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their mode of feeding he thought must he those of D. consortana, 

 and this suspicion was afterwards confirmed when he compared 

 a full-grown larva with a description in his note book of the larva 

 of that species. Between July 15th and August 7tli fourteen 

 imagines emerged, all of which were of the same type as the 

 examples exhibited, and were identical with the specimen deter- 

 mined by Mr. Barrett as Heinemann's distinctana. Seeing that 

 in the larval stage the insect exhibited was not to be separated 

 from Z). consortana, and that the imago is only distinguished from 

 the typical form of consortana by the brighter and more pro- 

 nounced character of its markings, Mr. South said he was of 

 opinion that it was not specifically distinct therefrom, and that 

 he could only regard it as a local form of that species. 



Mr. Stevens e.xhibited a living specimen of Clerus formicarius, 

 recently found under the bark of an ash tree, in Arundel Park, 

 Sussex. 



Mr. Billups exhibited Chrysis succlncta (Linn.), obtained by 

 sweeping, at Chobham, on the 28th of July last. He stated that 

 this very rare species was recorded by Shuckard as having been 

 taken in a sandy lane near Brockenhurst, in the New Forest, and 

 at Blackwater, on the borders of Berks and Hants: and he further 

 stated that the late Mr. Frederick Smith had also taken two 

 specimens of this species in Hampshire. Mr. Billups also 

 exhibited Microphysa elegantula (Baer), found at Broadstairs, 

 Kent, on the 23rd of August last. 



The Rev. W. W. Fowler exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Theodore 

 Wood, a larva of Langelandia anophthalma (Aube), a species new 

 to Britain. 



Mr. H. Goss exhibited specimens of Oxygastra Curtisi (Dale), 

 recently taken near Christchurch, Hants. He stated that he had 

 met with the species in the same locality in 1878, but had never 

 seen it anywhere else in the United Kingdom, nor was he aware 

 of any recent record of its capture. Mr. McLachlan observed 

 that the species was taken many years ago in Dorsetshire by the 

 late Mr. Dale, but that he knew of no recent captures except 

 those recorded by Mr. Goss. He also made some remarks as to 

 the distribution of the species on tlie continent of Europe. 



Mr. McLachlan exlnl)ited a specimen of Dilar meridionalis 

 (Hagen), taken by him in July last, in the Pyrenees Orientales ; 

 also al>out 150 examples of iIk; genus Chrysopa from the same 



