( sliii ) 



Mr. Poulton, Mr. Merrifiekl aud Lord Walsingham con- 

 tinued the discussion. 



Mr. J. J. Walker, E.N., exhibited a collection of Coleoptera 

 made during the past summer in Cobham Park, Kent. Thirty- 

 three species were represented, amongst which wei*e the 

 following, viz., Eros minutiis, Philonthus fitscus, Homalota 

 hepatica, Ahrmis granulum, Anisotoma grandis, Agaricophar/us 

 cephalotes, Thalycra sericea, Cryptophagiis ni/icornis, Platgtarsics 

 setulosus, &c. He also exhibited a living larva of Helops 

 caruleus. 



Mr. Jacoby exhibited a curious Phytophagous beetle found 

 by Mr. J. H. Leech in the Corea. He stated that he was 

 unable to determine the species, as was also Mr. J. S. Baly, 

 to whom he had submitted the specimen. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited specimens of B,€tinia resinella, 

 received by him from Forres. Lord Walsingham remarked 

 that he had never seen the species in Scotland, but that it 

 was not uncommon in Germany, and he had found it at 

 Hamburgh. 



Mr. W. Dannatt exhibited a male specimen of Papilio anti- 

 machus, Drury, received from Lukolela, a missionary station 

 about 500 miles from the mouth of the Congo. He stated 

 that the species, although very rare, had a wide range, as 

 three other specimens of it had been received from the 

 Stanley Falls, which were more than 800 miles further up 

 the Congo than Lukolela. 



Lord Walsingham exhibited specimens of the larva and 

 imago of Cidaria reticulata, collected in the Lake District, and 

 sent to him by Mr. Hodgkinson. 



Mr. W. White stated that as some doubt had been expressed 

 at the last meeting as to whether the specimen of Nepyhronia 

 hijjpia, Fab., var. gcBa, Feld., which he then exhibited, was an 

 hermaphrodite, he had, with Mr. Griffith's permission, handed 

 the specimen to Mr. G. T. Baker for dissection. 



Mr. J. Jenner Weir exhibited fore wings of the males of 

 Argynnis paphia, A. adipp)e, and A. athmtu, denuded of the 

 scales, in order to show that there was no dilatation or 

 thickening of the median nervules and submedian nervure in 

 that sex of these species ; but that the apparent dilatation 



