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banding. Some specimens were very dark and the bands 

 were smoky. 



Mr. Dods exhibited a number of insects from Africa, 

 including Papilio demolcus, Danais dorippus, Dciopcia pulchella. 



Mr. Main exhibited some stereoscopic views of natural 

 objects, which he had recently been making. 



Mr. Lucas stated that many species of Fungi were still to 

 be found in the woods around Oxshott, and he exhibited 

 several Myxogasters, including Comatricha obtusata. Among 

 the ashes from the burning of pine-wood he had found 

 Humaria carbonigena and H. violacca, in numbers. He also 

 showed examples of the candle-snuff fungus (Xylaria hy- 

 poxylon). 



Mr. Robert Adkin exhibited a ? specimen of Epinephclc 

 ianira, in which the characteristic tawny markings were of a 

 straw colour and somewhat more extended in area than usual. 

 It was taken at Eastbourne on September nth last. 



Mr. Hy. J. Turner exhibited several species of Hemiptera 

 from S. America, including specimens of (i) Pceciloptcva 

 phalccnoidcs, very moth-like in shape, markings, and resting 

 position ; (2) Cercsa ustulata, JEthalion rcticulatum, and 

 Aconophora flavipes, in shape and appearance like seeds, 

 projections, or hooks on stems ; (3) Pachycoris torridus 

 (fabricii), Arocera acroleuca, and Loxa fiavicollis, more or less 

 coleopterous in form and appearance ; (4) Pvoconia undata, 

 a Homopteron which attacks the twigs destined to bear the 

 grapes on the vine ; and (5) two curiously marked species of 

 the family ReduviidcB. 



Mr. Turner also exhibited (1) a specimen of Ccenonympha 

 pamphilus taken at Chipstead in July 1906, having pale 

 patches in the discal area of each of the two hind wings, and 

 the area around the apical spot of the foxe wings of a simi- 

 larly pale colour ; and a specimen of the same species with 

 very dark marginal areas to all the wings ; (2) examples of 

 Aglais (Vanessa) uvticce. (a) from Chipstead and Kilkenny, 

 with large blue lunules, (b) from Engelberg and Lapland, 

 with much restricted lunules, and in the former specimen 

 the ground colour deeper and with a decrease in the yellow 

 areas. 



Mr. Lucas read the Report of the Field Meeting held on 

 May 26th, 1906, at Wisley (see p. 18). 



Mr. E. Step communicated the Reports of the Field 

 Meetings held on June 16th, at Ranmore Common (see p. 

 20) ; on June 30th, at Leith Hill (see p. 21) ; and on 

 October 6th, the Fungus Foray, at Oxshott (see p. 24). 



