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Verbasciim thapsus on June 26th, 1909, the only previous capture in 

 Britain being by Mr. Moncreaff at Portsmouth in 1871 ; and (e) Bem- 

 hidiiim tihiale, Duft., a melanic example taken this summer by the 

 Kiver Monnow. Mr. TomUn also exhibited, on behalf of Dr. David 

 Sharp, F.E.S., examples of Laccobius ytenensis, Sharp, sp. nov. ; and 

 Crepidodera impressa, Fab., a littoral species recently introduced to 

 the British list by Dr. Shax'p from Hayling Island, since found 

 in an exactly similar locality at Poole Harbour by Colonel Yerbury. 

 — Mr. G. T. Bethune Baker showed an Asilid which he had taken 

 at Macugnaga in August, with a dead female Nomiades semiargus in 

 its mouth. — Professor E. B. Poulton, F.E.S., said that undoubtedly 

 the Asilids inject, through the proboscis, a poison into their prey 

 which kills them immediately. — Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe showed a 

 specimen of Claviger longicornis, Miill., with its host Lasiiis iimhratus, 

 Nyll., taken by Father Schmitz in Germany. He said this species 

 should occur in Britain with the same ant, and Father Schmitz 

 had told him that April was the best month in which to look for it 

 in the nests of ujiibratus, under deeply embedded, heavy stones. — 

 Dr. T. A. Chapman exhibited a teratological example of Pterostoma 

 2Mlp)ina, one of a number of similar specimens bred from one brood 

 of larvae, and which may be called as a varietal (or aberrational ?) 

 name, var. brevipennis ; also, on behalf of the Eev. C. E. N. Burrows, 

 a specimen of malformation of the male appendages in Acronycta 

 tridens, no similar specimen having been recorded. — Mr. H. M. Edelsten 

 exhibited a bred example of Leiicania l-album, obtained from ova laid 

 by a female specimen taken by Mr. E. P. Sharp (Entom. vol. xlii. 

 p. 322 (1909)). The species is double-brooded on the Continent, 

 emerging in May to June and August to September ; the first brood in 

 this country might therefore have been overlooked, as the larvae seem 

 hardy enough. — Mr. E. South showed an exceedingly interesting and 

 rather variable series of Lupcrina gueneei, Doubleday, sent him by 

 Mr. W. Yates, of St. Anne's-on-Sea, who obtained them, chiefly 

 this year, on the Lancashire coast. The first specimen in the series 

 agreed well with the original description of L. gueneei, the others 

 showed the typical ochreous coloration but were variable in marking. 

 Mr. Yates considered four of the specimens melanic forms of L. gueneei, 

 but the exhibitor expressed his opinion that they were certainly dark 

 aberrations of L. testacea, probably referable to ab. nigrescens, Tutt. 

 Mr. South also exhibited three of six specimens of Oria (Synia) 

 musculosa, taken in the Salisbury district, in August, 1909, by Mr. H. 

 Haynes, who captured others in August of the present year. The 

 hind wings of the specimens exhibited were darker than those of most 

 British or Continental specimens in collection. — Mr. F. C. Oldaker 

 showed a case containing various aberrant forms of Lepidoptera, in- 

 cluding {a) a very darkly marked example of Argynnisa glaia, from 

 Switzerland ; (b) examples of Polygonia c-album bred from ova, includ- 

 ing one specimen, a female, of a very pale form; (c) a series of Noctiia 

 ditrapezium, including a form in which the ground colour of the fore 

 wings is almost uniform dark reddish brown, the usual black mark- 

 ings being only slightly darker than the rest of the wing, and very 

 faintly discernible ; and (d) a series of Epionc advenaria, bred from 



