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on Polygala vulgaris. He also showed the living larvae of 

 Cidaria suffnmata. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited the ova of Coleophora viiui- 

 nctclla on willow, the ova of C. solitariella on Stellaria holostea, 

 and an imago of Goniodoma (C.) limoniella bred from Statice 

 limonium. 



Mr. W. West (Greenwich) exhibited short series of Cvypto- 

 cephalus pavvulus and C. punctiger, together with several 

 examples of Balaninus cerasorum (beaten from birch), all from 

 Darenth Wood on July ist. 



JULY 24th, 1906. 



Mr. West exhibited a short series of Plusia moneta obtained 

 from his garden at Ashtead, Surrey. 



Mr. H. Moore exhibited specimens of Epincphele lanira 

 from the neighbourhood of Boulogne, taken on July 8th. 

 The fulvous markings of the ? were brighter and contracted 

 so as to appear as distinct spots. The $ had the eye-spot 

 extended on the left fore wing only, while both wings on the 

 underside had a bipupilled eye-spot. 



Mr. A. L. Rayward exhibited pupae of Polyommatus covydon 

 and Callophrys (Thecla) vubi, the former reared from larvae 

 taken on horseshoe vetch and the latter from ova deposited 

 by a captive ? on a flower head of dogwood, on the flowers 

 and seeds of which shrub the larvae readily fed and thrived. 

 He also exhibited ova of Lyccena avion and Plebius ergon, and 

 drew attention to the relatively small size of the former, 

 which were scarcely larger than the latter. The ova ofL. 

 avion were on thyme, and those of P. agon on furze. 



He further reported that of some thirty larvae of P. covydon 

 taken at Reigate on June 18th, nearly all had ants — Fovmica 

 flava — on them, and subsequent experiment proved that they 

 were attracted by a gland or sac on the dorsal area of the 

 seventh abdominal segment of the larva, which, when excited 

 by the ants stroking it with their antennae, exuded a fluid 

 much liked by them. 



Mr. F. Noad Clark exhibited a photograph of the ova of 

 Trochilium cvabvonifovmis, laid by a ? taken by Mr. Edwards 

 during the Society's field meeting at Horsley on July 14th. 



Messrs. W. West and S. Ashby exhibited thirteen species of 

 longicorn beetles taken in the New Forest between May 26th 

 and June 9th, 1906, including Asemum striatum on pine, 

 Callidiuni violaccum (in an outbuilding of the house at which 



