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being attached to one, or in some cases to two species of 
Bombus. From recent observations made by Mr. Sladen, 
it appears that in some cases, at least, the female Psithy- 
rus kills the original owner of the nest and makes little 
wax cells on some portion of the comb for her own eggs. 
We have now come to the end of the short number of 
Hymenoptera that I shall speak of in this paper. Of the 
Hive Bee it would be almost impossible to speak, without 
devoting a paper to it entirely. There are many other 
very interesting bees that I have not mentioned at all, and 
about which I may have something to say at a future date. 
My paper has necessarily been rather “scrappy,” owing 
to the number of species that I have spoken of. It would 
only be by taking one genus, or, in some cases, one species, 
that anything like a detailed account could be given. 
Dr. T. A. Chapman, F.Z.S., exhibited and made some 
interesting observations upon Spanish Butterflies collected 
by himself. The rare and beautiful specimens shown were 
much admired. 
MEETING held at Reigate, April 25th, 1902. 
Present—29. 
Mr. A. J. Crosfield exhibited some very beautiful exam- 
ples of dried plants he had collected in California and 
explained the very successful methods of preserving them 
he had adopted. The colours of the majority were quite 
true to Nature. 
Mr. C. E. Salmon exhibited some specimens of a Sea 
Lavender, Limonium lychnidifolium, var. corymbosum, col- 
lected on the West coast of France. It has lately come 
under the notice of British botanists, being discovered last 
year in Alderney. A reprint from the Journal of Botany, 
describing this species was presented to the club. Mr. 
Ernest S. Salmon then gave a Lecture entitled “Wanted : 
Field Workers.” 
