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doptera found on a tree trunk near Wiesbaden ; and a specimen of 

 the " snail-plant," a species of Medicago, of which the seed pods 

 develop into sinistral coils. 



AUGUST Uth, 1913. 



Mr. Edwards exhibited two fungi, Poli/porns Jiispidiis, found on 

 an apple tree, and Polystictus abietinus taken from a fence post 5 

 together with a pupa of the dipteron, Tipiila nleracca, from 

 Upminster, Essex. He also showed examples of the common 

 African butterfly, Hawannwida dcrdalita, a species which shows 

 extreme variation in both the ground colour and the development 

 of the spotting, according to the nature of the soil of the locality 

 and the season of the year. 



Mr. J. Piatt Barrett exhibited specimens of Sati/nis heiiiiinne from 

 Sicily, which, compared with the Swiss race, were much larger in 

 size ; and specimens of Fiaywardia teUcanus and Lawpiiles bieticus, 

 also from Sicily. He also exhibited specimens of the pupae in sitil 

 of Nonai/ria sparyanii and A'. ti/jiJue from E. Kent; in the former 

 the head was upwards, and in the latter the head downwards ; of 

 the former species he showed specimens of the ichneumon parasite. 



Mr. Dennis exhibited a specimen of the large broomrape 

 Orohanche wajor, found by him at Earl's Colne, Essex ; and a gall 

 on plantain caused by the larva of Tortrix icterana. 



Mr. Sich exhibited a viviparous form of the grass Featitca orina, 

 found growing on the quay at Flushing (Vlissingen), Holland. 



Mr. Curwen mentioned that Coliaa ediim. was common at 

 Mickleham on August 10th, and that he also saw a few is'isnniades 

 taf/es on that date, no doubt specimens of a second brood. 



AUGUST 28tli, 1913. 



Mk. B. H. Smith, B.A., F.E.S., Vice-President, in the chair. 



Mr. Main exhibited the living imago of a female ant-lion, which 

 he had bred from a larva taken by Mr. Blair and himself at 

 ]\leiringen in June, and which he was keeping so that if a male 

 were bred he could pair them and get fertile eggs. This imago 

 would not take food voluntarily, and had to be "forcibly fed." 

 His method was to hold the ant-lion by its closed wings in a pair 

 of forceps, and a fly, preferably one just recently emerged from 



