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exuding sap of trees attacked by Cossii^ Ugniperda ; iuc-lud- 

 ing ridlontlius J'xscus, Grav. ; T/iamiarari hospifa, Miii-k. ; 

 Thalycra sericea, Stui-m. ; Cryplarcha sfn'gata, F. ; Cryptarcha 

 iinperialis, F. ; a series of Fpurari lO-giiftdfa, F., and E. 

 diffusa, Bris. ; and some apparently intermediate forms ; 

 Quedius ventralis, Ar. ; and Atomaria elongatula, Er. 



Colonel J. AY. Yerbuuy exhibited (1.) Leptopa filiformis, 

 Zett. He said that as this insect stood in italics in the 

 last edition of Yerrall's List, the confirmation of its occur- 

 rence within the British Isles was worthy of note. Haliday 

 ('Entomological jNfagazine,' Vol. iv. p. 150, 1837) described 

 it under the name of Cordyhira Jlava, from specimens taken at 

 Ilolywood near Belfast in the month of June, and its record 

 as a British insect probably rests on this, for no subsequent 

 account of its occurrence can be traced, nor do specimens of it 

 exist in any of our great collections. Leptopa filiformis was 

 not uncommon at Porthcawl from May 26th to June 4th of 

 this year ; it frequented meadow-sweet under the shade of 

 some old poplars, where the capture of a chance specimen 

 led to a thorough overhaul of the neighbourhood both by 

 searching and sweeping, resulting in a bag of twelve 

 specimens (10 S and 2 9)- Though a shade-loving insect, 

 it was only to be caught between the hours of 12 noon and 

 2 p.m., many attempts made both eai-lier and later in the 

 day being alike unsuccessful. Exhibiting (2.) Tlnjreophora 

 furcata, F., Col. Yerbury said tliat though probably not an 

 uncommon insect, this was one of the least known of our 

 native Diptera ; it stood in italics in the first edition of 

 Yerrall's List, but was confirmed from specimens taken in 

 Mount Edgecumbe Park (17th and 24th April, 1889), on a 

 dead donkey. The late Dr. Meade (E. M. M., Oct. 1889, p. 224) 

 referred to a specimen found by the Rev. Ij. Jenyns near Ely, 

 and to this specimen its reputed occurrence in the British 

 Isles was probably due. Dr. Meade was apparently ignorant 

 of its subsequent capture, though the three specimens referred 

 to above had been in the British JNIuseum collection since 

 1893. The attractions for Thyreophora furcata appear to be an 

 open space and the carcase of a large animal ; it occurred in 

 some numbers on the KeufigSand Hills (Porthcawl) from 13th 



