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Edwards, numerous species of the genus Parnassius, including 

 P. transiens, P. smintlieus, P. gracilis, P. imperator, &c. — Mr. Main, 

 specimens of two species of scorpion, sent him from Soutli Franco 

 by Dr. Chapman.- — Mr. Coulson, a very pale buff example of Phigalia 

 pedaria from Epping Forest. — Mr. Hy. J. Turner, a number of species 

 of Lepidoptera from Zermatt, and read a paper entitled "A Few Days 

 with the Butterflies of Zermatt." 



May 26th.— My. J. W. Kaye, F.E.S., President, in the chair.— 

 Mr. Newman exhibited ova of Sesia andrceniformis and two speci- 

 mens of a blue butterfly, male and female, from the late Mr. Sabine's 

 collection, supposed to be a natural hybrid between Agriades corydon 

 and A. tJietis (bellargus). — Mrs. Hemmings, a very fine gynandrous 

 specimen of Gelastrina argiolus taken in Surrey on March 10th, 1910. 

 — Mr. Edwards, numerous species of the South American genus of 

 Satyridae Taygetis, and a number of under sides of Melanitis leda, 

 showing extreme variation in colour and markings. — Mr. Adkin, the 

 series of Boarmia repandata referred to in Proc. S. Lend. Ent. Soc. 

 1909, p. 3, and read further notes on them. He also reported an 

 instance of a butterfly, Pieris brassicce (?), being captured and carried 

 off by a bird. — Mr. Step, a number of the carnivorous slug Testacella 

 haliotidea, found by Mr. West in his garden at Ashtead. — Mr. Sich, 

 the small winter tents of the hybernating larvae of Hyponomeuta 

 cagnagellus. — Dr. Hodgson, specimens of C. argiolus and Pieris napi 

 recently bred or taken by him, as noteworthy in the colour investi- 

 gations he has been carrying on for some years. 



June 'dth.—Mv. J. W. Kaye, F.E.S., President, in the chair.— Mr. 

 Edwards exhibited a large number of species of American Pierince. — 

 Captain Cardew, a short series of Epione advenaria, including a uni- 

 colorous specimen from Godalming. — Dr. Hodgson, the imagines bred 

 from a brood of Pieris napi from ova laid in May, 1909. Some emerged 

 in July-August, 1909, but most of the insects did not appear till the 

 spring of 1910. — Mr. Harrison reported the assembling of twenty- 

 one males of Amphidasys betularia, fourteen of which were var. 

 doubledayaria, at Woodford. 



June 23r(rZ. — The President in the chair. — Mr. Ashdown exhibited 

 a specimen of ^geria culiciformis and the rare Coleopteron, An- 

 thraxia nitidula, from the New Forest, in May. — Mr. Newman, a 

 very long bred series of Ematurga atomaria, with a large proportion 

 of melanic specimens. — Mr. West, specimens of Coleoptera and 

 Hemiptera taken during the field-meeting at Eanmore on June 18th, 

 including Gryptocephalits coryli, C. morcei, Stiroma albomarginata 

 (developed forms), Deltocephalus abdominalis, &c. — Mr. Carr, a collec- 

 tion of Lepidoptera taken in the Wye Valley during July and 

 August, 1909, including Leucophasia sinapis, Grapta c-album, a fine 

 series of Cidaria picata, &c. — Mr. R. Adkin, a series of Endroviis 

 versicolor and Biston hirtaria, reared from ova sent him from Avie- 

 more in 1908, and read notes on the emergences in 1909 and 1910. 

 Several of the former species, and many of the latter, were appa- 

 rently going over another year. — Mr. Sich, a beetle reared from a 

 yellow silken cocoon found at Ranmore Common on Hiiipocrepis 

 comosa. — Mr. Cowham, a Nyssia zonaria, mainly female, but having 



