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characters. — Mr. Turner, two specimens of Cupido minima from Win- 

 chester, measm'ing only 15 mm. in expanse. They were taken on 

 June 12th with normally sized specimens. — Mr. Kaye, living larvae 

 of Callophrys rubi, pupae of Gelastrina argiolus, and a growing plant 

 of Erica ciliaris, which had come up accidentally in peat in a cool 

 orchid house. — Mr. Step, a coleopteron wliich had been attacked by a 

 species of Ichneumon. — Mr. Adkin, a series of Endromis versicolor, 

 being part of a brood from Aviemore ova ; the rest were lying over in 

 pupa. He also showed full-fed larvEC of NTjssia zonaria from Wallasey 

 ova, and gave notes on their life-history. — Mr. Adkin gave a detailed 

 account of the persistent attempts of a sparrow to get at a Pieris 

 brassica fluttering along inside the glass roof of his conservatory. 

 Several instances of birds attacking lepidoptera were given by other 

 members. — Mr. Step read the Report of the Field Meeting held at 

 Mickleham on June 19th. — Mr. Percy Richards communicated the 

 Report of the Field Meeting held at Coombe Wood on July 10th. 



August 12i/i.— Mr. A. Sich, F.E.S., President, in the chair.— Mr. 

 Dennis, a specimen of the fuller's teasel, Dipsacus fuUonum, from 

 Halstead, Essex. — Mr. Baumann, a reed containing living pupae of 

 No7iagria geminipuncta from Lewes, and an ichneumon bred from 

 a pupa. — Mr. Main, specimens of Lasiocampa quercus var. callunce, 

 from Westmorland. — Mr. Step, a Papilio machaon mounted between 

 glass for artistic purposes, which, although sealed up some eighteen 

 months ago, had now produced a living imago of Tinea biselliella. 



August 26th. — Mr. A. Sich, F.E.S., President, in the chair.— Mr. 

 South exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Esson, a noctuid moth taken in 

 Aberdeen, probably not only new to science but representative of a 

 new genus. He also exhibited a slightly aberrant specimen of Aglais 

 urticcB bred with a number of normal examples from larvae fed solely 

 on hop after first instar. — Dr. Chapman, a most aberrant form of 

 Parasemia planta^jinis taken at Ferpecle, Val d'Herens, Switzerland, 

 in which the black markings were reduced to little more than a few 

 faint brownish clouds, on pale orange fore wings and darker orange 

 hind wings. — Mr. West, Greenwich, specimens of the local Homop- 

 teron Paramesus nervosus, from Gravesend, among rushes. — Mr. 

 Newman, nearly full-fed larvffi of Eupithecia extensaria, reared ah ova 

 on'garden Artemisia. He also showed a larva of Stauropus fagi, and 

 pointed out its resemblance to a dead and distorted leaf of beech. — 

 Mr. F. Noad Clark, a cluster of one of the bird's-nest fungi Nidularia 

 found in a garden apparently attacking old wooden bordering. 



September 9th. — -The President in the chair.— Mr. Lucas exhibited 

 the freshwater sponge Spongilla fluviatilis, interesting as the food of 

 the genus Sisyra of Neuroptera. It was from the New Forest. He also 

 showed the rare parasitic fungus Cordiccps ophioglossoides from Esher. 

 — Mr. Tonge, living specimens of Dytiscns marginalis and Locusta 

 viridissima from Deal, and an example of Agriopis aprilina which he 

 had just bred. — Mr. Main, living specimens of the Javan cockroach, 

 NauphcBta circumvagans.— -Mr. Sperring, a short series of aberrant 

 forms of Arctia caja, bred from larvae whose food was varied from 

 day to day. — Mr. Turner, a white aberration var. alba of Bumicia 

 phlceas, from Brasted. He also showed a series of Anthrocera carni- 



