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etc., are very varied in their food-plants. L. avion eats 

 thyme, L. alcon eats gentian, etc. 



The movements of the larvae are, as a rule, slow, and both 

 movements and colours have a cryptic interpretation. 



All the species appear to be closely attended by ants in the 

 larval stage, and some are reported to be so in the pupal 

 stage. The seventh abdominal segment of the larvae of all 

 the species has an evaginable gland — the honey-gland — and 

 the eighth abdominal segment has two evaginable caruncles. 



Exact information concerning pupation in nature, in all 

 the species, is much wanted. It is very doubtful as to what 

 pupae are suspended by girth and cremastral pad. Cclastrina 

 argiolus and Everes argiades are known to possess a girth ; 

 Cupido nmiinuLS is supposed to have one. 



As regards habits, most of the species fly mainly around 

 low plants, although Celastrina argiolus frequents trees and 

 shrubs. The males of many of the species are often observed 

 to be exceedingly abundant, drinking at damp patches in 

 the hotter regions of their habitat. 



MARCH 2Sth, 1909. 



Mr. A. E. Gibbs, F.E.S., of St. Albans, Mr. A. W. 

 Buckstone, of Chiswick, and Mr. J. H. Rohde, of Reigate, 

 were elected members. 



Mr. G. B. Browne exhibited a short series of Eubolia 

 bipunctana, including forms taken at Branscombe in July, 

 1908, and at Dawlish, July, 1903, which were very reddish 

 compared with the typical forms taken at Horsley in July, 

 1907. He also showed forms oi Agriadcs corydon, taken at 

 Reach in July and August, 1908, which had a slight reddish 

 suffusion. Mr. Turner had seen the same kind of suffusion in 

 specimens taken at Meiringin, Switzerland, by Mr. Harrison. 



Mr. Tonge exhibited an underside of Acronyda psi, in 

 which the central black spot was elongated and extended 

 towards the base of the wing. 



Mr. Baumann exhibited a very pale female of Nyssia 

 Jiispidaria from Chingford, and a^ black form for comparison. 



Mr. Coote exhibited the ova of the same species ; also 

 a female specimen of Anisopteryx cEscidaria. 



Mr. Lucas exhibited the fungus, Tranietes rubescens, found 

 at Oxshott on sallow, and said this was the third known 

 British locality, the species having been found hitherto only 

 in the New Forest, where he was the first to discover it. 



