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The species to which Colonel Yerbury particularly wished 

 to draw attention were as follows : — (i.) Ephijypiomyia 

 ephippium, an insect reputed to have been taken at Combe and 

 Darenth Woods. This specimen, though placed in the British 

 Collection, was without doubt of German origin ; (ii ) Isopo(jon 

 brevlrostris, probably tlie identical specimen referred to in 

 Curtis' British Entomology, as having been taken on The 

 Devil's Ditch, Newmarket; (iii.) Laphria 7narginata, stated 

 to have been bred from a hornet's nest, and (iv.) some 

 specimens of an Asilid taken l)y Mr. Holland at Tul)ney 

 Wood, near Oxford, and which might prove to be Machimus 

 rusiicus, an insect with a doubtful claim to a place in the 

 British fauna. 



Mr. CoLBRAN J. Wainwhight exhibited and commented 

 upon two specimens of Anthrax referred to by Mr. Verrall. 

 He said that hitherto Mr. Verrall had believed that we had 

 only two certain species of Anthrax in this country, A./enes- 

 tratus and A. pantscus, but that these two specimens, though 

 allied to A. 2)nniscus, were abundantly distinct, and could be 

 separated at a glance by the much darker fore-edge to the 

 wings, differing besides in other respects. One had been 

 taken by Mr. R. C. Bradley at Bournemouth, the other by 

 Mr. W. G. Blatch at Poole. At present no name could be 

 given to the species, as although there were plenty of names 

 to choose from, there was but little in the published descrip- 

 tions to assist us to recognize the species represented by any 

 one of them. 



Dr. F. A, DiXEY and other Fellows joined in the discussion. 



Wednesday, May 4th, 1904. 



Professor E. B. Poulton, M.A., D.8c., F.R.8., President, in 

 the Chair. 



Exliibitions. 



Mr. W. J. Kaye exhibited a piece of a plant of Eupatorium 

 7nacroj)hi/llu))i from British Guiana. It was stated that the 

 white flowers were veiy attractive to the Lycorea, Melinxa and 



