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festuca, Fons, in which the $ lays her eggs and then drops 

 out. The silk is an exudation through special skin pores. 

 These specimens are from E. R. Bankes, Esq., taken in 

 Dorsetshire. It was first taken in England by Mr. G. C. 

 Bignell (see Newstead's " Coccidae," vol. ii, p. 21). The silk 

 is really much more like silk than it is to the ordinary 

 evanescent excretions that we generally see on our commoner 

 Coccids and Aphides. 



Dr. Chapman also exhibited some examples of Erebia 

 scipio, Boisd., taken this summer. This species only occurs 

 in the South-east of France, practically confined to the 

 department of the Basses Alpes, where it is probably met 

 with in any suitable locality, viz. rough slopes with proper 

 aspects (east or south-east) at 6000 to 7500 feet. The last 

 week in July is its date. 



SEPTEMBER 28th, 1905. 



The President in the Chair. 



Mr. F. M. B. Carr exhibited a variety of Aglais (Vanessa) 

 urticcB, captured on the wing at Chalfont Road, July 24th, 

 this year, in which the metallic blue spots in the margins of 

 the wing are absent, and the black basal area of the secon- 

 daries is somewhat extended. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited a box of Coleoptera, Hemiptera, 

 and Hymenoptera taken on the occasion of the Society's 

 field meeting at Clandon on July 15th. 



Messrs. Harrison and Main exhibited (1) a specimen of 

 Apatura iris bred from a larva taken in the New Forest, and 

 hibernated in a sleeve on a sallow-bush ; (2) Ccenonympha 

 tiphon (daviis) from Cheshire, together with Isle of Lewis 

 specimens for comparison. The ocelli on the Cheshire 

 insects were much more pronounced than on the Scottish 

 examples. (3) Erebia cethiops (blandina) bred from ova laid 

 by a female specimen taken in Yorkshire. About sixty 

 larva? were counted in the autumn ; but very few survived 

 the winter, only two butterflies being reared. The larvae 

 were fed on cock's foot grass, and hibernated on the growing 

 plant, in a cage kept out of doors but protected from rain. 



Mr. W. J. Kaye exhibited a fine bred series of Thecla pruni 

 from larvae taken in Monkswood, Hunts. Attention was 

 directed to the usually small area of orange coloration in 

 British specimens. This was particularly noticeable in the 



