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Mr. F. C. Adams exhibited a series of nineteen Merodon equestris, con- 

 taining several varieties, showing their resemblance to wild bees of the 

 family Apidi®, and made a few remarks on mimicry. He also exhibited 

 specimens of Leptomorphus walkeri, Curt., taken m the New Forest in 

 September last, and MeUinostuma hi/nlinatum, Fin. (male and female), 

 from a series of eighteen also taken in the New Forest in the latter part 

 of August last. Mr. Adams further exhibited a specimen of S/nloniyia 

 speciusu, Eossi, from the New Forest. Mr. Verrall, Dr. Sharp, and 

 Colonel Yerbury made some remarks on these species and their distri- 

 bution. Mr. Enock exhibited, and made remarks on, specimens of the 

 mature male and female, and the nest of Atijpus picens, the British 

 trap-door spider ; also male and female specimens of Andrena atriceps 

 and males of A.falva. Mr. Tutt exhibited a long series of 143 males 

 and 25 females of Erebia nerine, captured in the Tyrol, partly in the 

 Meudel Pass and partly in the Val d'Ampezza, and read notes on the 

 species, in which he criticised the description of it, and the published 

 observations as to its habits, by Dr. Laug, Mr. Elwes, and others. 

 Mr. Elwes made some remarks in reply. Lord Walsingham exhibited 

 the types and paratypes of tseiuludoxla limidiis (Rghfr.), together with 

 the larval cases and a preserved larva. His lordship directed attention 

 to the curious truncate concave head of the larva, which forms an 

 operculum to the tube, and remarked that the cases of this insect, 

 which were apparently not uncommon in Ceylon, the larva feeding on 

 mosses and lichens, had been known for some considerable time. So 

 long ago as IbOi Mr. AlcLachian found them in the British Museum 

 collection of cases of caddis-worms, and at that time, being only 

 acquainted with the case, he was disposed to consider them the work 

 of one of the Leptoceridae. In 1889 Herr Rogenhofer gave the name 

 Fuiiiea ? linmliis to the case and its contents, and Mr. McLachlan 

 agreed from the evidence then adduced that the insect was lepi- 

 dopterous rather than trichopterous. Mr. C. J. Gahan exhibited, for 

 Mr. Turner, an imago and some larval forms of Ledra aiirita, Linn. 

 Mr. G. C. Griffiihs exhibited, and read notes on, hybrids between 

 FLatijsamia cecropia (male) and P. gloveri (female), and between F. 

 ceciopia (male) and F. ccanotha (female) ; also between Actias luna 

 (male) and A. seloie (female). He stated that these hybrids were bred 

 by Miss Emily L. Morton, of New Windsor, New York, in 1891, 1892, 

 and 1893. Lord Walsingham stated that at the last meeting of the 

 Society some discussion ensued, after the reading of his paper, in 

 consequence of his having stated that Graphoiitlia, W., was pre- 

 occupied by Graphoiitlia, Hb. (Verz. Schm.) ; and he read a supple- 

 mentary note on the subject explaining the references in his paper. 

 Dr. A. G. Butler communicated a paper entitled " Notes on Seasonal 

 Dimorphism in certain African Butierhies." — H. Goss, Ho7i. Secretary. 

 i\otember 6tli, 1895. — The Eight Honourable Lord Walsingham, 

 LL.D., F.E.S., Vice-President, in the chair. Mr. Cecil W. Barker, of 

 Malvern, Natal, South Africa ; and Lieutenant H. G. E. Beavan, E.N., 

 of the Eoyal Naval College, Greenwich, S.E., were elected Fellows of 

 the Society. Lord Walsingham announced the death of Mons. E. L. 

 Eagonot, President of the Entomological Society of France, and, 

 since 1887, a Foreign Fellow of the Entomological Society of London. 



