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Va'per. 



The following paper was read : — 



" On a collection of Lepidoptera made in East Africa by 

 Mr. W. A. Laniborn, F.E.S.," by H. Eltringham, M.A., 

 D.Sc, F.E.S. 



Wednesday, October 3rd, 1917. 



Dr. T. A. Chapman, M.D., F.Z.S., Vice-President, in the 



Chair. 



Election of a Fellow. 



Dr. George Granville Buckley, M.D., F.S.A., Holly 

 Bank, Manchester Road, Bur}'', Lanes., was elected a Fellow 

 of the Society. 



Death of an Honorary Fellow. 



The death of Dr. Emil Frey-Gessner was announced, 

 and a vote of condolence with his daughter was passed. 



Exhibitions. 



Coleoptera on unusual Food-Plants, etc. — Mr. Donis- 

 thorpe exhibited the following Coleoptera : — 



1. Miarus campanulae, L., taken on the Downs at Findon 

 (Sussex), June 14, 1917. It occurred in some numbers, but 

 only in a small species of buttercup, of which a specimen was 

 exhibited. It has only been recorded heretofore in flowers 

 of Campanula and Phyteuma. A small black Chrysomelid 

 larva, about the size of the Miarus, also occurred in the 

 buttercups, and they were superficially very like each other. 



2. Lycoperdina succincla, L., taken at Barton Mills (Suffolk), 

 Sept. 9, 1917, in fungus. This species was first discovered 

 to be British in October last year by Dr. Nicholson, who 

 took a series in ripe Lycojoerdon gemmatum. Mr. Donisthorpe 

 was evidently a little early for the beetle, as his specimen 

 was slightly immature, and he did not find any more, but he 

 took about a dozen larvae in a fresh Lycoperdon gemmatum, 

 which he is trying to breed. 



3. Cassida fastuosa, Schall. Taken at Goring Woods 



