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an example of Orobena straminalis, also female, with blackish 

 borders on the outer margin of all the wings, on the fore 

 wings occupying nearly the whole area beyond the post- 

 median line, taken in the neighbourhood of Hackbridge, 

 Surrey, by Mr. Norman Riley in July last ; and (3) a female 

 Pyrausta (Ennychia) nigrata with unusually broad white bands. 

 Taken May, 1906, in the Dorking district. 



Mr. Cowham exhibited a very curiously fasciated stem 

 and flower mass of an Aster. The mass of the unrayed 

 florets was not circular but one diameter much longer than 

 the other. This was bent round in a ring, the two ends 

 just touching, leaving a large central hole. The whole of 

 the upper and lower margin of the unrayed-floret mass was 

 edged by rayed florets. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited a series of photographs of larvae, and 

 one of Pyrantels atalanta at rest on a willow trunk, where it 

 appeared well protected. 



Mr. Colthrup exhibited a specimen of Hcliotliis pcltigcra, 

 taken by him on the south coast. He also showed some fine 

 specimens of Melitczci cinxia bred from Isle of Wight larva? ; 

 one example had the black markings of the fore wings much 

 reduced in size, and the apical half almost devoid of 

 markings ; another example had a very wide, pure white 

 band on the underside of the hind wings. 



Mr. Gadge exhibited a beautifully preserved fossil shell, 

 Spondylus spinosus, from the Upper Chalk at Rochester. 



Mr. West, of Greenwich, exhibited forty-three species of 

 Coleoptera taken at Great Yarmouth in June, 1906. During 

 his stay collecting was very poor ; the only species found 

 common were the Donacias in Caistor marshes, of which he 

 showed a fine series, especially of D. sericea. Among others 

 were A mar a fiilva, found under stones, Mantura chrysantlicmi, 

 and Tychius squamulatus, by sweeping on the North Denes. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited a case containing short series 

 or specimens of (1) Erebia lappona, taken by Mr. Harrison, 

 in July, near the Little Scheidegg, Bernese Oberland, having 

 unusually light uniform under-sides, the transverse lines being 

 scarcely traceable, and the specimens much larger than usual ; 

 one specimen had the black dots on the under-side of the 

 hind wings extremely well developed, as well as being very 

 distinct on the upper side ; together with an example from 

 Fusio, taken by Mr. Edwards, in which the lines on the 

 under-side of the hind wings were very strongly marked, and 

 an unlabelled specimen having a darker band of colour be- 

 tween the well developed lines ; (2) E. cpiphron, taken by 



