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company with Mr. Tnchbald, they had found two males of 

 Micropteryx calthella simultaneously in sexual contact with 

 a single feuiale : unfortunately neither gentleman had any 

 entomological apparatus with him, and the specimens could 

 not be secured ; they were, however, carried for upwards of 

 a mile on the dandelion-flower on w'nich they were reposing, 

 but after this interval the contact was discontiuued, and the 

 moths flew away. (See Zool. pp. 3501, 2830, 2858, as to this 

 species frequenting the dandelion and other flovvei's). 



Mr. Bates read a letter from Mr, B. D. Walsh, of Rock 

 Island, Illinois, dated A]jril 22, 1865, and with reference to 

 Mr. Bates' paper on mimetic Lepidoptera. 



In connexion with an account of the hybernating larva of 

 Limenitis Disippns, Mr. Stainton referred to ' The Zoologist,' 

 pp. 75G3 — 5, where the history of the hybernation of the 

 larva of the English species, Limenitis Sibylla, in the leaves 

 of the honeysnckle, is given at length by Mr. Newman. 



An extract of a letter addressed to JVIr. F. Smith by Mr. 

 S. Slone, of Brighampton, near Witney, dated April 29, 1865, 

 relating to the wasps of that neighbourhood, was read. 



The President exhibited some young dog-ticks, quite re- 

 cently hatched from eggs laid in May by the identical female 

 Ixodes which he had taken away from the February Meeting 

 of the Society, and which he had mentioned at the March 

 Meeting as having been re-captined when attempting to 

 escape after having been gummed down to a card for a 

 fortnight. 



Erratimi.—Fage 225, line 9, for " 1861 " read " 1865." 



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 contain a collection of many hundreds of well-set insects ; 

 also about seventy sorts of eggs, well blown, and collected 

 by myself. The above are all Biitish, and the authenticity 

 of each specimen will be vouched for. Particulars on appli- 

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