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{jToniphocerus rufiis, and contributed the following note : — -" The 

 specimens were taken on Bookham Common on September 9th last, 

 and since fed on grass. The box contains a male ; a female (bred 

 from a nymph) ; and a nymph. Bookham Common is the only 

 place in which I have taken the species ; but it occurs at Box Hill, 

 and, I have no doubt, in other places in Surrey." 



Mr. C. B. Williams exhibited a piece of bark, on the inner-side of 

 which the larva of the Embiid, from Algeria, had lived in small 

 tunnels of silk spun by it from silk-glands situated on the front 

 legs. 



Mr. L. W. Newman exhibited specimens of AgriaiUs coridon from 

 Herts, including a female example in which one pair of wings were 

 dusted with blue-scaling, and much smaller in size than the 

 opposite pair, which are of normal colouring ; and a few ab. semi- 

 sywjraplia from the same locality. Mr. Rowland-Brown said that 

 he once captured the last named form on the Chiltern Hills, but 

 had never since been able to obtain another. Mr. Newman also 

 called attention to the excessive proportion of females to males. 



Mr. Gibbs called attention to the exhibit, by Mr. J. H. Durrant, 

 in the Hall of the Natural History Aluseum, S. Kensington, of the 

 destruction of army-biscuits in depot caused by Ephestia kiihniella. 



Mr. Curwen, exhibited a number of specimens of Breuthis 

 enphrosiine from various localities, and said that it was usually 

 stated that specimens from high elevations were dark and small. 

 Those he exhibited from Caux, above Montreux, only 1,220 feet, 

 were small and light; from the Simplon, about 4,500 feet, they were 

 light and large; and those from Zermatt, nearly 6,000 feet, and 

 from the Bernese Oberland, 5,000 feet, were larger than the English 

 specimens. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited the aberration of Huiiiicia pliUias, which 

 he had captured on the occasion of the Field Meeting at Worms 

 Heath, in which the spots on the forewings, both upper and under- 

 side, were considerably emphasized in extent. Probably the 

 specimen was referable to the form named ab. ina()nipuncta. 



Mr. West (Greenwich) exhibited a series of the coleopteron, Dacne 

 riififruns, taken from the fungus, Polyporus hispidiis exhibited on 

 August 14th by Mr. Edwards. He also showed a short series of 

 Cassida vittata, from Dartford, taken by sweeping. 



Mr. Lucas said that Colias edusa had been in plenty at Box Hill, 

 and that C. hyale has been taken at Folkestone. Specimens of 

 C. I'lliisa ab. Jielice had also been captured. 



Mr. Colthrup had noted many C. edusa during a stay of six 

 weeks at Margate this autumn. 



