (1) Brigue, 2000 to 3000 ft., paler than (2) and probably larger ; 

 (2) Berisal, over 5000 ft., dark. From the Apennines, (3) Pracchia, 

 near Pistoja, 3000 ft., the smallest form, dark. From Calabria, (4) 

 Gioja Tauro, Plain of Radicena, near sea-level, large and very dark ; 

 (5) Palmi, Monte Elia, 1000 ft., very dark; (6) Aspromonte, above 

 Scylla, over 2000 ft., very dark. From Sicily, (7) Mount Etna, over 

 3000 ft., moderate size, paler ; (8) Monte Cicci (near Messina), 

 2000 ft., large and dark ; (9) Monte Scuderi, 1000 ft., very large and 

 rather pale ; (10) Messina (Gravitelli), 500 to 800 ft., large and dark 

 (var. procida) ; (11) Megara Hybloea, sea-level nearly, large and pale ; 

 (12) Syracuse, sea-level nearly (var. syracusana, Zell.). — Mr. A. E. 

 Tonge, a gigantic spider {Mygale) from California. — Mr. J. R. le B. 

 Tomlin, a specimen which he said was not strictly an entomological 

 exhibit, but from its curious resemblance to a caterpillar might be of 

 momentary interest to Fellows. It was in reality a species of West 

 Indian oyster {Ostrea frons, L.) which attaches itself to twigs. 

 Professor Poulton remarked that both this and the Coccinellid 

 exhibited by Mr. Sennett were probably cases of accidental resem- 

 blance. — Professor E. B. Poulton, the following specimens sent to 



