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from fir in the New Forest. — Mr. Step, living specimens of the Coleo- 

 pteron Anthreniift musmorum. — The Secretary had heard from various 

 members who were spending Easter on the Continent. Dr. Chapman 

 had stated that at Locarno the weather was cold, but some twenty 

 species of butterflies were observed on April 20th. Mr. Sich had noted 

 Papilio jjodalimis as common near Lake Como. Mr. Tutt had had very 

 fine weather at Hyeres. Mr. Cant and Mr. McArthur reported having 

 seen a furze-chat hawijing very successfully for Brephos imrthenias. 



May lith. — The President in the chair. — Mr. Shakespeare, of 

 Kingston-on-Thames, was elected a member. — Dr. Chapman exhibited 

 a pair of Oraelhia isabella, bred from larvffi found at Bronchales in 

 1901 ; a specimen of bark, from the Italian Riviera, closely set with 

 the helix-like cases of the Psychid Apterona cremdella, which was 

 locally abundant in 1902. — Mr. Carr, larvae of EUopia prosapiaria 

 (fasciaria) and Bryophila peria, from the New Forest. — Mr. Step, 

 photographs of Panolis piniperda and Tephrosia punctularia, in their 

 position of rest on tree-trunks. — Mr, West (Greenwich), three species 

 of somewhat uncommon Staphylinidae : Mycetoporus angularis, among 

 dried leaves at Shirley ; M. nanus, in moss, at Box Hill ; and Pseudopsis 

 sulcata, in decayed vegetable matter at Oxshott. — Mr. Kirkaldy made 

 remarks on the maternal solicitude of female insects for their young, 

 and asked members to make observations on the subject during the 

 present season. — Mr. Turner called attention to an instance of birds 

 attacking butterflies, and asked the members to furnish the Society 

 with details of any cases which came under their notice. It was sug- 

 gested that members who were making photographs of scientific 

 objects should give the Society a print, so that an album could be 

 arranged to illustrate some line of study. The ova of the Lepidoptera 

 were very little known, and might form a good subject for investigation. 



May 28th. — The President in the chair. — Mr. Lister, of Easty, 

 Kent, was elected a member. — Dr. Chapman exhibited a female of 

 Euchloe euphenoides from Cannes, measuring 48 mm. in expanse, 

 30-42 mm. being the usual range. — Mr. Turner, living larvae and eases 

 of the following species of the genus Coleophora, and gave notes on 

 their habits and occurrence : — C. artemisiella, C. maritima, C. yiigricella, 

 C. anatipenella, C. hicolorella C. ibipennella, and C. hemerobiella. He 

 had found a larva of C. nigricella on Smyrnium olusatrum at Benfleet. 

 At the last-named place he had found a solitary larva of Phorodesma 

 smaragdaria, and thought that the species would probably be extermi- 

 nated by the destruction of its food-plant in the extensive repairing of 

 the sea-walls. — Mr. Goulton, an example of the coleopteron Phytodecta 

 viminalis from Ranmore ; it was stated to be common at Oxshott. — Mr. 

 West, photographs taken during the Society's field-meeting at Box 

 Hill. — Mr. Step, photographs, taken at the same meeting, of Eupithecia 

 exiguata and Melanippe Jiuctuata, showing their resting positions on 

 palings. — Mr. Chapman noted that the latter species usually had its 

 head close to the next paling, and the body nearly horizontal. — Mr. 

 Step read the report of the field-meeting at Box Hill on May 16th, 

 1903. — Hy. Turner, Hon. P^eport. Sec. 



Birmingham Entomological Society. — April 20th, 1903. — Mr. G. T. 

 Bethune-Baker, President, in the chair. — Mr. A. H. Martineau ex- 



