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Channel Islands. (II.) Z. JiUpendulce: 1, var. dubia form; 2, a fine 

 spotted form from the Pyrenees. (III.) Series of Z. trifolii from 

 Waxham, for Mr. Bacot ; and from South Wales, for Capt. Robertson ; 

 and contributed notes. Mr. Milton, a portion of a stone in which an 

 Odynerus sp. was found alive, with its cocoon. 



December 8th. — The President in the chair. Mr. Bliss, of Hastings, 

 and Mr. Sich, 65, Barrington Road, Chiswick, were elected members. 

 Mr. Carpenter exhibited some fourteen bred varieties of Melitaa cinxia, 

 the only ones out of two hundred that were worthy of note, and not 

 one extreme form. Mr. Brooks, of Rotherham, Apamea ocidea, many 

 varieties : Euchelia jacobcea;, with a pink flush ; a brood of Amphidasys 

 betularia, comprising normal, light var. doubledayaria, and fine inter- 

 mediate examples, one being very light and semitransparent ; Triphmna 

 fimbria in great variety; and T. ianthina, rich in colour. Rev. S. 

 Tarbat, cocoons of Plusia moneta, found in a friend's garden. Mr. Adkin, 

 Xylina socio, (petrijicata), Calocampa vetusta, C. exoleta, Agrotis segetum, 

 Miselia oxyacanthce, and Cidaria siderata, all typical of the forms from 

 Co. W. Meath, Ireland. Mr. South, three examples of Abraxas grossu- 

 lariata, bred from larvae fed on Sedum. Most of the larvae died, and only 

 seven imagines emerged ; also a suffused var. of Melanippe sociata, com- 

 parable to the Hebridean form. Mr. Andrews, a Noctuid from Dartford, 

 supposed to be an extremely dark, blackened form of Caradrina cnbi- 

 cularis. Mr. Lucas read notes and observations on dragonflies, illus- 

 trating his remarks by a very fine series of slides prepared by himself. 



January 12«/i, 1899. — The President in the chair. Mr. West pre- 

 sented to the Society specimens of 125 species of Hemiptera-Hetero- 

 ptera, to form a nucleus for a reference collection. Mr. Carpenter ex- 

 hibited specimens of Apatura iris, bred from New Forest larvaa, and 

 read notes on their hybernation. He and other members complained 

 of the damage which was being done by some of the local dealers, who 

 used ropes and a sail with stout cudgels, effectually smashing and 

 destroying the sallows. Mr. Tutt, further specimens of Zygcena 

 received from M. Oberthur, of Rennes, and read notes on them. Mr. 

 Adkin, specimens of Cymatophora octogesima {ocularis), bred, from Col- 

 chester. Mr. Lucas, specimens of recent uninvited visitors to Kew 

 Gardens — Periplaneta americana, P. australasice, and Panchlora madera, 

 from the Belgian Congo; Anisolabis annulipes? from Penang ; and 

 Phyllodromia sp., from Romba, British Central Africa. Mr. Moore, 

 male and female larvae, larval cases, pupae and female imagines of the 

 large Psychid moth (Eketicus kirbii, received from Antigua, West 

 Indies, and contributed notes. Mr. Malcolm Burr, an exceedingly 

 clever imitation of a grasshopper in porcelain, from China, and a 

 case containing a species from each group in the various sections 

 of the Orthoptera to aid in illustrating Mr. Edwards's paper, 

 together with various species, showing protective resemblance. Mr. 

 Edwards, a large number of specimens of Orthoptera, chiefly from 

 Borneo, the Mantidaa and Phasmidae being very well represented. 

 Among the Locnstidae which he showed were a number of the curious 

 Phasmid-like Prosopias, from South America. Mr. Edwards read a 

 paper on Orthoptera, devoting his remarks chiefly to the Phasmids and 

 Mantids. A discussion ensued, and, among others, Messrs. Burr and 



