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May 2nd, 1900. 

 Mr. W. L. Distant, Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Election of a Fellow. 

 Mr. A. A. Dalglish, of 21, Prince's Street, Glasgow, was 

 elected a Fellow of the Society. 



Exhibitions. 



Mr. W. L. Distant exhibited the cocoon, measuring nearly 

 tln'ee and a half inches each way, of a Coprid beetle— probably 

 belonging to the genus Heliocopris — found at Pretoria in the 

 Transvaal. 



The Rev. Theodore Wood exhibited a specimen of Carabvs 

 auratus, L., taken in either June or September 1898 by Mr. 

 Ferrand, of Littlefield House, Exmouth, on the Haldon Hills 

 in the neighbourhood of that town. 



Mr. McLachlan exhibited an example of lildnocyjthea fulgi- 

 dipennis, Guerin, a brilliant little dragon-fly of the sub-family 

 G diopter yginx, a native of Cochin China, which, so far as he 

 knew, had not been captured since prior to 1830. It had been 

 in M. Guerin's hands, and Mr. McLachlan had received it 

 from M. Rene Oberthiir. 



Mr. T. A. Chapman exhibited various specimens illustrating 

 Acanthopsyche opacella ; fresh females showing the six nearly 

 complete rings of silky wool with which she is clothed ; 

 specimens preserved in cop., showing the exact position of the 

 male moth in the female case, and the position of the two moths 

 in relation to the female pupa case. It was incidentally men- 

 tioned that the inflation of the male abdomen with air was 

 observed to be the main force employed in advancing the 

 male abdomen into position, and that observation of the 

 immature wing threw considerable light on the real neuration 

 in this species. 



Mr. Barrett exhibited specimens of Heterocera destructive 

 to the fruit crops of South Africa. Among them Sphinyovwrpha 

 monteironis, Butl., known as the Fruit Moth in Cape Colony 

 — a bold and powerful insect, with a sucking tongue strong 

 enough to pierce the sound skin of a peach or fig. The presence 

 of a light does not appear to disturb it, so that examination of 



