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specimens of Aleochara crassiuscula, a Coleopteron new to Britain, 

 discovered by him at Great Yarmouth ; and also the rare and local 

 Homopteron Ideocenis scurra from Blackheath on poplars. — Mr. 

 Moore, a larva of Acronycta ])si having an unusual development of 

 the fleshy "horn." — Mr. Step, photographs of fungi recently obtained 

 near Ashstead, including Glavaria cristata, Polyporus acanthoides, 

 &c. — Mr. Sich, larvae of Aristotelia hermannella mining a leaf of 

 Chenopodium album, and referred to its colour changes. 



September 24:th. — The President in the chair. — Dr. Chapman ex- 

 hibited a dark suffused specimen of Brenthis pales from Saas-Fee, 

 and an example of Anthrocera exulans var. flava from the same 

 locahty. — Mr. Step, a number of photographs of fungi taken during 

 the Society's Field Meeting at Claygate. — Mr. Lucas, the two rare 

 fungi, Trametes ruhescens and Arviillaria mellea, from the New 

 Forest ; and also a specimen of Chirocephalns diaphanus, a very 

 beautiful crustacean, found in water in a pool at Claygate during the 

 Field Meeting. — Mr. Cowham, an example of Ophiodes lunar is bred 

 in July, 1907, from an ovum sent him from South France by Dr. 

 Chapman. — Messrs. Harrison and Main, a long series of Eupithecia 

 absinthiata bred from larvae collected on ragwort near Cork. — Mr. 

 Newman, long series of Agriades corydon taken near Dover, in- 

 cluding var. obsoleta and many blue females ; many blue females of 

 Polyommatus icarus from North -Kent ; and two striking forms of 

 Dicranura vinula, one very dark, almost chocolate, suffused, the other 

 having the zigzag lines unusually cleanly cut and dark, the middle 

 area being very light. — Mr. Ashdown, a large number of Lepidoptera 

 met with during a trip to Switzerland in July, 1908, including Pieris 

 daplidice, Thecla lu-albuvi, T. ilicis ab. cetri, Polyommatus dorilis, 

 Lyccena arion, L. orion, L. pheretes, L. damon, Melitcea parthenie, 

 QHneis aello, Satyrtis cordula, Pararge achine, Thyris fenestrella, 

 Gleogene lutearia, Psodos coracina, &c. — Mr. Moore, Lepidoptera from 

 Northern Nigeria. — Mr. West (Ashtead), a fine specimen of the rare 

 Hydroid Zoophyte, Thuiaria thuja, from Scarborough. — Mr. Coote, 

 living larvae of Gelastrina argiolus, including one example which had 

 been of an obscure red colour through all its instars. — Mr. Sich, 

 Parnassius apollo, the imago bred from the larva exhibited at a 

 previous meeting, and made remarks on the diiferentiation of the 

 larva from that of P. delius. 



October 8th. — The President in the chair. — Mr. Ashdown ex- 

 hibited about seventy species of Coleoptera, Hemiptera, &c., taken by 

 him in July, 1908, in Central Switzerland, including Trichius fasciatus, 

 Tricodes apricarms, QiJdemera podagraria, Leptura rubra, Clytus 

 massiliensis, Strachia ornata, (Edipoda ca^rulescens, &c. — Mr. Tonge, 

 two bred specimens of Aphantopus hyperanthus ab. ccBca from Surrey ; 

 and a bred specimen of Melanargia galathea var. procida from Hamp- 

 shire. — Messrs. Harrison and Main, a bred series of Pseudoterpna 

 pruinata [cytisaria) from Epping Forest, showing great variation in 

 the size, distinctness, and presence of the usual submarginal light- 

 coloured line. — Mr. Newman, a bred series of Malacosoma castrensis 

 from Essex, including the rare yellow unicolorous female, and the 

 dark chocolate male ; a bred series of ^Egeria andreniformis from 



