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Mr. M'Lachlan, Mr. Elwes, Mr. Jacoby, and Dr. Sharp 

 continued the discussion. 



Papers read. 



Mr. James Edwards communicated the second and con- 

 cluding part of his " Synopsis of British Homoptera-Cicadina." 



Professor Westwood contributed "Notes on the life-history 

 of various species of the Neuropterous genus Ascalaphus." 



Mr. Elwes read a paper " On the Butterflies of the 

 Pyrenees," and exhibited a large number of species which he 

 had recently collected there. 



Mr. M'Lachlan said he spent some weeks in the Pyrenees 

 in 1886, and was able to confirm Mr. Elwes' statements as to 

 the abundance of butterflies in that part of the world. He 

 remarked on the occurrence of Spanish forms in the district, 

 and on the absence, as a rule, of the peat-bogs so common 

 in the Swiss Alps. The discussion was continued by Mr. 

 Distant, Mr. White, Dr. Sharp, and others. 



November 2, 1887. 



Dr. David Sharp, M.B., F.Z.S., President, in the chair. 



Donations to the Library were announced, and thanks voted 

 to the respective donors. 



Exhibitions, dc. 



Mr. Stevens exhibited a specimen of Acidalia immorata, L., 

 of which an example was purchased by him some years ago 

 at the sale of • the collection of the late Mr. Desvignes. 

 Mr. Stevens remarked that specimens of this insect, lately 

 captured near Lewes, had been described last month in the 

 'Entomologist's Monthly Magazine ' and 'Entomologist' by 

 Mr. J. H. A. Jenner as a species new to Britain. 



Mr. Jenner Weir remarked that, as Mr. Desvignes was an 

 old friend and correspondent of the late Mr. Hopley, who 

 formerly lived at Lewes, it was probable that his specimen of 

 Acidalia immorata came from the same locality as Mr. Jenner's 

 specimen. 



Mr. Adkin exhibited, and made remarks on, a series of 



