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exhibited examples of Ceuthorrhynchideus viixtiis and C. inlosellus 

 taken by him during May last atTubney, Berkshire. — The Eev. F. D. 

 Morice showed a specimen of tlie Pompilid Clavelia yovipiliformis, 

 Luc, male; probably the only fossorial wasp with pectinated antennas, 

 taken by him this spring in the province of Oran, Algeria ; also 

 examples of the saw-fly Phymatocera aterrima, Klug, with photo- 

 graphs of the insect in the act of ovipositing on " Solomon's Seal," 

 and gave an account of the way in which the saws are employed for 

 the purpose. Instead of cutting vertically the saws are turned side- 

 ways. — Mr. H. Main brought for exhibition an empty larva skin of a 

 male Lampyris noctiluca with a living pupa, which was seen to be 

 intermittent luminous. — Mr. L. Newman showed a long and varied 

 series of Ematurga atomaria, bred from a melanic female taken in 

 cop. with a dark typical male at Bury, Lancashire. It was noticeable 

 that the melanic and semi-melanic forms predominated in the off- 

 spring. — Mr. Newman also exhibited a male and female of (?) hybrid 

 Agriades thetis (hellanjus) x A. corydon, taken wild in North Kent, 

 June, 1909, by Sergt. -Major W. Crocker, and ova in situ of Sesia 

 andreniformis, of which also Mr. A. E. Tonge handed round a 

 photograph, X 26. — Mr. O. E. Jansou showed a remarkable gynan- 

 dromorphous example of GoUathus giganteus and other Cetoniidca 

 recently collected by Mr. E. Brown in Uganda, British East Africa, 

 including both sexes of the rare Formasimus nissiis. Nearly all the 

 species exhibited were West African forms, proving the great 

 similarity of the central African fauna, extending over a district of 

 two to three thousand miles across that continent. — The Eev. 

 G. Wheeler brought for exhibition a case containing many examples, 

 bred from identical parents, of Smerinthus populi, taken in Lancashire, 

 showing a wide range of variation ; also a curious pale dwarf example 

 of S. ocellata from the same locality. — Mr. C. O. Waterhouse exhibited 

 specimens of a beetle of the family Chrysomelidge, Crosita altaica, 

 found by a poulterer at Bournemouth in the crop of a pheasant from 

 Eussia. He remarked on the brilliancy of the metallic coppery-red 

 and green colours, held by some to be warning-colours. — l5r. T. A. 

 Chapman exhibited specimens of the spring emergence of double- 

 brooded Agriades corydon, taken in April and May last in the Eiviera, 

 at various dates from April 23rd to May 11th, displaying considerable 

 variation, but all apparently of one race. He also showed larvte of 

 Thestor balliis in the last instar, feeding on flowers of Ulex eiiropaus ; 

 a larva of Agriades corydon var. constanti, from eggs laid at Ste. 

 Maxime at the beginning of May, and now in the third instar ; and 

 a living imago of Gallophrys avis, Chpmn., a somewhat belated 

 specimen, emerged June 1st, 1910 ; the delay no doubt due to an 

 unsuccessful attempt at forcing in February. — Dr. K. Jordan exhibited 

 a live male specimen of a species of Truxalis obtained by him at 

 Portimao, South Portugal, and also showed living larvae and the 

 cocoon of a moth, DipUira loti, found on Cistiis in the Serra de 

 Monchique, Algarve, South Portugal, on May 13th. They resem- 

 ble the caterpillar of Eriogaster lanestris so closely that a generic 

 separation is hardly justified. — Mr. H. H. C. J. Druce communicated 

 some notes received from Mr. J. C. Moulton, of the Sarawak Museum, 



