ABSTRACT OF I'ROCEKDIXliS. Hy 



13th July. 1914. 



The Monthly General Meeting was held at the Museum 

 at 8 p.m., the Pi-esident in the chair. 



A S II piKixiuJ (^iKi' itf yiniirri/. 



Mr. G. H. Hurlstonc Hardy exhibited specimens of an 

 Ichneumon (species not determined), having a colour-pat- 

 teni identical with the colovir-patteni of some veiy com- 

 mon Braconidae (species not determined). The group to 

 which tiie Braeon belongs can be met with throughout the 

 spring, summer, and autumn; it has very black wings, 

 and the abdomen is black, with very nan'ow white wings; 

 the head and thorax are sometimes black, sometimes red. 

 In the species in Cjuestion, the head, the thorax as far back 

 as the inteniiediate co'xae and posterior wings, are red ; 

 the anterior legs are sometimes red, sometimes black. The 

 imitating Ichneumon has identical colours; in the speci- 

 mens seen the anterior legs are red. Specimens have ijeen 

 taken in Southern Tasmania in October and May, showing 

 it to have the same range of flight as the Bracons. 



y('ir Zidlaitd M ON Ufa HIS and hdh-en. 

 Mr. L. II. Lindon exhibited a large number of views of 

 New Zealand mountains and lakes, and spoke of the scenery 

 which they illustrated. 



Vopcr. 

 The following paper was read: — "The Diptera-Brachyera 

 of Tasmania. Part I : Families Leptidae, Stratiomyidae, 

 Nemestrinidae, and Cvrtidae." By Arthur White. 



14th September, 1914. 

 The Monthly General Meeting was held at the Museum 

 at 8 p.m., the President in the chair. 



Election of Mi'iiihtr. 

 Mr. A. E. Goetze was elected a member. 



The following papers were read : — 



"Tasmanian Relics in the Havre Museum." By Charles 

 Henley (communicated by E. L. Pi^se). 



"Notes on Tasmanian Caprellidae." Bv E. A. Briggs, 

 B.Sc. (communicated by E. L. Piesse). 



Professor Arthur Dendy, of London, corresponding mem- 

 ber, gave an address on "Progressive Evolution." 



Meetings were not held in August. (October, or November. 



