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this last was considered to be a beautiful aberration of P. pif/ra. — 

 Mr. Adkin also showed full-fed larvae of Acidalia marg me punctata 

 [promutata] ft*om Eastbourne ova. Most were ready to pupate, only 

 about ten would probably hybernate. — Mr. Main, a European Mantis 

 in the pre-imaginal stage, a larva of Papilio podalirius, and a female 

 of FitDKissins ojjollo, with ova of the same, all from the Rhone Valley. — 

 Mr. Eayward, living larvfe of Agrophila tiahealu {sulphnralis) from 

 Cambridge, and oi Cupido minima from Horsley. — Mr. Tonge, (1) a 

 living larva of Phryxus livornica from Lewes; (2) and a preserved 

 larva from Alberto, Spain ; (3) a larva of Sesia stellatarum from 

 Dunwich ; and (4) a series of photographs of Lepidoptera at rest taken 

 during the Society's Field Meeting at Leith Hill on June 30th, 

 including Bromolocha fontis (crassalis), Cticnllia umhratica, Larentia 

 viridaria, &c.— Mr. Edwards, var. cceca of Apliantopus hyperanthns, and 

 a female Trochilium crahroniformis from Horsley on July 14th. 



August 2Srd. — The President in the chair. — Mr. Harrison and Mr. 

 Main, (1) a long bred series of Moma orion from ova from a New 

 Forest female; and (2) a bred series of Phorodesma smarar/daria from 

 Essex. One of the latter was of a more intense green and without the 

 usual white markings. — Mr. Barnett, (1) a short series of Anthrocera 

 trifolii, from Wanbury, mostly with confluent spots, and one with ill- 

 developed scales; and (2) several examples of Epinephele ianira 

 showing pale coloration, and one female with an unusually pale band 

 on the fore wing. — Mr. Crow, living larv^ of Melanthia albicillata, on 

 bramble. — Mr. Carr, living larvte of Acidalia imitaria from ova, on 

 dandelion. — Mr. Turner, (1) eii^amples of the hemipteron, Carpocoris 

 [Pentatoma)fuscispinus from Morgenbachthal and Lucerne; (2) Heliothis 

 peltigera taken at Brockenhurst on June 4th; (3) a series of 

 Bromolocha f otitis (crassalis) from Leith Hill in early July; (4) ^-Egeria 

 culiciformis from Beaconsfield ; (5) Coleophora limmiiella bred from 

 larvfe taken at Fobbing in 1905, together with a spray of Statice 

 limonium showing the larval cases ; (6) specimens of Polyommatus 

 escheri, the small form from Gavarnie, in the Pyrenees, with alpine 

 forms of the same species and of P. icarus for comparison ; (7) on 

 behalf of Mr, Harrison, specimens of Melittea dictynna from Meiringen, 

 with M. athalia? taken at the same place and time ; and (8) on behalf 

 of Mr. J. W. Tutt, several species of Ascalaphus and Myrmeleon from 

 the Alps. — Mr. West and Mr. Ashby, some fifty further species of 

 Coleoptera taken in the New Forest this year, including Calosoma 

 ifiquisitoj', NotiopJiiltis rnjipes, Paderus calignatus, Philonthus splendens, 

 Ips 4-guttata, Helodes niarginatics, &c. — Mr. Adkin, a series of Polyom- 

 matus bellargus, females, from Eastbourne in June, and read notes on 

 the geographical distribution of the blue race of this sex. — Mr. Sich, a 

 bunch of poplar twigs, in the leaves of which were the larvae of three 

 leaf-miners, Gypsonoma aceriana, Phyilocnistis suffusella, and Nepticiila. 

 trimaculella, and pointed out the characters of the mines with 

 reference to the various details of the different life-histories of the 

 species. — Mr. Main, (1) a batch of the very beautiful ova of Satr/rus 

 briseis from Switzerland ; and (2) on behalf of Mr. Oldham, a fine bred 

 male example of Cosmotriche potatoria with female coloration. — Mr. 

 Rayward, pupte of Polyommatus bellargus from Folkestone larvffi, and 



