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Glen Lochay, Scotland : the i-emarkable feature consisted in 

 the predominance of black over blue in the coloration of the 

 abdomen. 



Mr. M. Burr exhibited a macropterous var. of Xiphidium 

 dorsale, Latr., captured by Mr. Harwood near Clacton, re- 

 marking that the fact of this species presenting a macropterous 

 form was apparently unrecorded hitherto. 



Mr. W. J, Kaye exhibited Nyssia hispidaria, an asymmetrical 

 .specimen taken on Wimbledon Common, the left forewing of 

 which was perfectly developed but exti-emely small, and the 

 left hind wing slightly more elongated than the right hind- 

 wing. 



Mr. C. O. Waterhousb exhibited a tube which formed the 

 entrance to a nest of a Triyona, sent from Singapore by 

 Mr. H. N. Ridley. It was about 1 5 inches in length, of a 

 resinous substance, but more waxy toward the end, which 

 was spoon-shaped. He also exhibited a portion of the resinous 

 mass formed within the trees by these bees, and stated that 

 one of these masses sent from Penang by Mr. Ridley weighed 

 15 lbs. The true nest of the Triyona consists of an irregvilar 

 mass of cells filled with honey, quite distinct from the 

 resinous formation. 



Pa2)er. 



A paper was communicated by Mr. W. H. Ashmead, 

 Assistant-Curator of the U. S. ISTat. Hist. Museum, on " The 

 Aculeate Hymenoptera of the Islands of St. Vincent and 

 Grenada, with additions to the Parasitic Hymenoptera, and 

 a List of the described Hymenoptei-a of the West Indies." 



April 4th, 1900. 



Mr. G. H. Verrall, President, in the Chair. 



Election of Fellovos. 



Mr. J. W. Carter, of 25, Glenholme Road, Manningham, 

 Bradford ; Mr. L. L. Feltham of Johannesburg, South 

 Africa ; and Mr. H. Fortescue Fryer, of The Priory, Chatteris, 

 Cambs., were elected Fellows of the Society. 



