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Anthocoris nemorum, Linn. Sandy places, RedhDl. 

 „ tiemoralis, Fab, Sandy places, Redhill. 



Lyctocoris domesticus, Schill. Bottoms of haystacks, Redstone 



and Colley Farms. 

 Piezostethus rufipennis, L. Duf. Reigate district. 

 Triphleps minutiis, Linn. Reigate district. 

 Salda orthochila, Fieb. Reigate district. 



„ saltatoria, Linn. Roots of grass, Redhill Common ; and 



on houses, Reigate. 



„ cbicta, H.-Sch. Redhill. 

 Nabis apterus. Fab. Sand-pit, Redstone. 



„ dorsalis, L. Duf. Redstone, sweeping. 



„ ferus, Linn. Roots of grass, Bucklaud Hill ; and Red- 

 stone, sweeping. 

 Hydrometra lacustris, Linn. Ponds, Redhill. 

 Velia currens, Fab. Ponds, Redhill. 

 Microvelia pyyvioBa, L. Duf. Pond, Earlswood Common. 

 Limnobates staynorum, Linn. Ponds, RedhiU. 

 Naucoris Cimicoides, Linn. Ponds, Earlswood Common. 

 Ranatra linearis, Linn. Ponds, Earlswood Common. 

 Nepa cinerea, Linn. Ponds, Earlswood Common. 

 Notonecta glaiica, Linn. Ponds, Earlswood Common. 



The President brought for exliibition a very beautiful and inte- 

 resting species cf sponge, fi"om the Philippine Islands, called Eiqilec- 

 tella speciosa. It was hollow, nearly cylindrical, somewhat larger at 

 the upper part, seven to eight inches long, and gracefully curved, 

 somewhat in shape of the letter J ; its mean diameter was rather 

 more than an inch, and it was closed at tlie top by an operculum or 

 lid : the sides of the cylinder and the lid were composed of stiff 

 spongy matter, arranged so as to form a complicated but regular net- 

 work, supported by stronger ridges most elegantly disposed. This 

 beautiful natural production is of great rarity, and is seldom seen in 

 a perfect state. The President took the opportunity of drawing the 

 attention of the Members to the nature and character of the Sponges 

 generally, both recent and fossil, numerous specimens of which ho 



