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1. Living larvj^ of a colenpteron, Crioceris sp. ? feeding on 



black bryony, Tawiis ro)i)iiiiinis. 



2. A living wasp, Polixte>i rfalliccx, on its nest. 



3. Living glow-woi'nis, Lampyris noctilnra. It was stated 



that the females were in the habit of stationing them- 

 selves on walls near cracks or openings and there waiting 

 for the males. As soon as they were paired they crept 

 away into the crannies and the light disappeared. It 

 was supposed that the species was both polyandrous and 

 polygamous. One female had the wing and elytron on 

 one side quite well developed although shrivelled. 



4. Living fireflies, Luciola italica, both males and females. 



They were seen to flash brilliantly when placed in a 

 dark position in the room. 



5. A nearly full-fed larva of a species of anthrocerid 



(zygaonid). 



6. Several species of Mollusca, including a Belix and a large 



ClauHilia. 



7. A field cricket, (Tri/llns ca)npei<trix, found by Mr. Ashdown, 



who met them at Lugano. 



8. Several fine specimens of the alpine newt [XloUje alpestris). 



9. A number of young slow-worms. 



10. The larva of a laro;e species of bombyx, subsequently 



found to be I'achijijastria trifolii. It fed on Cyti.'<iis. 



11. A short series of the coleopteron, Cetonia stietica. 



12. A number of Gnoplios (jlanclnaria, with ova, etc. 



Mr. Priske exhibited an example of the large slug, Avion ater, of 

 the white variety var. albida. It was stated that this slug varied 

 much in colour even on the same ground ; a beautiful red form 

 (var. rubra) occurred in places, and had been met with near 

 Amersham. 



Mr. Coulson exhibited a long series of females of Pnb/o)iniiatus 

 icariis, taken at Horsley and Clandon, in which there was consider- 

 able male coloration, and some were splashed with very whitish- 

 ^blue. He also showed a ('mvnuiiiiiiha pamphilus with a bipupillate 

 apical spot on the forewing, and another with three well developed 

 eyespots on the surface of the hindwing. 



