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they were distinct sjDecies, he had as yet failed to find an appreciable 

 character to separate them. Specimens of G. Ibnoniella, bred from Statice 

 Limoniuin, were also exhibited. 



Mr. H. Goss exhibited specimens of Banhia argentula, Hiibn., from a 

 new locality on the borders of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk ; also a drawing 

 of the larva of this species, received from Mr. Brown, of Cambridge. The 

 drawing represented the larva as feeding on some species of grass appa- 

 rently belonging to the genus Festuca, though, according to Mr. Buckler, 

 the larva feeds on some species of Poa. 



Mr. R. M'Lachlan said it would be interesting to British entomologists 

 to know tbat Tapinostola Bondii, Kuaggs, had occurred on the island of 

 Riigen in the Baltic (Stett. Ent. Zeit. xlv. 432); it was only known 

 previously from Central Greece and Britain. 



Mr. W. F. Kirby alluded to Noctua subrosea, Steph., as another British 

 moth with very limited distribution (Britain, Livonia, Finland). 



Mr. J. Jenner Weir, on behalf of Mr. E. Lovett who was present as a 

 visitor, exhibited a collection of Micro-Lepidoptera from the neighbourhood 

 of Grahamstown, Cape Colony, and made some remarks on their great 

 resemblance to British species. They were collected by Mr. H. F. BiUing- 

 hurst. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited specimens of the following Aculeate 

 Hymeijoptera captured at Chobham during the past season : — Lasius 

 umbratus, Nyl., Stenavima Westwoodii, Westw., Myrmosa melanocephala, 

 Fabr., Myrmecina Latreillii, Curt., Methoca ichneumono'ides, Latr., Pompihis 

 pectinijies, Lind., P. spissus, Schiodte, P. viaticus, Fabr., P. niger, Fabr., 

 P. chalybeatus, Schiodte, P. Wesmaeli, Thorns., Priomemis obtusiventris, 

 Fabr., P. affinis, Lind., P. hyalinatus, Fabr., P. exaltatus, Fabr., Agenia 

 punctum, Fabr., Ceropales viaculata, Fabr., Ammophila hirsuta, Scop., A. 

 sabulosa, Li., Tachytes pectinipes, Li., Miscophus bicolor, Jm\, Stigmus pe7i- 

 dulus, Panz., Diodontus minutus, Fabr., Mimesa equestris, Shuck., Psen 

 ater, Fabr., Cerceris arenaria, L., Trypoxylon atteniiatum, Smith, Ento- 

 mognathus brevis, Lind., Crabro dlmidiatus, Fabr., C. capitosus, Shuck., 

 C. palmarius, Schreb., C. scutellatus, Schreb., C. Wesmaeli, Lind., C. poda- 

 gricits, Lind., C. peltarius, Schreb., Harpactus tumidus, Panz., Oxybelus 

 iiniglumis, L., Odynerus antilope, Panz., 0. sinuatus, Fabr., 0. trimargi- 

 natns, Zett., 0. reniformis, Gmel., 0. parietinus, L., Eumenes coardata. L. 

 Also Ellampus Panzeri, Fabr., from the burrows of 0. reniformis, Hedy- 

 chrumfervidum, St. Farg., and Chrysis cyanea, L. 



Mr. Billups also exhibited the following Ichneumonidfe, &c., collected in 

 various localities during the present ye&r '.—Ichneumon vaginatoriiis, L., 

 Trogus lutorius, Fabr., bred from Chcerocampa j^orceUiis, Phxjgadexion curviis, 

 Schr., Cryptus titillator, Gr., Pezomachus insolens, Forst., P. geochares, 

 F6rs>l., Puniscus virgatus, Fourc, Casinaria tenuiventris, Gr., Limneria 



