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Barraud exhibited a series of Erebia stygne from the French Vosges, 

 taken in June and July this year, at 4000 ft., showing a generally 

 brighter facies and markings than Swiss forms, and a large brightly 

 coloured series of Erebia ligea from the same region, taken at 2000- 

 2400 ft. in July. — Mr. H. M Edelsten exhibited, on behalf of Mr. 

 E. P. Sharpe, and Mr. A. J. Wightman, a series of Nonagria edelsteni, 

 Tutt, from Sussex, taken by him in August this year, this being the 

 first time that the species, which is quite distinct from N. dissoluta 

 and the variety arimdineta, had been observed. He also showed, for 

 comparison, long series of dissoluta. and var. arimdineta from various 

 British localities, with N. neurica from Germany. In pointing 

 out the series of errors as to the identity of these Nonagrias, 

 Mr. Tutt said it was necessary to rename the species that Schmidt 

 had erroneously referred to neiirica, Hb., and in doing so he had 

 called it edelsteni (Ent. Eec, xx. pp. 164 et seq.), in honour of Mr. 

 H. M. Edelsten, who had done so much towards making the differ- 

 ences of Schmidt's two species known to us. — Mr. H. St. J. Donis- 

 thorpe brought for exhibition Pseudogynes captured alive at Nethy 

 Bridge in September last, where they occurred in some numbers in 

 two nests of Formica rufa, thus indicating that Atemeles pubicolUs, 

 Bris., a beetle new to Britain, is to be found in Scotland. He also 

 exhibited (a) examples of Harpalus cupreus, Dej., from Sandown, 

 I.W., October, 1908 ; and one specimen with red legs discovered b)^ 

 Mr. J. Taylor at Atherstone, I.W. ; {b) Gafius cicatricosus, Er., from 

 Southsea; and (c) Cryptocejjhalus bipunctatus, L., taken in July by 

 him at Niton, I.W., in July ; this form being new to Britain until 

 discovered by Mr. E. S. Mitford at Niton last year.— Mr. E. Shelford 

 showed a "stick" insect — -apparently a new species of the genus 

 Melaxinus — bred parthenogenetically by Mr. H. Main. — Mr. L. W. 

 Newman exhibited a case containing a long series of hybrids, ocel- 

 latus X populi. — Mr. H. J. Turner exhibited a long series of imagines 

 of Coleophora virgaurecB ; flowers of golden-rod among the pappus 

 hairs of which were ova (infertile) ; photomicrographs by Mr. F. 

 Noad Clark of the ova in situ; photomicrogi'aphs of three varieties of 

 the micropyle of the ovum; and larval cases in situ among the florets, 

 to illustrate the life-history of the species. He also showed "nests " 

 of the gi'egarious hybernating larvae of Porthesia chrysorrhcea from 

 Wakering Marshes, Essex, and stated that on several parts of the 

 coast this species had now become very abundant again, plenty of 

 nests being everywhere apparent ; and dead flower-stems of Statice 

 limonium, collected on Nov. 1st, containing the full-fed hybernating 

 larvae of Coleophora livioniella. — Mr. W. J. Lucas exhibited an ex- 

 ample of Labidura riparia, Pall, (shore earwig), a large male taken 

 near Bournemouth, Aug. 10th, 1908, and kept alive since that date-; 

 and two cells of the solitary wasp, Eumenes coarctata, found in New 

 Forest on Oct. 81st, 1908, having never found two together previously. 

 — Dr. T. A. Chapman exhibited a case containing specimens of the 

 genera Gelastrina [Cyaniris) and Everes to demonstrate the racial 

 identity of G. sikkima and C. argiolus, G. jynteana and G. limbatus, 

 E. diparoides and E. argiades. All these species occur together, and 

 appear to form a mimetic group, but it would be impossible at present 

 to determine which is the model, and what may be the object of the 



