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Acantliopsyche opacclla. — Mr. Adkin, series of Cdastrina argiolus, 

 (a) reared in July and August, 1912 and (b) reared in xApril and May, 

 1913, from the same lot of larvae from Eynsford ; (c) reared from 

 Eastbourne larvae in April and May, 1913. The two spring series 

 were much alike, and the females had much less of the heavy 

 bordering of the summer emergence. — Mr. Edwards, several species 

 of Papilio of the (Bgeus group from the Australian region, including 

 the rare P. gambrisus. — Mr. Blair, a nest of the wasp Polistes gallica, 

 from Meiringen, with the living female. — Mr. Turner, for Mr. Carr, a 

 bred Cerostoma scabrella. — Mr. Barrett and others remarked on the 

 comparative sizes of the captures of other seasons with the present. 

 Some members considered that imagines were smaller this year, 

 while others thought that they were quite up to the average size. 



July 24^/i.— Mr. A. E. Tonge, F.E.S., President, in the chair.— 

 Mr. Edwards exhibited a pair of the Erycinid Stalachtis evelina, 

 from the Lower Amazons. — Mr. Adkin, Borkausenia pseudosiJretella, 

 bred from hare's hair. — Mr. West, a series of the Coleopteron 

 Anobium paniceum, found destroying tobacco leaves, by Mr. Adkin. — 

 Mr. Curwen, some fifteen examples of Polyommatus icarus, from near 

 Dorking, showing much variation in the spotting and coalescence of 

 the spots on the under surface. — Mr. Hugh Main, parasites of the 

 larva of Orgyia antiqua and the larva of the large water-beetle 

 Hydrophilous piceus. — Mr. Ashdown, the larva of Hyles eupJwrbicB, 

 from Switzerland. — Mr. Barrett read a note on the migration of the 

 butterflies Aporia cratcegi and Pieris brassicce in Sicily. — Mr. Sich 

 exhibited the cocoon of Nepticula viminetella. 



August litJi.—Mi'. A. E. Tonge, E.E.S., President, in the chair. — 

 Mr. Adkin, a series of Spilosovm urticce, reared from larvae taken at 

 Eastbourne in the autumn of 1912.— Mr. Edwards, varied examples 

 of the African Hamanumida dcedalus, pointing out the extreme 

 response of the under side markings to the environment ; the fungi 

 Polyporus hispidus on an apple-tree, and Polystictus abietiiius from 

 a fence; and the pupa of Tipula olcracea, the common "daddy- 

 longlegs." — Mr. Barrett, Sicilian and Swiss Satyrus hermione, the 

 former the larger ; Baytoardia telicanus and Lampides bmticus, from 

 Sicily ; and the pupae of Nonagria sparganii and N. typh(B in situ, 

 head upwards in the former, downward in the latter. — Mr. Dennis, a 

 gall on plantain, caused by Tortrix icterana. — Mr. Curwen said that 

 Colias edusa was common at Mickleham on August 10th, and also 

 specimens of Nisoniades tages were obtained on the same date. 



August 28th.— M.T. B. H. Smith, B.A., F.E.S., Vice-President, in 

 the chair. — Mr. Main exhibited the living imago of an ant-lion, which 

 he had bred from a larva obtained in Switzerland in June last. It 

 was a female, and while held would feed on flies presented to it. — 

 Mr. West, the Orthoptera Thamnotrizon ciuereus and Forficula 

 auricularia var. forcipata, from Dartford, and on behalf of Mr. Carr, 

 the rare Coleopteron Trichius fasciatus, from Mid-Wales. — Mr. 

 Adkin, a specimen of Agrotis exclamationis, from Lewisham, in 

 which the reniform and orbicular stigmata were united. — Mr. 

 Dunster, Colias edusa, from Lyme Eegis, P. atalanta, P. cardui, and 

 V. io, from Crewkerne, with Epione apiciaria, Misoleuca ocellata, &c., 

 from the same locality. — Mr. Curwen, series of Polyommatus escheri 



