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Mr. Goulton exhibited a number of well executed photo- 

 graphs of Lepidopterous larva; on their food plants. 



Mr. Hugh Main exhibited photographs of various objects 

 of natural history, of which, perhaps, the following were the 

 most interesting : two last stadia of the larva and the pupa 

 of Papilio machaon, and the protective resemblance shown by 

 the larvae of Phorodesma smaragdaria and Geometra papilionaria. 



Mr. A. Tonge exhibited a series of photographic nature 

 studies of various species of Lepidoptera, ova, larva;, and 

 imagines in their natural surroundings. 



Mr. F. Bellamy exhibited two pure white examples of the 

 eggs of the hedge-sparrow. They were obtained at Ring- 

 wood, Hants, and he stated that the whole of the clutch- 

 five — were similarly coloured. 



Mr. R. Priske exhibited several cases of British birds, 

 including examples of the chough and the woodcock. 



Mr. E. W. Smith exhibited a number of living snakes, 

 British and foreign, and several tortoises. 



Mr. Manger exhibited (i) his collection of British and 

 foreign Ecliincdevmata, including many fine and perfect 

 specimens; and (2) a most interesting collection of Crustacea, 

 British and foreign. 



Mr. Step exhibited examples of the British stalk-eyed 

 Crustacea. 



Mr. R. A. Adkin exhibited a portion of his collection of 

 land and fresh-water shells (British), including eight species 

 of Helix : H. virgata, showing a considerable range of variation, 

 especially in those from Eastbourne, while the specimens 

 obtained from the Channel Islands were extremely small ; 

 among the Planorbis complanatus was a specimen with a second 

 mouth ; and the Limnaa pcregra exhibited a very great range 

 in size. 



Mr. F. J. East exhibited a number of foreign shells. 



Mr. J. L. Foucar, B.Sc, exhibited a large number of 

 Fossil Cephalopoda, mainly from the Chalk and Greensands, 

 together with an extensive series of sharks' teeth from the 

 same formations. He also showed a number of Fossil 

 Echinoderms, illustrating the gradual evolution of the various 

 forms. 



Mr. F. de Vismes Kane exhibited three tubes, with speci- 

 mens of Mysis I'clicta, a Crustacean, from Lough Neagh and 

 Lough Erne, illustrating the different stages of its growth, 

 and contributed the following note : 



" This crustacean was first found, together with four or 

 five other Crustacea, in the large Swedish Lakes — Wetter 



