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two or three specimens were taken each year, but that 

 in the present year they had been commoner, probably 

 in consequence of the heat and drought of the past summer. 

 Mr. Weir stated that he had received twelve specimens of 

 this insect from Charles Gulliver, of Kamnor Cottage, 

 Brockenhurst. Of this number three were taken in one 

 morning and nine in another ; and, although the particular 

 locality was subsequently searched for them, no others were 

 found. He added that Charles Gulliver had informed him 

 that he was attracted to the insect by hearing the singing 

 of the male, but out of the twelve taken one only was a male. 

 It would therefore appear probable that the males are more 

 active than the females, and quickly retreat when disturbed, 

 leaving the females behind. The males had not been selected 

 from the females before Mr. Weir received the specimens, as 

 Gulliver assured him that the dozen exhibited were all the 

 family had collected during the past season. 



Mr. M'Lachlan exbibited a specimen of Pterostichus madidus, 

 F., which he had found in a potato. It seemed questionable 

 whether the beetle had been bred in the cavity or had entered 

 it for predaceous purposes. Mr. Theodore Wood, Mr. Kirby, 

 and Mr. Herbert Cox took part in the discussion which 

 ensued. Mr. M'Lachlan also exhibited two specimens of a 

 species of Trichoptera — Neuronia clathrata, Kol. — which 

 occurred rarely in Burnt Wood, Staffordshire, and elsewhere 

 in the Midlands. On enquiry he was informed that the two 

 specimens exhibited had been found in the Tottenham Marshes 

 by Mr. C. J. Boden. 



Mr. Porritt exhibited a series of specimens of Cidaria 

 russata, from Yorkshire, the Isle of Man, the Hebrides, and 

 the South of England. The specimens from the two first - 

 named localities were almost black. 



Mr. Verrall exhibited a specimen of Mycetcea hirta, Marsh., 

 which was found devouring a champagne cork. The Bev. 

 Canon Fowler remarked that certain Cryptophagi had the 

 same habit. 



Mr. M'Lachlan asked whether the cork or the alcohol 

 attracted the msect ? Mr. Jenner Weir, Dr. Sharp, and 

 Mr. Verrall continued the discussion. 



