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facilitate a lateral, instead of a medial approach in the capture of the 

 female. The upper appendage or tegument is also twisted, so as no 

 doubt to correspond with the obliqueness of the whole appendage, as 

 most definitely seen in the clasps. Dr. Chapman also exhibited speci- 

 mens removed from the insect, and also of the several parts, as well 

 as a rough sketch of the clasps and tegumen. — Mr. C. P. Pickett ex- 

 hibited Hyhernia leucnplucurid taken during March at Chingford, High- 

 gate, and Pinchley, including the ordinary mottled, the black and 

 white banded, and six very deep chocolate-coloured forms, one uni- 

 colorous. He also showed series of Phir/alia pedaria, Anisoptenjx ascu- 

 laria, and Nyssia hispidaria, from the North Metropolitan district. — 

 Mr. H. J. Turner, on behalf of Mr. W. West, of Greenwich, exhibited 

 specimens, males and females of Stictocoris flaveola, Bohm., a species 

 new to the British fauna, found amongst long grass in damp places at 

 Lee, Kidbrook, and Shooter's Hill. He also exhibited several speci- 

 mens of Typhlocyba candidula, Kir., a species first discovered by Mr. 

 West at Lewisham and Blackheath on Populm alba, and remarked 

 that it was interesting to find two quite new species occurring in the 

 district so well worked by Douglas and others in years past. — Dr. D. 

 Sharp, F.R.S., communicated a paper by Miss Alice L. Embleton, 

 B.Sc, entitled " On the Economic Importance of the Parasites of 

 CoccidfB." — Colonel Charles Swinhoe, M.A., F.L.S., read a paper 

 entitled " Eastern and Australian Drepanulidfe, EpiplemidtB, Micro- 

 niidfB, and Geometridfe in the British Museum Collection." Mr. 

 William F. Kirby, F.L.S., contributed a paper entitled " Additional 

 Notes on Mr. Distant's Collection of African Locustidre." — H. Rowland- 

 Brown, Hon. Sec. 



South London Entomological and Natural History Society. — 

 March 21th, 1902.— Mr. F. Noad Clark, President, in the chair.— Mr. 

 Stanley Edwards exhibited (1) very fine specimens of Ornithoptera, 

 0. hormanni, 0. naias, and 0. criton, from the Malay Peninsula, and a 

 male of the rare 0. plateni, from New Guinea; also a large collection of 

 Hemiptera-Heteroptera from all parts of the world, comprising seven- 

 teen genera and eighty-five species. 



April 10th. — The President in the chair. — Mr. Main exhibited a 

 twig of hawthorn from the New Forest, having a large batch of ova of 

 Eriogaster lanestris, and remarked on the curious spiral arrangement 

 of the eggs. — The Rev. F. P. Perry, a large number of specimens col- 

 lected during a short residence in South Africa, including a large and 

 conspicuous ant-lion, several species of cockroach, clusters of Mantis 

 eggs from the gum-trees, numerous species of Coleoptera — especially 

 Longicorns — and a very large species of the Hemiptera. He specially 

 pointed out a large beetle which had powerful stridulatory organs at 

 the back of the pronotum. — Mr. Moore, some ten species of exotic 

 Blattodea, including Blahera gigantca. — Mr. Kemp, a macropterous 

 example of IJydrowctra stagnoritni from Mitcham. — Mr. Hewitt and 

 Mr. Nottle, long bred series of Nyssia hispidaria and Amphidnsys 

 strataria, both from Epping Forest parents ; and a number of Phigalia 

 pedaria from West Wickham. — Mr. Edwards, a collection of Hemiptera- 

 Heteroptera mainly from South America, and a number of species of 

 the genus Charaxes, including several fine examples of C. jasius. — Mr. 



