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taken in Sherwood Forest, July, 1908, being the first record for the 

 Midlands ; (b) Pyropterus affinis, not uncommon in Sherwood Forest, 

 July, 1908 ; (c) a species of Phora, with pupaB bred from larvae which 

 came out of the body of a Clerus formicarius taken alive in Sherwood 

 Forest, July, 1908, with the Agrilus, and probably parasitic on it ; 

 [d) Trogoliniis anglicaniLS, Shp., a specimen taken at Bembridge, 

 August 3rd, 1908, with a specimen from Plymouth, and only known 

 before to occur in New Zealand, and at Plymouth where it was dis- 

 covered by Mr. Keys ; (e) Phyto melanoccphala, Mg., bred from wood- 

 lice taken at Bembridge, Isle of Wight, August, 1908, with pupa, and 

 a wood-louse with dipterous pupa in situ. The life-history of the 

 fly was hitherto unknown, though the larvae of Ehinophora atramen- 

 taria, Mg., a nearly related species, have been recorded as parasitic 

 on Oniscus asellus. — Mr. A.H. Harx'ison, a gynandromorphous example 

 of Pieris napi, bred from parents taken in North Cornwall this year. 

 — Mr. E. E. Speyer, a case of rare and interesting dragonfiies taken 

 in the British Isles in 1908, including (a) Sy^npetruiJi fonscolombii, 

 Selys. A male and female, taken in Hertfordshire on June 24:th and 

 July 27th respectively, the last specimens of this dragonfly re- 

 corded from the British Isles being those taken by Mr. Briggs in 

 Surrey in 1892; (b) Somatoclilora metallica, Lind., a male captured 

 in Sussex on August 4th, being the first authentic record of this insect 

 in England ; (c) Aiiax imperator, Leach, a male caught in Hertford- 

 shire with Libellula clep)ressa, male, in its jaws ; {d) Libellula dcpressa, 

 Linn., two females taken late in the season, showing the appearance 

 of blue powder on the abdomen ; (e) Libellula quadrimaculata, 

 Linn., four specimens, showing the remarkable difference in the 

 amount of suffusion on the wings in individuals from the same 

 locality, together with the following insects : — Orthetrum cancel- 

 latiim, McLach., male and female, from Herts ; Cordulia anea, Linn., 

 male, from Burnham Beeches, Bucks ; Brachytron pratense, Miill., 

 male and female, from Oxford; Platycnemis pennipes, Pall., male and 

 female var. lactea, from Oxford ; Erythromma naias, Hansem ; speci- 

 mens from Herts, Bucks, Sussex ; and Pyrrhosoma tenellum, McLach., 

 male and female, from Sussex. — Mr. H. M. Edelsten showed speci- 

 mens of JEschna isosceles and LibcUul-a fulva from Norfolk Broads, 

 taken in June last, and Orthetrum ccerulescens from Chagford, taken 

 in July. — Mr. Norman Joy exhibited a number of examples of Coleo- 

 ptera new to the British list, including Oxypoda perplexa, Muls., from 

 Cornwall ; Smiius hjonessius, Joy, and Cryptophagus hirtulus, Kr., 

 from the Scilly Isles ; Anisotoma flavicornis Bris., and Corticaria 

 linearis, Payk., from Bradfield. — Mr. W. J. Lucas exhibited a spike 

 of the grass Molinia ccerulea with dead Syrphids, MeUmostoma 

 scalare, Fabr., attacked by the parasitic fungus Empusa nniscce, found 

 on Esher Common, October 3rd, 1908. Most were attached by the 

 point of the head only in a very peculiar manner, and apparently all 

 were females. — Mr. O. E. Janson exhibited a specimen of Grypta- 

 morpha desjardinsi, Guer., found by Mr. F. C. Selous in his house at 

 Barton-on-Sea, Hants, on June 26th. This beetle is recorded as 

 living on banana-plants in Mauritius and Madeira, and may have 

 been introduced here with the banana-fruit.— Mr. G. C. Champion, on 

 behalf of Mr. W. West, who was present as a visitor, exhibited 



