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under the skin at the base of the ear, and then casts her legs 
and wings; her abdomen then develops to an enormous 
extent, and entirely envelops her head and thorax, so that 
she appears as a ‘ bottle-shaped’ grub without legs or head. 
The larvae develop in the uterus in the usual pupiparous 
manner, and when full grown pass out through the vagina 
and fall to the ground, where they immediately pupate, hatch- 
ing out as imagines in about thirty to thirty-one days. This 
species I have named Ascodipteron speiserianum, after Dr. Paul 
Speiser, the authority on this group of flies. I took another 
species in North Queensland, living on the same species of bat.” 
Forcep APHANTOPUS HYPERANTHUS.—Mr. L. W. Newman ex- 
hibited, on behalf of Mr. G. B. Oliver, of Wolverhampton, a 
series of A. hyperanthus bred during January and February, 
1911, from ova laid by a Leamington 9 in July, 1910. The 
larvae were fed in glass-topped metal boxes in a warm room 
(the fire being out at night). The specimens, though rather 
small, showed a great tendency to produce large spots both on 
the upper and under side, A few captured specimens from 
the same locality, selected for prominent spotting, served to 
add emphasis to this tendency in the forced specimens. 
Loneicorn BEETLE rrom Hykres.—Mr. H. J. Turner ex- 
hibited living specimens of a Longicorn Beetle, Agapanthia 
asphodeli, sent by Dr. Chapman from Hyéeres. 
Commander WaLkER observed that he had found it in 
Malta (the only common longicorn there), and also at 
Gibraltar in the early spring, and always on asphodel. 
Wednesday, May 3rd, 1911. 
The Rev. F. D. Moricr, M.A., President, in the Chair. 
Obituary. 
The PrestDENT announced the death of two Fellows of 
the Society, the Rev. Canon CrurrweLL, and Mr. W. A. 
Rotuason, and said a few words with regard to the career 
of each. Dr. Dixey also gave a short appreciation of Canon 
CRUTTWELL. 
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