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Wednesday, March 7th, 1906. 

 Mr. F. Meruifield, President, in the Chair. 

 Election of a Fellow, 



The Rev. George Wheeler, M. A., of Les Tourelles, Territet, 

 Switzerland, was elected a Fellow of the Society. 



Obituary. 

 The decease of the following Fellows was announced — Mr. 

 W. P. Blackburne-Mazh, Mr. 0. W. Dale, and Mr. F. J. 

 Horniman, F.L.S., F.Z.S., etc. 



Exhihitions. 



Mr. H. W. Andrews exhibited two specimens of Microdon 

 latifrons, Lw., a rare dipteron taken in the New Forest in 

 June, 1905. 



Mr. H. M. Edelsten showed examples of Nonagria neurica, 

 Hb., and N. dlssohita, var. artuidineta, Schmidt, from 

 Germany, with {1) var. arundineta from Central Asia, for 

 comparison with N. dissoluta and N. var. arundineta from 

 Kent, Cambridge and Norfolk. He said that for many years 

 N. neurica, Hb., had been confounded with the species occur- 

 ring in Britain, viz. : — N. dissoluta, Tr., and its variety arun- 

 dineta, Schmidt ; but N. neurica, Hb., is a distinct species and 

 does not occur in Britain, the type of our British species being 

 the N. dissoluta, Tr., and (= hessii, Bdr.), said oi which arun- 

 dineta, Schmidt, is the variety. N. neurica, Hb., differs from 

 arundineta by its white collar ; the central streak has three 

 Avhitish dots in it, and the under-side is unmarked : while 

 arundineta has no white collar, the central streak also is dark 

 and ends in a black central spot, and the markings show 

 through on the under-side. Further, it is quite different in its 

 earlier stages. 



Mr. L. B. Prout exhibited a variable series of Gynopteryx 

 gladiaria, Guen., and its varieties, and made the following 

 remarks upon it : — - 



" I believe it has long been suspected by the few who work 

 at South American Geometrids that Guenee's seriaria and 

 rhomharia were merely forms of this, but I do not think any 



