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Edwards, numerous species of the genus Parnassius, including 

 P. transiens, P. smmtheus, P. gracilis, P. imperator, &c. — Mr. Main, 

 specimens of two species of scorpion, sent him from South France 

 by Dr. Chapman. — Mr. Coulson, a very pale buff example of PJiigalia 

 jjedaria from Epping Forest. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner, a number of species 

 of Lepidoptera from Zermatt, and read a paper entitled "A Few Days 

 with the Butterflies of Zermatt." 



May 26^/i.— Mr. J. W. Kaye, F.E.S., President, in the chair.— 

 Mr. Newman exhibited ova of Sesia andrceniformis and two speci- 

 mens of a blue butterfly, male and female, from the late Mr. Sabine's 

 collection, supposed to be a natural hybrid between Agriades corydon 

 and A. thetis (bellargus). — Mrs. Hemmings, a very fine gynandrous 

 specimen of Celastrina argiolus taken in Surrey on March 10th, 1910. 

 — Mr. Edwards, numerous species of the South American genus of 

 Satyridse Taygetis, and a number of under sides of Mclanitis leda, 

 showing extreme variation in colour and markings. — Mr. Adkin, the 

 series of Boarmia repandata referred to in Proc. S. Lend. Ent. Soc. 

 1909, p. 3, and read further notes on them. He also reported an 

 instance of a butterfly, Pieris brassica (?), being captured and carried 

 off by a bird. — ^Mr. Step, a number of the carnivorous slug Testacella 

 haliotidea, found by Mr. West in his garden at Ashtead. — Mr. Sich, 

 the small winter tents of the hybernating larvae of Hyponomeuta 

 cagnagellus. — Dr. Hodgson, specimens of C. argiolus and Pieris napi 

 recently bred or taken by him, as noteworthy in the colour investi- 

 gations he has been carrying on for some years. 



June 9^/i.— Mr. J. W. Kaye, F.E.S., President, in the chair.— Mr. 

 Edwards exhibited a large number of species of American Pierince. — 

 Captain Cardew, a short series of Epione advenaria, including a uni- 

 colorous specimen from Godalming. — Dr. Hodgson, the imagines bred 

 from a brood of Pieris napi from ova laid in May, 1909. Some emerged 

 in July-August, 1909, but most of the insects did not appear till the 

 spring of 1910. — Mr. Harrison reported the assembling of twenty- 

 one males of Amphidasys betularia, fourteen of which were var. 

 doiibledayaria, at Woodford. 



June 23/rZ. — The President in the chair. — Mr. Ashdown exhibited 

 a specimen of u^^geria cuUciformis and the rare Coleopteron, An- 

 thraxia nitidula, from the New Forest, in May. — Mr. Newman, a 

 very long bred series of Eviaturga atomaria, with a largo proportion 

 of melanic specimens. — Mr. West, specimens of Coleoptera and 

 Hemiptera taken during the field-meeting at Eamxiore on June 18th, 

 including Cryptocephalus coryli, C. viorcei, Stiroma albomarginata 

 (developed forms), Deltocephalus abdoviinalis, &c.— Mr. Carr, a collec- 

 tion of Lepidoptera taken in the Wye Valley during July and 

 August, 1909, including Leucophasia sinapis, Grapta c-album, a fine 

 series of Cidaria picata, &c. — Mr. E. Adkin, a series of Endromis 

 versicolor and Biston hirtaria, reared from ova sent him from Avie- 

 more in 1908, and read notes on the emergences in 1909 and 1910. 

 Several, of the former species, and many of the latter, were appa- 

 rently going over another year. — Mr. Sich, a beetle reared from a 

 yellow silken cocoon found at Eanmore Common on Hippocrepis 

 comosa. — Mr. Cowham, a Nyssia zonaria, mainly female, but having 



