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for the careful mannex' in which he had worked up the evidence 

 bearing upon his brilliant suggestion. As one who had arrived 

 at an alternative interpretation — -viz. that goudoti represented 

 a recent modification of euphone in the island of Bourbon — he 

 desired to express his agreement with Colonel Manders, and 

 his conviction that the most probable solution of a puzzling 

 set of facts had been afforded by the hypothesis he had so 

 cleaily explained to them that evening. He also remarked 

 that in the neighbouring island of Kodriguez there was a 

 species of Eurploea {(lesjardinsi) greatly resembling euphon, 

 and no doubt a geographical race of that species. This fact, 

 he considered, also suggested that euplion formerly existed in 

 Bourbon. 



Food of Glow-worm. — Mr. W. J. Lucas showed a larval 

 glow-worm found at Oxshott on May 4, inside the shell of the 

 .snail Helix cantiana. There was no doubt that the larva was 

 feeding on the snail, for on breaking away parts of the shell 

 the moist remains of it were found near the apex. 



Types of Oxygastra. — Mr. Lucas nlso brought for exhibi- 

 tion the c? , ? J and nymph of the dragonfly Oxygastra curllsii, 

 first described by the late J. C. Dale, and at that time sup- 

 posed to be confined to the British Islands. 



Rare British Beetle. — Mr. H. St. J. Donisthorpe showed 

 an example of the rare beetle Xantholinus disians, Kr., taken 

 at Helton, near Dumfries, on May 1. 



Pajyers. 



Mr. W. J. Lucas, B.A., read a paper on "The British 

 Dragonflies of the ' Dale Collection.' " 



Dr. T. a. Chapman, M.D., F.Z.S., read a paper on " The 

 Distinctness of Several Species of Everes, determined by their 

 Genitalia," and exhibited photographs to illustrate his remarks. 

 He announced that as the result of his investigations Everes 

 argiades, Pall., and the so-called var. coretas were separate, 

 though very nearly allied species. 



