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myself, are of the humbler, though I trust not less faithful 

 workers. 



Finally, I would gratefully acknowledge the help I have 

 received from Professor Poulton, who has very kindly fur- 

 nished me with references and data which have been of great 

 assistance in the preparation of the foregoing remarks. 



Wednesday, June 6th, 1906. 



Mr. F. Merrifield, President, in the chair. 



Obituary. 

 The decease of Mrs. Elizabeth Brightwen was announced. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. H. St, J. Donisthorpe exhibited specimens of Lomechusa 

 strumosa, F., taken with Formica sanguinea at Woking on 

 May 26 and 29 last. Only two other British examples 

 are known, one taken by Sir Hans Sloane on Hampstead 

 Heath in 1710, the other found by Dr. Leach while travelling 

 in the mail-coach between Clloucester and Cheltenham, and 

 these are included in the Natural History Museum collection. 

 Since 1866 it has been omitted from our lists, where it was 

 last included by Crotch among the doubtful species. 



Dr. K. Jordan said that the species was not uncommon in 

 Central Gei-many, and that he had met with it in some numbers 

 at Hildesheim. 



Mr. H. J. Turner showed a case containing a large number 

 of the life-histories of Coleophorids, notes on which had 

 appeared in the Society's " Proceedings," or in the " Entomo- 

 logical Record." He also showed : — (a) Goleophora fuscedinella. 

 Birch leaf showing (1) lai-val mines, (2) a wintering cm-ved 

 larval case (dark) with early spring addition (light), (3) the 

 newly-cut case not yet completed and still attached to the 

 mine, (4) a completed new case on a fresh mine, (b) C. 

 alticolella. Cases, partly of white secreted substance and partly 

 of the seed-husks of Juncus lanijyrocarpus. (c) C. csespititieUa. 

 Cases on Juncus co7i(jlomeratus, the smaller white cases autumn, 

 the larger stained cases the winter cases. 



