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and in Shropshire. It should be stated that Mr. G. Massee, 

 F.L.S., considers T. rubescens to be only a form of Dcedalea 

 confragosa. 



The remainder of the evening was devoted to the exhibition 

 of lantern-slides. 



Mr. Tonge showed slides of the ova of Plebeiiis cBgon, and 

 details of the life-history of various species of Lepidoptera. 



Mr. Dennis showed a series of snow pictures taken during 

 the recent severe weather. 



Mr. West, L.D.S., showed a series of slides of the " stick " 

 insect {Dixippiis inorostis) and its egg- 

 Mr. Main showed details of several life-histories, including 

 those of Apatura ilia. 



Mr. E. Step exhibited a series of lantern photographs 

 showing moths at rest in the wild state. The species shown 

 included Stauropus fagi, Dianthoecia compersa, Plusia pulchrina, 

 Hecatera serena, Acidalia incanaria, Eupithecia venosata, etc. 



Mr. Lucas showed the following series of slides : Flowers 

 and fruits of Phanerogams, mosses and fungi, New Forest 

 views, etc. 



MARCH 2jth, 1909. 



Report of the Society's Visit to the Zoological 

 Museum, Tring. 



By A. L. Rayward, F.E.S., and H. J. Turner, F.E.S. 



With the kind permission of the Hon. Walter Rothschild, 

 M.P., a meeting was held at the Zoological Museum, Tring, 

 especially to visit the galleries recently built to accommodate 

 the enormous collection of Lepidoptera. 



More than thirty members and friends attended, and Dr. 

 Karl Jordan, the Curator, gave a most interesting and instruc- 

 tive demonstration of the contents of the various cabinets. 

 Some of the members were also shown over the general 

 museum, which contains a very fine collection of birds in 

 addition to the other classes of animal life. 



In the Insect Galleries, although many of the sections are 

 not yet arranged, the material is grouped in families, and 

 everything is labelled. The collection is especially rich in 

 the PapilionidcB, and in particular the Ornithoptera are repre- 

 sented by series, in many cases bred, from as many localities 

 as possible in the Malay Archipelago. The series of 0. 

 priamus, with its various geographical forms, golden, green, 



