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characters.—Mr. Turner, two specimens of Cupido minima from Win- 
chester, measuring only 15 mm. in expanse. They were taken on 
June 12th with normally sized specimens.—Mr. Kaye, living larvee 
of Callophrys rubt, pup of Celastrina argiolus, and a growing plant 
of Hrica ciliaris, which had come up accidentally in peat in a cool 
orchid house.—Mr. Step, a coleopteron which had been attacked by a 
species of Ichneumon.—Mr. Adkin, a series of Endromis versicolor, 
being part of a brood from Aviemore ova; the rest were lying over in 
pupa. He also showed full-fed larvee of Nyssia zonaria from Wallasey 
ova, and gave notes on their life-history.—Mr. Adkin gave a detailed 
account of the persistent attempts of a sparrow to get at a Pvreris 
brassiceé fluttering along inside the glass roof of his conservatory. 
Several instances of birds attacking lepidoptera were given by other 
members.—Mr. Step read the Report of the Field Meeting held at 
Mickleham on June 19th.—Mr. Percy Richards communicated the 
Report of the Field Meeting held at Coombe Wood on July 10th. 
August 12th.—My. A. Sich, F.E.S., President, in the chair.—Mr. 
Dennis, a specimen of the fuller’s teasel, Dipsacus fullonwm, from 
Halstead, Essex.—Mr. Baumann, a reed containing living pupe of 
Nonagria genunipuncta from Lewes, and an ichneumon bred from 
a pupa.—Mr. Main, specimens of Lastocampa quercus var. callune 
from Westmorland. — Mr. Step, a Papilio machaon mounted between 
glass for artistic purposes, which, although sealed up some eighteen 
months ago, had now produced a living imago of Tinea biselliella. 
August 26th.—Mr. A. Sich, F.E.S., President, in the chair.—Mr. 
South exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Esson, a noctuid moth taken in 
Aberdeen, probably not only new to science but representative of a 
new genus. He also exhibited a slightly aberrant specimen of Aglazs 
urtice bred with a number of normal examples from larve fed solely 
on hop after first instar—Dr. Chapman, a most aberrant form of 
Parasemia plantaginis taken at Ferpecle, Val d’Herens, Switzerland, 
in which the black markings were reduced to little more than a few 
faint brownish clouds, on pale orange fore wings and darker orange 
hind wings.—Mr. West, Greenwich, specimens of the local Homop- 
teron Paramesus nervosus, from Gravesend, among rushes.—Mr. 
Newman, nearly full-fed larvae of Hupithecia extensaria, reared ab ovo 
on garden Artemisia. He also showed a larva of Stawropus fagi, and 
pointed out its resemblance to a dead and distorted leaf of beech.— 
Mr. F. Noad Clark, a cluster of one of the bird’s-nest fungi Nedularia 
found in a garden apparently attacking old wooden bordering. 
September 9th.—The President in the chair.—Mr. Lucas exhibited 
the freshwater sponge Spongilla fluviatilis, interesting as the food of 
the genus Sisyra of Neuroptera. It was from the New Forest. He also 
showed the rare parasitic fungus Cordiceps ophioglossoides from Esher. 
—Mr. Tonge, living specimens of Dytiscus marginalis and Locusta 
viridissima from Deal, and an example of Agriopis aprilina which he 
had just bred.—Mr. Main, living specimens of the Javan cockroach, 
Naupheta circumvagans.— Mr. Sperring, a short series of aberrant 
forms of Arctia caja, bred from larvee whose food was varied from 
day to day.—Mr. Turner, a white aberration var. alba of Runucia 
phleas, from Brasted. He also showed a series of Anthrocera carnt- 
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