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June 7th, 1899. 

 Mr. G. H. Veerall, President, in the Chair. 



Election of a Fellow. 

 Mr. Edgar Greenwood, of Frith Knowl, Elstree, Herts, was 

 elected a Fellow of the Society. 



Exhibitions, etc. 



Mr. J. J. Walker exhibited on behalf of Mr. G. F. Mathew, 

 K.N., a number of interesting Lepidoptera, chiefly from the 

 Mediterranean region, and including amongst others the 

 following: — Examples of Thais jjohjxena, Schiff., var. oc/tracea, 

 Stand., having an unusually deep and rich colour, bred from 

 larvfe found at Plataea, Greece; male and female of Thestor 

 bdUns, HI)., from Alexandria, taken on 23i'd Jan., 1898, the 

 male remarkable in being largely marked with orange on the 

 upper side of the front wings ; unusually large specimens of 

 Lycana baio7i, Berg., from Vigo, N. Spain ; a singular aber- 

 i-ation, from Coi-fu, of Melitiva didyma, Ochs., with central 

 band of black spots very strongly marked on both wings, the 

 other spots being obsolete and the ground colour pale fulvous, 

 in appearance recalling M. deserticola, Khig ; very dark and 

 strongly marked examples of Ccenonymplia pamphilus, Linn. 

 V. lyllus, Esp., from Corfu; and examples of Eriojjus latreillei, 

 Dup., bred fi-om larvte found feeding on Asplenium at Pii^ano, 

 Dalmatia. 



Colonel Yerbury exhibited the pupa-case of a Hymenopterous 

 insect which appeared to be parasitic in the weevil — Barynotus 

 moerens, Fab. 



Dr. Chapman showed a large Ant-Lion-larva from Cannes, 

 pi'obably that of Acanthaclisis occitania ; it was one of those 

 that do not make pit-falls. 



Mr. E. E. Green exhibited a teratomorphic specimen of a 

 zygainid moth, Chcdcosia venosa, Walk., which he had found at 

 rest on a leaf, at Udagama, Ceylon, in October 1898. In this 

 specimen four wings were present on the left side, the hindmost 

 being almost as fully developed as the normal hind wing on the 

 right side, while the other three appeared to be attached to the 



