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kept in the tumbler. At a later stage they had been trans- 

 ferred, tumbler and all, to a breeding-cage. The tumbler 

 had become covered internally with web, and thus formed an 

 admirable platform for the suspension of the pupa. The 

 pupae were of various shades of ground colour, and some 

 were thickly spotted with dark colour, while others were 

 sparsely marked. These were by no means regularly placed : 

 dark and light pupae were side by side irregularly. 



Mr. Lucas exhibited an example of the snake fly, Raphidia 

 notata ($), which was just coming out on June ioth at the 

 Black Pond, Esher, where it is common. Pupa-cases, no 

 doubt of the same species, were also found on the fir-trees, 

 and the imagines were resting on the tree-trunks. He also 

 showed a very sparsely-marked male of Panorpa gcrmanica 

 from near Haslemere on June 13th. 



Mr. F. Noad Clark exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Griffith, a 

 plant of the local species Potcntilla argentea from Chalfont 

 Road ; he also showed a cluster of the ova of Hadenapisi and 

 a capital photo-micrograph of the same. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited clusters of the ova of Pachetra leuco- 

 plicea, and stated that, after considerable search, he had found 

 three females sitting late at night on grass stalks, each with 

 a cluster of ova below her. 



Mr. T. W. Hall reported that some years ago he had 

 enclosed a larva of Anarta myrtilli in a tin box, with some 

 food plant. This had been forgotten for a considerable time, 

 and when he had subsequently opened the box he had found 

 that the imago (a female) had emerged, and had deposited a 

 number of ova, which were fertile. So far as he could see, 

 there was no possible means of pairing taking place. 



Mr. R. Adkin exhibited examples of the frog orchis 

 {Habcnaria viridis), the dark-winged orchis, locally known as 

 "dibs" {Orchis ustidata), and the bee orchis (Ophrys apifera), 

 all of which were growing abundantly in more or less 

 restricted areas on the Downs at Eastbourne, and were just 

 now in full blossom. 



Mr. Bellamy read a paper entitled " The Spring in the 

 New Forest, and Whitsuntide Experiences." 



Several members reported having seen numbers of Pyramcis 

 cardui and Plusia gamma. Mr. Adkin had noted both species 

 in plenty at Eastbourne during Whitsuntide, but a week later 

 they were scarce. The former species he noted to be par- 

 ticularly attracted to the flowers of the kidney vetch. Several 

 specimens of Pluyxus livornica were mentioned as having 

 occurred. Mr. Lucas said that the dragonflies were unusually 



