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Bledius denticollis, Fauv., B. filipes, Sharp, and B. secerdendus, Joy 

 = subni(/ey, Schneid. ?, recently added to the British list. Ceuthor- 

 hync/tiis porridiis, Bris., recently added to the British list. 

 A species of Hoinolota, at present unrecognised. Laccobiiis ptir- 

 pi(rasce)if>, Newb., recenti}" brought forward as a new species. An 

 undetermined species of Anobium. Orthocluftes inslijnis, recently 

 added to the British list. Haliphis hej/deni, Gerh., H. iunnacidatKs, 

 Gerh., and H. flKviatilis. 



Mr. Priske exhibited a collection of the shells of UelLv nenwralis 

 and H. af;pe)-t<a, taken at Seaton, Devon, to show the range of 

 variation in that locality. He also showed a varied series of the 

 coleopteron, Geotrnpes iinitator, taken at Hanwell, in September 

 1912. 



Mr. Ashdown showed examples of the species of Hemiptera and 

 HijDienoptera taken by him in Switzerland, including Cicadetta 

 niontana, .'Elia acuminata, Strac/iia oniata, Harpactor iraciDidiis and 

 Miitilla 'europaa. 



Mr. W. G. Sheldon exhibited two species of fire-fiy, Vliaush 

 splendid Ilia and Lticiola miiKirdica, which he had met with on the 

 continent of Europe, and remarked on the habit of both the male 

 and the female " Hashing." He also showed the eggs of two of our 

 migratory birds, the redwing, and the field-fare, which he had 

 obtained during his trips to Lapland. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited a number of HoDiuptera, from S. 

 America, all having much the appearance of lepidoptera with 

 ample wings, with, in some cases, markings which made the re- 

 semblance much closer. One of the last was Ptpciloptera idialcrnoides. 

 Also a number of species of Heteroptera of bizarre markings and 

 forms, mainly from Colombia, including specimens of Apionienm 

 Iiirtipes, which had two curious processes (" flags ") at the anal 

 extremity of the abdomen. Two species of the large bodied 

 Urthoptera which the natives of the Transvaal were said to use for 

 food. These were P/njuiateiis trr/rotiis and 1'. ))iorbill(i)iiis. In 

 addition he exhibited a box of unnamed and probably rare or little 

 known species from the up-country area of Western Australia, 

 including striking forms of Diptera, Hymenoptera {Ic/nietniiouidtr 

 and Aculeates), Myrmeleonid^e, and Odonata, with some fine 

 species of Coleoptera. 



Mr. K. G. Blair exhibited living Scorpions, Earwigs, and Glow- 

 worm larvae found by him at Monaco, and gave his experiences 

 with the "flashing" of the fire -flies in the United States of 

 America. He said that both sexes " flashed " and that there were 

 appreciable differences both in the periodicity and in the strength 



